North-East Region - Economic Presentation

ROMANIA – GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation:

- in south-eastern Europe;Surface : 238,391 square km;Population : 21, 623, 000 inhabitants;(89.5% Romanians, 6.6% Hungarians, 2.5 Rroma people, 0.3% Germans, 0,3% Ukrainians, 0.2% Turkish, 0.6% other nationalities)Capital : Bucharest (aprox. 2 000 000 inhabitants)Official language: RomanianCurrency : RON (Romanian leu)Official hour: GMT +2Religion: 86.6% orthodoxism, 4.7% roman-catholicism, 3.2% protestants, 5.3% other religions

Romania is a parliamentary republic.

From 1st of January 2007, Romania had become member state of European Union and of Economic European Area.

From the administrative point of view, Romania is divided into 41 counties and the Municipality of Bucharest.

For economical considerations and statistical reasons Romania is divided into 8 specific regions: the North East Region, the South East Region, the South Muntenia Region, the South West Oltenia Region, the West Region, the North West Region, the Center Region and the Bucharest and Ilfov Region.

Funds allocated to Romania for the 2007-2013 period:– Convergence Objective: 19,2 billion €– European Territorial Cooperation Objective: 455 million €

Main priorities of Cohesion Policy in Romania:– Improving basic transport infrastructure and accessibility - €5.3

billion– Contribute to research and innovation to ensure long-term

sustainable economic competitiveness - €2.6 billion – The social inclusion of disadvantaged groups will be supported

to the tune of some €1.2 billion for education and training– Nearly €570 million will be invested in supporting business,

with a focus on SMEs

Results:– Funds may help increase GDP by 15% in the period 2007–13– Help safeguard around 200 000 jobs

European Cohesion Policy in Romania

Labour market informations

Active population: 9.9 million By area:

urban : 5.4 million

rural : 4.5 million

Civil employment population: 9.3 million By area:

urban : 5 million

rural : 4.3 million

Economical activities:agriculture 42.7 %services 33.7 %industry and constructions 23.6 %

Shortages: textile operator , sale person, bricklayer, carpenterSurpluses:

farm-hand

NORTH EAST REGION

• The Eastern Land of Legends

• Location: within North-East side of Romania• Neighbors: a. Ukraine (North) b. Republic of Moldova (East) c. South-East Region Romania (South) d. Regions Center and North-West (West)• Surface: 36,850 sq.km (15.6% of total Romanian’s

surface)• Population: 3,732,683 inhabitants (17.30% of total

Romanian’s population, of which 56.3% living in rural areas)

Location

Regional economy

• The North - East development region is the most underdeveloped region in Romania (in 2010 the GDP/capita was 72.3% of the national average). The high poverty area comprises the South of Iasi district, the South-East of Neamţ district, the East of Bacău district and the districts of Botoşani and Vaslui.

Regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – Euro 9,199 million, contribution of 11.8% to Romania’s GDP

Contribution to Regional GDP:- agriculture 12.85%- industry 22.65 %- services 52.80% (of which civil constructions 5.3%)

Regional GDP/inhabitant – RON 9,114 /inhabitant or Euro 2,463 /inhabitant, representing 68.39% of Romania’s GDP/inhabitant

Regional economy

Regional economy

SMEs Sector: a total of 52,154 units, approx. 13.9 units/1,000 inhabitants, as average

Main productive sectors:- civil constructions- wood processing- apparel manufacturing- tourism

REGIONAL ECONOMIC PROFILE

• machine building industry (automobiles, tractors, airplanes, shipyards);

• agriculture and agricultural products processing (cereals, industrial crops, fruit and vegetable processing);

• electric and thermal power industry; • metallurgical industry - manufacturing and processing of

non-ferrous metals (aluminium plant) – unique in Romania;• chemical industry; • wood processing industry; • textile industry (is well represented in the region by

factories producing clothing and leather/substitutes footwear, textiles and fabrics, etc.)

