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2 Local Development Strategy for Campina Municipality, 2011-2017 CUPRINS 5| 1. OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2. URBAN DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3. INFRASTRUCTURE AND URBAN EQUIPPING........................................................................................................................................... 23 4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................................................................... 33 5. ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION ............................................................................................................................ 49 6. TOURISM .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 57 7. EDUCATION ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 8. CULTURE .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 73 9. HEALTHCARE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 79 10. SOCIAL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 85 11. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ......................................................................................................................................................................... 95 12. SWOT ANALYSIS ...........................................................................................................................................................................................105 II. STRATEGY FUNDAMENTALS ......................................................................................................................................................................119 II.1. City Analysis - Diagnosis................................................................................................................................................................................................ 121 II.2. Analysis of local, county, regional, national and European context ............................................................................................................. 123 II.3 Setting the overall objective of the strategy ........................................................................................................................................................... 125 II.4 Strategy’s relevance to the identified needs .......................................................................................................................................................... 125 III. DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY .......................................................................................................................................................................127 Vision and development directions ................................................................................................................................................................................... 129 Strategic and specific objectives ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 131 Sectoral action plans ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 133 Financing sources ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 141 IV. PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS. PROJECT SHEETS .....................................................................................................................................149 V. IMPLEMENTATION. MONITORING ...........................................................................................................................................................179 VI. COHERENCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN POLICIES .......................................................................185 VII. METHODOLOGY ...........................................................................................................................................................................................191 VIII. PUBLIC CONSULTATION ..........................................................................................................................................................................197 7| 1. OVERVIEW 8 9 Historical references The town of Campina was first documented in 1503, and in 1593 it is known to have become a customs point on the road to Transylvania, as a strategic point to control the commercial traffic in Prahova Valley. In 1663, only 160 years after its documenting, Campina village became a market town, due to its geographical position and to its hardworking and skilled inhabitants. From 1864 onwards it has held the status of a city. On that date, the landlords of Campina domain were Prince Stirbey, the Baicoianu brothers and the State of Romania. The population of Campina was then of 2,291 inhabitants. In 1883, the railway between Telega and Campina was built, in order to ship the salt from Telega salt pit and the wood from the logging facilities on Doftana Valley. Later on, it would have been massively exploited by ”Steaua Romana” company refinery, which provided a loading point of oil products in Campinita station. Before the start of the 20th Century, several big industrial companies were set up in Campina, due to oil extraction industry, such as: ”Steaua Romana” Company Refinery – 1897, the Central Manufacturing Plant – 1898, the Power Station – 1905, the sulphuric acid factory – 1907, etc. In 1897 – the Dutch company "Amsterdam" builds a 220 kw hydroelectric power plant on Prahova river, near the town. It produced the electric power necessary to dig the first three wells and it is considered a worldwide release in the field of oil extraction. The years between 1900 and 1915 were considered the most intensive in oil extraction in Campina. More public figures from Bucharest built holiday houses in Campina, attracted by the good weather conditions and the healing effects of the thermal spas, transforming the town during the summer into a real ”district of the capital city” (as Dr. Istrati said, see cap. I). Although the town was seriously affected by the World War I, in 1919 is established in Campina the first boys high school, first as a gymnasium, in a building preserved so far on Republicii street, a former property of Prince Stirbei. In September 1929 ”Astra Romana” company brings the oil well gas to the first 43 household customers. In the early ’30s the road between Prahova Valley and Brasov is asphalted, as the first work of this type in the country, performed by a Swedish company. World War II seriously affected the town and its industry, especially because of Anglo-American bombing. After the end of the war, the economic, social and cultural development of Campina continues at fast pace. In 1994 Campina town was declared municipality. Location and access Campina Municipality is located in Prahova County in South Muntenia Region. South Muntenia Region is spread across 34,453 km2 representing 14.45 % of Romania’s area. It is located in the South East part of the country, neighbouring the Central region to the North, the South East Region to the East, Bulgaria to the South, with the natural border of Danube river, and the South West Region to the West. Prahova County is located to the South of Carphatian Mountains arch and has a land area of 4,716 km2 Figure 1: Geographic location of Campina Municipality 10 (i.e. 2% of the country territory) being populated by over 812,844 inhabitants. As an administrative unit, Prahova County was formed at the beginning of the 4th Century, but the present limits were established in 1868. Being located at the junction of the roads to the Central Europe and the East, and benefiting from significant natural resources, the county developed from all points of view: economic, social, cultural, becoming thus the most important county in Romania. To the North, Prahova County neighbours Brasov County, Buzau County to the East, Dambovita County to the West, and Ilfov and Ialomita Counties to the South. Campina Municipality is located in the hills area, as a foothold of SubCarpathians before the plain, at Figure 2: Campina Municipality in South Muntenia Region approx. 1 km far from the confluence of Prahova and Doftana rivers, on the left bank of Prahova. Campina is located at 426 m altitude, at 30 km far from Ploiesti (Prahova County residence), 70 km from Brasov, and 92 km from the country capital Bucharest. It has the following geographic coordinates: 45o10’ North latitude, 25o42’ East longitude. Being squared by a real natural amphitheatre, Campina Municipality is located on Prahova Valley and surrounded by three rivers (Campinita, Doftana, Prahova), which shaped the Campina bench. Campina bench, which dominates with 40-45 m the valleys of its bordering rivers, is shaped by several hills that protect it from the powerful winds that blow in the Figure 4: Bucharest-Brasov connection plain. The hills surrounding the town have an average height of 600 m with hilly and fragmented shapes. Along Doftana Vally there is Ciobul Hill (618m); to the West, in parallel to Prahova river, there is a hill chain marked by Pitigaia peak (634 m), and to the North there can be found Poienii peak (672 m). Across Campinita river, to the North adn North East, appears Cornului hill, of which Voila is the highest peak (675m). The passing from the plain to the bordering rivers is made by abrupt slopes, running sometimes directly to the rivers beds. Prahova Sub-Carpathians look like a set of hilly peaks, of various sizes and directions, with an increasing altitude from the plain towards the mountains area. Most of the peaks are narrow, shaped as edges. Figure 3: European development corridors 11 The town has the follwing boundaries: North –Cornu commune; North-East –Brebu commune; West – Poiana Campina commune; South –Banesti commune South-East – Telega commnune. Road access. Campina Municipality has an optimal location in relation to the transportation networks. The access in the town is made by car DN1 (E60):- Bucharest-Campina 92 km or Brasov-Campina 70 km. Railway access. The access by train is made by the line 300 – Bucharest – Ploiesti – Campina - Predeal – Brasov – Blaj – Cluj Napoca – Oradea – Episcopia Bihorului – two-way electrified railway; Airport access. The access to airports is relatively easy, with Baneasa Airport far from only 90 km away, and Henri Coanda Airport - 80 km. Soil and subsoil Cambi, clay-alluvial and the moli soil is predominant. In terms of the geological structure of the terrace, over 70% of the surface available for construction contains subsoil sedimentary deposits which date to Miocene era and made of argyle and marls with intercalations of sand and grit stones, salt and gyps. From a geological viewpoint, the area hosting the hydrocarbon deposits belongs to the wide area of Eastern Carpathians, i.e. the area spread to the North towards the mountain chain, also called the Neogen area or pre-Carpathian area of the Eastern Carpathians. The formations in the area came from the Neogene period, more exactly the Quaternary, represented by the inferior Pleistocene series. The Meotian stage is formed by sand layers, weakly cemented, intercallated by marls. The Pontian stage, with a discordant position, includes a marl and sand formation, and is represented by friable marls and grey sands, with low mica contents. The Dacian stage groups deposits called sand formations, with grey marls at the basis, and grey-yellow sands at the top, with high mica contents. The Romanian stage is formed by two separate units: the spotted clay formation, represented by grey clay and marls, with red spots, and the sand and gravel formation. The Quaternary stage is represented by the Inferior Pleistocene series, with layers of sand, gravel and clay. Climate. The statistics show that Campina Municipality is the town with the most sunny days from Romania. Campina climate is protected by both Western winds and North-Eastern winter cold winds. The winds here have a foehn feature. The multiannual average temperature is + 9.5°C. The maximum value in the summer was + 37.6°C recorded in September 1946, and the minimum value was– 26.6°C, in January 1942. The rains regime ranges between 500 and 700 mm/year. The number of sunny days per year is 160 - 180; the wind average speed is 1.5 m/s; the solar heat gain coefficient is Ks = 0.32; isoseismic intensity: 7. 12 Natural resources The main non-renewable natural resources of Prahova County are: oil, natural gas, extracted in five alignments (Copaceni - Gura Vitioarei, Apostolache – Mehedinta Magurele, Filipestii de PadureFloresti – Baicoi - Tintea, Podenii Vechi-Boldesti Scaeni and UrlatiCeptura), coal (Silistea Dealului coal mine, near Filipestii de Padure, and Ceptura coal mine), salt (Slanic salt massif), chalk and marls (Sinaia, Comarnic, Gura Beliei and Sotrile), quartz sand. The agricultural land represents a significant natural resource of Campina Municipality. Both the structure of the agricultural area and the soil and weather conditions allow the development of a complex structure of agricultural production, as all the activity types specific to vegetal and animal production meet favourable development conditions. The water resources are among the vital endowments for the economic and social development. In this regard, there was considered that water reserves do not represent a limiting factor of development, being supposed that it is plenty of such resources. The hydrographical network is dominated by the Prahova river basin, spread on 3/4 of the county territory, with its main rivers: Doftana, Teleajenul, Varbilaul and Cricovul Sarat, with numerous confluents at their turn. The lakes supplement the hydrographical network of Campina Municipality: Lacul pestelui, Lacul cocorului, Lacul Bisericii, Lacul ferme, lacul Vladoaia. The vegetation is varied, with beech forests mixed with holm. The fauna is rich and diverse both as number and species: bears, Carpathian deers, martens, wolfs, wild boars, lynxes, polecats, wildcats, squirrels, chamoises; among wild birds: grouse, merl, finch, golden eagle, hawk, eagle; among reptiles: adder and lizard; aquatic fauna: trout, barbel, pickerel, bass and carp. 13 Most of the responding population in the opinion survey with regard to the social and economic development of Campina Municipality declared themselves pleased and very pleased with regard to Campina Municipality (71.0% interviewed inhabitants stating they are pleased and very pleased), the residential area (78.6% interviewed inhabitants stating they are pleased and very pleased) and their dwelling (88.8% interviewed inhabitants stating they are pleased and very pleased). aspects of Campina Municipality are: the road infrastructure, city cleaning, quietness, safety and the beauty of their city. According to the opinion of Campina citizens, these positive aspects are followed by: Parks and playgrounds for children; Tourism, leisure and events; Urban arrangement; Geographic position; Fresh food and vegetable market. Moreover, Campina Municipality benefits from a number of positive aspects, due to the development projects implemented/ongoing with regard to the road infrastructure and technical-urban infrastructure, but also the available natural resources. The inhabitants who responded specified that the main positive Citizens' perception of safety level in Campina Municipality The inhabitants of Campina Municipality who answered the study consider that the main problems faced by the city are the condition of the road infrastructure / the absence of specific land arrangements (ex. sidewalks, adequate road markings, etc.) and the insufficient jobs. These are followed by: City cleaning, Stray dogs, Bureaucracy and local administration, Insufficient parking lots Water supply and sewerage Parks; Taxes and fees. The inhabitants of Campina Municipality proposed a number of actions to solve the existing problems. 11.2% of the respondents who launched a proposal specified the health, social and education services as being priorities. The interviewed inhabitants specified some other actions required to solve the problems (in decreasing order of their frequency): Communication of public administration with the population, Public sanitation and order, Creating new jobs, Urban development, Parks and green areas, road infrastructure. 15 2. URBAN DEVELOPMENT 16 17 Territory organization Campina Municipality is located in Prahova County – South Region Muntenia. This region is composed by the following counties: Prahova, Arges, Calarasi, Dambovita, Giurgiu, Ialomita, Teleorman. On the territory of Prahova County there are 2 municipalities (Ploiesti Municipality and Campina Municipality), 12 towns (Azuga, Baicoi, Boldesti-Scaeni, Breaza, Busteni, Comarnic, Mizil, Plopeni, Sinaia, Slanic, Urlati, Valenii de Munte), 90 communes and 405 villages. The residence of Prahova County is Ploiesti. Campina Municipality is a administrative-territorial unit made up from a single city – Campina. This is a public law legal entity with full legal capacity, owning the Figure 5: South Muntenia Development Region patrimony consisting in the public property and private property, and applies its authority, according to the law, on the territory assigned by law. The total area of Campina Municipality is 2,423 ha, and the built-up area is of 1,206 ha. Demographics On December 1st, 2010, Campina Municipality has a total population of 36,842 inhabitants, representing 4.53% of the total population of Prahova County and 1.13% of the total population of the region. The population density on the whole city area (2,423 ha) is 1,520.51 inhabitants/km2, much above the county value, where the density is 172.36 inhabitants/km2 on the total area. Considering the stable population in relation to the built-up area surface, the density of Campina Municipality is of 3,054.89 inhabitants/km2 of built-up area, and the density of urban population in Prahova County is of 4,689.032 inhabitants/km2 of built-up area. Compared to 2005, the population number decreased by 1,593 persons in 2010. The population of Campina Municipality has the following ethnic structure: 98.5% Romanians, 1.1% Roma, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% German and 0.2% other nationalities. The main religions of Campina Municipality population are: Christian Orthodox (96.1% of the city population), Roman Catholic (1.2% of the population), Adventist (1.2% of the population), Penticostal (0.7% of the population) and others. Figure 6: General Urban Plan of Campina Municipality Urban area situation Campina Municipality is an important economic and social center at county level, with an industrial and services profile and endowments with territorial role. The Municipality is a provider of health and education services for boundary areas. The city has several areas with industrial and commercial functions. The development of the city was made in close relation to the main communication ways. 18 19 The administrative territory of Campina Municipality has an area of 2,423ha of which 1,404.01 ha built-up area, divided into 8 quarters. The urban development process became a general, specific and irreversible action, as the result of several objective factors, such as: development of trade, transportation, industry, etc. Urbanization, defined as the accelerated growth of urban population and territorial expansion involves and requires the development of certain facilities, such as: healt and environment facilities, centralized water supply, sewerage network and treatment of used water. The urban planning documents "Updating the General Urban Plan of Campina Municipality" provided new locations for another two micro water treatment plants, including the upgrading and extension of the existing one. The urbanization process of Campina Municipality is reflected in the city development by the expansion of the built-up area. According to the General Urban Plan of Campina Municipality, 51.2% of the built-up area is occupied by dwellings and 13.3% by industrial units. City streets network Campina Municipality has an optimal position in relation to the main roads, being close to DN1 (E 60) – Bors Border – Cluj Napoca – Targu Murea – Ploiesti – Bucharest – Slobozia – Constanta – 4th Pan-European Corridor (partially). Campina Municipality has a broad street network consisting of 114 km city streets. The weight of upgraded streets in the total city streets was of 79.8% in 2009, facing an ascending trend compared to 2008. 