POST-ACCESSION PRIORITIES: ROMANIAN NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT 2007-2013

Since January 1st, 2007, Romania has entered a new era of progress where thefocus is on the economic convergence with the other European Union member states. TheNational Plan for Development 2007-2013 represents the strategic and financial multi-yearlyplanning document that directs the sustainable economic-social development of Romania instep with the Cohesion Policy of the European Union. This paper examines the issue ofabsorption funds as main determinant of Romania’s success during the post-accession period.Considering the global objective and also the specific objectives of the Strategy ofDevelopment 2007 ââ¬â 2013, we analyze the absorption of the community funds on the sixpriorities of the National Plan for Development - competitiveness, transport infrastructure,environment, human resources, rural development and regional development, presenting amulti-yearly comparative analysis of the financial programming 2007 ââ¬â 2013.post-accession, national plan for development, national strategy of development,structural funds, structural funds absorption rate

Reducing the Polluting Emissions. A Source for Diminishing the Climate Changes

The USA and the Western Europe are responsible for 2/3 of the CO2 emissions accumulated until today. On the other hand, Africa has produced only 3% of polluting emission since 1900 until today, by burning mineral fuels. Since 1992, the most industrialized countries have promised to help “the most vulnerable nations face the adverse consequences of climate changes” by supporting the costs of adaptation. The commitment was included in the convention frame that gave birth to the Kyoto Treaty, which was rejected by the George W. Bush Administration, even though the initial document, issued in 1992, had been signed by George Bush. The industrialized countries that signed the Kyoto Treaty have decided to create a special fund for “climate adaptation”. Hundreds of millions of dollars had to be used in order to diminish the impact of the global warming in the most exposed areas.Lately, maybe because the CO2 emissions increase due to human activities, the planet climate has changed for worse. 2007 was a key year in evaluating the reply the planet would give to the global overheating, mainly caused by the green-house effect and worsen by El Nino oceanic stream. This superposition of climate factors made 2007 to be one of the warmest years ever registered.diminution of polluting emissions, climate changes

Energy Service Companies Market in Europe - Status Report 2010

The present report is the 2007-2010 European ESCO status report, continuing the work of the "Latest Development of Energy Services Companies across Europe European" (Status Report 2007) published by the European Commission DG Joint Research Center in 2007 and which covered the European ESCO market development during 2005-2007. The first ESCO report of this series is Energy Service Companies in Europe (Status Report 2005) published by the European Commission DG Joint Research Center in 2005. The aim of the present report is to update and to investigate the specific situation in every country in more detail. To this end, the authors sketch the current status of national markets, and identify changes that have occurred during 2007-2010. In addition, the factors influencing the development are investigated. Specific barriers are identified and potential interventions to increase energy efficiency investments and to exploit energy saving potentials through ESCOs across Europe are discussed.JRC.DDG.F.8-Renewable Energy (Ispra

THE CURRENT POLICY REGARDING COMPLETION OF ROMANIA'S NATIONAL FUTURE ENERGY STRATEGY

The paper is an analysis of the importance and the approach of a new energy strategy for Romania in the context where energy has become a strategic factor in global politics, a vital component of a cost factor for economic development and progress of society as a whole . The author addresses the European Union's energy policy, which is a basic element in achieving national energy strategies, each country including Romania, acting in the energy sector so as to meet EU targets global and sustainable energy policy. Romania considers energy strategy as part of the defense strategy and campaigning to promote a common energy security policy at EU and national energy identity linking domestic politics with its obligations to the European level. Romania is trying to find the right model in terms of configuration and market energy system internally and should benefit from the development of interconnection networks gas and north-south and building an energy community to support national regulators and energy transmission system energy. For the future, the future energy strategy must provide consumers with a secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable by fundamental transformation of the energy system of Europe, where member states to make that depend on each other for the security of energy supply their citizens, based on trust and solidarity real and energetic creation of a union to speak in one voice in the world

The impact of European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP) on Romanian rural area

