2. TIMIŞ REGION
ROMANIA
CONTENU
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I. Presentation of the region
II. Education, Work force
III. Culture
IV. Tourism, Recreation
V. Economy
VI. International relations
3. LAROMÂNIA DE TIMIS CONSILIUL JUDEŢEAN TIMIŞ
REGION ROUMANIE
Timiş region is situated in the western part of
Romania.
4. TIMIŞ REGION
• at the confluence of three
countries:
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
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
5. General Data
:
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 Density: 75,8 inhabitants / km2
83.4%, Hungarians 7.5%,
Unemployment rate (in 2007): 7,2% in
Gypsies 2.4%, Germans 2.1%,
Romania, 2,3%* in Timiş
2.0% Serbians and 2.6% of
other nationalities
Timis – the largest region of the country
6. • The network of roads
- thanks to its length of
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• 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.
• Air transport:
provided by the International Airport of Timişoara
• The railway network: the most dense in the country (787 km)
7. EDUCATION
9 UNIVERSITY CENTRES
4 public universities :
University Politechnique Timişoara
University of the West Timişoara
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
University of Medicine and Pharmacy
5 private universities
8. Culture
• 4 Theatres
• 1 Puppet Theater
• Timişoara State Opera
• 1 Philharmonic
• Cinemas
9. • 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)
10. The Tourism
• Areas with hunting and
fishing resources
• Wine cellars
• Spa tourism and wellness
• Natural Reservations
• Caves
11. • 25 wooden churches (older than 300 ye
• architectural monuments and assemblie
• monasteries
12. Recreation Recreation areas
ROMÂNIA CONSILIUL JUDEŢEAN TIMIŞ
The Parks of Timişoara
Natural areas
Cinemas
Clubs, cafes, bistros,
13. ROMÂNIA
• Sports and leisure centres :
3 teams in the First Division
Basketball
Football
Handball
Hypermarkets:
Iulius Mall
Metro
Selgros
Kaufland
Billa
Profi
Real
14. Economy 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.
Foreign Investments in Timiş
Timis is the second region of
Romania, after Bucharest, with
regard to foreign investments.
15. e infrastructure that supports the
economic activities
ROMÂNIA
The Agency of Economic and Social
evelopment:
Consultancy in different areas
Project development
The Chamber of Commerce represents the • insurance companies
nterests
• a network of more than 30
16. 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)
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
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
