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 Percentage

Romanian 89.5%

Hungarian 6.6%

Roma 2.5%

Ukranian 0.3%

German 0.3%

Russian 0.2%

Turkish 0.2%

Other 0.4%

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

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

Power distance

Individualism MasculinityUncertainty avoidance

The culture of Romania

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 City population

Bucharest 1.9 million people.

Cluj-Napoca 325,000 people.

Timișoara 320,000 people.

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/romania.htmlhttp://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-eml-alt-mgi-mck-oth-1312

In 1889, Timișoara became the first inEurope to install electric street-lighting.

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

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

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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

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

Arable land per 1000 inhabitants

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-sanctuaryhttp://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/22-photographs-prove-that-romania-is-beautiful/

Part # 3

Some inputs on political issues in Romania

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

The parliament of Romania

The Senate The Chamber of Deputies

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

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http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GenderGap_Report_2013.pdfhttp://www.quotaproject.org/other/Women_Political_Participation_and_Electoral_Quotas_in_Romania.pdf

Romania ranks # 70 on the Gender gap index 2013.

ExampleThe percentage of Romanian women in Parliament has

been lower than 10% for several years.

https://index.okfn.org

Romania ranks # 45 on the open data index.

http://en.rsf.org

In Romania, there are noticeable problems regarding press freedom

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 about6 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 Călimaniat 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

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

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

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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.comhttp://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