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Euroregion Ruse-Giurgiu Operations - Integrated opportunity management through masterplanning. Romania-Bulgaria Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013
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Euroregion Ruse-Giurgiu Operations - Integrated opportunity management through masterplanning Romania-Bulgaria Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 Priority axis 3: Economic and Social Development - Economic development and social cohesion by joint identification and enhancement of the area’s comparative advantages Key Intervention 1: Support for cross-border business cooperation and promotion of a regional image and identity
Project Partners RousseMunicipality GiurgiuMunicipality Duration: 18 months
Project total value: 949.944,48 Euro • 84,82 % - grant fromEuropean Regional Development Fund (ERDF) • 13 % - national co-financing from State Budget - 2,18% - own contribution
Overall Objective To contribute to the sustainable development of the Romanian-Bulgarian cross-border region, thus introducing new cooperation models and partnership platforms
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES • to establish the necessary framework for the joint integrated development of the Ruse-Giurgiu cross-border region • to build the image and unique identity of the Ruse-Giurgiu euro -region in view of promoting it to strategic investors • to build common priorities within the future development policy for Giurgiu and Ruse, in order to better use the resources • to create a specific profile of the cross-border region and to offer the most suitable solutions in different field, such as all types of infrastructure and general services
Expected Outputs • Support for cross-border business infrastructure development and promotion of cooperation • General networking to promote foreign investment and a positive regional identity and image • Promotion of cross-border tourist networks and diversification of existing cross-border tourist services • Promotion of co-operation between universities research institutes and businesses in the field of R&D and innovation • Joint marketing and promotion of cross-border products
MAIN RESULTS • A cross-border Masterplan of the Ruse-Giurgiu Euro-region • An Investment profile for the Ruse-Giurgiu euro-region
MASTERPLAN 10 PRIORITY PROJECTS- different field of development that will lead to a common further development of the Euroregion
INVESTMENTPROFILE Getting the direction for the main investing fields in the Euroregion, for a common future development
Investment fields • Transportation and logistics • Industry • Energy • Trading • Tourism • Constructions • Information technology and Communications
Measures for promoting and stimulating the investments • Attraction of new investments in the Ruse-Giurgiu Euroregion • Provision of support services and specialized technical assistance to the potential and existing investors • Strengthening a positive image of the Ruse-Giurgiu Euroregion as a strategic investment destination • Joint investment projects/opportunities
Reasons to invest in the euro-region • Strategic position within the area, at the cross of two pan-european corridors – Corridor VII (The Danube River) and Corridor IX (railway and road) • Short distance to the main increasing markets in South-Eastern Europe (60 km to Bucharest, 300 km to Sofia and 400 km to Turkey ) • An important part of commodities and persons transit in the Balcan Region goes through the Euroregion • The existing ports • The existing Free Zones • Potential for renewable energy sources, especially solar energy • Important labour resources in the area • Unique natural landscapes
Attractive investment fields • Establishing the industrial area in the south • TheCommodities Port (the proposed area for Giurgiu Commodities Port is situated up to the existing port) • The Marina Port – on the Channel St George • Establishing leisure areas on the river or channel bank
Investments in industry • Development of the South-South Western area
Rehabilitation of the historical sites -The ruins of the Fortress -