project launched by Romanian Business Leaders

Launched in February 2015, Re>patriot aims at supporting those Romanians who want to return Home, to get a quick

access to local opportunities. We step in with information, counseling and a large network of partners recognized for their

professionalism.

The project also targets Romanians who have been living abroad and want to remain there but are interested in both

starting new business ventures in Romania and transferring their expertise, knowledge and best practices acquired in their

adoptive country.

Our main goal is to create links between the Diaspora and Romanian entrepreneurs by identifying business opportunities,

potential areas of partnership and mentoring relationships.

Returning home with capital, social connections, cultural and linguistic competence, intellectual expertise and business skills,

the Diaspora can impact the local market with new technology, products and services enhancing competitiveness and

innovation within the local economy.

SUCCESS STORY: FROM A GOOD IDEA INTO AN AMAZING PROJECT

The number of Romanians working

abroad is estimated to be 2.5 million.

Out of these, more than 300,000 live

in Italy and over 150,000 in Spain.

The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has recently finalized an analysis that studied the impact of the 2.5 million

migrants to Romania's GDP if they worked in the country, in their field of expertise. The additional value to the

Romanian GDP would be 50 billion lei.

Italy

Spain

Great Britain

Germany

France

341.296

171.163

40.378

33.089

23.205

ROMANIANS WORKING ABROAD

THE ROMANIAN DIASPORA - STATS

Yes

No

68%

32%

DO YOU WANT TO RETURN BACK HOME?

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Less than on year

2-3 years

4-6 years

6-10 years

More than 10 years

Don't know exactly

In how many years do you plan to return back home?

68% of those who now live and work abroad plan to return to Romania, but almost half don’t know

exactly when they would return

The country cannot afford to waste its precious human capital

THE ROMANIAN DIASPORA - STATS

SUCCESS STORY: FIRST YEAR OF ACTIVITY

In its first year of activity, Re>patriot formed a dedicated team with over 30 successful entrepreneurs, held over 9

conferences throughout Europe and in Romania, developed www.repatriot.ro, a web-based platform in order to

exchange knowledge and technological know-how, has built an online community which now includes over 10,000

entrepreneurs, business owners, marketers and forward-thinkers.

Italy (Milano and Turin),

Spain (Madrid and Valencia),

Great Britain (London),

Ireland (Dublin) and

Germany (Munich)

A dedicated team with over 30

successful entrepreneurs

Conferences in key countries

The Romanian Business Leaders

Foundation’s goal is to foster

social involvement and as an

action platform for leaders in the

private sector

Knowledge Transfer

Building and

Sustaining a Knowledge-Sharing

platform for best practices and

information transfers

Active online community

Building engaged audiences and an

online community around the project

with quality content and resources

München

Londra and DublinLaunch/Kickstart

Torino and Milano Madrid and Valencia

București, Focșani, Alba Iulia

Re>patriot – was launched

in February 2015, through

the involvement of more

than 30 volunteers –

entrepreneurs from

Romania.

The first conferences took

place on May 22nd-23rd

2015 in Torino and Milano.

Over 250 Romanians

joined

Following the success in

Italy, we went to Londra și

Dublin and met the

Romanians living in these

locations.

The Romanians living in

Spain and Re>patriot

identified business

opportunities in October

2015

Successful stories and

straight forward business

development matters were

presented to the

Romanians in Germany in

February 2016.

Through conferences,

events, semminaries,

Re>patriot wants to trigger

the public opinion’s

attention on Diaspora’s

matters.

Feb.

2015

Mai

2015Sep.

2015

Oct.

2015

Ian.

2016

Feb.

2016

OUR 9 RE>PATRIOT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Repatriot has achieved its most important objective proposed at the time of its launch: to

persuade the Government and Presidency to accept that Diaspora is a National Priority.

On February 23, 2016, the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, and the Prime Minister,

Dacian Cioloș, have declared Diaspora as a national priority during the "Romanian Diaspora -

A Vector for Development" conference.

SUCCESS STORY: THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL

The Diaspora can become a powerful catalyst for the Romanian economy.

”I congratulate those who

came back home, it is not an

easy decision to make. The

majority of those who left

and suceeded abroad built

the basis of their success

here, at home; we are what

we are today partly because

of our country too” Gabriela

Szabo.

On March 17th, within Gala Re>patriot, we auctioned both objects signed by

personalities such as Simona Halep, Mircea Lucescu and “experiences” with

Horia Tecău, Felix Pătrășcanu, Dragoș Anastasiu, Mihai Marcu, Gabi Szabo and

other famous Romanians recognized for their remarkable careers.

All the funds raised are used to make Re>patriot a comprehensive platform that

provides Romanians abroad complete and accurate information meant to support

and inspire them in their business endeavours.

