ADRBI – Agency for Regional Development Bucharest-Ilfov

The 2014-2020 Regional Operational Program (ROP) is the successor to the Regional Operational Program 2007-2013 and is one of the programs by which Romania will be able to access European structural and investment funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the current programming period.

The Regional Operational Program (ROP) 2014-2020 is managed by the ROP Managing Authority within the Ministry of Regional Development, Public Administration and European Funds and was adopted by the European Commission (EC) on June 23, 2015. In May 2015, was launched in the public consultation The Applicant’s Guide. General conditions for accessing funds under the ROP 2014-2020.

The ROP 2014-2020 addresses the five national growth challenges identified in the Partnership Agreement: competitiveness and local development, population and social aspects, infrastructure, resources, administration and governance.

Go to the site dedicated to ROP 2014-2020 implementation in Bucharest-Ilfov Region

The Regional Operational Program (ROP 2007-2013) has as strategic objective to support the development of Romania’s regions from an economic and social point of view, sustainable and territorially balanced and to support the sustainable development of the urban growth poles and to improve the business environment and the basic infrastructure.

The Regional Operational Program has been developed according to the European subsidiarity principle, based on regional development strategies and addresses NUTS II regions in accordance with EC Regulation no. 1059/2003 for statistical classification of territorial units corresponding to the 8 Development Regions of Romania.

Specific objectives:

– Increasing the economic and social role of urban centers through a polycentric approach
– Improving the accessibility of regions, in particular urban centers and their links
– Increasing the quality of the social infrastructure of the regions
– Increasing regions’ competitiveness as business locations
– Increasing the contribution of tourism to the development of regions.
– Implementation of the ROP will contribute to the reduction of interregional disparities as well as the disparities within the regions, between the urban and the rural areas, between the urban centers and adjacent areas, and within the cities, between the attractive areas for investors and the unattractive ones, by better use regional synergies.
– Balanced development of all regions of the country will be achieved through an integrated approach, based on a combination of public investment in local infrastructure, active policies to stimulate business activities and support the capitalization of local resources.

Access the website dedicated to the implementation of ROP 2007-2013 in Bucharest-Ilfov region

Policy Paper on Sustainability and Maintenance of Supply and Investment in PHARE Projects after the maturity of the project and until the program is completed.

• Policy paper on ensuring sustainability in PHARE projects
• Phare 2006 CES – Investment Scheme to Support Private Sector Initiatives in Waste Management
• Phare 2005 CES – Scheme of assistance to SMEs for the purpose of purchasing business consulting services
• Phare 2005 CES – Investment scheme to support public sector initiatives in priority environmental sectors
• The Public Sector Grants Scheme for Environmental Protection Projects
• PHARE 2004-2006 CES Program Regional Infrastructure Projects
• Phare 2003 – Economic and Social Cohesion – Human Resources Development – Active Measures on the Labor Market
• Phare 2003 – Economic and Social Cohesion – TVET Component
• PHARE CES 2003 – Large regional infrastructure projects
• Program Phare 2001-2002 – Local and regional infrastructures
• Program Phare 2000 Economic and Social Cohesion in the Context of Industrial Restructuring
• Program Phare RO 9807.01.01 Regional Development and Cohesion Policies, Industrial Restructuring and Human Resources Development