10th Anniversary Gala of the Pearls of the Polish Economy, was held at the Royal Palace on November 16.
Gala is organized by the publisher of the monthly English-language magazine – Polish Market, under the patronage of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak and the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor. Michał Kleiber. The ceremony was attended by nearly 450 people – representatives of Polish business, government, academia, culture, diplomacy and sports.
European Business Club – Poland was represented by the President Janusz Cieślak and his wife. The main item on the agenda was the announcement the results of ranking of the Pearls of the Polish Economy, which is the result of research conducted by the Institute of Economic
Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and published by the editors of the Polish Market. It is the only Polish qualitative ranking not made on the basis of subjective evaluations. Developed in the Institute of Economics algorithm ranks companies according to the dynamics and efficiency of their use of capital resources, means of production and labor, using seven indicators of international audit. In the first group “Great” Pearls of the Polish Economy in 2012 were: KGHM Polish Copper SA Synthos And LPP SA Capital Group G K. and “Large” Pearls of the Polish Economy: Avio Poland Sp. with o.o. Faurecia Gorzów Sp. of o.o. and Stalprofil SA. For the first time during the Pearls of the Polish Economy gala, were awarded Pearls of the Innovation – PROGRESS. The group of companies, which this year introduced an interesting, innovative projects include: SAS Institute Poland, Canal + Cyfrowy, Trax Elektronic, PKP Intercity and PKO Polish Bank.
For the seventh time they were awarded Honorary Pearls of Polish Market. This is a special laurel, awarded to outstanding individuals and institutions whose professional achievements, experience, prestige, ethics and personal values provide a guarantee of good repute of being declared ambassadors of Polish values in the fields of economy, science, culture, traditions and promote Polish heritage and the promotion of social values.
This year the Special Honorary Pearl received otosurgeon and world-renowned specialist in otorhinolaryngology, audiology and phoniatrics – Prof. Henry Skarżyński.
In other categories, the winners were: the economy – and Professor Paul Olechnowicz,. Zbigniew Hockuba; science – prof. Marek Krawczyk and prof. Andrzej Buko, culture (music) – Jacek Sykulski and Poznań Boys’ Choir, Mary Mary, Bernard Ladysz, culture (theater) – Polish Television Theatre and Jerzy Stuhr, culture (arts promotion) – Adam Slept and prof. Czeslaw Frejlich, promote social values - Bozena Kazanowska; promote patriotic values: – Francis Thomas Ludwin.
Pearls of the Polish Economy Gala was graced by performances of outstanding artists. They performed Alexander Tchaikovsky-Ladysz, Poznań Boys’ Choir under the direction of Jack Sykulski and winners of Disabled Youth Song Festival, under the auspices of “Polish Market”.