Global North-East SWOT Analysis Strong Points Weak Points ...

INFRASTRUCTUREOpportunitiesRisks• Higher number of passengers to use theregional air infrastructure (studyproduced by German Airport Consulting• Low cooperation between local andcounty public administrations to promotelarge regional projects;Group);• Low capacity of region’s population to• High demand to modernize and extendtransportation infrastructure, particularlythe road one;takeover specific costs for maintenanceof rehabilitated or new infrastructure dueto current poverty rate;• Setting up the regional infrastructurepartnership group;• Law background still keeping statemonopoly for providing certain types of• Possibility to get fundings through theRomanian Social Development Fund;services for utilities infrastructure.• Setting up of the SIRET-PRUT-NISTRUEuro-region;• Funding of ‘Rehabilitation of SiretIndustrial Area’ within Phare 2000.• Running the ‘Stefan cel Mare – 500years memorial’ project funded byRomanian government.ENVIRONMENTStrong pointsWeak points• Higher quantity and quality potable waterresources in Neamt, Suceava comparedto other areas;• Constant atmospheric pollution mainly inbig towns and around industrial areaswith frequent exceeding of maximum• Reduction of pollution from big industrial environment specific indicators;polluters and step by step replacing ofthose with SMEs (providing flexibility andadaptability to environment requirements)• Pollution of ground and undergroundwater due to uncontrolled spills ofcompanies, accidents and poor• Low scale using of pesticides anddevelopment of sewerage in rural area;fertilizers;• Low capacity of waste water treatment• Providing high tech for environmentquality monitoring (Suceava, Neamt,(70% out of required) and wastes dumpplatforms (60% out of required);Bacau);• Lack of centralized water supply in rural• Implementing Local Agenda 21 in Iasi. and some urban outskirt areas;• Low percentage of high quality groundwater (22% first quality on river Prut and57% on river Siret);• High soil erosion in most of the region’sjudets, particularly Vaslui (71% out of thejudet total farming area);• Non-selective collection of wastes in ruralareas;• Uncontrolled storing of wastes in ruralareas;• Uncontrolled deforestation causing earthslides;• Lack of potable water resources in judetsIasi, Vaslui, Bacau and Botosani.RDA NE SWOT Analysis RDP 2007-2013 PAGE 4