4. romanian cluster policy and fdi_leucuta

ROMANIAN CLUSTER POLICY TO ATTRACT FDI

Alvin Toffler Creating a new civilization

Cluster policy will continue and will require, and in the next period to be groups of companies and

big corporations not currently

April 2013

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY

The current cluster policy paper elaborated by Ministry of Economy and GTZ Germany and implemented by ZENIT company (2009)

The National Reform Program 2011-2013-chapter Business Environment -Industrial Policy based on innovative clusters; Romanian Cluster Policy has a bottom up approach from the regional level to elitecluster(national level) or poles of competitiveness(networks of clusters or regional clusters with national and international vocation))

Inov Cluster project - the Sectoral Research Plan for Industry-Guide for implementation the innovative cluster concept in Romania

Romanian Export Strategy 2011-2015; -Strategy for SMEs and Business Environment

Regional Development Plans 2007-2013; -Innovation Union Partnership Romanian Cluster Mapping; 24 regional workshops in the 8 development

regions to identify existing and emergent clusters; In Romania there are 40 innovative clusters and poles of competitiveness

Project INCLUD -Industrial Cluster Development; Clusters and Smart Specialization (activity carried out with the World Bank

and Jaspers)

Guidelines to apply for structural funds dedicated to clusters and poles of competitiveness www.minind.ro

Industrial policy documents

Public authorities play an important role in supporting cluster development (promote national platforms for information-sharing, support schemes public funds and structural funds, attract FDI, organize economic missions abroad, innovation tours etc)

The role is not confused with governance of clusters (see collaboration agreements and partnerships as well as cluster management entities)

Coordination of the activity of clusters within regional projects (South East Europe Program; Competitiveness and Innovation Program-CIP Framework Program 7-Regions of knowledge , INTERREG IV C; Danube Strategy-PA 1-8, etc);

Facilitate the exchange of best practices with EU Member States (Germany,Hungary, Austria, Poland, France, Sweden, Italy; UK, Slovenia, Bulgaria,Spain, etc), candidate countries (Croatia, Macedonia etc); Norway, Korea, Japan, Turkey

Organization of conferences for clusters and elaboration of a quarterly publication- International Conference-Innovative Clusters key to success in international business and R&D Cooperation- Bucharest 30-31 October 2012

Supporting the Romanian Cluster Association www.clustero.eu Ministry of Economy is member of the European Cluster Alliance-ECA

Role of the public authorities

South East Europe Program

-Adriatic Danubian Clustering-ADC (transnational networks set up in:

logistics, agro-food, modern housing and mechatronics)

Cluster PoliSEE for smart cluster policies in the South East Europe (25

entities from 8 EU Member States and 3 candidate countries)

Competitiveness and Innovation program CIP

SEENECO-Network of Excellence Clusters in South East

Europe(benchmarking and cluster managers)

INTERREG IV C

CLUSTERIX-Clusters for European Innovation Cross-Linking (Partners:

Ecoplus-The Business Agency of Lower Austria; Lund University and Tillvxtverket - Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth -Sweden; Region of Southern Denmark; ERAI - Entreprise Rhne - Alpes International France; Economic Development Karlsruhe Germany; West-Transdanubian Regional Development Agency; Nonprofit Limited Liability Company Hungary;TIS - Techno Innovation South Tyrol SpcA Italy; INMA, Ministry of Economy and NASR-Romania;

Projects on Cluster Policies (with Ministry of Economy as partner)

INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS IN ROMANIA

CLUSTER Field of

activity

POSTAL

CODE

City STREET CONTACT PERSON

1 AUTOMOTIVEST

Regional cluster

Automotive 300054 Timisoara 5,Proclamatia

de la

Timisoara

Raluca Cibu Buzac

T: +40 746156513

E-mail: [email protected]

2 ICT Regional Cluster ICT 300054 Timisoara 5,Proclamatia

de la

Timisoara

Sorin Maxim

T: +40 256-491923


3 Dacia Renault

Competitiveness

Pole

Automotive 110194 Pitesti Bl D5 Banu

Maracine

Adrian Sandu

T: +40 726307979


4 PRO WOOD

Regional Wood

Cluster

Forestry and

Wood

industry

520064 Sfantu-

Gheorghe

4, Presei Bagoly Miklos Levente

T.+40 722367547


5 Green energy

innovative biomass

cluster

Renewable

energies

520064 Sfantu-

Gheorghe

4, Presei Vajda Lajos

T: +40 751090944


6 TURINN Cluster Sustainable

and

innovative

tourism

220037 Drobeta

Turnu

Severin

1, Caluga-

reni

Mirela Mazilu

T: +40 744582961

E-

mail:[email protected]


