Loading ...SMEs in Romania will receive consultancy for the use of European funds and will be able to access rapidly public information by using the first website dedicated to SMEs.
The website www.business-entrepreneur.ro is a governmental instrument to link the institutions and the business environment and support the SME sector in Romania, with a view to using the mechanisms of the market economy.
The new website was designed by the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing and Ministry for SMEs, Trade, Tourism and Liberal Professions, the financing being provided by National Programme Phare 2004, component Economic and Social Cohesion.
„The programme dedicated to SME development in Romania benefits from 6.2 million euro financing, the first component being the launching of the website, for a better cooperation between SMEs and authorities”, said Leszek Jakubowski, director of SME programme.
„This website makes easier the access to consultancy for SMEs, which is beneficial for the accessing of European funds, worth of 750 million euros over the next years”, said Ovidiu Silaghi, Minister for SMEs, Trade, Tourism and Liberal Professions.
Although SMEs are a fundamental sector for the business environment in the EU, Romania lacks the territorial homogeneity.
„Romania has significant regional differences in SME presence. SMEs in Bucharest represent 51 of the business environment and only 10 percent in the northern county of Botosani”, said John Barker, with the European Commission Office in Romania.
The website has a e-governance section, mediating the participation of SMEs in the governing act, allowing SMEs to access rapidly to public information, a e-business section, making easier the access of SMEs to consultancy, portfolios and online transactions.
The new site will also evaluate the performance of Romanian SMEs compared to the European SMEs.
SMEs in Romania bring 70 percent of GDP and its employees represent 70 percent of the workers in the private sector.
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