Transcript North-East Region, Romania

Cradle to Cradle Network
Interregional Steering Committee
INTERREG IV C Programme
Brief presentation
Partner 9 - North-East RDA, Romania
Brussels, 8-9 March 2010
North-East Regional Development Agency
Romania
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non-governmental body
non-profit making
legal entity
of public interest
set up in 1999 based on
national law for regional
development
North-East Region, Romania
36,850 square km
(15.46% of Romania’s total surface)
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 3.7 million inhabitants
j international airports
(17.3% of Romania’s total population)
47 municipalities
3 universities
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students)
Regional GDP
9.393 mil. EUR
North-East Region, Romania
• Regional GDP/inhabitant - 2,463 Euro/inhabitant,68.39% of
Romania’s GDP/inhabitant
• 52,154 SME units - 13.9 units/1,000 inhabitants
• Variety of natural resources
• Main activity fields:
• mechanics and machinery,
• wood processing,
• food industry
• Young, well trained and skilled population
• Business infrastructure in place
• 9 TT centers and 73 RDI units
• National and international (UNESCO) cultural patrimony
North-East Region, Romania
Regional development system: Regional Development Board
(local public authorities), RDA and public-private partnership;
• Regional development
strategies: 2000-2003, 2002-2005, 2004-
2006
• Main objective:
To reposition North-East Region on the Europe map by
valorizing human potential and material resources in order to
transform it in a pleasant place for living and attractive
investment destination
• Pre-accession funds attracted - 120 million Euro
• More than 750 projects - financed from Phare ESC and
Governmental Special Programs for Development
• RDA role - Implementing Authority
Regional development strategy 2007-2013
Regional Operational Program (national)
• Main objective: support territorially balanced economic and
social development of all regions in Romania, according to their
specific needs to reduce unbalances
• Launched in North-East Region in October 2007
• Indicative financial regional allocation 724.09mil.Euro/16.32%
• 594 project proposals registered on March 5th , 2010
• North-East RDA’s role - Intermediate Body
Our general expectations
Better and deep understanding of Cradle2Cradle’s:
• background;
• context
• philosophy
• approach
• tools;
Assimilation of the best practices in the field and knowing more
about the implementation of the C2C principle in
- a production environment
- in buildings and housing
- in consumer products
- waste management
Our expected inputs in C2CN
Due to inexistent C2C good practices in Romania we will involve
• local public administration;
• regional management authorities;
• existing companies active into the waste management
for stimulating feedback in relation with C2C concept, for
improving the future waste management considering
• future technology design approach
• awareness level of local stakeholders
The policy relevance (1)
Present planning and legal situation
• 8 Regional Plans for Waste Management ;
• 29 EC directives concerning waste management – all transposed
into the specific Romanian legislation
Waste generation and management in Romania
• 5 kg waste / person / week
• 100,000 tons waste / day
• 36.7million tons waste / year
• insufficient equipment for waste collecting and transport;
• inappropriately developed infrastructure for waste processing and
further valorization.
The policy relevance (2)
Done
• Regional Plans for Waste Management - useful mechanisms for
absorption of Structural Funds available under Environment Sector
Operational Programme , Priority Axis II – Development of
Integrated Waste Management Systems.
• 9 national normative acts(Government decisions, ordinances,
orders and laws) adopted only for regulating waste management;
To do
• adopting in 2010 in Romania the use of Penal Law for judging
waste related crimes and felonies according to the EC directive;
• lobbying and advocacy for adopting the C2C concept into the
national legislation and funding related projects
Expected benefits as organization and/or region
• Awareness raising on C2C concept and principles to the key
stakeholders in the region as well as to the agency’s staff;
• Transfer of experience, know-how, good practices in the field,
taking the benefit of the network’s knowledge to RDA
personnel and regional stakeholders;
• Regional Action Plan reflecting C2C principles.
PP9 - C2CN Project Team
- Gabriela Macoveiu, Director for Regional Communication and
Promotion
(Focal Point member)
- Elena Nane, Economic Director
(Financial Expert)
- Ovidiu Savu, Head of External Cooperation Office, coordinator of
North-East RDA -Brussels Office
(Focal Point member)
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Website:
0040 233 218.071/224.168;
0040 233 218.072
[email protected]
www.adrnordest.ro