Romania

Part # 1
People living in Romania

About 22 million people live in Romania.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html

Origin of people living in Romania

Romanian
Hungarian
Roma
Ukranian
German
Russian
Turkish
Other
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html

Percentage
89.5%
6.6%
2.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%

The culture of Romania

Power
distance

Individualism

http://geert-hofstede.com/romania.html

Masculinity

Uncertainty
avoidance

Nadia Comaneci scored the first ever perfect 10 for her performance
on the parallel bars at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

http://www.romaniatourism.net/romanian-facts/world-famous-sports-stars-romania/

Part # 2
Cities and nature of Romania

https://www.google.com/maps/

Cities
Bucharest

City population
1.9 million people.

Cluj-Napoca

325,000 people.

Timioara

320,000 people.

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/romania.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Largest_cities_of_Romania

Bucharest is centrally
located in Europe

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic
_studies/a_new_dawn_reigniting_growth_in_
central_and_eastern_europe?cid=other-emlalt-mgi-mck-oth-1312

In 1889, Timioara became the first in

Europe to install electric street-lighting.

http://romaniatourism.com/did-you-know.html

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/a_new_dawn_reigniting_growth_in_central_and_eastern_europe

In Romania,
the share of
urban
population
as % of
total
population
is low

In general, high levels of urbanisation are

associated with higher wealth, and there is
a sharp disparity between the productivity
of urban and rural areas, which affects
national productivity and growth.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/a_new_dawn_reigniting_growth_in_central_and_eastern_europe

Natural resources in Romania

Hydropower.
Petroleum. Reserves are declining.
Coal.
Natural gas.
Timber.
Iron ore.
Salt.
37% of the land in Romania is arable.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html

Arable land per 1000 inhabitants

http://www.bkr.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/mon-13-may-investment-opportunities-in-romania-iulia-lascau.pdf

Over 5,000
brown bears
live in Romania.

Although
presently in
decline,
Romania's
population of
brown bears is
the largest in
Europe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania

Further inspiration
http://www.ampbears.ro/en/bear-sanctuary
http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/22-photographs-prove-that-romania-is-beautiful/

Part # 3
Some inputs on political
issues in Romania

The parliament of Romania

The Senate

The Chamber of Deputies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Romania

http://truenomads.com/2013/12/interesting-facts-about-romania/

The parliament
building in
Bucharest is
the 2nd largest
building in the
world - next
only to the
Pentagon in
the USA.

Romania ranks # 70 on the Gender gap index 2013.

Example
The percentage of Romanian women in Parliament has
been lower than 10% for several years.
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GenderGap_Report_2013.pdf
http://www.quotaproject.org/other/Women_Political_Participation_and_Electoral_Quotas_in_Romania.pdf

Romania ranks # 45 on the open data index.

https://index.okfn.org

In Romania, there are noticeable problems regarding press freedom

http://en.rsf.org

Part # 4
Inputs about the economy
of Romania

Energy and electricity

Households in Slovakia, Poland, and Romania

spend almost 50% of their income on food
and 14 to 18% of income on utilities.
In most other European countries, food takes up
33% or less of total income - and utilities about
6 or 7%.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/a_new_dawn_reigniting_growth_in_central_and_eastern_europe

In Romania, 50% of electricity distribution

is privately owned by E.ON, CEZ, and Enel.

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/a_new_dawn_reigniting_growth_in_central_and_eastern_europe

In 2012, The European Bank for reconstruction and

development made 2 loans worth 51 million in the
renewable energy sector.

These loans went to EDPR to fund wind projects in

Sarichioi and Vuticani, and to EPGE to finance the
Chirnogeni wind park.
http://www.ebrd.com/downloads/research/factsheets/romania.pdf

The European Bank for reconstruction and

development invested 20m in Energobit, a
leading Romanian provider of engineering
and turnkey project management for
electricity networks, wind farms and power
stations.
http://www.ebrd.com/downloads/research/factsheets/romania.pdf

Romania is considered to have the highest

wind energy potential in the region.
Highest measured wind speed is at Climani
at an altitude of 2022 m, with an annual
average of 10.3 m/s at 10 m above ground.
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/rou_nc5_resbmit.pdf

Automotive industry

In Romania, there are more than 500

suppliers to the automotive industry.

http://www.bkr.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/mon-13-may-investment-opportunities-in-romania-iulia-lascau.pdf

http://www.bkr.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/mon-13-may-investment-opportunities-in-romania-iulia-lascau.pdf

http://www.bkr.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/mon-13-may-investment-opportunities-in-romania-iulia-lascau.pdf

http://www.dce.gov.ro/Info_business/RO_flyer_apr12.pdf

http://www.dce.gov.ro/Info_business/RO_flyer_apr12.pdf

http://www.dce.gov.ro/Info_business/RO_flyer_apr12.pdf

Infrastructure development

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania

Romanias
road
network

Romania ranks low on road quality.

In World Economic Forum competitiveness
statistics, Romania is rated 2.1 out of 6 points.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/a_new_dawn_reigniting_growth_in_central_and_eastern_europe

Highways built in Romania cost 3 times as much

per kilometre as those in Bulgaria, largely due to
contract add-ons, which Romanian authorities
typically allow.
For the 96 contracts signed between June 2010
and June 2011, authorities signed 203 addenda,
and the initial value of 23 contracts was changed.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/economic_studies/a_new_dawn_reigniting_growth_in_central_and_eastern_europe?cid=other-eml-alt-mgi-mck-oth-1312

Other

Examples

http://www.123contactform.com
http://www.impacthub.ro

In Romania, investment in research & development constitutes

a very small percentage of GDP

http://www.upg-bulletin-se.ro/archive/2014-1/6.Russu.pdf