Publicat pe 21/03/2017

Bucharest, 21st: The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) was on Tuesday, March 21st, the host of the conference “The border between Romanian economy and productive Romania – Policies needed to close it”, organized in partnership with the site cursdeguvernare.ro.

The conference theme regarded the problems that Romanian productive sector has to deal with.

Te President of CCIR, Mr. Mihai Daraban, said that he expressed concern about the real situation in which the Romanian productivity is: “We rank 27th position among other European states concerning the productivity out of 28 states (…). I think that the 15 years ago advantage of skilled labor has disappeared completely from Romania, left only low wages that make us competitive and, if you like, attractive for certain fields of work. Next, I hold on to my opinion that the real economy Romanian and the education are two parallel lines. It is our struggle (n.r. CCIR’s fight) for the adoption of dual education system”.

The President of CCIR said there could optimistic reasons on this matter but only in the situation that there will be create legislation for business, in accordance with the facts and issues that businessmen are facing: “We must recognize the fact that currently govern for the budgetary system.”

Minister of Commerce Business Environment and Entrepreneurship, Mr. Alexandru Petrescu, presented the projects included in his mandate and also the obstacles they encountered since taking over the portfolio of minister: “(…) I’m referring to the level of internationalization of companies and absorption of innovation. If we raise the level of these two elements, we will finally have a good degree of productivity. Unfortunately, both indicators do not rise at a good level. Regarding the internationalization, I wanted very much to have budgets for a number of programs. At the time I took over the ministry, I found a number of programs, some were very good, I noticed a certain familiarity with business environment, and I wanted to have them refunded. I also found other programs, not so good, but with a little effort and creativity we brought them in the good area. These programs are designed to encourage entrepreneurs from the SME to stand outside the perimeter. We have two programs dedicated to this. One is the program of fairs and exhibitions, where many companies benefit from participation in international fairs and exhibitions”.

Mr. Gabriel Biriş appreciated “the determination of CCIR President to impose the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania as a reliable partner for business”. In his opinion, in Romania, a country with its own production resources, there are too many barriers and obstacles: “When we talk about development, production and investment (…) we can refer to education, vocational schools on the German model on investment in early education, kindergartens and nurseries (…), we can refer to transport infrastructure, even energy infrastructure. We can talk about efficient institutional design with quality public services. Unfortunately, the system is made to operate the budget, not to provide quality services”.

Former parliamentary Andreea Paul pointed out several aspects designed to reinvigorate productive Romania. “Let’s save what can be saved. (…) The fault is entirely political; it is about lack of coherence and legislative stability or pragmatic facilities. Remember, the entire region of Central and southeast Romania has the lowest intensity of state aid to GDP”.

The event was moderated by Vasile Iuga, partner PricewaterhouseCoopers Romania, and was honored by the presence of the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Ionuţ Misa, and the presence of major business representatives.

 

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