20 The main high capacity urban roads are: Calea Daciei, B-dul Nicolae Balcescu, B-dul Carol I, Calea Doftanei, Str. Voila, Str. B.P. Hasdeu, Str. I.H. Radulescu, Drumul Taberei, Str. Orizontului, Str. Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Str. Sondei, Str. Schelelor, Str. Grivitei, str. Ion Campineanu, Str. M. Kogalniceanu, Str. Constantin Stere, str. Zorilor. Public services urban transport Taxi and rent-a-car services are public utility services, developed under the control, management and coordination of the Local Council of Campina Municipality. They are provided only by transporters licensed by the Council and the licenses are awarded based on assigned management procedure, on award contracts. Presently, Campina Municipality manages the following 4 (four) local public transport routes for inhabitants, operating regular routes: 1) Slobozia Quarter (str. In Lunca with Aleea Alunului road junction) – “Invierea lui Lazar” Graveyard; 2) Pram – Voila Hospital; 3) Pram – Turnatorie – Voila Hospital; 4) Pram – Captare – Voila Hospital. The public utilities support system for transport activities consists in: Road track on the following streets: N. Balcescu, Carol I, Oituz, B.P. Hasdeu, I.H. Radulescu, Calea Doftanei, Voila, Soseaua Paltinu, M. Kogalniceanu, C-tin. Stere, Ec. Teodoroiu, Zorilor; Public transporation stations for the routes above; Public transporation stations equipment. The public transportation services by regular routes in Campina Municipality was assigned to SC Eliro SRL. Moreover, the Municipality has two bus terminals – for inter-county and intra-county transport services. Dwellings The housing capacity of Campina Municipality includes 14,655 dwellings, representing 4.63% of the residential capacity of Prahova County in 2010. Among these, approx. 14,285 dwellings are private property, i.e. 97.48% of the total dwellings of the municipality. 21 Between 2005 and 2010, the residential capacity of the city increased by only 140 dwellings. The total interior area is 579,310 sq. m, and an average of 39.53 sq. m /dwelling. Compared to the reference year, 2005, the average interior area increased by approx. 1.2 sq m/capita. Between 2005 and 2010, 255 new dwellings were received, and in 2010, 72 dwellings were finished. With regard to the number of building permits, their maximum number was reached in 2008 (123 permits), an economic growth year at country level, with a significant decrease in number in 2010 (62 permits). With regard to the structure of building permits according to the number of square meters of net area, the highest weight belongs to the retail and wholesale buildings. 22 Most of the respondents declare themselves pleased and very pleased by the buildings look, strength and by the area available in their own dwellings. Over 40% of the respondents declare themselves not pleased and discontent about the thermal insulation of buildings, and over 30% are discontent about the look of the buildings. The most important resource for the development of the city is considered to be the industry and jobs (21.20%), followed by tourism and leisure sector 10.3%, natural resources 5.2%, European funds 3.2%, education and culture 1.4%. 3. INFRASTRUCTURE AND URBAN EQUIPPING 25 Public roads Campina Municipality is also connected to several county roads: DJ 100E Baicoi (DJ 100F) – Tufeni - Mislea - Telega - Campina – Poiana Campina - Provita de Jos Provita de Sus -Adunati (DJ 710), km 0+000 – km 34+900, DJ 101R Campina (DJ 102 I) - Podu Vadului - Breaza - Breaza de Sus – Gura Beliei - Comarnic (DN1), km 0+ 000 – km 17+ 835 DJ 102I Campina - Lunca Mare - Tesila - Traisteni – Limita judet Brasov, km 0+000 - km 49+910 DJ 205G Campina (DJ 101R)- Cornu de Jos, km 0+000 - km 3+000 DJ 207 Nistoresti (DN1) – Vistieru - Sotrile - Campina (DJ 102 I), km 0+000 - km 15+400 Campina Municipality shall be connected to the future BucharestBrasov highway, that will pass over the administrative territory of Bucharest Municipality and Ilfov, Prahova and Brasov Counties. The total length of the highway is about 174 km. The localities crossed by the highway in Prahova County are: Ploiesti and Campina Municipalities, Baicoi, Breaza, Comarnic, Sinaia, Busteni, Azuga towns and Balta Doamnei, Gherghita, Olari, Draganesti, Dumbrava, Rafov, Berceni, Barcanesti, Targsoru Vechi, Aricesti Rahtivani, Floresti, Magureni, Banesti, Poiana-Campina and Cornu communes. The county and city roads are maintained in optimal operating conditions by the specific services of the local public administration in partnership with the Regional Roads and Bridges Agency Bucharest, National Roads North Bucharest Department. Telecommunications infrastructure The telecommunication sector, as an important part of the national infrastructure, was continuously developed, by the approach of both quality and quantity solutions, according to the specific needs. In Prahova County, the number of phone subscribers in Romtelecom network exceeds 148,500, and in Campina Municipality, it exceeds 9,000. The main landline operator – Romtelecom installed in Campina Municipality a digital swithboard that operates within the designed parameters. The Municipality is connected to the interurban and international network by optical fibre cables. Thus, the subscribers have the possibility to communicate both nationally and internationally. The mobile telephone operators VODAFONE, ORANGE, COSMOTE cover the entire area of the municipality. Romtelecom S.A, UPC, RCS & RDS presently provide for customers national and international landline phone services, internet and data and television, all based on optical fiber infrastructure and highperformance systems. Campina has the following local televisions: PRIMA TV CAMPINA 26 and VALEA PRAHOVEI TV. Four publications are released weekly, INFO MONTAN, OGLINDA DE AZI ZARVA and VALEA PRAHOVEI. Campina also has a cultural magazine entitled ”REVISTA NOUA” and the city hall magazine INFO CÂMPINA. The post office structure allows the operation at optimal effectiveness standards throughout the municipal territory. There are 3 post offices covering traditional services (correspondence and internal/external mail), financial services, domestic fast courier services, online courier, philately, collection and payment, banking and insurance services and other additional services for the customers. Water supply-sewerage network/volume of drinkable water supplied Campina Municipality presently has a centralized drinkable water Figure 7: Paltinu dam, Prahova County supply system, that furnishes the water necessary both for the population needs and the economic agents. the main supplier and service provider for water supply and the treatment of used water is HIDRO PRAHOVA company. The serviced area include Campina, Azuga, Baicoi, Breaza, Comarnic, Mizil, Plopeni, Sinaia, Slanic and Urlati towns and 16 adjacent communes. S.C. HIDRO PRAHOVA S.A. performs the drinkable water abstraction, treatment, transfer and supply, as well as collection, transport and treatment of used water. Paltinu dam (on Doftana river) is mainly used for the supply of drinkable and industrial water in Campina and Ploiesti Municipalities. In Prahova County operates 8 Water Treatment Plants, and Campina Municipality is serviced by Voila Station – which supplies Paltinu branch of the main system of the county; Voila water treatment plant was built between 1970-1978 and requires upgrading works. most of the used water treatment plants (UWTP) in Prahova county are old, with both infrastructure and mechanic and electric equipment in precarious state. The treatment plants exhaust the insufficient treated water into the river basins. The existing facilities were built based on old projects, the existing equipment are obsolete, the necessary investments have not been made due to the lack of funding, and the knowledge necessary to efficiently operate the plants from technical and financial viewpoints are limited. The third treatment stage, which is necessary for all agglomerations exceeding 10,000 P.E. has not been yet implemented in none of the treatment plants; in addition, there have not been applied the adequate measures for the treatment and storage of sludge. The collection system of used water is in a precarious state, due to infiltrations and leaks, and the weak connections between rain water collection pipes and the used water pipes. The following major problems of the water treatment facilities in Prahova county: The used water volume entering the treatment plants, together with the low level of degradable pollutants in the water indicate a high towards very high infiltration rate of rains water into the used water collection network. The sewerage network has multiple damaged sections In most of the towns, the insufficient connection rate to the centralized sewerage system leads to an increased sanitary risk, especially in the areas where the population is connected to the drinkable water supply network. 27 The used water is partially evacuated directly into the water flows, avoiding the existent water treatment facilities. With regard tot he supply of drinkable water, the existing public network is supplied with good quality water and succeeds to meet the demand, while many local public water sources are polluted with nitrates and other substances. The water loss is very high, due to the very old networks Campina Municipality was pointed out as a priority agglomeration in the Master Plan regarding the water supply and sewerage at the level of Prahova County. The investments provided for in the Master Plan to be funded by the Environment Sector Operational Programme, Priority Axis 1 consist in: Water Treatment Plants (WTP) - EUR 100,000 Pumping stations, Tanks – EUR 327,900 Water supply networks – EUR 426,000 Used water treatment plants (UWTP) – EUR 7,106,500 Main collector – EUR 76,500 Used water pumping stations – EUR 76,000 Sewerage networks – EUR 6,591,400 At the end of 2009, the total length of the simple drinkable water supply networks in Campina Municipality was 98 km, without any significant changes since 2006. The total length of the sewerage 28 pipes in Campina Municipality was preserved relatively constant during the last years. Moreover, there have been noticed a decreasing water quantity supplied to consumers, from 7,250 thousand m3 in 2005 to 2,764 thousand m3 in 2009. Of the total quantity supplied – 32.6%. The capacity of the drinkable water production systems in Campina Municipality was relatively constant during the last years with a value of 43,200 thousand m3. Thermal energy The thermal energy supplied to the inhabitants of Campina Municipality gradually decreased starting with 2000, and in 2008 it was completely ceased. The heating is achieved individually by using gas or wood heating systems. Network and volume natural gas supplied of The length of the gas supply network existing in Campina Municipality at the end of 2009 is 94 Km and have not been significantly changed between 2005 and 2009. The gas consumption has an ascending trend, from 41,020 thousand m3 in 2005 to 28,433 thousand m3 in 2009. Of the total gas quantity consumed in 2009 the household consumption represents 56.87%. Public lighting In 1861 – the public lighting using gas lamps is introduced (well oil), and Campina is the sixth city in the country to be lighted with such a system. During the recent period, Campina Municipality made several investments in the field of public lighting, including the replacing the lighting equipment in Slobozia quarter, Nicolae Balcescu boulevard, Voila quarter, Plevnei street. 29 According to the opinion survey applied to the population of Campina Municipality, at local level there is a relatively satisfying situation with regard to parking lots, alleys, sidewalks and streets. On a scale from 1 (very discontent) to 10 (very pleased), the situation of parking lots received an average score of 7.18, the streets situation received and average score of 6.92 and the state of the alleys and sidewalks received and average score of 6.72 With regard to the assessment of quality/price ratio of public utilities in Campina Municipality, the most problematic situation is that of the natural gas supply, where 48.04% of the respondents stated they are discontent and very discontent about the quality/price ratio of natural gas. 43.66% of the persons connected to the drinkable water supply network are discontent and very discontent about the quality/price ratio of this service. Only 49.27% of the respondents whose dwelling is connected to the sewerage infrastructure consider that the quality/price ration of this service is correct 30 The respondents’ opinion with regard to the public services provided for at local level differs. Thus, the 84.9% of the citizens are pleased and very pleased about the public lighting, over 79.6% about the emergency services, 56.4% are less pleased about the sanitation services, and 53.1% about the public safety and order. Over 60% of the citizens are pleased about the water quality and the sewerage services Public lighting Parks and green areas administration Cleanliness and waste Management Emergency services (ambulance, fire department, ... Public safety and order 31 The general opinion of Campina Municipality citizens about the public safety and order is relatively positive, since 53.1% are pleased and very pleased. With regard to the safety level in Campina Municipality, over 67% consider that the residential area is rather safe, but 47.69% do not feel very safe or insecure in the city during the night. 32 33 4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 34 35 Volume and structure of local economy Short history. Campina Municipality is a powerful economic centre surrounded by several neighbouring communes. With a significant economic tradition, Campina Municipality faces an important economic development together with the first modern oil extraction, performed after 1880 by Dumitru V. Hernia, an entrepreneur considered today ""the pioneer"" Campina oil industry. The extraction and modern processing of the oil in Campina is mostly done by the RomanianAustrian-French-Hungarian company Steaua Romana, established in 1895 in Campina, that built in 1897 the biggest and ultimate refinery in Europe to that time. In the South of the city and in Prahovei and Doftanei meadows there have been raised a real well forest, the production exceeding 50,000 tons per year starting from then. Due to the oil extraction, Campina became a center known over the world. The inter-war capitalist period recorded the most important economic progress of the city. The industrial facilities, such as the Central Manufacturing Plants, that produced oil extraction equipment, were upgraded. In 1929 the well gas was used for households, and oil processing became the main industrial activity. The economy of Campina recorded a much more complex development period between the ‘50s and ‘70s. The old Central Manufacturing Plant became the Mechanical Plant, known at national and international level. Poiana Campina Plant became the Heavy Motors and Oil Equipment Service Unit (I.R.M.G.I.P), also servicing the whole country. One of the old upgraded foundries became the ""Neptun"" Plant. New industrial objectives were built, such as I.P.T. (Cast Parts Factory, known today as the Central Foundry Orion), I.R.U.E.A.R (Electric Equipment, Automations and Radio Plant), ""Energopetrol"", Electric Equipment Plant, ""Electromontaj"", I.R.A (Vehicle Servicing Plant) Business demographics. In Prahova County, the total number of active trading companies legally registered is 53,096 units, on December 31st, 2009, of which 21,343 units have submitted their balance sheet to the National Trade Office. Out of these, the most important weight is represented by the limited trading companies, 57%, followed by licensed natural persons and individual enterprises. In 2009, out of the total number of active legal persons that submitted their balance sheet, at county level, 7.65% are registered in Campina Municipality. In Campina, between 1995 and 2009, the number of active legal entities with their balance sheet submitted almost doubled, growing from 956 units in 1995 up to 1,633 units in 2009. The increase in number of this type of legal entities in Campina Municipality has been constantly preserved throughout Prahova County. 