sorina blejan brasov chamber of commerce and...
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• Content :Support for SME’s
• I. Brasov County – Business
information
• II. Reasons to invest in Brasov
• III. CCI Brasov –Services
Sorina Blejan
Brasov Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Population
549.217
Persons
Employees
163.100
Persons
Employees
in public sector:
22.000
Persons
Unemployed
(September 2013):
11.416 persons
Unemployed rate
(September 2013):
4.73 %
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TURNOVER (bil. Euro)
Total number of
companies ( 2012):
31.058
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TURNOVER STRUCTURE
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FOREIGN TRADE
1005
1151 1225 1161
1657
1836
1962
1307
1589 1589
1372
1563
1841
1928
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1000
1500
2000
2500
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Import
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FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
The foreign direct investments in Brasov county reached 848 million euros
There acted 5500 joint-ventures
In the country’s top of the participation in capital subscribed in hard currency, Braşov county is on the 6th place after Bucharest, Ilfov, Timis, Bihor, and Mures.
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TOP 10 COUNTRIES BY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS, 2012
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Germany
Cyprus
France
Holland
Finland
Spain
Luxembourg
BVI
Italy
USA
392 98
43
40
40
26
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19
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TOP 10 COUNTRIES BY NUMBER OF COMPANIES
Italy Germany UK France Spain Israel Holland Hungary Austria U.S.A.
1071
883
500
411
315 296 260
222 214 211
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REASONS TO INVEST IN BRAŞOV COUNTY
Human resources potential
Highly qualified workforce in technical field and services; lower costs of staff as compared to other Central-European countries.
Important academic centre, registering a number of five universities with specialized departments in the technical, technological, IT, economic, law, philology, medicine, humanities fields, having more than 25,000 students.
Population with high linguistic skills (English, French, German)
A market of more than 500,000 inhabitants
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REASONS TO INVEST IN BRAŞOV COUNTY
Geographic location
attractive position in the centre of Romania, at the junction of the main communication means
History
important commercial centre with long tradition (century XIII)
Braşov, documentary recorded since 1235, has many historical attractions, being a significant cultural centre
European Environment due to its powerful historical connections with central Europe
An area of ethnical and cultural mixture, where different ethnics and religions coexist peacefully
Tourism
high tourist potential with many attraction points and services at European standards (hotels, restaurants)
Braşov county holds the first position with respect in mountain tourism, Poiana Braşov and Predeal are the most famous and best equipped ski resorts in Romania
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REASONS TO INVEST IN BRAŞOV COUNTY
Business environment
Support from county and local public authorities for foreign investors
Low cost of investments, land, buildings, new constructions
There are 5,500 companies with foreign capital
Important business infrastructure: 8 industrial parks (5 brown field, 3 green field) and a business incubator, with a total surface of 230 ha
Over 30 commercial banks, most of them –international banks
Braşov Chamber of Commerce and Industry provides prompt and high quality advice and consultancy for company set-up and activity development
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M a i n A c t i v i t i e s
Representation
Information
Consultancy
International Relations
Education and Training
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C O N S U L T A N C Y
Business development
Feasibility studies and business planning
Financing
EU programmes
One stop office
Industrial property
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The Chamber provides assistance for the investors who want to set up a company and open a branch or a subsidiary through its One Stop Office
• Information regarding :business partners, market, products & services, prices, competitions, statistics, etc
• Organizing Romanian companies’ participation to international fairs and trade missions
• Organizing B2B matchmaking sessions, seminars, forums, etc
• Euro Info Centre RO825 Brasov hosted by CCI Brasov over ten years belonged to the Romanian Euro Info Centre network that operated under the auspices of Enterprise Directorate-General
• Fagaras Europe Direct –the European information centre of the Europe Direct network
• Brasov European Documentation Centre that belongs to the EDC network
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The Technology Information Centre of the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry Brasov
“Together for successful business”
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The Technology Information Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Brasov
The Centre for technology information in tourism, environment
protection and wood industry – Zone 7 Centre East INFOTEH is a
project financed under the National Programme “Development of
innovation and technology transfer infrastructure INFRATEH” of the
Ministry of Research , as a initiative of the Chamber of Commerce
and Industry Brasov
in the year 2007
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The Technology Information Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry Brasov
Services provided: - Information, consulting and technology expertise - Business support for innovation and technology transfer for SMEs - Dissemination of scientific knowledge - Support for the development of domestic and international partnerships - Consultancy in the preparation of documentation for accessing funding - Support and advice for making experimental models and prototypes - Impact studies, marketing, promotion for implementing research in the economic environment
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The Technology Information Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Brasov Results obtained: -over 120 projects carried out, of which 25 at national level - over 40 new technologies implemented - organization of over 170 events in the target domain -organization of workshops - organization of Research Fair - in 2010, 2011, 2012 -Organization of over 24 de training sessions with over 470 participants - organization of over 25 qualification programmes with over 130 participants
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Some relevant Projects undertaken during the last three years SECTORAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
FLEXIBLE and INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISES FLEXINOV Partners: Top Quality Management, Brasov Chamber of Commerce and Industry
REGIONS FOR JOBS Partners: CCI Bistrita, CCI Brasov, CCI Prahova, Mesogeiako Symvouleftiko Systema S.A. Greece
SKILLS for ADAPTABILITY, FLEXICURITY and the SUSTAINABILITY in the TOURISM and HOSPITALITY Field Partners: Eurodezvoltare SRL, SC Tourism Hotel and Restaurant Consulting Group LLC, Unita Semplice (Center of excellence in nutritional diseases)-Padova Italy, BCC, Unionservices SRL of Verona Padova Italy
QUALIFICATION AND REQUALIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE WOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY Partners:Brasov Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Foresters Association in Romania (ASFOR)- Brasov branch
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Got through:
participation in fairs and exhibitions
close contacts with companies, feedback
cooperation with foreign companies
partnerships and cooperation networks:
- Honor members of CCIBV
- members of international INNOVATION NETWORKS
- members of international CLUSTERS
- members of international ASSOCIATIONS
BRASOV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (CCIBV)
EXPECTATIONS:
technical equipments
software, patents, etc.
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•multifunctional
• fully-equipped
• presentations
• events
• meetings
• workshops
• trainings
MEETING ROOMS
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Address:
Brașov, Street Bd. Mihail
Kogalniceanu nr. 20 www.ccibv.ro
E-mail: [email protected]