• European Corridor E 85 (Corridor 9: Helsinki – Kiev –– Bucharest – Constanta – Alexandroupolis)

• International airports : Bacau and Iasi Airports• Internal flights airport: Suceava Airport

Accessibility

• 57.83% of the region’s surface is represented by agriculture-dedicated lands

• 33.46% of region’s surface is covered by forests

• The North-East Region provides 26.7% of wood production of Romania

• The county has a forest area of 81,500 ha. Forests have a rich hunting background - deer, doe, fox, boar.

• The area covered by water surface is 22,000 ha. The richness in fish of these waters was determinant, in the past.

Agriculture

SOUTH WEST OLTENIA

NEAMT COUNTY’S AGRICULTURE• Neamt County has an agricultural area of

437,845 ha, occupying seventh place in the national context. We emphasize: vineyards, orchards, pastures and meadows.

MAIN CROPS: Wheat, rye, potatoes, sugar beet, corn, sunflower and vegetables.

• DOMINANT CROPS : Cereals (wheat, rye, barley and two-rowed barley, maize), oilseeds (sunflower), sugar beet, potatoes and other vegetables, watermelons and yellow melons, vines with grafted and native grapes.

• Wine-growing potential: villages.

SOUTH WEST OLTENIA

• 706,743 (18,9%) people under 15 years old

• English language or other foreign languagesTaught in schools since the age of 9

• Educated and qualified labour force (of the

population between 25 and 34 years old)

Human resources and education

7.86% are graduates of vocational schools, 15.33% are graduates of high-schools and10.56% are graduates of post-high schools and universities

Structure of business environment 263,160 jobs in 56,094 companies, out of which:

– 8.46% foreign capital companies– 16.7% in processing industry– 5.22% in construction sector – 75.98% in services sector

Foreign direct investment

Bacau45%

Botosani3%

Iasi17%

Neamt16%

Suceava11%

Vaslui8%

Companies with foreign participation to the value of social capital subscribed / counties, in EURO,

SOUTH WEST OLTENIA

The predominant industries in the Neamt county are:

• Chemical industry.• Mechanical parts manufacturing.• Textile industry.• Food industry.• Construction materials.

In the mountains, along the Bistrita River there is one ofthe greatest dams in Romania.

SOUTH WEST OLTENIA

Tourism

Neamţ county is known as the region with most monasteries per square kilometer in the world. It boasts a rich and varied landscape, with elements of great beauty, and lots of cultural and historical vestiges.

The local people are renowned for their hospitality. Among such constructions, the monumental church of the Neamţ Monastery served, for more than a century, as a model for Moldavian churches and monasteries.

SOUTH WEST OLTENIA

TourismThe main tourist attractions in the county are: The city of Piatra Neamţ with its

medieval fortifications. The Monasteries of Northern

Moldavia: Agapia, Neamt, Văratec

Monastery, Bistriţa Monastery, Pângăraţi Monastery, Secu Monastery, Sihăstria Monastery

The Neamţ Citadel The Ceahlău National Park The Bicaz Canyon - "Cheile

Bicazului" The city of Roman. The Durău Ski Resort

Surpluses of the Romanian labour force

• Metal, machinery and related tradeworkers (structural metal prepares and erectors; metal wheel grinders, polishers and tool sharpeners; agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters; electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers)

• Labourers in construction, manufacturing, mining and transport (assembling labourers; farmhands and labourers; construction and maintenance labourers roads, dams and similar constructions; transport labourers and freight handlers)

• Drivers and mobile plant-operators (heavy trucks and lorry drivers; car, taxi and van drivers)

• Population in rural agricultural areas, situated at more than 50 km from urban areas, where there are no job offers on the labour market

Conclusions:

The unemployment statistical situations from the previous years show that the deficit is registered in the following sectors:

Construction Services Tourism Textiles

Why deficit ? the low level of salary received (in July the average net

salary on construction sector was 270 euro) many Romanians work abroad

although the demand and the offer seems to be similar, by occupational point of view, the territorial structure of work force is unbalanced

Solutions: Increasing the salaries in Romania, gradually Import workers from non EU states (Moldova, Ukraine,

Turkey, China) More vocational training adapted to the Romanian

labour market demand

• Variety of natural resources• Young, well trained and skilled population• Relatively low labour force costs• Business infrastructure in place• Favourable institutional and legislative framework

for business development

Why investing in the North-East Region?

Unemployment rate

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