As a response to the global financial crisis, the European Commission elaborated a European Economic Recovery Plan, which aims at the increase of the demand, generation of economic growth and creation of new jobs. Among the solutions proposed to recover the economies, investments in rural development, especially in the fields of biodiversity, water management, milk and dairy products sector refreshment may be reminded, support for application of renewable energy and development of internet infrastructure in rural areas. By recovering economy with the help of investments in infrastructure, ecologic technologies, energetic efficiency and innovation, the package proposed by the European Commission intends to accelerate the transition to a knowledge-based society with reduced carbon dioxide emissions and environmentallyfriendly agricultural practices

The Changes in Romanian Food Supply Chain Due to the Development of Industrial Agri- Production Systems

The primary objective of supply chain management is to fulfill customer demands through the most efficient use of resources, including distribution capacity, inventory and labor. A variety of optimizing aspects of the supply chain include acts as a go-between with suppliers to reduce bottlenecks. The sales and operation planning is becoming a requirement for doing well supply chain implementation. There are many key opportunities for improving the export and competitive performances of the sector of certified food products and eco-products. Romania has great openings for promoting and developing the ecological agriculture due to an agricultural area of 14.8 million hectares and unpolluted soils. One of the major points is to confine and maintain a greater part from the nationwide element of value chain during the orientation of production and sales towards primary products. It is also required a better promotion of Romanian food products on external markets, as well as a more intensive niche marketing and consolidation of the existing ones. Another concern is to create a suitable manufacturing, processing and marketing system for food products, aimed to suit the needs of national and foreign markets. The development of the research area of activities related to food products and markets has to be also increased.Agri-production systems, Quality, Supply Chain, Management, Agricultural and Food Policy,

THE IMPACT OF GREEN ECONOMY STANDARDS ON COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: THE STUDY OF ROMANIA

The study aimed to reveal the impact of green economy practices in achieving competitive advantage in companies operating in Romania, according to the size of the companies. The study used the descriptive causal approach. As for the study population, it consisted of all employees in Romanian companies in the departments of quality assurance, quality control, research and development, and production. The questionnaire was used as a main tool for collecting data and information that was analyzed with a set of statistical means, via the Internet to collect data, followed by the analysis of correlations between specific variables. By applying the Pearson chi-square test, 355 questionnaires were distributed, and only 100 were retrieved. The results of the study have showed that there is an impact of green economy practices in achieving competitive advantage, as well as an impact of total quality management practices in achieving competitive advantage in the Romanian operating companies under study. There were no statistically significant differences in the averages of the impact of green economy practices on achieving the competitive advantage. There is a relationship between the use of green economy standards and the subsequent perception of their effectiveness

Structural change in Europe's rural regions: Farm livelihoods between subsistence orientation, modernisation and non-farm diversification

The contributions in this edited volume constitute the mini-symposium on 'Structural change in Europe's rural regions - Farm livelihoods between subsistence orientation, modernization and non-farm diversification' at the international conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) on 'The New Landscape of Global Agriculture' in Beijing, China, August 16-22, 2009. Table of contents: Can we really talk about structural change? The issue of small-scale farms in rural Poland; Tomasz Wolek (WUDES) ...1-22 The role of farm activities for overcoming rural poverty in Romania; Cosmin Salasan (USAMVB) & Jana Fritzsch (IAMO)...23-41 Comparative Analysis of the contribution of subsistence production to household incomes in five EU New Member States: Lessons learnt; Sophia Davidova (UNIKENT), Lena Fredriksson (UNIKENT), Matthew Gorton (UNEW), Plamen Mishev (UNWE) & Dan Petrovici (UNIKENT)...43-68 The flexibility of family farms in Poland; Swetlana Renner, Heinrich Hockmann, Agata Pieniadz, & Thomas Glauben (IAMO)...69-89 Agriculture and rural structural change: An analysis of the experience of past accessions in selected EU15 regions; Carmen Hubbard & Matthew Gorton (UNEW)...91-112 Expanding biogas production in Germany and Hungary: Good prospects for small scale farms?; Lioudmila Möller (IAMO)...113-133 Impact of topical policies on the future of small-scale farms in Poland - A multiobjective approach; Stefan Wegener (IAMO), Jana Fritzsch (IAMO), Gertrud Buchenrieder (IAMO), Jarmila Curtiss (IPTS), & Sergio Gomez y Paloma (IPTS)...135-160 --