Officials from Poland’s development bank, BGK, said stronger institutional investors, including pension and insurance funds, are needed to provide long‑term capital for this transition. BGK chief economist Mateusz Walewski identified innovation as a key challenge, while board member Jarosław Dąbrowski called for larger investment funds capable of managing sizeable portfolios. The officials argued that public institutions can act as a catalyst, drawing private money into projects before domestic savings reach sufficient scale, pointing to Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands as examples where the state has helped mobilize long‑term capital. The debate mirrors Poland’s wider push to move beyond growth based on foreign investment and lower labor costs toward technology-led, higher-risk investment, a challenge explored in this TVP World analysis.
