Top managers willing to help Romania overcome the crisis

 

Boc indicated that Romania is at the end of the first stage of the process for countering the effects of the economic crisis, through the adoption of the state budget, and explained that some of the measures proposed by the business environment have already been taken into consideration by the government.

“Nobody knows the perfect solution for the crisis. Some of the recommendations have already been included in the budget, but the anti-crisis measure package will be adjusted along the way, based on the evolution of the economic situation," Boc added. According to Romania's Prime Minister, the public liquidity infusion is very important, considering that private investments in the economy declined, due to the crisis. Consequently, the government allocated over €10 billion for investments through the budget. Boc added that, before every weekly session, the government analyzes the situation of public investments included in this year's draft budget, together with the stage of attraction of European funds.

“I am very pleased with this feedback from the real economy. There are many recommendations I found in this document, and many are good, which we will take into consideration and make the necessary corrections," said Minister of Public Finance Gheorghe Pogea.

Businesspeople are confident that this project will improve the economic situation. “I am optimistic about this project. Things are beginning to move. The series of events of this kind, in which the private environment meets members of the government, should be continued. I think future sessions should be more focused on specific fields - infrastructure, education, labor market," said Octavian Radu, President of RTC Holding. “Frankly, I was not expecting that members of the government would react so well to the recommendations by the business environment. I was glad to see that our efforts were not without a result," said the President of the Newarch Investments, Radu Tudorache. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Oracle Romania software provider, Sorin Mandrutescu, went even further by saying that the Romanian government “could follow the model of American President Barack Obama, who appointed an anti-crisis economic council - the so-called Economic Recovery Advisory Board, made up mainly of business leaders. I think there are many experienced top managers in Romania who would do this pro bono." The President of the Association of Romanian Businesspeople (AOAR), Florin Pogonaru, said that the “measure is excellent, especially in times of crisis, when the business environment must define its priorities, together with the government."