36 The density of active enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants allows comparisons to the county level and may be regarded as an indicator of the population entrepreneurial initiative and of the friendly and attractive business environment for investors. Therefore, the number of legally active legal entities per 1,000 inhabitants, in 2009, is 32.1‰ at national level, 65.1‰ at county level and approx. 76.45‰ at Campina Municipality level. The high values of this indicator recorded in Campina Municipality and in the county reflects the focus on business activities. source: ONRC Out of the total number of new companies registered in 2009 in Prahova County (4,081 newly registered companies), only 5.2% were registered in Campina Municipality, meaning in absolute figures 213 new companies registered. Until December 31st 2009, in Campina Municipality were registered 2,846 new companies, out of which 7.5% registered in 2009. The same ratio is preserved in Ilfov County, where the total number of new companies registered is 53,096 until 2009 . source: ONRC Thus, if we analyze the ratio between the number of active legal 37 entities and the number of balance sheets submitted in 2009, we can notice a decrease, but it still higher than the national level. The ratio in Prahova County is 26.17‰, and in Campina City 43.87‰ legal entities per 1,000 inhabitants. At the end of 2009, in Campina Municipality, 1,633 legal entities submitted their balance sheet. Most of the legal entities activate in the trade business (Wholesale and retail; vehicle and motorcycle repairs), with 629 economic agents active in this sector (38.5%). The following sectors, according to the number of economic agents, are Constructions – 210 (12.9%) and processing industry – 171 (10.5%). According to the data from the balance sheets submitted for 2009, the companies in Campina Municipality had a 12,254 employees and an overall turnover of 1,727,047,164 lei. The average number of employees per company is 7.5 and the average turnover is 1,057,592 lei. 38 According to the data from the balance sheets submitted to the National Trade Register between 1995 and 2009, the turnover achieved by the active economic agents in Campina Municipality recorded several fluctuations, with a decrease recorded in 2009, in the context of the recession. Its evolution at municipality level is relatively close tot he evolution of this indicator in Prahova County. In Campina Municipality, the most important sectors from the viewpoint of the turnover and number of employees are the processing industry and trade. The processing industry holds the first place from the turnover point of view, while trade is on the first place from the point of view of the number of economic agents. In the processing industry the turnover level represents 55.58% of the total numbers in the municipality, while the trading sector and the constructions occupy the next places in the top. From the number of employees viewpoint, the position follow the same pattern: the processing industry has 47%, trading sector 18% and constructions 15%. 39 Structure on economic sectors of active legal entities, according to the balance sheets submitted in 2009, in Campina Municipality % out of % out of No. Of LP total Turnover total TOTAL A - Agriculture, forestry and fishing B – Extractive industry 1,633 100.00% 1,727,047,164 100.00% 18 1.10% 1,534,799 0.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% C – Processing industry D – Production and supply of electric and thermal energy, gas, hot water and air conditioning E – Water supply; sanitation services, waste management, decontamination services 171 10.47% 959,809,550 55.58% 1 0.06% 4,695,915 0.27% 8 0.49% 27,275,466 1.58% F - Constructions 210 12.86% 239,748,218 13.88% G – Wholesale and retail; vehicle and motorcycle repairs 629 38.52% 345,741,016 20.02% H - Transport and storage services 75 4.59% 24,936,391 1.44% I - Hotels and restaurants 55 3.37% 12,846,264 0.74% J - Information and communications 52 3.18% 12,110,353 0.70% K – Financial brokerage and insurance 31 1.90% 12,610,757 0.73% L – Real estate transactions 73 4.47% 13,609,665 0.79% 159 9.74% 37,915,408 2.20% N – Administrative and support services O – Public administration and defence; social security in the public system 55 3.37% 19,470,870 1.13% 1 0.06% 60,440 0.00% P - Education 16 0.98% 2,304,107 0.13% Q – Health and social work 31 1.90% 6,198,593 0.36% R – Cultural and recreational shows 11 0.67% 1,207,661 0.07% S – Other services T – Private households as employers of household personnel; manufacturing and services by private household for own consumption 37 2.27% 4,971,691 0.29% M – Professional, technical and scientific activities 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Source: ONRC, calculations Addvances 40 | Industry The industrial sectors in Campina are oil extraction and processing, machine construction, textile industry, chemical industry and furniture manufacturing. Extractive industry. Campina underground has various resources which are exploited from the oldest times. The most important resource of this place is oil, which brought an international recognition of the city. Presently, Petrom National Oil Company extracts oil and gas using Canadian type wells, located in the South of the city. Metal industry. The machine construction and metal processing sectors are very well represented in Campina economy. Some of the biggest companies in Campina, Confind, Electroutilaj, Neptun, manufacture a wide range of equipment and machines, being specialized in mining and oil extraction equipment (also exported) and industrial machines and equipment for other industries (ex. energy). SC Confind SRL is the main employer in Campina Municipality, with over 1200 employees and is one of the most important producers in Romania of equipment for oil and gas. Confind is a constant presence on oilfield equipment market from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, India and elsewhere. The company has partnerships with major oil companies producing equipment from Germany and the USA. Confind offer was expanded every year of its existence in the 20: handling and intervention tools for drilling and extraction wells, air mobile intervention probes, beam pumping units, gas compressors associated progressive cavity pumps (CFP) to transport oil and salt water injection, pressure equipment and large containers, rubber goods for the oil sector. The support of these developments: strong design departments in these areas, modern equipped laboratories and test stands, modern technological equipment (machining centers, CNC machines). In the field of pressure equipment Confind is organized and certified for design and manufacture of pressure equipment and piping according to ASME Code Sect VIII Div.1 and Directive 97/23 EC and EN 13445 series and EN 13 480 standard. Chemical industry. This sector, based on raw materials such as salt and oil, also has a long tradition in Campina Municipality, and the sulphuric acid manufacturing plant is known at national level. Presently, the petrochemical industry is represented by some activities of Steaua Romana Refinery. Steaua Romana Refinery is spread on a surface of 49.6 ha, was established in 1895 and has a rich history. The refinery is completely privatized and listed on the secondary stock market under STRO symbol. During the interwar period, the refinery significantly developed, benefiting from new technologies, fact that allowed it to have a varied manufacturing profile, mostly oriented towards fuel, engine lubricants, industrial lubricants and special products. After World War II the company failed to reach the oil processing capacity achieved before the war. The investment strategy disadvantaged the refinery development and did not allow the preservation or upgrading its manufacturing profile. Therefore, the company activity shrinked, mostly in the case of mineral lubricants manufactured by polluting processes. Therefore, the manufacturing profile of the factory was strictly limited to the type and quality of oil, i.e. paraffin oil, and the products manufactured had a low processing level. Presently, due to the privatization, the main shareholder reassessed the manufacturing profile and 41 structure, and proposed an ambitious development and upgrading program of the refinery. The objective is to preserve and develop the market share of the company, in the present competitive environment, for its products: paraffin solvents, EURO Diesel fuel, high quality household and industrial fuel, paraffin with improved features and other products requested by the customers. In the field of industrial equipment manufacturing, in Campina Municipality operates Cameron Romania, a company established in 1911, in the field of oil equipment maintenance. Between 1945 and 1990, the company was state owned. Starting from 1990, the company gains other markets: Middle East, Asia and North Africa. Cameron Romania (also named Sterom) was ISO 9001 certified, in order to testify the quality of its products, and has been awarded the API logo, to certify the compliance with the oil industry quality standards. Cameron Romania was privatized in 1999, being purchased by the American Corporation Precision Castpart Corporation, opening up thus towards new opportunities. Cameron Romania products entered the North American market. Precision Castpart Corporation made massive investments in environment protection, manufacturing plant and infrastructure upgrading, investments amounting 24,5 million dollars, including the increase of share capital. Cameron International Corporation, another American corporation, purchased Cameron Romania in November 2004. Cameron International Corporation has its registered office in Houston, Texas and is a world leader in the production of oil equipment. The annual sales raise to 2.8 billion dollars. Presently, Cameron International Corporation has Figure 8: The Fruits Road in Prahova County approx. 11,000 employees throughout the world, of which 813 in Campina. Agriculture and forestry Although Campina city is a typical industrial city, its population do not neglect the business in agriculture field. Over 17% of the farming area is covered by orchards and orchard nurseries. Campina Municipality is located on the ”Fruits Road” which crosses Prahova County from the East to the West. Moreover, the woods are rationally exploited from the forestry real estate belonging to Campina Forest District, with beech and oak forests in the North of the city. 42 Trade and services The food market in Campina was built in 2007, being equipped by the city hall with a high performance video surveillance system and air conditioning. The market was rearranged in order to make the trading area more effective, and the market house was extended by covering the area behind it, presently occupied by fruits and vegetables wholesale agents. The extension of the market house doubled by the video cameras will secure the merchandise of the wholesalers. The central Marketplace in Campina is managed by the Public Management and exploitation Service of the Central Marketplace. Campina Municipality has several commercial facilities: FIBEC Trading Facility consists in two food markets (open and closed), a modern supermarket with a total area of 593 sq. m., and a parking lot with 170 places. PENNY Market operates in Campina since the summer of 2005, together with Mercantis Big, Carrefour Market Campina with a total area of 700 sq. m., and Kaufland will open a store in December 2011. The main financial and banking institutions in Campina are: Banca Comerciala Romana, Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare – Grupe Société Générale, Raiffeisen Bank, Banca Comerciala Carpatica Bancpost, Banca Transilvania Filiala CEC Campina, Alpha Bank, Banca Romaneasca, Piraeus Bank, Unicredit Tiriac Bank, Volksbank With regard to the evolution of the GDP, there can be noticed an increase before 2008, both in Prahova County and in South Muntenia development Region. The statistical data do not reflect the recession period between 2009 and 2010. Economic development (2009) Territorial density -legal entities to 1.000 inhabitants Territorial density - authorized persons to 1.000 inhabitants Câmpina Prahova România 76,45 65,10 32,1 13,70 20,29 16 Source: INS, ADDVANCES 43 Top 20 of companies in Campina Municipality – turnover and number of employees, in 2010 Company Turnover, lei No, Of employees Net profit, lei Business field Equipment for oil extraction, pit exploitations and constructions 1 CAMERON ROMANIA SRL 587,076,827 813 73,642,158 2 3 4 CONFIND SRL LEMET SRL* JERAS PROD SRL TOTAL AQUA DISTRIBUTION SRL 183,620,648 64,680,867 55,246,933 1,061 395 202 15,689,778 6,368,112 453,281 38,843,856 53 266,491 Beverage wholesale Bearings, cogwheels, gears and parts 5 Metal works and constructions elements Other types of furniture Meat and poultry 6 NEPTUN SA 38,812,976 250 709,839 7 EMON ELECTRIC SA 38,714,473 159 3,078,004 8 SIGA & CO CIMPINA SRL 36,582,431 109 3,604 9 ROYAL N SRL 35,973,111 31 579,539 10 RAFINARIA STEAUA ROMANA SA 33,620,168 310 -15,904,565 11 FIBEC SA 30,356,810 164 141,929 Other specialized construction works 12 CIREX SRL 21,029,707 213 598,211 Residential and non-residential construction works 13 COMPANIA ENERGOPETROL SA 20,361,786 186 53,675 Electrical installation works 14 EDILCONST SA 19,819,712 217 -1,851,966 15 IATSA CAMPINA SA 16,997,257 236 316,561 Vehicle repairs and maintenance services 16 FIBEC METALGLASS SA 15,179,775 160 69,222 Steel constructions 17 SMITH CONFIND SRL 13,714,576 2 1,397,370 18 ERIN SRL 12,389,223 18 140,330 Residential and non-residential construction works 19 ABAFIL PROD 2005 SRL 11,706,910 24 71,807 Manufacturing of meat products 20 GRINSEG CONSTRUCT SRL 11,534,283 5 286,315 Consultancy services for business and management *Registered office in Campina, but the factory is in Brebu commune Electrical installations laying Non-specialized wholesale of food, beverage and tobacco Wholesale of steel products, equipment and supplies for hydraulic and heating installations Manufacturing of products achieved by oil processing Residential and non-residential construction works Manufacturing of oil industry and construction equipment Source: Ministry of Public Finance 44 Effects of recession and of law legal measures The present financial and economic crisis seems to be unprecedented in the last half of the century. The recession has spread in the USA, Europe and Japan and it seems to be more painful than the recession in 1981-1982. Actually, a massive decrease of confidence is present in the business sector and among consumers, translated by reducing the expenses. In their efforts to reestablish the balance, the US Government and some European States nationalized parts of their financial sectors, in a way that contradicts even the fundaments of modern capitalism. It seems that the whole world is changing its course, moving towards the time where the role of the state will be more important, and that of the private sector less significant. This will probably be the most dramatic consequence of the actual recession. If appropriate coordinated, the national efforts may be directed in parallel towards various objectives. These may attenuate on short term the effects of recession, but they can also simultaneously promote the reforms necessary to help the EU to get stronger out of this crisis, without undermining on long term its fiscal viability. In this regard, there has been produced the European Economic Recovery Plan, which focuses on innovation and ecological transformation of EU investments. The strategic objectives of the European Economic recovery Plan are: Swiftly stimulate demand and boost consumer confidence; Lessen the human cost of the economic downturn and its impact on the most vulnerable. Action can be taken to help stem the loss of jobs; and then to help people return rapidly to the labour market, rather than face long-term unemployment Help Europe to prepare to take advantage when growth returns so that the European economy is in tune with the demands of competitiveness and the needs of the future, as outlined in the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs. That means pursuing the necessary structural reforms, supporting innovation, and building a knowledge economy; Speed up the shift towards a low carbon economy. This will leave Europe well placed to apply its strategy for limiting climate change and promoting energy security: a strategy which will encourage new technologies, create new 'greencollar' jobs and open up new opportunities in fast growing world markets, will keep energy bills for citizens and businesses in check, and will reduce Europe's dependence on foreign energy. In order to produce maximum benefits and achieve the Recovery Plan's aims of protecting people and preventing the crisis from deflecting attention from the EU's longer-term interests and the need to invest in its future, there should be a close connection between the fiscal stimulus and actions in the four priority areas of the Lisbon Strategy (people, business, infrastructure and energy, research and innovation). The actions proposed within the European Economic Recovery Plan are: 1. Launch a major European employment support initiative 2. Create demand for labour; 3. Enhance access to financing for business; 4. Reduce administrative burdens and promote entrepreneurship; 5. Step up investments to modernise Europe’s infrastructure; 6. Improve energy efficiency in buildings; 7. Promote the rapid take-up of ”green products”; 8. Increase investments in research and development, innovation and education (In the construction sector, a 'European energy-efficient buildings' initiative, to promote green technologies and the development of energy-efficient systems and materials in new and renovated buildings with a view to reducing radically their energy consumption and CO2 emissions); 45 9. Developing clean technologies for cars and construction; 10. High-speed Internet for all. In Romania, the answer to negative effects of the crisis cannot be similar to those formulated by some of the European States or of the USA. There are several differences between the Romanian economy and these economies, that do not allow the simple copying the measure packs developed there. In fact, Romanian economy has a high shortfall, indicating its dependence from external funding. We have to chose between an orderly reduction of this shortfall or its reduction by the market, under the present tensed and low confidence conditions, with dramatic consequences for the exchange rate and economic