A small but strong team of brave people, with great dreams and very well prepared, laid the foundations of North-East RDA, in Piatra Neamț.

Their mission was a bold one and oriented towards the greater good of the inhabitants in the North-East region of Romania:

North-East RDA to become a generator of economic and social development of the North-East Region

1 APRIL 1999

HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE?

// By developing and promoting strategies

// Attracting resources

// Identification and implementation of financing programs

// Services to stimulate sustainable growth, partnerships and entrepreneurship

25 PHARE CES programs

650 GRANT contracts

2001-2007

7 GOVERNMENTAL INVESTMENT programs

35 WORKS contracts

ROREG (National Association of Agencies for Regional Development) is established, at the initiative of ADR Nord-Est, which also holds the presidency.

2003

The Regional Offices for Cross-Border Cooperation are established: BRCT Romania-Ukraine, in Suceava and BRCT Romania-Republic of Moldova, in Iași

2004

// The FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT is signed for the implementation of the ROP 2007-2013 in the region

// The first Regional Forum „Invest in Northeast Romania” takes place in Iasi

// The first PC6 project „Discover North-East Romania”

// The foundations of the first innovation strategy of our region

// North-East RDA becomes the host structure for the Europe Direct North-East Center dedicated exclusively to the provision of European information services

2004-2009

// The Brussels Representation Office of the North-East RDA is established

// The North-East Regional Studies Center is established

// IMAGO-MOL – establishment of the first Regional Cluster of Molecular and Structural Imaging in Romania, in which North-East RDA is a founding member

2010-2012

1521 projects submitted under ROP 2007-2013

805,5 mil. EUR non-refundable allocation contracted

2012-2015

Signing of the FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT with the MINISTRY OF ECONOMY for taking over the responsibilities of the OI POS CCE in the North-East Region (Priority Axis 1)

543 contracted projects

111,8 mil. EUR total non-refundable funds attracted in the North-East Region

2013

Approval of the NORTH-EAST SMART SPECIALIZATION STRATEGY and its inclusion in the Regional Development Plan 2014-2020

North-East RDA becomes host structure for the Enterprise Europe Network Center, focused on providing specialized services to support business and innovation in the North-East Region

2014-2015

North-East RDA becomes a member of the S3 platforms for agriculture and industrial modernization and the first governance structures of RIS3 Nord-Est are established: the Regional Innovation Consortium and the Academic Advisory Commission

Rubik Hub is established in Piatra Neamț – the first space dedicated to entrepreneurship in the North-East Region, which has a well-defined purpose: supporting and developing the entrepreneurial and start-up ecosystem in the region

2016-2017

1.089 mil. EUR allocated to the Nort-East Region from ROP 2014-2020

106 mil. EUR reimbursed value

2018-2019

1.322 submitted projects in the North-East region

77 international projects, with a total budget of 8,6 mil. EUR

20 services and TA contracts, in total value of 43,2 mil. EUR

620 graduates of professional training courses

<3.720 training hours

18 certified trainers within North-East RDA

13 programs dedicated to the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem

<60 mentored startups, 10 entered acceleration programs

We believe in continuous evolution and transformation, we believe in a future in which the North-East Region of Romania will be one of the favorite places in Europe where anyone would want to live, learn, work or invest.

2020–Astăzi...