however an opportunity could be missed if esf funds are not made available to businesses in terms of subsidies grants or even indirectly through training and investments in technology as it is businesses that will essentially create wealth and jobs from their green activities pomorskie in the north is perceived as having a more vigorous approach to the economy while podlaskie in the so called eastern wall is an economically challenging region the analysis of gdp trends in poland and in the two regions shows that both regions have a similar evolution see table the problem exists however in the relatively low level of gdp per capita in podlaskie which represents about of averages in poland and in pomorskie