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Opportunities• Location of the region as the easternborder of EU in the futures;• Forecasted decrease of inflation rate anddecrease of the credit cost consequently;• Presence of Action Programs at nationallevel for: environment, HR, anti-poverty,industry, spatial planning, SMEs;• Encouraging new types of tourism andvalorization of historical, cultural, spiritualand traditional heritage;• Presence of raw materials: constructionmaterials and wood (see naturalresources) attractive for foreigninvestors;• Setting up SIRET-PRUT-NISTRU Euroregion;• Setting up the Economic CenterSuceava, Business Incubator Botosaniwithin PHARE 2001;• Funding of ‘Rehabilitation of AgapiaMonastery Tourist Area’ and ‘BusinessCenter Tutova-Barlad’ within PHARE2002;• Support to business by modernizing theregion’s airports as tourists startingpoints for region tourists routes;• Running the ‘Stefan cel Mare – 500years memorial’ project funded byRomanian government;other regions and national (34.00%) –year 2002;• Average stay over night in the region (2.7nights per tourist), lower than national(3.59 nights per tourist) – year 2000;• High rate of population employed inagriculture - 51,12% and a low one inservices 28,88% – 2002;• High percentage of populationconcentrated in rural area: 59.23% out ofthe total population of the region;• High unemployment rate of the region10.6% compared to the national one –8.8%, and Neamt county as 14.1% - in2001;Risks• Lack of cohesion if the economic andsocial provisions on the background ofincreased population mistrust into thecountry economic coming back tonormal;• Continuation of ‘brain drain’ to otherregions and countries;• Continuous increase of the populationpoverty rate in the region;• Presence of areas with a high risk ofnatural disasters (earth slides, floods,etc.);RDA NE SWOT Analysis RDP 2007-2013 PAGE 2
INFRASTRUCTUREStrong pointsWeak points• Presence of European road E85 crossing • Lack of an European road corridor east-North-East Region from North to South; West;• Presence of 3 regional airports (Iasi andBacau as international) and the railnetwork providing connections to otherregions;• Low density of modernized roadinfrastructure – 58% out of the region’sinfrastructure is lower than minimumstandards –2002;• Railway density per 1.000 sqkm (40.9)higher than national level –2002;• Lack of international flights on thecurrent three airports due to poor• Building up within PHARE 2000 of the provided equipment;Technological Park, Iasi and the IT Parkin Hemeiusi-Bacau;• 343 communes only out of a total of2.908 connected to the potable water• Setting up the Economic Centernetwork;Suceava, Business Incubator Botosaniand the Business Center Tutova-Barlad’• 22 town only out of a total of 32connected to natural gas network;within PHARE 2002;• High number of locations with no natural• Presence of the modernized roadRoman-Iasi and the road corridorsSuceava North-East (E 577-576).gas, water supply and seweragenetwork, not connected to gas 87,69%,to sewerage 95.58% and potable watersupply 87.25% out of the total region’slocations total;• Low development rate of the potablewater supply network compared tosurface and population in 2002:• km network/100 sqkm: 12.55compared to 16.89 national;• km potable network/1.000pop.:1.23 compared to 1.84 national;• Low rate of sewerage networkdevelopment compared to region’s sqkmand population 2002:• Out of 375 locations connected topotable water network only 131are connected to sewerage;• Low rate of natural gas networkdevelopment compared to region’s sqkmand population 2000:• 0,59 compared to 1,10 national;• km natural gas network/100sqkm:5.47 compared to 10.09 national;• Low rate of education infrastructuredevelopment and modernizing both ruraland urban;• Lack of modern facilities in healthinfrastructure;• Low access to mountain tourist locationsand forest exploitations.RDA NE SWOT Analysis RDP 2007-2013 PAGE 3
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