growth. At local level, the global recession is reflected in the whole community of Campina Municipality, either local public authorities, business sector or simple citizens. The first effect is the reduction of collected tax, fact that hinders the payment in due time of the loans contracted by the local public administration. At local level, the crisis decimated the economic agents and excessively diminished the power of the business sector to support the recovery of the county economy. One of the frequently accessed funding sources for the economic agents for investments and development – loans – is very expensive now, and the risks involved, in the context of overall incertitude and low confidence decisively contribute to avoiding the loans. This situation has direct implications on the accessing European grants, because the private beneficiary’s contribution usually came from loans. The consumption significantly decreased, as an immediate reaction to the economic recession and to the pessimistic forecasts for the near future. The immediate result was the expansion of non-taxable area. Therefore the collection to the state budget – also strongly affected – are increasingly reduced. Compared to the external products, the local products are the most exposed to the reduction of consumption because of obvious disadvantages with regard to the manufacturing costs (lower or inexistent subventions, the absence of support programs for the domestic production, low competitive technology, etc.) but also because of the consumers behaviour, who prefer to buy imported products, cheaper and with more attractive packaging compared to the domestic products. In these conditions, supplemented by the severe fiscal measures, most part of the local employers have restructured their business, creating a bigger the job deficit at county level. The personnel cuts and the reduced revenue in the state run sector have an obvious contribution to this difficult situation. To overpass the economic crisis, Campina City Hall must propose several specific objectives, such as: 1. To support public investments The investments performed by the public administration represent an efficient way to intervene in crisis situations, because investments support both the demand and the offer. The impact is higher because the companies and the manpower involved in the investment projects are locale, thus increasing the demand in the connected sectors. Thus, the effects of investments are multiplied and result in the development of local economic agents and employment. The measures that the public administration may apply to support public investments consist in: 1.1. Increasing the absorption level of European grants for investments The available grants by the European funding schemes represent a real opportunity for public administration (but also for the private sector) which, in general, lack the financial resources to support investment projects. This measure is designed to increase the absorption level of European funds designed to finance 46 local investment projects, especially the amounts allocated through the Regional Operational Programme, which supposes investments in the road, social or leisure infrastructure. This objective may be achieved only by strengthening the administrative capacity of the local authorities. 1.2 The emission of securities for the funding and/or co-funding the investments Most of the grants provide reduced co-financing percentages for public applicants. Nevertheless, the own financial contribution represents, most of the times, a real problem for the beneficiaries. The following measures are designed to counter fight this problem or to provide a solution to it. The necessary funds for financing/co-financing local investments may be achieved by the issue of securities maturing on a pre-established period (ex: in 5 years). The proposed solution is a relatively simple and fast option for crediting the investments. The advantage is that the funds can be released when necessary, and the reimbursement is made after the recession period. 1.3 Application to loans in order to co-finance European projects and/or to fund some investment projects The local co-financing of projects represents a huge problem for the administration and it usually represents the main reason for giving up the funding. Loans are a viable and fast alternative for the achievement of co-financing funds. 2. Support of economic agents and attraction of new investments The economic and financial crisis mainly affects the private sector which, in a healthy economy, should represent the main local development engine. The reduction of the private economic business means high unemployment rates, low taxes to the budget, etc. Therefore, one of the main concerns to reduce the crisis impact is to support and protect the local economic environment, especially the SMEs, as they are more vulnerable in crisis situations. The measures that can be applied in this direction are the following: 2.1. To promote public-private partnerships The collaboration between the private and public sectors in financing infrastructure projects and the supply of public services proved to be a real success in the developed States. The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a recommended solution due to the real advantages involved: various financing sources, reduced execution time, better know-how, modern management techniques, higher quality of works and services, etc. PPP involves a win-win situation for both private and public partners. The public sector resolves the infrastructure problems, reduces (or even eliminates) the delivery costs of certain public services, while achieving a superior quality of supplied public services. The private partner who funds the total investment project uses from an economic viewpoint the infrastructure / service for a determined period of time, established by contract, after which it hands over the infrastructure to its public partner. The private partner takes over the risk of economic inefficiency of the project. PPP represents one of the most effective solutions in crisis situations, when local budgets cannot support local investments. Moreover, PPP may contribute to an increased level of European funds absorption. In Romania, PPP are regulated by the Law No. 178/2010 and the adjacent Methodological Application Provisions. Public-private partnerships is also a measure specified in the action plan of Campina Municipality strategy and, where considered effective, the legal provisions for the development of a PPP shall be performed. 47 2.2. Provisional local tax cuts for SMEs By reducing, at least on a provisional basis, of certain local taxes or by applying the maximal reduction quotas in the situations provided by the laws in force, the local economic agents shall be supported in crisis situations. A concrete activity in this regard is the temporary reduction or the award of a grace period for the payment of rent for the buildings owned by the local authorities, rented to local SMEs. 2.3. Promotion of local products consumption The development of the manufacturing sector is extremely important in crisis situations (but not also!) because it generates local added value, jobs and it involves various upstream and downstream business sectors. The public authorities can support the consumption of local products by promoting them within local fairs and/or in the specialized fairs organized throughout the country. 2.4. Attraction of foreign investments In the context of dramatic cut off of foreign capital flows, there is an increased competition among local administration to attract new investments. Therefore, Campina City Hall proposes a number of measures that may stimulate investors to relocate here, i.e.: infrastructure upgrading and extension, development of local public services system, improvement of education and health services, production of a land usage plan, etc. Thus, in order to diminish the recession effects on the local community, the local public administration should consider the following priorities: 1. Development of administrative capacity. 2. Development of public services; 3. Economic development of the city; 4. Increase budget revenue; As we can see, the 4 priorities of the recession effects reduction plan mostly fit the action plan of the Strategy, as this is designed from the very beginning by references to real, present situations that are, more important, not defined in time. 48 Over 90% of Campina Municipality citizens declare themselves pleased with the shops and commercial areas in the city, and over 78% are pleased with the restaurants, bars and terraces. 86% of the respondents have a good and very good opinion on the food market in the city. The municipality citizens appreciated (21%) that the industry and jobs are the major resource of the city. Restaurants, terraces, bars Shops, shopping centers 49 5. ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION 51 Environmental patrimony Due to the special diversity of biotops and habitats, Prahova County has a rich inventory of wild flora and fauna, including endemisms, rare species, glacial relicts, and species with community importance. Unfortunately, the pressure of human activities (the need to expand the built-up area of certain towns, the tourism development projects, the traditional activities such as greezing or wood exploitation) threat to restrict the area for many of these species. The industry is one of the most polluting activities, as it is concentrated in the urban places of Prahova County. The approved limits for various polluting substances is exceeded either because of the lack of protection systems or their inadequate operation of these, or because of accidents. Among the activities and industrila sources with a significant impact on the environment of Campina Municipality we can mention Steaua Romana SA; “Neptun” SA, “Electroutilaj” SA, Orion Foundry. Water The quality of DOFTANA river is classified as of 1st class on the upstream of Campina Municipality. The situation changes in the downstream, where the water gets into the 2nd quality class, according to the indexes from oxygen and salt content groups. The ecological condition is very good in the upstream of Campina and good in the downstream, up to the influx For Prahova river, at the monitoring points in the downstream of Campina, the average annual value measured for the indexes from the oxigen contents, nutrients, salt contents and specific toxic pollutants of natural origin fit in the 2nd and 3rd quality class. Paltinul, a storage lake on Doftana river mainly used for water supply has a volume of 62.3 million m3. and a 1st class water quality from a chemical, biological and oligotrophic viewpoint. Used water. Some economic agents discharge a significant flow of used water, and other less important flows, through one or multiple outlets. Some of the companies do not operate anylonger, due to various financial or ownership reasons, and most of all do not function at their initial parameters. Part of them do not have problems with regard to the quality of discharged water, with a potential of accidental pollution. Here S.C. Petroutilaj Poiana Campina or SC Steaua Romana are classified. Soil. In Prahova we notice the existence of large areas considered to be critical from the point of view of soil degradation, mainly because of the oil extraction and processing industry. Thus, on the land of SC Rafinaria STEAUA ROMANA SA Campina there are several locations that may be classified as critical areas: the areas around the tank parks and the railway slope, where the soil has a high content of hydrocarbon from superior oil outside the intervention threshold, due to the historical pollution in the area. In addition, the soil in the area of tar pits of Petrolistului and Turnatorie (Metal casting) is low acid, because of the waste stored. After monitoring the soil quality from the point of view of heavy metals content, at monitoring points on DN1 –Prahovei Valley, the average annual value measured for the indicators: nickel and copper, the measured values exceed the normal soil values. For the indicators: lead, zinc and cadmium, the average measured values comply with the normal value. In order to rehabilitate the affected soils of the municipality, the authorities started a project, through the Fund Administration, “Forrestation of agricultural lands affected in the area of Improvement perimeter in the North part of Campina Municipality, Muscel Hill”, 52 amounting 1,790,010 lei. Campina Municipality faces several earth flows. Therefore, a risk map has been developed at municipality level, in order to clearly identify the vulnerable areas. Figure 9: Map of Risks to landslides in Campina Municipality The main cause for pollution remains the traffic. from the pollution viewpoint: the values of carbon monoxide (CO) are much below than the maximum concentration approved; nitrogen oxides (NOx), especially NO2 and SO2 have normal values. The hydrocarbons in the air also have values under the approved limits. Green areas In 2010, the surface of green areas per capita in Campina Municipality is 36.91 sq. m./inhabitant, value that exceeds the national average and the European regulation in this field that provide an area of 26 sq. m./inhabitant. The green area surface increased between 2005 and 2010 (from 15.35 sq. m./inhabitant in 2005). Air The main indicators analyzed are: NH3, NO2, H2S, SO2, sulphate suspension, including H2SO4 aerosols, and sedimentable powders. The monitoring of air quality revealed that there are no significant problems. Protected areas On Prahova County territory there are seven protected areas with legal status, included in Law 5 /2000, as follows: Bucegi Natural Park (Sinaia, Busteni)-8,322 ha Arinisul de la Sinaia(Sinaia)-1,037 ha Tigaile din Ciucas(Maneciu)-3 ha Salt Mountain (Muntele de sare - Slanic) – 2 ha Prahova County does not have any natural protected areas of international interest. The Order 1964/2008 declared as natural protected areas the following Nature 2000 sites: Ciucas Mountains (Maneciu commune, Cerasu) – approx. 9,400 ha in Prahova County Glodeasa Forest (Valea Doftanei commune) – 535 ha Balbaitoarea Lake (Bǎtrani commune) – 2.6 ha Tohani Creek (Gura Vadului commune) – 50.2 ha Plopeni Forest (Baicoi town, Cocorastii Mislii commune) – 88.8 ha Bucegi (Comarnic, Sinaia, Busteni, Azuga towns)– approx. 13,000 ha in Prahova County. These areas sum up an average surface of approx. 23,077 ha, i.e. 5 % of the administrative territory of the county. Campina Municipality does not have any protected areas. 53 Waste management The sanitation services operator in Campina Municipality is S.C. Floricon Salub S.R.L. The company was established in 1993, with heavy vehicles repair works and road transport of merchandise and wholesale and retail as its main business fields. Subsequently, by using the available infrastructure, S.C. Floricon Salub S.R.L. develops its activity in the field of community services. Thus, starting from 1996, the sanitation services became the main industry of the company, and the first locality services was Campina Municipality. The continuous development and upgrading of the special vehicle fleet, together with the experience acquired, allowed the company to expand its sanitation services to Breaza and Baicoi towns and in the neighboring communes of Campina Municipality. Presently, S.C. Floricon Salub S.R.L. is a company that can competitively satisfy the needs and demands of its beneficiaries in the field of sanitaton services, as it is a licensed operator (2nd class) by the Community Services National Authority (A.N.R.S.C.). The sanitation services operator SC Floricon Salub SRL in partnership with SC Ecorom Ambalaje SA mutual association continued the selective collection campaign in Campina Municipality of paper, carton and PET waste. The quantities selectively collected in Campina Municipality and in Baicoi and Breaza towns are: 98.11 tons of paper and carton and 12.13 tons of PET. In 2009, Campina selectively collected an amount of 2.55 tons of glass. For this type of waste there is no viable exploitation options. Industrial waste. In the county there are many companies, especially in the field of oil industry, with storage pits of industrial and dangerous waste (refinery sludge, silts, acid tar, fluid drilling tar), such as SC Rafinaria ASTRA ROMANA SA Ploiesti, SC PETROTEL LUKOIL SA, OMV PETROM SA PETROBRAZI, SC ROMPETROL Bucharest VEGA Refinery Ploiesti, SC Steaua Romana SA Campina, OMV Petrom SA Ploiesti Branch. SC Rafinaria Steaua Romana SA Campina has three industrial waste pits: Acid tar pit in Petrol Area, with an area of 6.0 ha, and an occupied volume of approx 80,000 m3; Acid tar pit in metal Casting Area, with an area of 3.3 ha, and an occupied volume of approx. 70,000 mc; Sludge pit (non-hazardous industrial waste pit) in the area of Lacul Pestelui, with an area of 0.5 ha, and an occupied volume of 27,000 m3. 54 Medical waste. In Prahova County there are three companies licensed from the sanitary and environment viewpoint to collect and transport medical waste, among which SC Iacovita Oxigen SNC Campina. Electronic waste. The local public authorities established the EEE waste collection centers. In Campina Municipality the center is on Milcov Street, with a concrete and covered surface of 247.88 sq. m. – managed by SC Floricon Salub SRL Campina. The quantity of EEE waste collected in 2009 by the licensed economic agents was of 435 tons. In 2009, the national campaigns for the selective collection of electric and electronic waste have continued. Therefore, in Prahova County there have been collected 13,280 kg EEE waste. Unfortunately, the target of 4 kg/inhabitant for 2009 could not be reached, since the collection rate at the county level being of 0.53 kg/inhabitant. With regard to the vehicle decommission, in 2009, in Campina Municipality operated SC REMAT SA Campina and SC REMPROD SRL Campina, which collected over 500 vehicles. 