Ziarul Financiar invited high-ranking officials of the state,
business people and company managers to sit down and talk about the
modernisation of the economy and about the outlook for 2020.
“Romania can evolve by developing entrepreneurship and
education. We must take a cue from other countries, especially from
the entrepreneurship development model of Israel, a country that,
with seven million people, attracts more venture capital than the
United Kingdom and is one of the countries with the highest number
of companies listed on the NASDAQ. A well oriented country
tolerates failure and encourages exposure to risk,” Andreea Paul
Vass, advisor of the President of Romania, yesterday told the
“Modernisation of Romania. Outlook of the economy in 2020,”
conference organised by ZF in partnership with ceramic tile
producer Cesarom.
Adrian Ionescu, head of the motorway department of Compania
Nationala de Autostrazi si Drumuri Nationale din Romania (National
Motorway and National Road Company) says that numerous plans and
strategies for Romania’s infrastructure development have been
devised over the last few years, as required by the European Union,
which are not observed.
“In ten years, Romania’s GDP will grow, maybe not as currently anticipated, but it will. On the other hand, there will be a population decline by about two million people during the same time. Putting these pieces of information together along with the fact that we have mostly aged population, get ready to work harder!” said Mihai Ghyka, the manager running the third leading beer company, Bergenbier Romania.