The first one this year is behind us, but it’s already the 7th. Meetup in English for foreigners living in the Tri-City. We meet to get to know each other better, to learn from each other, to exchange experiences, to establish contacts, relationships, friendships…

On 5 March, Olivia Sky Club hosted over 60 people from over 10 countries. Among them were as far away as Malaysia and the USA, and not as far away as Belarus, Ukraine, Great Britain, Croatia or Ireland… Ewa Szabuniewicz , an experienced HR Manager from BEST S.A., during her speech, proved in our opinion that multitasking simply… doesn’t work. Angelina Wormus, A Finnish-American from Alexander Mann Solutions, who has already lived in 14 countries (!), talked – an extremely interesting conversation was conducted by Izabela Diesterheft from Interizon – about the pros and cons of the nomadic lifestyle and the reasons for moving to Gdansk. Małgorzata Zalewska from InvestGDA convincingly confirmed the truth about public speaking, which W. Churchill put it this way: “A good speech should be like a mini-skirt: long enough to exhaust the subject and short enough to arouse interest.”

– The number of foreigners living and working in the Tri-City has increased significantly in recent years. And it’s constantly increasing. says Izabela Diesterheft , CEO of the Pomeranian ICT Cluster INTERIZON, the originator and organizer of the campaign – I know how difficult it is to acclimatize to a new place, especially abroad, because I have been in such a situation myself. In a completely foreign city, without friends or family, I built everything from scratch. I got to know new places and gradually found my favorite ones… I understand people who came to Pomerania from different parts of the world, so I wanted to offer them what I needed at the time: the opportunity to meet, get to know each other and get to know the region and the city where a new life began. On the one hand, meetups are a great opportunity to present us and our potential to a growing group of participants – and we already have almost 400 Polish and English-speaking people from Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia in the group – which certainly helps expats penetrate the Pomeranian tissue. On the other hand, we emphasize how important they are to us, that we want to learn from them, but also help them by showing them how to find themselves and move in our Pomeranian reality.

Therefore… Traditionally, we have integrated and exchanged knowledge. In good, excellent company and in a place full of good energy, which is inscribed in the mission of development – Olivia Business Centre. On top of that, with a new partner of the initiative, Invest in Pomerania, who says the following about joining the project:

– We joined the co-organization of meetups because we want to support the building of an international community in the Tri-City and more broadly, in the region. The Live more. Pomerania we promote Pomerania as a good place not only for a holiday trip, but also for living and working. We hear a lot of voices saying that there is not much information about our region on the Internet, especially in English. That’s why we’re working on a website with all the necessary information to make it easier for people to move here – says Katarzyna Dziewicka from Invest in Pomerania. – But we don’t want to operate only online, we also want to meet in person, talk about what we have in the region that is cool and what we still need to work on. We invite you to the profiles of the Live more project. Pomerania on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and of course see you at the next meetup!

– Foreigners are a growing number of Olivia’s resident employees. We want them to feel as comfortable as possible here, which is why we have been supporting Meetups in English from the very beginning. During these meetings, our expats have the opportunity to meet people from other countries who have also chosen the Tri-City as their place to live and work. We invite them to join Olivia’s community, exchange experiences, ideas, and signal problems. We want our metropolis to be a friendly place and a real home for them. The situation on the labour market is also important. Staff from outside Polish can be a very positive factor in the growth of companies operating in our country. We are glad that we are creating the project together with our residents: Pomeranian Cluster INTERIZON and Invest in Pomerania – sums up Agnieszka Zglinicka, Project Director at Olivia Business Centre.

Partners of the event: Pomeranian ICT Cluster INTERIZON, Invest in Pomerania with the initiative: Live more. Pomerania; Olivia CONNECT, Olivia Business Centre.

Next month, another meeting! We invite you today:)

^{Fig. Joanna Frota Kurkowska // oliviacentre.com}