55 According to the opinion survey applied to the Campina Municipality population, the most serious problem is that caused by uncontrolled storage of waste. On a scale from 1 (disturbing/affecting in small measure) to 10 (highly disturbing/affecting), the respondents gave an average score of 4.81 for pollution caused by uncontrolled storage of waste. Noise pollution has an average score of 4.7, as the second pollution form disturbing/affecting the inhabitants of Campina Municipality. The major pollution source in Campina Municipality is considered to be, by the respondents, the local economic agents (28.10%). This is shortly followed by the vehicle traffic with over 25%. Other pollution sources identified by the inhabitants are: household waste and oil pits. Pollution caused by uncontrolled waste storage Noise pollution Air pollution Pollution of streams within the city 56 57 6. TOURISM 59 | Tourist sights and objectives The main tourist objectives in Campina Municipality are the following: Roman-Catholic Church Sfantul Anton de Padova, 102 year old (the construction was finished in 1906) built in baroque style. "De la Han" Church, also named "Biserica de la Brazi", built in 1833 by Sfantul Calinic de la Cernica, under the patronage of vault in Bellu Cemetery from Bucharest, represent one of the unique constructions exclusively built based on the information and layouts transmitted by Iulia (from "the world of the dead") within the spiritist sessions organized by her father. Figure 10: Iulia Hasdeu Castle Figure 11: Biserica de la Han Nicolae Grigorescu Museum, arranged in the former house of the artist Nicolae Grigorescu. "Dormition of the Mother of God". "Hernia" Chapel, built in baroque style in the memory of Dumitru Hernia, the pioneer of Campina oil. Iulia Hasdeu Castle, the creation of Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, built in the memory of his daughter, Iulia Hasdeu (also named the "Castle of Campina Magician "), which, together with Iulia Hasdeu Figure 12: Nicolae Grigorescu Museum Voila Castle built in nomadic style, specific to the 19th Century. It was built by Dimitrie Barbu Stirbei, on his land, and today it hosts the Nervous Diseases Sanatorium. Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu Museum, opened in 1897 for the public since the writer was alive. “Casa cu Grifoni”, the present headquarters of Campina City Hall – built between 1901 and 1902 by Gheorghe Stefanescu from Campina. The building, built for his family, was the first to use electric light in Campina, with an electric generator set from germany placed in the basement. ”Steaua Romana” Refinery Church Complex of Slobozia Parish The location of the city in SubCarpathian area, at the junction between Prahovei and Doftanei Valleys, makes that the city and its surrpoundings with old tourism traditions to be highly appreciated and visited by many tourists from all over the country. The main routes in Campina are: 1. Muscel – Voila – Sotrile route The first sight of this route is the « Holiday Village », located on Muscel Hill, in the sunny place, at 560 m altitude right near the leisure area « Fantana cu ciresi ». From 60 here, from this « holiday village », one can admire the panoramic view of the entire Campina terrace, including the Bucegi Mountains. At several hundreds of meters the Voila Forest starts, another attraction. After approx. 5 km walk through the wood, one can get to Sotrile commune located at an altitude of about 800 m. Before entering in Sotrile commune, one can take a short walk on Cucuiatu peak (826 m), the highest peak in the Campina area. 2. Doftana Valley route The valley of Doftana river bordering the eastern side of Campina terrace provides extremely pleasant trips, especially after the construction of the dam and Paltinoasa lake. If the valley of Doftana river was less known in the past and used mostly as a connection to the forest exploitation, today this is a favourite route both for Campina inhabitants and for tourists throughout the country, attracted by its beautiful sights. We also have to mention that several centuries ago, Doftana river valley was used as a commercial road to Transilvania, and Tesila commune was also a customs point, even this was a secondary pathway. 3. Campina – Baile Telega route The salt mines in Telega served as prisons for the outlaws and arisen peasants, of which we mention here the famous outlaw at the beginning of the last century – Iancu Jianu. These baths are recommended for rheumatic, neurological and gynaecologic diseases. 4. Campina – Brebu route Starting with the half of the 17th Century, Brebu becomes the king’s summer residence due to Matei Basarab who felt attracted by the charm of these places. He built here a residence consisting from the king’s house, monastery, protection wall and entrance tower. The construction started around the year 1640. All this building set was located in the village center. Initially used as a summer residential residence, it now hosts an interesting museum dedicated to the time of « Matei Basarab – Constantin Brancoveanu ». getting out from the architectural complex, we can see another sight: the lake behind the museum. Formed by the dissolution of the plaster and salt layers on Brebu platform, the lake has an era of almost 4 ha and a depth of 12, in the shadow of a pine wood. 5. Campina – Poiana Campina – Schitul Poiana route An architectural monument, Poiana chapel was built by Toma Cantacuzino, a sword bearer, the nephew of the Romanian Land ruler, Serban Cantacuzino. Its original paintings were signed by the famous painter Parvu Mutu. Unfortunately there is nothing left from the original paintings, because the church was affected by earthquakes and was permanently upgraded. The old chapels were also lost, and one can see now only some traces of the old wall. Only the walls of the old cellar can be seen now, with its underground arches. The building is attractive due to its elegant architectural lines and decorations 6. Campina – Ploiesti route 7. Campina - Valenii munte – Cheia route 8. Campina Sinaia route – Posada de – 61 | Tourist facilities The main accommodation facilities in Campina Municipality Carpatin Campina Hotel (Muntenia) has an accommodation capacity of 110 bed places in apartments, single rooms, and other rooms. The hotel has the following endowments and facilities: Figure 13: Carpatin Hotel restaurant, day bar, parking, elevator, rest rooms with shower and bath, tv set, refrigerator. Amana Inn Hotel – Campina - 28 bed places in rooms equipped with air conditioning, bathroom, minibar, telephone, Tv, internet, balcony. Figure 14: Amana Inn Hotel Nina B&B has an accommodation capacity of 20 bed places in 10 matrimonial and single rooms, and a 25 seats restaurant, living room, terrace in the yard with 25 seats. Casablanca Bed&Breakfast has 6 modern rooms equipped with own bathrooms, tv cable, wireless internet, minibar, hair dryer in each bathroom, refrigerator Thus, in 2010, 14,850 tourists arrived in Campina Municipality, i.e. approx. 4.7% of the total tourists in Prahova County. The average stay of the tourists was of 1.9 days, fact that reveals the development of the transit, cultural and weekend tourism in the municipality. The accommodation capacity in 2010 recorded a slight decrease, ranging at about 270 bed palces. Tourism activity municipality Campina Municipality has 2 parks: B-DUL Culturii and Fantana cu ciresi parks, which are the leisure areas for the citizens of the The evolution of overnight stays in tourist facilities and tourist arrivals in indicators reveals a maximum value in 2007, with a decrease in the subsequent years. The main events organized in Campina Municipality, that may also 62 generate an increase of tourist activity are: Campina Municipality Days – January 8 Honey Fair – exhibit with sells of beekeeping, popular music show, beekeeping contest, beekeeping symposium – February 21-22 Craftsmen’s Fair Exhibit and sales of masks, clothes – June 1– Hora Prahoveana (Prahove traditional round dance)- Folklore Festival – June 27 and 28 "Campina my love" – Plastic Arts Camp – July 1-14 The Celebration of 2 Iulii – scientific communication sessions, literature, musica, plastic arts and literature exhibits – July 2 "Fall Festivity" – complex show organized in the heart of the city - September - Casa Tineretului APLER Gala – literary communications sessions – November 5-6 Campina Municipality tourist accommodation capacity tourist accommodation capacity by type of tourist structures overnight stays in tourist reception 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 93.389 84.392 80.938 79.708 84.713 94.473 353 243 222 221 221 270 29.585 36.144 39.730 34.349 28.637 28.266 18.405 21.273 21.860 23.539 17.982 14.850 7 6 4 4 4 5 tourist arrivals in tourist reception tourist reception 63 | 64 According tot he opinion survey applied to the population in Campina Municipality, the preferred ways to spend the free time are the leisure-picnic areas, with 39.2%, parks and public gardens with 37.8% followed by swimming pools, sports grounds and halls, children’s playgrounds and skating rink. Over 50% of the citizens are discontent with the leisure possibilities, but approx. 60% are pleased by the leisure areas, public parks and gardens, and playgrounds. leisure-picnic areas skating rinks parks and public gardens swimming pools children”s playgrounds sports grounds possibility to spend of... sports halls 65 | 7. EDUCATION 67 School units and educational infrastructure In 2010, the school units network of Campina Municipality included 11 kindergartens, 7 primary schools, 5 high schools and 2 post-secondary schools. In 2010, these schools were equipped with 212 classrooms and specialty rooms, 58 school laboratories, 580 PCs, 9 playing fields and 23 school workshops. Although Campina Municipality has mainly an industrial track, education has always been a priority field. The 5 high schools operating in the municipality confirm this aspect: Colegiul Naţional Nicolae Grigorescu (Nicolae Grigorescu High School) was founded in 1919 as a mixed high school, and in 1930 it was named Dimitrie Barbu Știrbei High School. In the ‘30 it was divided into the High School for Girls and the High School for Boys, but in 1948 it became again a mixed high school. The measures taken during the communism had deeply influenced its subsequent development, and starting with 1957 it bears the name of Nicolae Grigorescu, the national artist in painting. This change lasted until 1972 when it became the Liceul de Matematică-Fizică Nicolae Grigorescu (Nicolae Grigorescu High School of Sciences), a name changed again into Liceul Industrial numărul 5 (No. 5 Industrial High School) (in 1982). After 1989, the high school became again of science track, and in 1999 it became a Colegiu national (National College). Colegiul Tehnic ”Constantin Istrati” (”Constantin Istrati” Technical High School) is a Romanian educational institution of over one hundred years old, and it received this name on January 1st, 1961. Presently, it includes the following fields of specialization: mathematics – information technology, accounting, electronics and automation, electrotechnics and mechanics. Starting with 1930, its building housed the “Iulia Haşdeu” High School for Girls, transformed in 1948 into the Petroleum Technical Secondary School No. 1. Vocational School of Forestry Vocational School of Machine Manufacturing This is the latest vocational school in the municipality and the only one who also includes a half-day kindergarten Vocational School of Energy is the only high school on Prahova Valley that also trains professionals with secondary education level in the energetic field. In 2010, there were over 3,400 students enrolled on the courses provided by these 5 high schools. The educational infrastructure has benefited from a number of investments during the last period, 68 in both the physical infrastructure (buildings), and the corresponding equipping. There are 2 post-secondary schools operating in Campina Municipality: Louis Pasteur Nursery Post-secondary school Vasile Lascăr Police Training School of Campina and 87.98% students enrolled at secondary schools. It has been noticed a decrease by approx. 12% of the school population between 2005 and 2010. This trend is similar to the national one, being correlated to the population decrease during the The Police Training School is one of the most famous schools in the country and it organizes every year a vacancy contest for over 700 positions. This unit has a high level of material equipping. School population The school population of Campina Municipality recorded in the study year 2010 7,951 persons of which 6.4% (956 children) enrolled at kindergartens, 2.9%(429 students) enrolled on post-secondary classes Figure 15: School of Police Officers "Vasile Lascăr" same period. Compared to 2009, 2010 recorded a slight increase which might lead to the conclusion that the decreasing period is ended, being followed by a period of strengthening. The biggest reduction was noticed at the students enrolled in 69 vocational schools, from 1,600 in 2005 to 429 in 2010. Still, the number of kindergarten students enrolled in 2010 increased by 1.38% compared to 2009 and by 9.9% compared to 2005. The index number of students per PC is of 14.2 for 2010, below the county level of 15.05. Also, the index „School population per classrooms and specialty rooms” in Campina Municipality – 37.5 in 2010 is below the one recorded in Prahova County – 39 in 2010. Teaching staff The number of teachers working in the municipal educational units is 473, of which 42 persons (8.9%) operating in the pre-schools, 60 persons in the primary schools, 115 persons in gymnasiums, 226 persons (47.8%) in high schools and 30 persons in the post-secondary schools (6.3%). Sports Education (2009) Campina Prahova Romania Number of students per teacher * 16,45 17,13 15,55 Number of students per classroom * 34,53 38,84 34,02 330,96 139,35 554,93 659,12 207,89 162,18 Number of students per school workshop* Number of students per school laboratory * Number of students per PC * 15,42 15,20 12,27 Number of students per fitness room * 794,30 892,87 874,37 Number of students per sports ground * 882,56 898,63 900,19 Source: INS, ADDVANCES The first sports club of the city was named Libertas and it was founded between 1910 and 1912. Its members were the employees of the Jewlry Factory owned by the Countess of Blöme, daughter of Prince D.B.Ştirbey. In the’30 in Campina there was a sports association named Tenis Clubul Român (Romanian Tenis Club). The following associations perform sports activities in Campina Municipality: Asociaţia Sportiva Unirea (Unirea Sports Association football), F.C.M. Campina (football), AIKO (martial arts, boxing, aerobics), KAMIKAZE (karate), FITNESS (fitness), LIDO and BRITMAR, GRUPUL SCOLAR SPORTIV PETROL (PETROL SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL – athletics and badminton), ENERGY PCC STEROM (combats, chess), SILVA (volley ball), PETROL (planoring). 70 With regard to the educational services in Campina Municipality, 76.3% of population consider that the quality of the educational system is good and very good. Over 75% of the respondents are pleased and satisfied with the material conditions of schools and kindergartens, while only 40% are pleased and satisfied with their equipping level. Over 80% of the respondents consider there is a sufficient number of schools, and 60% state to be pleased with the quality of education. The respondents consider that most important issue of the educational system is the lack of teachers or the lack of trained and dedicated teachers. The other problems are: very small salaries, inappropriate conduct of students and insufficient equipping. 71 72 8. CULTURE 74 75 Libraries In 2010, there were 17 libraries operating in Campina Municipality. At county level, it has been noticed that most of them are school and public libraries. The only public library in Campina and the second most significant in Prahova County is « Dr. C.I. Istrati » Municipal Library. Founded in 1949, it has a collection of 67,306 volumes. The founder of this institution was Doctor C.I. Istrati himself who had also founded the first public library in Campina back in 1906. The building currently housing the library is the former company house of the managers from « Astra Română » Petroleum Society. In 1998, the E.E.I.S.T. Foundation from England created the English Section, the only one in the county, with 10,500 books. French Library – It runs its activity within « B.P. Haşdeu» Memorial Museum and has 2,600 volumes from various fields (French grammar and literature, history, philosophy, geography, natural sciences, encyclopaedias, dictionaries.) These had been donated in 2003 by the Richelieu Clubs from Belgium. Spectacle institutions „Geo Bogza” Municipal House of Culture – established in 1964 by the Town Council of Campina în 1964 and it has the biggest spectacle room in the county (770 seats). It runs many complex cultural activities: theatre spectacles, music, entertainment, arts and technical-applicative circles. The activity of the Municipal House of Culture is divided in two: continuous education circles and courses and arts workshops. Casa Tineretului (House of Youth) Established by Campina City Hall in 1982, the House of Youth is a complex formed by a spectacle room, conference room, exhibition room, hotel and rooms for educational and other purposes (sporta and recreational). The House of Culture also provides a public pool and a mini-football field. Museums Campina Municipality has 2 museums: „Nicolae Grigorescu” Memorial Museum Nicolae Grigorescu, our famous artist in painting, partially lived in Campina starting with 1871. Near 1890, he became a permanent citizen who lived in the city in various rented houses. Due to his friendship with Kessler, the pharmacist, Grigorescu purchased a land where he erected a Romanian specific building, that functioned as residence and workshop simultaneously. The master builders were Irimia brothers from Cornu. At Campina and its surroundings, Nicolae Grigorescu discovered exquisite places in the middle of nature and many sources of inspiration. He lived in that house between 1904 and 1907, when he passed away, in 76 July, his body being carried during the funerals by an ox cart; both the coffin and the cart were adorned with field flowers and small fir braches brought by Dr. C.I. Istrati from his park. He was buried in the city graveyard, in a place where later on his son Gheorghe would also rest in peace. Grigorescu’s house was destroyed by a fire in 1918, during the German occupation. Only in 1954 it had been rebuilt by his son Gheorghe, married to Ana, the daughter of Alexandru Vlahuţă, based on the photos and old blueprints of the original house. Today, it houses the « Nicolae Grigorescu » Memorial Museum. Iulia Hasdeu Castle The scholar B.P. Hasdeu built the castle – temple of Campina