7. Agro-Food

Regional Cluster

Agro-food 310017 Arad 5, Closca Liana Cotuna

T:+40 730188295


8 Electro-technical

Regional Cluster

ETREC

Automotive

Mecatronics

Electro-

technical

505600 Sacele-

Brasov

18, Parcului Alin Dan Coman

T; +40 722221741

E-mail:

[email protected]

9. ASTRICO Textiles

Cluster

Textiles 617410 Savinesti 2, Uzinei Serban Stratila

T:+40 726300481

E-mail:[email protected]

10 Transylvania Furniture

Cluster

Furniture 540314 Tg.Mures 2, Caprioarei Aurica Sereny

T: +40 744535047


11 Transylvania

Aerospace Cluster

Aviation 500107 Brasov 53,Republicii

Street

Werner Braun

T: +40 728484484

E-mail:

[email protected]

12 Carpathian Tourism

Cluster

Tourism 127366 Brasov 12,Vlad Tepes

50009

Brasov

Juranda Kirschner

T: +40 729836963

E-mail: kirschner@tourism-

cluster-romania.com


13 ELINCLUS

Innovative Cluster

Electronics 700050 Bucharest Politechnics

University

Ioan Plotog

Tel. 0040-745186950


14 REN ERG Cluster Renewable

energies

510093 Alba Iulia 12, Decebal

Street

Mihai Pocanschi

Tel. +40 - 0740099016


15 ICT Regional

Competitiveness

Pole

Oltenia Cluster

ICT 200130 Craiova 12, Stefan cel

Mare

Gabriel Vladut

T:+40 722715604


16 Romanian Water

Cluster

Water energy

400111 Cluj

Napoca

2, Sextil

Puscariu

Torok Gergely

T: +40-0758777045


17 Cluster Traditions

Manufacture

Future TMV Sud

Est

Textiles

620133

Focsani

12,Bdul

Bucuresti

Lidia Herescu

T: +40 731130527

Email: [email protected]


18 REGIOFA Cluster

Wood processing

Furniture

535600 Odorheiul

Secuiesc

6, Str

Sportului

Dobay Tiberiu

Tel 0744589593; 0266 218101



19 Romanian Textile

Concept Cluster

Bucharest

Textile Clothing

Footwear

Bucharest

270, Calea

Mosilor

Sara Wechsler

Tel 0040-722281625; 0788285737


20 Geothermal

Cluster

Renewable

energies, services

in tourism

Oradea 1, Piata

Muncii

Marcel Bolos

Tel. 0040 722159083



21 MARITIME

CLUSTER

Maritime sector

900559 Constanta Bld. Mamaia,

nr. 251-253,

Constanta

Maggie Dima

Tel: 0040-735880299


22 ROSENC

CLUSTER

Green energies 300030 Timisoara Str. Piata

Victoriei nr. 3,

Timisoara

Vlad Stanciu

Tel: 0040- 726192315


23 AGRO FOOD

Regional Cluster

Agro-food 520064 Sfantu

Gheorghe

4, Presei Vajda Lajos

Tel: 0040-751090944


24.

IND AGRO Pol

Competitiveness

Pole

Agro-Industry 013813 Bucharest Bdul Ion

Ionescu de la

Brad, no.6

sector 1,

Bucharest

Cornelia Muraru Ionel

Tel: 0040-742226193


25. Tourism Rgional

Cluster

Tourism 5800 Suceava 15-17

Universitatii

Carmen Chasovschi

Tel: 0040-722702010


26 Romanian

Aerospace

Cluster Bucharest

Aerospace 077190 Bucuresti Erou Iancu de

Hunedoara

126A

CTT Baneasa

Bucharest

Simion Dascalu

Tel: 0040-723014664

Tel 0040-21-2600093


27 Creative

Industries Pole

Iasi

Creative

Industries

700265 Iasi 34 Bucium

Street

Mihai Lupu

Tel: 0040-722690504


28 ALL ELECTRIC

Pole

Electrical

engineering

on electric

mobility

030138 Bucharest Splaiul Unirii

313

Florin Tudorache

Tel 0040-740114104


29 Tourism Oltenia

Cluster

Tourism 200402 Craiova 2A, Aleea

Teatrului

Marilena Bogheanu

Tel/fax 0251/412780


30 Automotive Sud

Vest Oltenia Pole

Automotive 200402 Craiova 2A, Aleea

Teatrului

Mihaela Sas

Mobil: 0040-728272829

Email: [email protected]

