The European Development Platform with the support of the Romanian National Bank organizes the conference “European Funds Absorption, is Romania capable of the wanted jump?” Thursday, 10^th of May 2012, 10.00 – 15.00 at the Romanian National Bank headquarters. The participants represent decision-makers and representative of institutions of management of structural and cohesion funds, local and national authorities, direct beneficiaries and consultants in the field.

Wednesday, 21^st of March 2012, took place at Brussels the debate “Agriculture: a chance for Romania and Europe” organized by the European Development Platform (EDP) in partnership with the Romanian Academy and Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences.

The opening remarks by Ms. Nela Pavaloiu, Founder of the European Development Platform, explained the purpose of this reunion: to present the situation of the agricultural and rural sector of Romanian in the European context and to identify key measures to modernize it in lines with the guideline of the Common Agricultural Policy reforms and the need to increase the absorption of the European funds.

The European Development Platform organized the debate “Agriculture: A chance for Romania and Europe” on Wednesday, 21st of Marche 2012 at the Romanian Spiritual and Cultural Centre, Rue de la Charite 41, 1210, Brussels.

In a critical period of economic and financial crisis, the idea of ​​organizing such an event represents a major economic project initiated by EDP that addresses the need to revive our country's agriculture in the European context.

Ms. Nela Pavaloiu had the pleasure to wellcome EDP Members to the event – APERO EDP* – on Thursday, 26^th of January 2012, 19.00, at Pullman Hotel, Bucharest.

*APERO EDP - first edition of a series of events, focuses on building professional networks, supporting EDP members to promote their business on the internal and external markets. Our demarche is based on a fundamental principal: people are more likely to have business agreements with people they know, like and trust. Our goal is to create a relaxed framework, favorable to develop mutual trust underpinning successful businesses.

The European Development Platform and the Romanian Minister of European Affairs, organized the roundtable debate “Challenges and Opportunities of Romania in Innovation Union 2012 – 2020” on Thursday, 1 December 2011 at the Romanian Spiritual and Cultural Center in Brussels.
The debate concerned the presentation of flagship projects for Romania and EU by developing regional centers of competitiveness and scientific-technological infrastructure that will enable research and innovation projects within the next financing program – Horizon 2020 – and technologic transfer, leading to regional development.

The European Development Platform in cooperation with the Department for European Affairs and with the exceptional participation of Mr. Valerian VREME, Minister for Communication and Information Society, presents the Business Forum “ Romanian Industrial Regeneration”. The event took place during 7-9 of October 2011, Bacau.

The debate on the topic ‘The EU newcomers weight its costs and benefits’ took place at the Parliament Palace on 5 May 2011.  The event, organised by the European Development Platform together with the Department for European Affairs (DEA) and the European Institute of Romania (EIR), represented a follow-up of the round table organised at Brussels on 29 March 2011.

At the debate in Bucharest took part: Daniel Dăianu, EDP President and Moderator, Leonard Orban, Presidential Counsellor for European Affairs, Titus Corlăţean, President of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Romanian Senate, Korodi Attila, President of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Bogdan Mănoiu, Minister, Head of DEA, Valeriu Tabară, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Marian Tutilescu, Head of the Schengen Department in MAI,

The European Development Platform, The Department of European Affairs and The European Institute of Romania co-organize dthe debate “The EU “Newcomers” weight the costs and benefits” on 5^th of May 2011, at the Parliament Palace - Human Rights Hall, Bucharest.

The event represented a follow-up of the high-level roundtable debate organized at Brussels on 29^th of March 2011.

A high-level roundtable co-organised by Friends of Europe and the European Development Platform

The economic crisis gripping Europe has thrown into sharp relief many of the issues surrounding the EU’s ‘big bang’ enlargement and future ones too. Attention is being focused on decisionmaking in a Union of 27 and rising, and on the influence or lack of it that the newcomers are able to exert. Other issues range from the expansion of the Schengen zone and free movement of people to the future of the EU budget. Moves by some larger member states to limit the scale of EU spending from 2014-20, and therefore their own contributions, are provoking growing tensions among newcomer states already reeling from the impact of the economic slowdown.

The roundtable with the topic “Danube and European Territorial Cooperation” took place at the headquarters of the Romanian Chamber for Commerce and Industry (CCIR) in Bucharest, on November 3d this year. Co-organizers of this event were the European Development Platform (EDP), the CCIR and the Romanian School of Business of CCIR. Among participants at this roundtable were members of the European Parliament, representatives of public authorities and foreign embassies (ex: Croatia, Moldova, Italy, Ukraine) and of business circles.