between 1894 and 1896, being inspired by the soul of his deceased daughter. Two corner stone towers frame the main tower, the dom or the actual temple. A monumental door, adorned with symbols, quotations and emblem, surrounded by female statues on stone thrones, represent the temple entrance. Once entered, everyone meets the sacred: the access through parallel mirrors reflecting one’s face in infinite images, and the self-communion before the Statue of Jesus. the side towers have secular spaces designed for guest, study, rest, but also for spiritual experiences. These took place in a dark room, in the presence of a medium. An interesting exhibition reminds of B.P. Hasdeu’s interest in the research of communication to the dead ones. Considering that his daughter was the fruit of the love between him and the other Iulia-his wife, the castle is dedicated to both of them and for this reason it bears the name of « Julia Hasdeu ». «The Holydays of the two Julias» is held here every year, on July 2nd. 77 Regarding the cultural facilities in Campina Municipality, 66.43% of respondents are pleased and satisfied with the cultural – artistic events held by the municipality, 53% are pleased with the organized concerts, 41.83% are pleased with the municipal libraries, and 49.86% are discontent with the cinemas. Libraries Cinemas Concerts Cultural and arts events 78 79 9. HEALTHCARE - 80 81 Healthcare units In 2009, the healthcare sector of Campina Municipality included the following units: 2 hospitals : Campina Municipal Hospital and Voila Hospital; 21 dentist practices; 13 dental laboratories; 15 pharmacies; 17 family medical practices; 24 specialty medical practices; 2 pharmaceutical points; 3 school medical practices. Compared to the total population of Campina Municipality recorded on July 1st, 2009, the hospital had 208 beds per 10,000 inhabitants. Medical staff In 2009, the medical staff with high education level providing medical services to the population was formed by 121 medical doctors (17 family physicians) and 20 dental practitioners (15 – private sector). The number of the medium qualified medical personnel was 468 persons of which 408 persons in the public sectors and 60 persons in the private sectors. In 2009, the number of medical doctors in the public sector per 10,000 inhabitants was 29.01. This 82 indicator has recorded an increase compared with 2005 when it was recorded a number of 26.28 medical doctors per 10,000 inhabitants. Also, this indicator is above the one recorded at county level (11.92). The number of dental practitioners in the private sector per 10,000 inhabitants is 4,03, an indicator that slightly increased during the analyzed period (2005-2009). In 2009 the recorded number of pharmacists was 8.87 per 10,000 inhabitants, an increase by 40% compared with the previous year and by 5% compared with 2005. The number of medium qualified medical personnel per 10,000 inhabitants is 125.72 persons in 2009, a decrease compared to 2008, but an increase by 10% compared with 2005. Health (2009) Doctors - public sector per 10 000 inhabitants ** Beds per 10,000 inhabitants ** Ward staff - public sector per 10,000 inhabitants ** Câmpina Prahova Romania 2,93 1,19 19,50 20,98 5,36 64,06 8,18 60,40 17,89 83 With regard to the citizens’ perception of the public medical services in Campina Municipality, 96.2% are pleased with the number of pharmacists and 84.4% with the number of medical practices. 61.1% of the respondents state they are discontent and unsatisfied with the quality of medical services, 57.8% with the hospital equipping and 56.5% with the number of medical doctors. The respondents consider that the absence of medical and specialty equipment is the main issue of the medical system (27.8%), followed by the lack of financial resources (26.1%) and of qualified medical staff (22.3%) lack of equipment and special devices lack of financial resources lack of prepared healthcare personnel corruption Hospital equipment No. of medical practices No. of pharmacies No. of physicians Healthcare services quality 84 85 10. SOCIAL 86 87 Population and demographic phenomena On July 1st, 2010, the population of Campina Municipality recorded 36,842 persons, representing 4.53% of the total population of Prahova County and approx. 1.13% of the population in the region. The ethnic structure of population in Campina Municipality, according to the data provided by the City Hall, is: 98.5% Romanian, 1.1% Rroma and 0.4% other ethnic groups. The main religions practiced by the population of Campina Municipality are: the Orthodox religion (96.1% of the municipality population), the Roman Catholic religion (1.2% of population) and the Adventist belief (1.2% of population) and others. The population structure by gender shows a majority of the female population, i.e. 51.31% of the total population in the Municipality, while the male population represents 48.69% of the total number. The male/female ratio is 94.9%, meaning 94.9 men to 100 women, thus reflecting a quite balanced structure by sex of the city population. 39.000 38.500 38.000 37.500 37.000 36.500 The age pyramid shows a slight come back of the 0-4 years population. The highest percent of the female population is represented by the age category of 40-44 years, and that of 30-34 years for the male population. The young population (0-14 years) represents 11.8% of the total population of the municipality, adult population (15-64 years) representing 72.6% of the total, and Campina population evolution, 2005-2010 elderly population (65 year and above) represents 15.6% of the 38.435,00 total. According to these values, it 38.166,00 38.017,00 can be noticed the balanced structure of population in Campina 37.411,00 Municipality.37.225,00 Compared with 2005, the structure 36.842,00 by age of Campina Municipality’s population recorded no significant changes. 36.000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 The average life expectancy Source INS, 2010, TEMPO Batabase between 2005 and in Prahova 88 county, is over 73 years with 6 year differences between women and men. In 2010, the average life expectancy was 73.5 years, and by gender this was of 70.07 years for men and 77.73 years for women. o major differences between the average life expectances by residential area have been noticed: 74.6 years in the urban area and 73.02 years in the rural area. Demographic indicators The population of Campina Municipality can be described using the statistical demographic indicators. The rate of population aging is 1,319.3‰, meaning 1.000 young persons up to 14 years old to approx. 1,319 elder persons of 65 or above 65 years old. Compared with the county rate of population aging of 1,137.29‰, Campina Municipality record a higher level, thus reflecting a high rate of population aging. The demographic dependency rate is characteristic to the activity potential of a population and its value recorded in Campina Municipality in 2010 was 376.76‰. This indicator measures the pressure exercised by inactive population (young and elder) on the active population (adults). Therefore, in Campina Municipality, there are approx. 377 young (0-14 years) and elder (65 years and 89 more) persons to 1,000 persons aged between 15 and 64 years. The demographic dependency rate of the county was 432.71‰ in 2010, and the one recorded at national level was 429.2‰. Youth dependency ratio is the ratio between the persons aged 014 years and adult persons aged between 15 and 64 years with the value of 162.44‰. According to the aforementioned, there are approx. 162 young persons to 1,000 adults. The value of labor force replacement rate in Campina Municipality is 636.56‰. This means that, in 15 years, 1,000 adult persons (15-64 years) will be replaced by only 636 persons, thus creating a decrease by approx. 36% of the labor force (at every 1,000 active persons, 364 persons will be missing). Natural change of population In 2010, there have been recorded 271 live births and 438 deaths, resulting in a negative rate of natural increase at 167 persons. The birth rate is 7.36‰, meaning 7.36 live births per 1,000 persons in Campina Municipality, in 2010. The value of this indicator for the municipality is below the county one: 8.8‰ per total and 8.8‰ at the average urban level of the county. The death rate recorded in the same year was 1.89‰. The rate of natural increase recorded in Campina Municipality between 2005 and 2010 was negative, thus contributing to a decrease of total stable population. Marital status of population. In 2010, Campina Municipality recorded 189 marriages and 90 divorces. Therefore, the divorce rate of the married population is 2.44‰. 90 Migration of population. In 2010, there had been recorded 570 persons who relocated and 290 persons who registered their permanent residence in Campina Municipality, resulting in a negative migration balance of 280 persons. Since 2005, the balance of permanent residence registration has recorded a continuous increasing trend. The number of migrants is 31, below the number of migrants (11) recorded in 2009. The external migration balance is negative throughout 2005 and 2010. 91 Workforce employees), Healthcare (7.42% employees), and Constructions (6.36% employees) i.e. approx. 67% The average number of employees of total employees in Prahova recorded in 2009 in Campina County. Municipality was 12,254 persons, Compared to 2009, no significant representing 8.3% of the employees changes had been noticed in in Prahova County. Prahova County with respect to the number of employees, yet their In 2010, the main business sectors number has decreased from in Prahova County by number of 182,278 in 2009 to 168,035 in 2010. employees are: Industry (36.25% The average net salary in Prahova employees), Commerce (16.53% County recorded in Structure on national economy activities of Prahova County employees in 2010 June 2011 was LEI No. of people Total Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Industry Extractive industry Processing industry Production and supply of electric and thermal energy, gas, hot water and air conditioning Water supply; sanitation, waste management, decontamination 168.035,00 % 100,00% 2.805,00 1,67% 60.908,00 36,25% 5.360,00 3,19% 49.375,00 29,38% 2.235,00 1,33% 3.938,00 2,34% Construction 10.691,00 6,36% Wholesale and retail; vehicle and motorcycle repair shops 28.195,00 16,78% Transport and storage 10.384,00 6,18% Hotels and restaurants 4.214,00 2,51% Information and communication 2.279,00 1,36% Financial brokerage and insurance 2.188,00 1,30% Real estate transactions 1.204,00 0,72% Professional, scientific and technical activities 6.031,00 3,59% Administrative services and support services Public administration and defense; social securities in the public system 6.321,00 3,76% 6.278,00 3,74% Education 10.934,00 6,51% Health and social work 12.483,00 7,43% Cultural and recreational shows 1.998,00 1,19% Other services 1.122,00 0,67% 1,315, the industry and constructions being the first in the top of business sectors. During the same period, the average net salary recorded at national level was LEI 1,415, above the one recorded in Prahova County. 92 Unemployment August 2010, indicating a slow down and stabilization of the economic issues. According to the statistics of the Prahova County Agency for Unemployment dated September 2011, the unemployment rate of the county decreased by 5.38%, above the unemployment rate of 4.89% recorded at national level. 48% of the 18,686 unemployed recorded were women, while 53% received no subsidies. In Campina unemployed was on a downward trend recorded in September 2011 a total of 764 people and tend to fall within the county. The years 2009 and 2010 were very difficult due to the economic crisis. One of the specific indicators of this situation is the unemployment rate that reached, in December 2010, the threshold of 8.6% in Prahova County and 7.0% at national level. While the unemployment rate recorded in mid of 2007 at the county level was of only 3.7%, at the end of 2009 it was noticed the increasing trend of unemployment rate in the context of the national economy (8.9%). Compared with the national level, the unemployment rate in Prahova County remains at the same level, but under the level of SouthMuntenia Development Region. The evolution of unemployed persons number recorded between January 2010 and July 2011 at the level of Prahova County shows a decrease of the maximum number of 32,304 unemployed recorded in Evolution of unemployment people in Campina municipality 1.800 1.600 1.400 1.200 1.000 800 600 400 200 0 1.204 1.190 1.190 1.221 1.254 1.375 1.204 1.525 1.540 1.458 1.363 1.260 1.131 1.062 900 846 852 840 790 762 764 ian..10 feb..10 mar..10 apr..10 mai..10 iun..10 iul..10 aug..10 sep..10 oct..10 nov..10 dec..10 ian..11 feb..11 mar..11 apr..11 mai..11 iun..11 iul..11 aug..11 sep..11 Source: INS, TEMPO Database 93 Social services The City Hall of Campina Municipality also includes the Social Services and Child Welfare Department performing the following activities: provision of social care, social care services to families with dependent children, child welfare and protection of elder adults and disabled persons. In 2010 Campina City Hall recorded 92 children as beneficiaries of the services provided by DGASPC, 1,458 beneficiary adults and 1,550 disabled persons. In the Municipality there are other social services providers too. Among them: Complexul de Servicii Comunitare „Sfânta Filofteia” („Sfânta Filofteia” Community Services Complex) of Campina formed by: Foster care Center with 33 bed capacity, Day care center for disabled children, Advisory and Support Department for Family (re)integration of disabled children in need, Social care and resources center ”Inima Sfântă a lui Isus” Association – Daycare center 50 Nicolae Balcescu street, Campina Beneficiaries: 7-16 facing: yrs. Children social alienation; neglect; family difficulties; conflict situations, poverty; exploitation; ethnic discrimination; abandon; MARGA `92 Foundation providing the following services: Soup kitchen on 32 B.P. Haşdeu street, Campina. The beneficiaries of these services are: 0-6 years old children; 7-16 years old children; 17-18 years old children; 18-26 years old youth; adults; elder persons. The services include provision of food and nutritional supplements (food preparation, serving and distribution); Rehabilitation with Down Campina The residence, rehabilitation Recovery and Center for Adults syndrome from services include: recovery and centre Casa Speranţei (House of Hope) The services include: residence center – private provider of specialized social services, 3G Nicolae Bălcescu street, Campina. 94 List of demographics statistical data Campina Municipa Prahova lity County Romania Demographics (ob July 1, 2010) unit inhabitants Population density (total area) /km 2 1.520,5 172, 36 89,9 loc. km 2 3.054,9 4.689,0 2.878,5 % 46,80% 48,42% 47,7 Gender structure urban female Age 0-14 years % 53,20% 51,58% 52,3 % 11,80% 14,13% 15,1 structure 15-64 years % 72,63% 69,80% 70,0 65 years and older % 15,57% 16,07% 14,9 ‰ 1.319,3 1.137,3 985,7 ‰ 376,8 432,7 429,2 ‰ 162,4 202,5 216,2 Turnover rate ‰ 636,6 638,9 638,8 Birth rate (2009) ‰ 7,7 9,6 10,4 Mortality rate (2009) ‰ 11,69 12,4 12,0 Population density (built up area) male Ageing ratio (elderly people per 1,000 young people) Demographic dependency rate (young + elderly people per 1,000 adults) Youth dependency rate (young people per 1,000 adults) With regard to the citizens’ appreciation of their living standards, 41.8 % are discontent and unsatisfied, while only 31.9% are pleased or satisfied. 95 11. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY 96 97 The Public Administration of the Territorial Administrative Unit of Campina Municipality is formed by the Local Council, as decisionmaking body and the Mayor of the City, as executive authority. The city Hall represents the local governmental structure of the Local Council which implements the Local Council’s decisions and the Mayor’s orders, thus solving the current issues of the local community. The Local Council members and the Mayor are elected and appointed for 4 years, until 2012. Local Council The Local Council represents the legislative body of the city, being responsible with the initiatives and making decisions, according to the law, regarding all the issues of local interest, except for those assigned by law to other local public or central authorities. One of the tasks of the Local Council is the economic and social development of the city. To fulfil this task, the Local Council: approves, at the Mayors’ proposal, the local budget, loan payments, the use of budget reserves and the fiscal year closing report; approves, at the Mayors’ proposal, the loan contracts and /or warranties, as well as local government loan agreements through municipal bond issuance on behalf of the territorial administrative unit, according to the law; Sets forth and approves the local taxes and fees, in compliance with the law; approves, at the Mayor’s proposal, the technical and financial documents for the investment works of local interest, according to the law; approves the strategies for the economic, social and environment development strategies of the territorial administrative unit; ensures the accomplishment of works and takes the necessary measure for the implementation and compliance with the contract provisions undertaken within the process of European integration in the fields of environment protection and water management for the services provided to the citizens. The Local Council of Campina Municipality comprises 19 councillors appointed by democratic election from the electoral lists of five political parties. The political structure of the Council is: PDL (31.7%), PNDC (26.3%) , PSD(21%), PNL (10.5%) and PIN(10.5%). Mayor. City Hall The City Hall Municipality is operating structure Mayor, Deputy of Campina a permanent formed by the Mayor, City Secretary and Mayor’s specialpurpose body. The City Hall is the local executive authority that fulfils the decisions made by the local council and Mayor’s orders, thus solving the current issues of the local community. The Mayor represents the territorial administrative unit in relation with other public authorities, Romanian or foreign natural persons or legal entities, as well as before the Court. The Mayor is directly elected by citizens for a four-year term. In order to appropriately fulfil the duties, the Mayor cooperates with the