RE>PATRIOT GALA

RE>PATRIOT CALLS MAYORS TO ACTION

On June 7th, Re>patriot launched a “Call to action” to the newly elected mayors asking them to create opportunities for Diaspora.

In this way, Re>Patriot opened the first communication channel between the local authorities and those Romanians who are

interested in returning home. This dialogue platform offers rapid access to the investment and jobs opportunities in Romania and

facilitates the contact between the two parties. As an immediate result, 5 mayors joined our initiative and undertook to organize

events dedicated to the diaspora starting with the summer/early fall of 2016.

„After last year when we went across Europe and metmore than 1500 Romanians, this year weconcentrated on triggering the attention of the localand central authorities to the role that Diasporacould play in the development of the localcommunities.”

Dragoș Anastasiu,President of Eurolines

Re>patriot names the day of August 15th the Re>patriot Day!

Furthermore, we would like to name the week around this date as

The Week of Diaspora that is going to be celebrated across the whole country!

The project is dedicated to the local authorities in Romania which are encouraged to

look at Diaspora as a human resource and knowledge capital that is available to them

and that once activated could contribute effectively to the development of Romanian

local communities.

Starting with 2016, local authorities in Romania will organize events whose main actors

are those Romanians who for differents reasons left the community to other countries.

These citizens are invited by the mayors to reconnect with the local community in

which they were born and raised.

THE DAYS OF DIASPORA IN EVERY LOCAL COMMUNITY!

„ANTREPRENORI ROMÂNI DE PRETUTINDENI” PROGRAM

The “Antreprenori români de pretutindeni/ Entrepreneurs from

everywhere” Program was launched by the Foreign Affairs Minister,

Re>patriot and Fundația Națională a Tinerilor Manageri (The

National Foundation of Young Managers).

The initiative offers 300 online scholarships, for free, to those

Romanians abroad interested in opening their own business.

The program aims at stimulating the entrepreneurial attitude and the

encouragement of business endeavours which can bring a better life

to Romanians, regardless of where they live. The scholarships are

offered to Romanians living abroad and the e-courses will take

place between the 1st of July – 15th of November 2016.

“We have joined the initiative „Antreprenori de pretutindeni” as the added value created

by the Romanian entrepreneurs will positively impact the economy and business

environment in Romania regardless of the location they choose to operate, abroad or in

Romania.”

Ramona Ioana Chirilă,

Executive Director Re>Patriot

„ANTREPRENORI ROMÂNI DE PRETUTINDENI” PROGRAM

“In a modern economy we need innovative young people who align to the modern technology, are motivated and

energetic (…). Romanian people come home with ideas but this is not enough – we have to support them to adapt to

the Romanian market, to reintegrate, to connect with each other and develop their own ventures. This is the purpose of

these online scholarships for Romanian entreprenerus worldwide that we launch today together with our partners.”

Dan Stoenescu,

Minister for Romanians Abroad.

Re>patriot, the Romanian Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organize the Business Summit – an

event dedicated to the Union of Diaspora with Romania through business.

BUSINESS SUMMIT - ÎMPREUNĂ PENTRU ROMÂNIA

100 most successful Romanian entrepreneurs abroad will meet 100 most successful entrepreneurs in Romania, high

officials and outstanding guests from countries that have already implemented viable solutions for both bringing their

citizens back home and unifying the Diaspora with its country of origin.

We fully believe that Romania needs the Diaspora’s

expertize, civic culture and technical knowledge for

a sustainable development.

Together we can build the core of the support that

our country’s leadership needs.

BUSINESS SUMMIT - ÎMPREUNĂ PENTRU ROMÂNIA

The Diaspora has the potential of becoming one of

the main anchors of stability, security and

influencers for economical development. Thus,

Romania will become stronger and more united.

The Business Summit - Împreună pentru România | “Together for Romania” will be a special event that will mix plenary sessions,

dialogue, networking and creativity with informal meetings organized on different sectors. Thus, strategic partnerships are

supposed to be generated benefiting both Romania and their initiators.

We will share with our guests the opportunities that Romania offers and we will put in place the needed infrastructure so that

investors can turn the opportunities into profitable businesses.

RE>PATRIOT JOBS MARKETPLACE

As a contact point for both Romanian professionals and the

companies in Romania, Repatriot Jobs Marketplace aims

to become the most relevant platform through which

Romanians abroad can directly receive competitive jobs

offers and companies can find the right employees for the

success of their projects.

We build together a network of Romanians from home and

abroad for mentorship, training, socializing. This is the

way we plan to support and stimulate sustainable

economical growth.

