Bratislava

Capital city :
BRATISLAVA

Area: 2,052 km?
Population: 601,132 inhabitants
GDP per capita: 119.9 % EU25
Employment by sector:

Services: 74.3 %
Industry: 24.4 %
Agriculture: 1.4 %

Address: Úrad Bratislavského samosprávneho kraja, Sabinovská 16, P. O. Box 106, 820 05 Bratislava 25, tel.: +421/2/48 26 41 51, Fax: +421/2/48 26 43 97, e-mail: predseda@region-bsk.sk, riaditel@region-bsk.sk, www.region-bsk.sk, www.bratislavskykraj.sk

Booming region in the west of Slovakia

Bratislava Region is the smallest of eight Self-Governing Regions, but most populated and most prosperous region of Slovakia. It has the lowest unemployment rate (3.39 %) and is also the most productive region. The region generates more than 25 % of the total GDP of Slovakia. Bratislava Region offers diversified leisure facilities meeting all needs of modern life: business, entertainment, and culture. It is the focal point of science and research in Slovakia. The Region spreads at the borders of two countries, neighbouring with Hungary in the south and Austria in the west. The Small Carpathian mountain range is well known for its wine production and its attractive tourist wine route, as well as for traditional yearly vintage ceremonies.

Infrastructure:

Region is situated right in the centre of Europe at the intersection of major European traffic routes: motorways (direct highways to Budapest, Prague and Vienna), railways (the end station for the TEN-T railway corridor Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Wien-Bratislava, the main East-West connection in the European Union), the river Danube and the airport M. R. Štefánika are connecting the North, West, South and East.

Industry and Business conditions

Highly qualified labour forces, financial services, important industry infrastructure, state administration services, associations and significant foreign investments contribute to the fast economic growth of Bratislava Region (automotive cluster Volkswagen in Devínska Nová Ves, Slovnaft - producer of petrol and motor oils, Holcim Slovakia (building industry).

Priorities of the Bratislava region for the next programming period of 2007-2013:

the spatial regeneration of the local infrastructure meeting the needs of overall accessibility; innovation focussing on technology transfer and competitiveness; development of knowledge economy, developing quality and capacity of human resources, long-term and modernized school education; enhancement of social services and support of employment growth by reintegration of disadvantaged people to the labour market (social inclusion).

CENTROPE - idea of the creation of a cross-border Central European Region extending between the South of Moravia, the western parts of Slovakia, the east of Austria and the western parts of Hungary. Currently the pilot project is running to lay the foundation for a cross-border geo-data pool.
Further information you may obtain at Liaison Office Bratislava Region in Brussels (bratislava.region@skynet.be) and the following web links: www.sario.sk; www.bic.sk; www.centrope.info; www.twin-city.net; www.malacky.sk; www.pezinok.sk; www.modra.sk; www.senec.sk; www.eurovalley.sk; www.vieden-bratislava.sk; www.bratislava.sk

Information Centres of the Bratislava Region
BKIS - Info centre Bratislava Klobučnícka 2, 814 28 Bratislava Tel +421/2/5443 3715, 02/16186, Fax +421/2/5443 2708 info@bkis.sk www.bkis.sk	Bratislava Capital City Magistrat Primaciálne nám. 1 (P.O.Box 192) 81499 Bratislava Tel +421-02-59 35 61 11 Fax +421-02-54 43 50 37 www.bratislava.sk
Regional Development Agency of Bratislava Region and Senec - Pezinok Hontianska 12, 825 25 Bratislava tel.: +421 2 3500 1110 www.rrasenec-pezinok.sk	Regional Chamber of Commerce Jašíkova 6 SK-826 73 Bratislava Tel 00421/2/48291259 Fax 00421/2/48291260 sopkrkbl@sopk.sk http://www.bl.sopk.sk
Small Carpathinan tourist office Štúrova 84, 900 01 Modra, Tel +421 33 64 74 302 www.tik.sk