31

TREC

Transnational

Renewable

Energies Cluster

Renewable

energies

400111 Cluj 2,Sextil

Puscariu

Torok Gergely

T: +40-0758777045


32 Transylvania

Textile&Fashion

Cluster

Textiles

Clothing

Fashion

520064 Sf. Gheorghe 4,Presei ASIMCOV Sfantu Gheorghe

Vajda LajosT: +40- 751090944


33 Innovative

Regional Cluster

Packaging-

Printing-Design

Packiging

Printing

Design

520064 Sf.Gheorghe 4,Presei ASIMCOV Sfantu Gheorghe

Vajda Lajos

T: +40 -751090944


34 IT New Media Iasi IT Media 700671

OF12

Iasi 10, Bv.Poitiers

SC Fortus

(Nucleus EA8)

Marius Alexa

Tel: 0040-745501941



35 Clusterul

Ecoturistic

Eco-tourism 520064 Sf. Gheorghe 4, Presei ASIMCOV Sfantu Gheorghe

Vajda Lajos

T: +40 751090944

E-mail: [email protected] /

[email protected]

36

CLUSTER

MOBILIER

TRANSILVAN

Furniture 400058 Cluj Napoca 4-5, Pta 1 Mai Ioana Dragos General Manager

Tel 0755777039


37 MedGreen Pole Equipment for

recovery the

residual energy

Electric and

thermal energyof

alternative sources

900117 Constanta 37, Bd 1 Mai Laurentiu Oancea

Tel/Fax 0040-241-587855


38 MECATREC

Regional

Cluster

Mechatronics 021631 Bucharest 6-8, Sos.

Pantelimon

Gheorghe I.Gheorghe

Tel: 0040-21-2523068/69



39. SIS-AUTOM-

INT-POL

Bucharest

Integrated

Automation

Systems

014459 Bucharest 169, Calea

Floreasca

Florian Udrescu

Tel: 021-3161616

Fax 021-3161620


40. ICT Regional

Cluster Cluj

Napoca

Cluster ICT 400420 Cluj Napoca B-dul Nicolae

Titulescu 4,

Marcel Borodi

Tel.0040-744501503




-13 urban development poles

-7 growth poles

-54 industrial parks

-Scientific and technological parks (thematic parks - Technopolis, Copernicus)

-Business incubators (RENITT networks; UNDP)

-Competitiveness poles (networks of clusters or regional clusters with national and international vocation)

-clusters -Romanian model-quadruple model (industry-multinationals/big units with the value chains including SMEs; research-universities and R&D&I institutes/centres- public administration-catalyst entities)

-CLUSTERO Romanian Cluster Association www.clustero.eu

-Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) - the largest European network aiming to support SMEs to promote trading partnerships and the transnational technology

transfer and innovation; the services are free and specifically developed for

start-ups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) but are also available to all

businesses, universities, clusters, innovation, research and technology centers.

COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL AT REGIONAL/NATIONAL LEVEL

TO ATTRACT FDI

Poland 10897

Czech Republic 3868

Hungary 3011

Romania 1815

Bulgaria 1341

Slovakia 1541

Slovenia 719 Source: Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies

Third largest inward FDI receiver in Central and Eastern Europe

Stock EUR 55,1 bill. (1990-2011)

In 2012 (9 months) FDI decreased to 1,1 bill. euro (the record of FDI was in 2008 of 9.5 billion euro)

The economic recovery is based on innovation and the power will be the creativity.

ANNUAL INWARD FDI FLOWS (2011)

FDI BY FIELD OF ACTIVITY (1990-2011)

Total economy Manufacturing

Manufacturing 32,5% Metallurgy 4,9%

Trade 12,4% Food, beverages, tabacco 4,1%

Financial services 18,2% Transport means 5,2%

IT&C 6,4% Oil processing, chemicals 6,3%

Real Estate &Constructions 10,7% Construction materials 1,4%

Energy and utilities 8,9% Wood processing 1,9%

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery 3,4% Textiles-Clothing-Leather 2,4%

Transports 1,4% IT&C equipment 2,9%

Others 6,1% Machinery & equipment 2,6%

Others 0,8%

Source: National Bank of Romania

Netherlands 21,7%

Austria 17,5%

Germany 11,4%

France 9,1%

Italy 6,1%

Greece 5,3%

Cyprus 4,6%

Switzerland 3,3%

USA 2,6%

Luxemburg 2,3%

Others (Hungary, UK, Poland etc)16,1%

Source: National Bank of Romania

TOP 10 INVESTING COUNTRIES IN ROMANIA(1990-2011)