We are committed to writing successful stories of those

who choose to return to Romania, to develop

professionally and personally or to find their dream job for

a better life here in Romania.

„People in Diaspora have a significant competitive advantage respectively their ability to

connect to a wide network of potential partners and supporters in both Romania and their

adoptive country. These connections can generate opportunities for investments, trade,

strategic partnerships, transfer of know-how, representing extraordinary opportunities that

Romanians abroad should learn to make the most of.”

Gabriel Istoc

General Manager, B-Team Consult and Services SRL

RE>PATRIOT JOBS MARKETPLACE

“I would like to see that those people who left Romania come back home with their newly acquired

community culture. These people have lived in systems where they had learned a lot. That is why

I see them as a valuable treasure and opportunity for Romania.”

Felix Pătrășcanu,

CEO FAN Courier

RE>PATRIOT MEDICAL

According to the Ministry of Health, since 2007 when Romania

joined EU, approximatelly 25.000 doctors and 15.000 nurses left

Romania in countries such as Germany, France, Spain and Italy.

It’s time to bring our medics back!

The objectives of Re>patriot Medical are to

• Retain Romanian doctors in Romania

• Motivate students at medical schools to remain and practice in

Romania.

• Create attractive conditions so Romanian doctors abroad are

motivated to return

Through Success Stories, dedicated events, a medical caravan, and

support offered to the students at medical schools, we aim at

promoting and increasing the awareness about the huge need

Romania has to bring its doctors back and retain those still in the

country.

THE RE>PATRIOT TEAM

Dragoș Anastasiu

Prresident EurolinesFelix Tătaru

President GMP Group

Felix Pătrășcanu

CEO FAN Courier

Gabriel Iștoc, General

Manager, B-Team Consult

and Services

Andra Giucă,

CEO Voss Review

Simona PirteaManaging Associate,Bulboacă & Asociații

Hildegard Brandl Managing PartnerUNITH2B A R C H I T E C T U R E

Ramona Ioana ChirilăExecutive Director Re>Patriot

Marius Bostan,

Initiator of Re>patriotFlorin Furdui

Country Manager

Portland Trust Romania

THE RE>PATRIOT TEAM

Roxana Olaru

Partener Creadiv

Alina Stanciu

Head of Strategy (MP)

JustAD

Cezar Nourescu

Fondator CBN IT

Lidia Burluc

Senior Consultant Iceberg

Violeta Cenusa, Director of Business DevelopmentPA Services & Events

Bogdan Georgescu

Partner, Stein & Partners

Management Consulting

Iulian ChihaiaManaging Partner Focus Plus

Sergiu ManofuManaging PartnerTravel Ideea

Bianca Grip

Founder Grip ADS

Emil Munteanu

Founder Power Net

Consulting & Atra Doftana

Cosmin Lixandru

Founder, Tyre

Management Consulting

Gabriel AftenieGeneral ManagerBabylon Consult SRL

Re>patriot in pictures

This year, Re>patriot will continue the project in other cities like Paris and Berlin in order to bridge the gap

between the Diaspora and entrepreneurs based in Romania.

Additional goals include the creation of local groups, both in-country and abroad, bringing entrepreneurs and

investors together so they can work and learn from each other, supporting local investment opportunities,

building networks with the Associations of Romanians Abroad, launching crowdfunding events and

conferences, a Diaspora jobs platform and a Re>patriot Business Summit on October 6, 2016.

SUCCESS STORY: FUTURE PLANS

OUR BELIEF

„Romanians worldwide should know that they are welcome home! The business environment, the Presidential Administration, the Romanian Government and the Local Public Administration consider the connection with the Diaspora a priority. The most important investors who can make the most of the opportunities that exist are Romanians - regardless of their location. The internet and the new communication technologies help us to stay closer to those who left; our mission is how to use all these so that we strenghten Romania”.

Marius Bostan,

Initiator of the Re >Patriot project

„I came back to Romania to do big things for people. I fully believe that if Romanians abroad cameback home bringing with them everything they learnt, they would become the change agents thatRomania needs so much.”

Ramona Ioana Chirilă,

Executive Director Re>Patriot

Marius Bostan, the

project's initiator "Repatriot is no longer a project, it is a movement, a constant fight for us and our

children. We've only catalysed more forces and I wish that every day more "soldiers"

will join us in this unification movement. The flag was already raised by the President

and by the Prime Minister. We are the soldiers of this cause. Technology and Internet

development is helping us in this mission. The communication "highways" connecting

us with the whole world will bring the Romanians closer to their home country."

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About Repatriot

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SUPPORTREPATRIOT

Project Contact Details

Web-site: www.repatriot.ro

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/repatriot/

E-mail address: office@repatriot.ro