A small but strong team of brave people, with great dreams and very well prepared, laid the foundations of North-East RDA, in Piatra Neamț.
Their mission was a bold one and oriented towards the greater good of the inhabitants in the North-East region of Romania:
North-East RDA to become a generator of economic and social development of the North-East Region
HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE?
// By developing and promoting strategies
// Attracting resources
// Identification and implementation of financing programs
// Services to stimulate sustainable growth, partnerships and entrepreneurship
25 PHARE CES programs
650 GRANT contracts
7 GOVERNMENTAL INVESTMENT programs
35 WORKS contracts
ROREG (National Association of Agencies for Regional Development) is established, at the initiative of ADR Nord-Est, which also holds the presidency.
The Regional Offices for Cross-Border Cooperation are established: BRCT Romania-Ukraine, in Suceava and BRCT Romania-Republic of Moldova, in Iași
// The FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT is signed for the implementation of the ROP 2007-2013 in the region
// The first Regional Forum „Invest in Northeast Romania” takes place in Iasi
// The first PC6 project „Discover North-East Romania”
// The foundations of the first innovation strategy of our region
// North-East RDA becomes the host structure for the Europe Direct North-East Center dedicated exclusively to the provision of European information services
// The Brussels Representation Office of the North-East RDA is established
// The North-East Regional Studies Center is established
// IMAGO-MOL – establishment of the first Regional Cluster of Molecular and Structural Imaging in Romania, in which North-East RDA is a founding member
1521 projects submitted under ROP 2007-2013
805,5 mil. EUR non-refundable allocation contracted
Signing of the FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT with the MINISTRY OF ECONOMY for taking over the responsibilities of the OI POS CCE in the North-East Region (Priority Axis 1)
543 contracted projects
111,8 mil. EUR total non-refundable funds attracted in the North-East Region
Approval of the NORTH-EAST SMART SPECIALIZATION STRATEGY and its inclusion in the Regional Development Plan 2014-2020
North-East RDA becomes host structure for the Enterprise Europe Network Center, focused on providing specialized services to support business and innovation in the North-East Region
North-East RDA becomes a member of the S3 platforms for agriculture and industrial modernization and the first governance structures of RIS3 Nord-Est are established: the Regional Innovation Consortium and the Academic Advisory Commission
Rubik Hub is established in Piatra Neamț – the first space dedicated to entrepreneurship in the North-East Region, which has a well-defined purpose: supporting and developing the entrepreneurial and start-up ecosystem in the region
1.089 mil. EUR allocated to the Nort-East Region from ROP 2014-2020
106 mil. EUR reimbursed value
1.322 submitted projects in the North-East region
77 international projects, with a total budget of 8,6 mil. EUR
20 services and TA contracts, in total value of 43,2 mil. EUR
620 graduates of professional training courses
<3.720 training hours
18 certified trainers within North-East RDA
13 programs dedicated to the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem
<60 mentored startups, 10 entered acceleration programs
We believe in continuous evolution and transformation, we believe in a future in which the North-East Region of Romania will be one of the favorite places in Europe where anyone would want to live, learn, work or invest.