The winning project explained the structure of ARAW and the point of creating the subject whose main occupation is investment service, with the close cooperation of research centres, enterprises and institutions. The project described the Agency's goals and presented the way its actions and initiatives influenced real economy. The focal points were Wroclaw Agglomeration's main investments and the activity for knowledge based economy and innovative way of thinking.

Apart from ARAW, among the award recipients were two more Polish projects submitted by the Town Councils in Gdynia and Rybnik. In all, 27 EU countries, including as much as 21 Polish projects, applied for the prize.

EPSA purports to promote good practice in public sector of the EU countries and shows the exemplary public institutions that can teach us good practice. The first EPSA contest was launched in 2007.

Assess Yourself and Learn from the Best

This sentence expresses the philosophy behind the European Public Sector Award – EPSA 2009, which aims to promote actions affecting the welfare of citizens together with a sustainable development path.
The EPSA is the first pan-European platform and network of excellence that is open to all public sector organizations, it thus addresses the most pressing public needs and concerns in Europe.

Under the category “New forms of partnership working”, ARAW has been awarded a Best Practice Certificate. This is an acknowledgment for its efforts in the field of building a network where other public institutions, people and enterprises can take common decisions and share interests. This in turn increases ARAW’s legitimacy and accountability while being an ever more accurate service provider.
By submitting its project, ARAW has thus brought its work to the attention of a wider European audience. Thanks to EPSA, we are deeply convinced that our knowledge and social involvement practices will both benefit from foreign experiences and further develop tools which are culturally rooted to the Wrocław Agglomeration Area.