decentralized public services of the ministries and other special bodies of the central government from the territorial administrative units, as well as with the County Council. In his capacity, the Mayor may request the Prefect, as provided by law, the support of the managers of decentralized public services of the ministries and other special bodies of the central government from the territorial administrative units, if the assigned duties cannot be fulfilled by the special body. The Deputy Mayor is subordinated to the Mayor and the Mayor’s legal substitute who can delegate his duties. The Deputy Mayor is elected from the Local Council by the majority of local councillors. The Secretary of the city is a public official, with academic legal studies, 98 apolitical and who enjoys the stability of the position held. The Secretary’s main duties are: to endorse the legitimacy of Mayor’s orders and the local council’s decisions; to ensure the management of administrative procedures regarding the local council – Mayor relation and that between them and the Prefect; to prepare the works subjected to the local council’s debates; To ensure the assembling procedures of the local council and to provide the secretariat activities, the communication of topics, the minutes of the local council meetings and to draft the decisions made by the local council. The special-purpose body of the Mayor of Campina Municipality comprises: Legal Department Human Resources Department Condominium Advisory Department Social Services and Child Welfare Department Local Registry of Personal Records Department that includes: Vital Statistics Register Office and Personal Records Office Local Public Administrative Department for Agriculture, Public Relations Financial Department Department for Investments comprising: Public procurement Service and Procurements Service Public and Private Domain Registration Office Urban Planning Department including the Application Approval and Release Office Transportation Department, commercial control licenses Public Relations Department, maintaining the contact with the media Department for financing programmes, international relations, protocol Internal Auditing Department Community Police Department Department for Civil Emergency Situations Greenspace Management Department Local Council permanent body IT Department Implemented or ongoing projects The portfolio with implemented or ongoing projects of Campina City Hall emphasizes a good project management capacity. Among these: "Improving the water supply in the North part of Campina Municipality" PHARE project 2006. The specific objective of the project was: the rehabilitation of drinking water delivery system in Campina Municipality, to ensure the appropriate water quality level, by the replacement of the existing water delivery pipeline with a highdensity polyethylene pipeline (PEHD) of 4,120 m length. The project value was LEI 6,455,619.26. The project was completed in 2010. “Modernising Calea Daciei”application submitted for financing approval under the Regional Operational Programme – Priority Axis 2. The project aims to improve the traffic flow and the access from/to Campina Municipality in the junction between Calea Daciei and DN1. The project value is lei 19,634,717.02, VAT not included. The financing contract was signed on 30.09.2009, and the works execution contract on 09.04.2010. „Quality services for the citizens of Campina Municipality” – project submitted in April 2009 under PODCA, Priority Axis 2. The project value is LEI 285,100, VAT not included. Construction of a swimming pool within Grup Şcolar Industrial 99 Petrol (Petroleum Industry Secondary School), 45 N. Bălcescu street. The funds are provided by the National Investment Company. The project value is LEI 550,000. „Local Development Strategy for Campina Municipality” financed under the Operational Programme “Administrative Capacity Development”, priority axis 1. The project value is LEI 286,890, VAT not included. „Support for integration and inclusion” financed under the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development”, priority axis 5.1. The project value is LEI 2.094.830,06, VAT not included. Local Budget The local budget for 2011 of Campina Municipality, rectified by LCD no. 138/25.08.2011 includes total revenues of over 81 million lei, i.e. approx. EUR 20 millions. The revenue of the operating section represents approx. 61% of total revenue. The sums collected in the first 2 trimesters of 2011 representing grants amounted LEI 19,622,000, approx. 24% of the total revenue. In 2010, the income per capita was LEI 1,695.54 /inhabitant, below the level recorded in the big cities. Property taxes represent only 15.61% of total revenue, while the own revenue represents 60.22% of total revenue. 100 52.2% of respondents are pleased with the local public administration of Campina Municipality, and 26.4% are discontent and totally unsatisfied. 50.00% appreciate the activity run by the Local Council and 58.00% are pleased and satisfied with the Mayor’s activity 36% of respondents are discontent with the activity of Tax Office of the City Hall, and 21% are discontent with the activity run by the Urban Planning Office. 101 Socio-economic assessment indicators Demographics and manpower Cumulative Index Population growth rate Population density Male population Rate of natural increase Rate of population ageing Labour turnover rate Dependency ratio Average age Marriages and divorce rate Migration growth rate Labour force Employment rate per main activity sectors (%) Unemployment rate Lands and housing Cumulative Index Total land area by land categories Growth rate of housing stock Increase/decrease of floor area per person Household size from the floor area viewpoint Primary Index Stable population Stable population Territory surface area Stable population by gender Number of deaths and live births Stable population by age groups Stable population by age groups Stable population by age groups Stable population by age groups Number of marriages and divorces Permanent residence registration Change of residence Number of employees Employment rate per main activity sectors Unemployment rate Primary Index Total land area by land categories Housing stock Floor area Total population Number of domestic residences Net floor area 102 Infrastructure and territory equipment Cumulative Index City streets Modern city streets Modern roads (%) Increase/decrease of modern public roads number Public road density Asphalt roads (%) Gravel road (%) Hard-packed earth roads (%) Connection to the public sewerage system (%) Wastewater treatment level Increase/decrease of sewerage system Connection to the drinking water system (%) Age of drinking water system Increase/decrease of drinking water system Connection to natural gas distribution system (%) Increase / decrease of natural gas distribution system Phone line penetration rate TV penetration rate Primary Index Length of city streets Length of city streets Length of modern city streets Length of total public roads Length of modern public roads Length of modern public roads Length of total public roads Territory surface area Length of total public roads Lengths of public asphalt roads Length of total public roads Lengths of public gravel roads Length of total public roads Lengths of public hard-packed earth roads Number of domestic residences connected to the sewerage system Quantity of wastewater discharged Quantity of wastewater treated Length of sewerage system Number of domestic residences connected to the drinking water system Length of drinking water system by age categories Length of drinking water system Number of domestic residences connected to the natural gas distribution system Length of natural gas distribution system Number of telephone subscriptions Stable population Number of TV subscriptions Stable population 103 Public services Cumulative Index Greenspace surface area per capita Structure of healthcare units Medical-healthcare staff per 10,000 inhabitants Growth rate of assisted persons Growth rate of libraries, existing and borrowed volumes Growth rate of school population Structure of school population in relation international classification standard of education Increase / decrease in number of teachers to the Number of teachers per school population Ratio between school population and no. of classrooms, specialty rooms, laboratories and PCs Ratio between school population and number of school gyms and playing fields Crime rate Primary Index Greenspace surface area Total population Number of healthcare units by categories Medical – healthcare staff (total no. and by category) Total population Number of assisted children with disabilities Number of assisted adults with disabilities Number of assisted elders Number of libraries Number of existing and borrowed volumes Total school population Total school population by category according to the international classification standard of education Number of teachers Number of teachers Total school population Total school population Number of classrooms and specialty rooms Number of school laboratories Number of PCs Total school population Number of gyms Number of playing fields Number of crimes Total population 104 Economic development Cumulative Index Density of enterprises Growth rate of enterprises Structure of enterprises by size (number of employees) Structure of enterprises by business sector Total turnover growth rate Turnover structure by business fields Structure of employees by business fields Total labor productivity and by business fields Primary Index Total number of enterprises Stable population Number of enterprises Number of enterprises by number of employees Number of enterprises by business field Turnover by business fields Turnover by business fields Number of employees by business field Total turnover and by business fields Total average number of employees and by business field Environment Cumulative Index Structure of water surface by quality class Air pollution Soil structure by degradation factors Growth rate of forestry real estate Growth rate of wood mass in economic circulation Forests by relief Growth rate of generated domestic waste Structure of domestic waste composition Primary Index Length of surface waters by size Sulphur dioxide emissions Nitric oxide emissions Ammonia oxide emissions Annual emissions of volatile nonmetal compounds Heavy metal emissions (mercur, cadmiu) Soil surface area affected by degradation factors Forestry real estate Wood mass in economic circulation Land surface by type of property Quantity of domestic waste generated Quantity of domestic waste by categories 105 12. SWOT ANALYSIS 107 1. Urban development Strengths Weaknesses The optimal geographic location in relation to the transport networks; The short distance from: Bucharest (92 km), Braşov (70 km), Ploieşti (30km), etc.; The location in a real natural amphitheatre; Relatively easy access by road, railway and air; This is the city with the highest number of sunny days; Significant natural oil resources; Important economic and social centre at county level; The increasing trend of the Municipality’s housing stock; The presence of private mass transportation operators; Up to 80% upgraded city road infrastructure. Decline of the city’s population between 2005 and 2010 with 1,593 persons; The population density in relation to the total surface area and built-up area exceeds the county average; Lack of special mass transit shelters; Presence of stray dogs Insufficient parking areas; Insufficient playgrounds for children; Opportunities Threats Expansion of the built-up area set forth in the Zoning Plan; The possibility to access European grants for sustainable urban development (infrastructure rehabilitation and improved urban services); National programmes for building social housing and residential areas intended for youth; Thermal rehabilitation of apartment buildings under state financing programmes The economic crisis and lack of jobs may result in the migration of population from urban to rural areas of the county; Incoherent construction works that may affect the natural environment; A slowing-down implementation of urban development projects 108 2. Urban infrastructure and utilities Strengths Easy access to Campina Municipality by road (DN1), train and air (at 80km distance); Easy access to the European transport corridors; Access to 5 county roads; Completed investments in the public lighting system; Developed telecommunication infrastructure; The city is supplied with water from Paltinu Dam; Waste Water Treatment Plant –Voila Treatment Plant; High percent of people provided with water from the public drinking water system; Existence of natural gas distribution network; Weaknesses Traffic jams; The presence of the railway crossing the city from East to the West; The amount of wastewater entering the water treatment plant and the low level of de degradable pollutants in the water show a high to extremely high level of rainwater penetration into the wastewater collection system; Many damaged sections of the sewerage system; The wastewater is partially discharged directly into the watercourse, thus avoiding the existing wastewater treatment facilities; Non-arranged sidewalks and alleys in some neighbourhoods; Old and worn water supply system; Absence of a centralized thermal system; Opportunities Threats The construction of Bucharest-Brasov highway can improve the inner-city accessibility; The existence of a Master Plan for the Drinking Water and Wastewater Sector at county level which also includes investments in Campina Municipality; Availability of European funding for the development of technical and urban infrastructure (POR- Axis 1 and 2); Use of European funding for green energy production; Possible difficulties in providing with cofinancing to major projects for urban infrastructure and networks rehabilitation; Damage of infrastructure and absence of financial resources for its maintenance works; 109 3. Economic development Strengths The significant economic tradition – the Municipality is worldwide known for its oil resources; The number of active legal entities had doubled between 1995 and 2009; Increasing number of start-ups; In 2009, the number of active legal entities in Campina Municipality per 1.000 inhabitants was 76.45‰, above the county and national average Opportunities for tourism development due to the existing natural and anthropical resources; Existence of important natural resources; Existence of local bank branches; Existence of large-sized industrial units providing a high number of jobs to the inhabitants of the municipality; The Municipality is coupled to utilities; Opportunities National SMEs support programmes; European funding programmes for the economic environment and increase of competitiveness; Development of the communication between business representatives and local public authorities; Development of logistic platforms; Weaknesses The absence of business support structures; Insufficient promotion of the municipality as a potential investment objective; The absence of lands /locations available to investments; Restructuring/reorganization of some industrial units. Threats Maintenance of non-profitable loan conditions for the economic field; Limited capacity of the business environment to apply to and co-finance projects financed by the European funds; Lack of interest of the local social and economic stakeholders in cooperation for the municipality’s development; High level of taxation and excessive bureaucracy; Instability of laws; 110 4. Economic development Strengths The significant economic tradition – the Municipality is worldwide known for its oil resources; The number of active legal entities had doubled between 1995 and 2009; Increasing number of start-ups; In 2009, the number of active legal entities in Campina Municipality per 1.000 inhabitants was 76.45‰, above the county and national average Opportunities for tourism development due to the existing natural and anthropical resources; Existence of important natural resources; Existence of local bank branches; Existence of large-sized industrial units providing a high number of jobs to the inhabitants of the municipality; The Municipality is coupled to utilities; Opportunities National SMEs support programmes; European funding programmes for the economic environment and increase of competitiveness; Development of the communication between business representatives and local public authorities; Development of logistic platforms; Weaknesses The absence of business support structures; Insufficient promotion of the municipality as a potential investment objective; The absence of lands /locations available to investments; Restructuring/reorganization of some industrial units. Threats Maintenance of non-profitable loan conditions for the economic field; Limited capacity of the business environment to apply to and co-finance projects financed by the European funds; Lack of interest of the local social and economic stakeholders in cooperation for the municipality’s development; High level of taxation and excessive bureaucracy; Instability of laws; 111 5. Environment protection and preservation Strengths Weaknesses Surface waters frame in the 1st and 2nd class of quality; Ongoing environment protection projects; action run by the National Forest Service for “Reforesting damaged farm fields in the North rehabilitation area of Campina Municipality, Muscel Hill”; The air monitoring indicates no problems; In Campina Municipality, the green areas per inhabitant (36.91 sq m/inhabitant) exceeds the national average; Ongoing programme for paper, board and PET bottles selective collection; The existence of operators in medical and electronic wastes collection in the municipality; Existence of a waste management plan at county level; Pollution caused by the processing industry; The soil from Petrolierul and Turnătorie tar pits has poor resistance to acids due to the waste stored in this area; Landslide risk in certain areas; Pollutants in the Lacul Peştelui (Fish Lake); The absence of a composting facility; Lack of possibilities to reuse the collected glass waste. Opportunities Threats Involvement of population in activities of environmental education; Development of partnerships for environment protection; European or national funds available for environment protection projects; Funding available from the Environment Funds; Introduction of renewable energy sources; Renewal of the national vehicle fleet under “Rabla” (Old car) programme and reduction of air pollution caused by old motor vehicles; No involvement of the population in the selective waste collection; The climate changes caused by the global heating could cause floods and landslides; Negative impact of car pollution caused by uncontrolled traffic growth; Environment damages (flora and fauna) caused by uncontrolled tourism development; Potential accidental pollution caused by wastewater discharge; 112 6. Tourism Strengths Exquisite natural environment; Optimal conditions for developing various tourism products for mountain, transitory, week-end tourists, and thematic tourism Relatively high number of itineraries that also include Campina Municipality; Event organization in the municipality: fairs, exhibits, sports events; Existing sports facilities – swimming pool; In 2010, the municipality was in the top 5 of county localities with regard to the number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays; Opportunities The existing European funds to support the tourism infrastructure development (accommodation facilities, tourist sightseeing promotion and signalling); Development of partnerships and actions run in cooperation with the surrounding localities; Participation in national and international tourism fairs; Lease of available lands for widening the range of tourism services Weaknesses Poor development of leisure and sports infrastructure; Lack of tourist routes and signs; Decreasing trend of tourism indicators; Threats Lack of funds for creating private accommodation units or upgrading the existing ones; Romanian tourists’ option for destinations abroad; Insufficient capacity of public authorities and business environment to absorb the European funds for tourism development; Promotion of travel offers abroad by travel agencies, 113 7. Education Strengths Weaknesses The existing developed network of educational institutions; 5 High Schools; The number of students per school workshops is much under the county or national level; The index no. of students per school laboratory is higher than the one recorded at Prahova county level; The statistical indicators of education are positive in general; The existence of post-secondary schools, particularly the “Vasile Lascăr” Police Training School; Decreasing number of students, between 2005 and 2010, with approx. 