Successful visit of the Norwegian ambassador to Iasi

Two production halls and two R&D centers have been put up in Vidra, a village just outside Bucharest, with support from a grant from Norway worth of 1,4 million EUR in co-financing. The initiative belongs to the Romanian and Norwegian companies UTTIS Industries and EFD Induction respectively.

The Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services, Mrs. Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, has visited Romania between 28-29 June to see three projects funded through the EEA and Norway Grants. The Norwegian minister has also met with the Romanian health minister, Mr. Cseke Attila, to discuss further cooperation between Norway and Romania in the health sector.

Between September 23th- 24th 2010, a Norwegian delegation was present in Odorheiu Secuiesc (central Romania) to participate on an international conference about community based economic development and in the opening of the 2nd edition of a regional Fruit Festival.

The Best Combat project combines biology, sociology and tourism with the aim of conserving the Danube beluga sturgeon by supporting and educating local communities to develop new livelihoods, focussing on community based tourism, as an alternative to the unsustainable fishing of the endangered beluga.