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The attractiveness of the Northern The attractiveness of the Northern TransylvaniaTransylvaniaROMANIAROMANIA
Presented by Ioana ARHIPPresented by Ioana ARHIPDIRECTOR DIRECTOR
of the Programmes Monitoring Divisionof the Programmes Monitoring Division
North West Regional Development AgencyNorth West Regional Development Agency
Localisation of Northern Transylvania in EuropeLocalisation of Northern Transylvania in Europe
Placed in the South East of Europe, on the North-West side
of Romania. Neighbours: - 3 romanian regions: The Centre, West, and North East - Hungary: The North Great Plaine Region - Uckraine.
Relevant Numbers from the Relevant Numbers from the Northern TransylvaniaNorthern Transylvania
POPULATIONPOPULATION – 2.744.000 inhabitants (12,6% out of population of Romania) - 48,9% live in rural space
EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT - 1.164.000 people - employment rate: 51,5% - manufacturing sector is the highest in industry: 86,29%
- 13,5% of the employed population have graduated universities
The indicator of human development in the region was of 0,751.Regional GDP = 11,7% from Romanian GDP(136.673 billions lei)
ENTREPRISESENTREPRISES - 42 515 entreprises in the region - 99,22% are SMES
AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE - 885 598 hectares allocated, out of which is 95,03% is private - private farms have around 1-5 ha
INDUSTRY INDUSTRY - All industrial fields are represented in the Northern Transylvania
Clothing, Hotels and catering, Metallic ores, Declining sectors, Wholesales, Agriculture, Forestry
Dynamic of priority sectors of Northern Transylvania for the period 2004-2006
Increse
OCCUPIED
WORKFORCE
decrease
decrease I N V E S T M E N T S increse
Food & beverages, Other non-metallic ores, Equipment & machinery, Rubber & plastic, Infrastructure sectors: Constructions, Transportation, Postal services & telecommunications, Water resources management
Metallurgic industry, Metallic constructions, Electric equipment & machinery
Shoes & Leather, Furniture, Textiles, Wood processing industry, ITRetail, Production, transport and distribution of electricity, heat, natural gas, commerce and maintenance of vehicles; gas stations for vehiclesOther services for business, Other services, Real estate
Prority sectors of Northern Transylvania Region(2007-2013)
Sustainable sectors (with favourable conditions of building competitive advantages of the region): tourism; light industry (food, furniture, clothes); research and higher education; agriculture; IT&C; ecquipment and machinery industry
Maintenance sectors (with higher occupation of workforce but uncertain development in the future- the development will be impossible without strategic
foreign investments): metalurgic industry, caoutchouc industry
“Dilema” sectors (with uncertain evolution in the future): plastics industry, transports and connected activities
BALNEAR tourism – thermal sources and salinas
MOUNTAIN tourism – especially for winter and extreme sports
CULTURAL tourism, including agrotourism, based on cultural events, historical centres and ethno-folkloric areas with cultural heritage well preserved: traditions, customs, handicrafts
Development of balnear tourism – priority for the near future
Rehabilitation and development of tourism infrastructure
Diversification of all tourism services, but especially of rural and cultural services
Investments in priority sectorsTOURISM
Higher education and research
High educated workforce due to the existent network of universities
It is necessary to develop new forms of education (adult training and technical-vocational education)
Equipping universities with high technology in order to favour applied research
Developping the private sector– universities partnership in order to transfer new technologies and know how
Agriculture
10,42% of the agricultural area of the country14,89% of the agricultural production of Romania96,96% of the total production of the region is private
Measures to be taken:Modernisation and raise the efficiency of agricultural research stationsA better valorisation of agricultural potential (plant and animals growth)Increasing competitiveness of local agricultural productionSME development in rural areas with the view of valorising spontaneous floraNew Opportunity: increasing the recquest of ecological products
The investments in productive sector are rising: the media regarding ecquipment investments is good but the extremes are high (in 2002 comparative to 2001 the ecquipment investments in Satu Mare county rised with 156,7%; in the same period Cluj county registered 4,2% and Salaj county – 8,83%.)
Most encountered: Lohn production.
Opportunity: this sector will try to develop its own products under their own label Internal recquest is increasing
There are market niches that can be valorised
Investments in priority sectorsLIGHT INDUSTRY – food&clothes- and
FURNITURE
IT & C
Development of services and informatic applications, internet providers for citizens (health, administration, education, private)
Development of services and applications for electronic commerce and tranzactions
There are no major investments in hard&soft industry
Liberalization of fixed telephonie market
High potential of the offer of IT sector and of specialised services designed for companies
Ecquipment and machinery industry
The situation:• Industrial tradition of the region• There is no utilisation of ecological technology in
fabrication processes
Opportunities: • If this sector is more developed than it will
lead/help the orizontal industries to grow• Transfer of know how and good practices
the future pan-european corridor: highway
interregional router links: to be implemented
infrastructure for touristic areas: to be improved
ring routes for the urban areas: on-going
electric railways: to be extended
4 airports: modenized and internationalized
Goods transportation system to be eficientized
Investments in priority sectors TRANSPORT
Prevention the environment pollution
High percentaje of degraded fields, pollution of surface and subsurfaces waters, air pollution
Low development of the infrastructure for collecting, recycling and valorisation of wastes
There is no culture regarding the prevention of the environment polution
Measures to be done:
monitoring of emission and evacuation systems
rehabilitation of degraded sites
investments in echological technologies
development of raw materials collecting base in the rural environment
Awareness programmes for prevention the environment polution
The objective of development strategy of the Northern Transylvania for the following
period:(2007 - 2013)
Economic development by
policentric development and
functional specialization
Industrial parks
Industrial Park of Satu Mare (field: automotive, light, furniture, IT, telecommunications and electronics)
Industrial Park of Jibou (non-polution industries with high technology and services)
Industrial Park of Bors (nonpoution industries and light industry)
Economic Area of Cluj-West (soft production, high tehcnology, auto industry, electrocasnic industry)
Millenium Bussiness Center (bussiness suport services for SME's)
Marketing Agro-food Center (for storage and primar prelucrare of agro-food products)
Investment projects in infrastructure
Luna Ses-Borsa tourism area development – budget 15.615.324,32 Euro
Modernisation and extension of cleaning station and sewerage sistems of Zalau industrial area – budget: 5.229.413 Euro
Development of heating systems based on biomass in 5 touristic areas “Rumegus 2000”
Main achievements of the North West RDA for the region
Almost 110.450.000 Euro attracted into region, out of which around 43.450.000 Euro for the large scale infrastructure
2266 processed grant projects
567 contracted, finalized and on-going projects