MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ROMANIA

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10TH CEI Summit Economic Forum- Mobilizing
actors for environmental governance Sofia,
Bulgaria, November 21st

• Sustainable Development
• and the business sector
• - the Romanian perspective
• Teia Catana
• Head of Unit

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Mobilizing actors from a business perspective
getting the LICENSE TO OPERATE
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Mobilizing actors for Romanias Sustainable
Development Strategy
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Why a Sustainable Development Strategy?

• supporting pillar of any long-term governing
  system
• SD - complex and fundamental concept in modern
  politics and policy-making
• enables Romania to plan, implement and monitor
  the progress of our society towards reaching long
  term objectives

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Strategy development

• First creation 1997-1999
• Revision 2007-2008
• Progress report to EU every 2 years

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Sustainable Development Strategy key challenges

• Climate change and clean energy
• Sustainable transport
• Sustainable consumption and production
• Conservation and management of natural resources
• Public health
• Social inclusion, demography and migration
• Global poverty and sustainable development
  challenges

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Stakeholders involvement

• National Council for Public Debate
• Working groups at govermental level
• Regional consultations
• Media exposure and debates
• Scientific review

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES linked to sustainable
development

• The National Development Plan of Romania between
  2007-2013 amounts to 58,7 bln. EUR based on
• - EU post accession funds (43),
• - public funds (national and local level,
  including IFI credits) (48)
• - and private funds (co-financing for EU funds
  9 - 5,3bln EUR)
• Competitive advantage through eco-design and
  eco-innovation implementation
• Higher retention and engagement of human capital
  new set of values, higher awareness and
  interest for environmental/sustainability issues
  among people
• Positive relationship between environmental
  governance and financial performance

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BUSINESS RISKS steaming from a wide focus on
sustainable development

• financial and legal consequences if not complying
  with new, growing, complex (EU) regulation
  especially with environmental focus
• Loosing license to operate from other
  stakeholders customers, general public, local
  communities
• polluter pays higher costs/investments for
  activities and operations with greater impact on
  the environment

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Thank you!

• teia.catana_at_mmediu.ro