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Anca Boagiu
Minister, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Romania

Community funded projects are a priority not only for Romania, but also for the European Union Members providing links between these countries and the region.

Laszlo Borbely
Minister for Environment & Forests, Romania

Romania has sea, mountains, a third of Europe’s geothermal water, but has no services and infrastructure.

Elena Udrea
Minister, Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism, Romania

A program that relates to road infrastructure investment is welcome because it generates jobs, and at the same time, satisfies a need that Romania carries for more than 20 years, to have a modern road infrastructure, capable to support a modern economy as we strive to have.

Sulfina Barbu
President, Commission for Public Administration, Parliament of Romania

It is important to look at the environment as a resource to combat the economic crisis. The environment is a chance to develop new companies and create new jobs.

Sorin Oprescu
Mayor of Bucharest, Romania

The crisis period should not prevent the development of the city. Therefore, there is a need for order and vision in planning.

Tom Bowker
News Editor, Infrastructure Journal, United Kingdom

“As the PPP/PFI model loses favour in the market of its birth – the UK – other countries around the world are picking up the baton and realising the benefits of the model for financing infrastructure. The PPP model has served the UK and Western Europe well over the years; Eastern Europe is now in a great position to learn from the successes, and the mistakes, of the model’s early adopters and build a better-integrated transport infrastructure – leveraging private sector expertise in partnership with governments across the region.”

Mircea Matei
President, National Regulatory Authority for Community Services Public Utilities, Romania

Local authorities have reached the obvious conclusion that the only way to develop public utilities is to access external funding. The main problem faced by the public administration in the process of accessing structural funds is co-sharing funding of projects. This co-financing may be provided by local public authorities, which should be a little more daring, in the sense that, in the lack of local budgetary resources, they should have the courage to apply for bank loans.

Laurentiu Plosceanu
President, Association for Construction Entrepreneurs, Romania

If project development is resumed, either on new or undergoing projects, financed through structural funds or public funds dedicated to investments such as PPP, infrastructure and construction companies will be able to balance their situation. Without massive investment in public works, we cannot improve this crisis situation.

QUALITY OF DEBATES
The main driver of economic growth identified by leading political and economic decision makers in the world - investments in infrastructure and urban development - has been widely debated for two days in Bucharest: priority infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern Europe, sustainable urban development policies, European funding programs, facilitation of private investments and public-private partnerships, financing and implementing green initiatives

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