TIMIŞ REGION (RO)

CONTENU :I. Presentation of the region

II. Education, Work forceIII. CultureIV. Tourism, RecreationV. EconomyVI. International relations

ROMANIA TIMIŞ REGION

ROMÂNIA CONSILIUL JUDEŢEAN TIMIŞ ROUMANIELA REGION DE TIMIS

Timiş region is situated in the western part of Romania.

TIMIŞ REGION

core of the regional and Euro-regional business development

• important center of high technology

less than 500 km to get to Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, Sofia,

Prague, Vienna, Zagreb

• at the confluence of three countries: Hungary Romania Serbia

Area: 8.678 km2

Population: 659.299

inhabitants (3,05 % of the

country’s total population)

Interference zone for many

traditions, cultures, languages

and ethnic groups: Romanians

83.4%, Hungarians 7.5%,

Gypsies 2.4%, Germans 2.1%,

2.0% Serbians and 2.6% of

other nationalities

Timis – the largest region of the country

General Data :

Density: 75,8 inhabitants / km2

Unemployment rate (in 2007): 7,2% in

Romania, 2,3%* in Timiş

• Timiş region is crossed by the Pan European Corridor (IV), the European roads : E 70 and E 671 and three national roads DN 6, DN 59, and DN 69.

INFRASTRUCTURE OF TIMIS REGION • The network of roads - thanks to its length of 2900 km, the region is ranked first in Romania in the hierarchy of public roads

• Air transport: provided by the International Airport of Timişoara

• The railway network: the most dense in the country (787 km)

EDUCATION 9 UNIVERSITY CENTRES

4 public universities :

University Politechnique TimişoaraUniversity of the West TimişoaraUniversity of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy

5 private universities

Culture

• 1 Philharmonic

• Cinemas

• 4 Theatres

• 1 Puppet Theater

• Timişoara State Opera

• 29 museums with collections of history, archeology, ethnography, art and natural sciences• 6 Culture Houses• Creation Unions:              the Union of Writers              the Union of Plastic Artists              the Union of Composers

• Festivals: - The Festival of Romanian theater     - The International Festival of students (Studentfest)

• Areas with hunting and fishing resources

• Wine cellars • Spa tourism and wellness • Natural Reservations• Caves

The Tourism

• 25 wooden churches (older than 300 years)• architectural monuments and assemblies• monasteries

ROMÂNIA CONSILIUL JUDEŢEAN TIMIŞ

Cinemas Clubs, cafes, bistros, restaurants

Recreation areasRecreation areas

The Parks of Timişoara

Natural areas

Recreation

ROMÂNIA

• Sports and leisure centres : 3 teams in the First Division

BasketballFootballHandball

Hypermarkets: Iulius Mall Metro Selgros Kaufland Billa Profi Real

Timis is the second region of Romania, after Bucharest, with regard to foreign investments.

Foreign Investments in Timiş

A complex and diverse industry, representing 48.4% of the total economy of Timişoara

The main industry sectors: mechanics, electronics, chemical and petrochemical, textile, wood processing and food industry.

Economy

ROMÂNIA

The Agency of Economic and Social Development:

Consultancy in different areas Project development

The Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of economic agents and offers specific

services

The infrastructure that supports the economic activities

• insurance companies • a network of more than 30 banks

The city of Timisoara is twinned with 9 cities of Europe: Faenza, Treviso and Palermo (Italy), Karlshrue and Gera (Germany), Mulhouse and Rueil Malmaison (France), Szeged (Hungary) and Novi Sad (Serbia)

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Since 1992, Timis region has signed cooperation agreements and partnerships with different European regions and the United States.

International Relations

Areas of cooperation: trade, banking, agriculture, tourism, ecology, transport, communication infrastructure, science, culture, sports, social relations

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Equal opportunities between women and men

Status and perspectives in Romania

Equal opportunities between women and men

• Although Romania has undertaken and implemented the European legislation in the field of gender equality, the differences are still visible.

• The Romanian Labor Code adopted in 2003 contains important provisions regarding the discrimination on grounds of sex in the labor market, in accordance with EU standards.

• However, the Romanian legal framework in this area is characterized by lack of unity and poor implementation, making the available legal procedures difficult to potential victims of discrimination based on sex.

• Although progress has been made in ensuring better implementation of mechanisms designed to combat discrimination in payment, gender differences reported in this area remain almost unchanged compared with 2002.

Equal opportunities between women and men

• The lack of a general classification of occupations makes it hard to have a concrete analyze of an effective framework regarding the equal payment of women and men.

• The lack of relevant cases brought before national courts with competence in the field of equal payment is a sign to be taken into account, this situation contrasting with the number of cases in the relevant area that are submitted to the European Court of Justice.

• The National Agency for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men in Romania receives complaints from people who consider themselves discriminated on the basis of sex. Subsequently, the Agency has only the power to draw up an advisory opinion on the desirability of sanctioning the crime of discrimination. Further, the National Agency will give its advisory opinion to the National Council for Discrimination Combating, which has the power to impose a penalty to the deed in question.

Equal opportunities between women and men

• The National Plan on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in Romania is one of the few documents at government level that uses the concept of “gender mainstreaming”; however, this document contains only a simple reference to this concept.

• Following the minimum standards provided in the relevant EU Directives in this area, it is necessary to set up some independent institutions at national level aiming to promote, analyze, monitor and support the equal treatment of men and women. The independence, the autonomy, the financial and human resources of these institutions should be guaranteed;

• Budgets must be negotiated and adopted at national level in order to meet the needs of gender equality, which is a tool of controlling the use of government revenues.

The representation at decision making level

• Failure in respecting a proportion in elected bodies (Parliament, local councils, county councils, government etc.)

• Women remain significantly under-represented in positions of decision-making, particularly regarding the public sector and decision-making positions.

• There is a lack of political commitments and strategies to implement specific and consistent policies in the field of violence against women and trafficking in women.

• The Government should establish the violence against women as a priority and support financially the public campaigns in this field.

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