The Emerging Market Champions Competition is organized by the Kronenberg Foundation at Citi Handlowy to select and applaud the leaders of entrepreneurship in Poland.

Objectives
The Emerging Market Champions Competition intends to promote companies which successfully expand their business operations abroad. The Emerging Market Champions Award is presented both to Polish companies which operate internationally and to emerging market entities, which are successfully investing in Poland, thus creating new jobs and boosting the economic development of the country. By distinguishing both Polish and foreign companies, we want them to become role models and a source of inspiration for other entrepreneurs to scale up their businesses.

Project execution
Competition entries can be submitted only by way of nomination by the Council of Experts-a group of business leaders associated with Polish economy and business who were invited by the organizer. In order to be eligible to participate in the contest, the company must have a track record of at least three years on the market. Also, its operations should extend to more than one country.

In the Polish foreign investments category, the following are evaluated:

• the geographical extent of business operations;
• the scale of foreign investments.

The main focus in the Foreign investments in Poland category are:

• the scale of investments in Poland;
• the number of jobs created in Poland.

Awards Gala
The Awards Gala is held at the European Forum for New Ideas in Sopot.

Survey
The project is accompanied by an annual survey of the business climate in Poland and the global potential of Polish companies. Its aim is to identify the key factors which translate into a company's success abroad.

On September 29, 2015 during a panel discussion on "Emerging markets - a slalom between threats: Brexit, the middle income trap, demographic challenges" organized as part of the European Forum for New Ideas in Sopot, a gala ceremony took place to present the awards in the Emerging Market Champions competition.

The title "Emerging Market Champion" in the category "Polish foreign investments" was awarded to Amica S.A. and the category "Foreign investments in Poland" was won by CEMEX Polska sp. z o.o.

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