Investment more or equal 5 mil.euro

-State aid scheme ensuring sustainable economic development (GD 1680/2008

subsequently amended)

Investment more or equal 100 mil.euro

-State aid scheme supporting regional development by means of investment

stimulation (GD 753/2008)

Investment in Energy

-Horizontal state aid scheme for sustainable regional development and

reduction of emissions (GD 718/2008 subsequently amended)

Green Energy

-Regional state aid scheme for renewable energy resources harnessing(GD

750/2008 subsequently amended

STATE AID www.romtradeinvest.ro

Green certificates

-Law no.220/2008 republished, subsequently amended and completed,

establishing the system for the promotion of electricity produced from

renewable energy sources(hydro, wind, biogas, bio-liquids, geo-thermal, landfill

and sludge from waste water-based on fermentation technology, solar)

Investment in industrial parks

-Regional state aid scheme supporting investment in industrial parks (order

296/2007 issued by the Minister of Interior and Administrative Reform)

Investment in Research &Development & Innovation

-Regional State Aid Scheme Financial initial investment in R&D&I-Order 1293/2008 issued by the Minister of Economy and Finance, subsequently

amended

-State Aid Scheme Financing R&D&I projects by means of SOP Increase of Economic Competitiveness (Order 3388/2008 issued by the Minister of Economy and Finance, subsequently amended


Support for new job creation

-transparent de minimis aid scheme Funds for the health and safety of your employees(Order 310/2009 Minister of Labour, Family and Social protection and modified by Order 1932/2011)

-SOP Human Resources Development 2007-2013

-transparent state aid scheme for general and specific training (Order 309/2009

and replaced by order 2106/2011)

-transparent state aid scheme for employment Funds for completing your team(Order 308/2009 modified by Order 2252/2011

-One stop shop for foreign investors in Romania-free assistance for foreign

investors in Romania


Market & Location Advantage

-One of the largest markets in Central and Eastern Europe (ranking 7th in EU)

-Attractive location: situated at the turning point between EU, the Balkans and

CIS countries, Romania is crossed by three important pan-European

transportation corridors: corridor no. IV linking Western and Eastern Europe,

corridor no. IX connecting Northern and Southern Europe and no. VII Danube River, facilitating inland water transportation, at the same time connecting the

Romanian Port of Constanta (the biggest Port to the Black Sea) to Northern

Europe, through the Rhine.

Resource Advantage

-Highly skilled labour force at competitive prices (solid knowledge in foreign

languages, technology, IT, engineering, etc);

-Rich natural resources, including surface and underground waters, fertile

agricultural land, oil and gas;

-High potential for tourism.

.

Reasons to invest in Romania

Reasons to invest in Romania

Political Advantage

-Stability factor in the Area - NATO membership;

-Stability Guarantee in South Eastern Europe;

-EU membership.

IR Advantage

-Bilateral agreements between Romania and other countries on investments

promotion and protection;

-Bilateral diplomatic relations with 177 out of the 191 UN member states, plus

the Holy See, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Palestinian

National Authority;

-Member of the UN and other international organizations, like: OSCE, Council

of Europe and International Organization of Francophons;

-Free trade agreements with EU, EFTA countries, CEFTA countries;

-WTO member since January 1995

REASONS TO INVEST IN ROMANIA

Economical Advantage

-State aid schemes for encouraging investors to take upon Romania;

-Major interest of Foreign Investors leader destination for FDI in the region;

Social Advantage

-Agreement between Government and major unions;

-Labour relations regulated by the Romanian Labour Code.

Legislative Advantage

-Similar legal provisions as in EU (Acquis Communautaire implementation);

-Fiscal policy regulated by the Fiscal Code.

Other Advantages

-Well-developed networks of mobile telecommunications in GSM systems;

-Highly developed industrial infrastructure, including oil and petrochemicals;

-Presence of branch offices and representatives of various well-known

international banks;

-Extensive maritime and river navigation facilities.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WEST REGION OF ROMANIA

SECTORS-CLUSTERS

-AUTOMOTIVE

-ITC

-TOURISM

-RENEWABLE ENERGIES

-ELECTRONICS AND ELECTROTECHNICS

-WOOD AND FURNITURE

-CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

-AGRO-FOOD

-GREEN INDUSTRY

-TEXTILES &CLOTHING

-PACKAGING&PRINTING etc

CHRISTINA LEUCUTA

Deputy Director Ministry of Economy-Directorate for Industrial Policy

Tel 0040-21-2025199

Fax 0040-21-2025192

Mobile:0040-724208980



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