1,018 persons; Insufficient number of teachers; The increasing number of kindergarten students led to a high density in kindergartens; Absence of psychologists in schools; Lack of school security measures; Lack of medical practices in schools. Opportunities Threats The European funds for educational services improvement; The European funds available for the rehabilitation and equipping of educational institutions; International school programmes that allow the local schools to establish partnerships with educational institutions abroad; The current technical means can be used to improve the teaching and self-teaching process, by improved presentation methods, reduced time for information teaching/learning, improved communication between the teacher /institution and student, increased number of information and research sources. Lack of interest in education and the decreasing quality level of the Romanian education system; Underfinanced Romanian education system; Absence of attractive conditions for junior teachers (salary, school conditions, company housing); High rate of school abandonment as consequence of instability of the family’s financial and material resources; Frequent law amendments to the Romanian education system; Low level of attractiveness of the educational system to young teachers. 114 8. Culture Strengths Weaknesses The “Dr. C.I. Istrati” Municipal Library; “Geo Bogza” Municipal House of Culture; The 2 museums: Iulia Haşdeu Castle and “Nicolae Grigorescu” Memorial Museum; The organization of many spectacles, exhibitions, handcraft fairs; Theatre spectacles; The existence of cult establishments and historical monuments. Lack of modern fittings and equipment; The patrimony requires upgrading, rehabilitation works and equipping; Opportunities Threats Development of educational activities that stimulate the youth interest in culture; Restoration works and capitalization of the cultural heritage; The possibility of accessing European grants for cultural activities, IT infrastructure for libraries and their services; The possibility to leverage some local holydays and cultural events The citizens’ lack of interest in culture; Insufficient funds budgeted for cultural institutions and investments in this field; 115 9. Healthcare Strengths Weaknesses The developed network of public and private healthcare units providing medical services to the population; The number of hospital beds per 10,000 inhabitants is above the county average; The number of physicians operating in the public sector per 10,000 inhabitants is above the county average; Well-developed private health sector; The existence of Campina Municipal Hospital and Voila Hospital. Upgrading works to the Municipal Hospital Lack of medical staff; The absence of some necessary medical equipment to perform certain medical investigations and tests determines the population to go to other places High wear and tear level of the medical equipment Opportunities Threats The possibility to access the European funds for the rehabilitation of, upgrading or equipping the infrastructure of medical services; Development of the private medical-healthcare sector (establishment of specialty medical practices) Underfinanced healthcare system; Low quality medical services; Low level of attractiveness of the public healthcare system to young doctors; The high migration rate of medical staff to the European Union Member States (particularly to France and Germany); The unattractive salary policy in the healthcare system. 116 10. Social Strengths Weaknesses The youth dependency ratio is below the county average; Qualified, adjustable, innovative manpower at relatively low costs; Existence of private social services providers; Existence of active employment policies; The overall population decline; The negative natural growth; High growth rate of old population – the indicator of ageing population in Campina Municipality is above the county average; The fertility rate of the Municipality goes below the county average; Negative migration balance; Low salary level of social workers; Decreased interest in professional training; Lack of equal opportunities for people at risk of social exclusion; Absence of a graveyard; Absence of elder care facilities; Opportunities Threats Absence of employment opportunities; The existence of a legal framework that provides facilities to the companies hiring people from vulnerable groups in order to enable their social reinsertion; Opportunities to develop partnerships between LPA and NGO sector; Development of employment support methods; Cooperation in the educational and training field. Limited capacity of public institutions to (co)finance social actions; Increasing number of children with parents working abroad; Accelerated ageing rate in the near future; The persons who benefit social services prefer to continue doing this instead of being active from the economic viewpoint; The increasing unemployment rate caused by the economic crisis could trigger an increased number or persons provided with social services; Qualified social workers leaving the social care system. 117 11. Institutional capacity Strengths The experience in grant projects; The significant portfolio with implemented and ongoing European and national grant projects,; High number of public officers with higher education level; The partnerships and cooperation agreements concluded with administrative and territorial authorities from the country and abroad; The involvement of local authorities in the sustainable urban development; High satisfaction level of citizens with regard to the activity run by public authorities; Low debt level of the local budget Opportunities Development of the local project development and implementation service; Development of population consulting services on urban aspects; Active involvement of the community in the decision-making process; Specialization and professional training programmes for public servants; Weaknesses The low number of the City Hall employees involved in project development and implementation; Low level of attractiveness of the public administration to young professionals; Low salary level of the public administration officers; Threats The public servants’ discontent in relation to the non-motivating salary level; Migration of specialists from the governmental structures, particularly those involved in European funds attraction Governmental administrative and financial measures limiting the activity of local public administration 118 II. STRATEGY FUNDAMENTALS 120 121 II.1. City Analysis - Diagnosis 1. Positive features: Existence of economic potential and industry tradition The number of legally active legal entities per 1,000 inhabitants, in 2009, is 32.1‰ at national level, 65.1‰ at county level and approx. 76.45‰ at Campina Municipality level. The high values of this indicator recorded in Campina Municipality and in the county reflects the focus on business activities. The use of electricity for digging the first three wells was considered a world-wide release in the field of oil extraction. The presence of some important economic operators in the Municipality. Existence of industrial platforms with re-growth potential. Existence of developed healthcare and educational/cultural services In 2010, the educational units in Campina Municipality consisted in 11 pre-school units, 7 elementary schools, 5 high-schools and 2 postsecondary schools. There are 2 post-secondary schools operating in Campina Municipality: Louis Pasteur Nursery Postsecondary school and Vasile Lascar Police Training School of Campina. The Municipality also has several institutions promoting cultural activities: Municipal „Geo Bogza” House of Culture, « Dr. C.I. Istrati” Municipal Library , „Nicolae Grigorescu Memorial Museum, Iulia Hasdeu Castle There are 2 hospitals in Campina: Campina Municipal Hospital and Voila Hospital. Exquisite natural environment and inner-city accessibility Campina is located at 426 m altitude, 30 km distance from Ploiesti (the capital city of Prahova County), 70 km far from Brasov, and 92 km distance from Bucharest, the capital of the country. Campina Municipality has an optimal position with respect to the access to road, rail and air infrastructure. The Municipality is placed in an exquisite natural amphitheatre, being also the city with the highest number of sunny days. Existence of a relatively modern road infrastructure The percent of modern roads out of the total city roads recorded in 2009 was 79.8%, i.e. an increasing trend compared to 2008. Existence of travel and tourism services development potential The main tourist sightseeings in Campina Municipality are: Sfantul Anton de Padova Romano-catholic Church, "De la Han" Church, "Hernia" Chapel, Iulia Hasdeu Castle, Nicolae Grigorescu Museum, Voila Castle. Campina Municipality is included in some tourist circuits and organizes several annual events. 122 2. Negative features: Low demographic potential Between 2005 and 2010, the population of the municipality recorded a decrease of 1,593 persons. The indicator of ageing population in Campina Municipality is above the county average of 1,137.29‰. Existence of some environmental issues The existence of some extended areas considered at risk from the soil degradation viewpoint. The soil in the tar pits area is low acid, because of the waste stored. The annual average values measured for the indicators: nickel and copper exceed the normal limits in the soil. Campina Municpality faces a number of landslides, which led to the elaboration of risk map. Absence of a system to ease the traffic flow– including the absence of parking spots Relatively high unemployment rate Some relatively underdeveloped public services: stray dogs, the need for a graveyard, insufficient number of playgrounds 123 II.2. Analysis of local, county, regional, national and European context In Campina Municipality there are several planning documents for the local development, namely: Local Agenda 21 – The sustainable local development plan of Campina municipality produced in 2004; The urban planning of the municipality. These documents set forth a number of local development priorities , thus fundamenting the implementation of some projects. The main objectives provided in the sustainable local development plan are: Development of basic infrastructure and ensuring unrestricted access of population and industrial consumers to this infrastructure (water, electricity, gas distribution, transportation paths); Access to residence; Environment protection; Urban rehabilitation (improved use of natural capital, particularly of lands and contaminated water resources, as well as urban rehabilitation by restoration and development of the historical centre, historical buildings outside the historical area and re-development of buildings through rehabilitation of facades and basic functionalities or re- organization functionalities). of these To accomplish the goals proposed in the Local Action Plan, Campina City Hall, as local authority, had to strengthen its institutional capacity at all decision-making and execution levels, an action that involved not only sufficient fund raising and provision, but also the mobilization of human resources, identification of the most efficient communication systems and re-assessment of the administrative framework for task assignment. In Prahova County there have been adopted a number of strategic development documents, such as the Sustainable development plan of Prahova County for 2007-2013 and the Zoning Plan for Prahova County, documents that regulate the development at county level. There are also a number of sectoral documents such as: the Master Plan for water supply and sewerage in the County and the County plan for waste management. Among the priorities of Prahova County Council also included in the county development plan, we mention: Development and upgrading the local transportation infrastructure; Environment protection; Urban development; Rural development; Development and upgrading the social infrastructure; Sustainable development and tourism promotion; Supporting the local and county business development; Human resources development. South-Muntenia Development Region elaborated the Regional Development Plan 2007-2013 with the following strategic goal: „Increasing the region’s capacity for its sustainable and balanced economic and social development, leading to reduced disparities and increased economic and social cohesion, prosperity and living standards of the region’s inhabitants”. This overall goal is translated into four specific objectives structured as follows: Increasing the region’s level of competitiveness and attractiveness; Increasing the business innovative capacity and competitiveness in the region; Sustainable and balanced economic, social and cultural development of rural communities; Increasing the social stability and optimization of the region’s labour force potential. At national level there have been elaborated and adopted a series of 124 programmatic documents among which: National Strategic Reference Framework (CSNR); National Sustainable Development Strategy of Romania. CSNR provides a coherent framework for those who elaborate policies, programmes and implementation plans. The vision of the National Strategic Reference Framework 2007 - 2013 is „A competitive, dynamic and successful Romania”. The Strategic Vision is approaching the social-economic development needs, it provides solutions to the social disparities faced by Romania and support to the EU development strategies. CSNR envisages the following thematic priorities: Development of basic infrastructure at European standards; Increasing the long-term competitiveness of the Romanian economy; Development and efficient use of the Romanian human capital; Strengthening an efficient administrative capacity. The National Sustainable Development Strategy of Romania provides as national objective for the horizon 2013 to „Support sustainable and territorially balanced economic and social development of the Romanian regions according to their specific needs and resources by concentrating on urban poles fro growth; improving infrastructure and business environment so as to make Romanian regions, especially those lagging behind, more attractive places to live, visit, invest in and work.” The national strategic document specifies that the accomplishment of this objective relies on regional, sub-regional and local specific actions within the following priority axes: Supporting the sustainable development of cities as urban poles for growth; Improving the access to the regions by upgrading the regional and local transportation infrastructure; Improving the social infrastructure in the regions; Strengthening the regional and local business environment; Sustainable development and tourism promotion. The Europe 2020 Strategy adopted at European level is proposing three priorities that mutually support each other: Intelligent growth: development of an economy based on knowledge and innovation; Sustainable growth: promotion of a more efficient economy regarding the use of a more ecological and competitive resources; Growth to facilitate the inclusion: promotion of an economy with a high employment rate facilitating the social and territorial cohesion. The main objectives of the strategy are: Increasing the current 69% employment rate of the population aged between 20 and 64 years to at least 75%; To invest 3% of GDP in research-development (R&D), in parallel to an increased indicator of the research-development and innovation intensity; To reduce the greenhouse gases by at least 20% compared with the levels recorded in 1990, to increase the use of renewable energy resources at 20% within the final energy consumption and to increase the energy efficiency by 20%; To reduce the dropout rate from its current value of 15% to 10% and to increase the percent of persons aged between 30 and 34 years with academic studies from 31% to 40%, at least, in 2020; The number of European citizens whose living standards are below the national poverty threshold should be reduced by 25%, meaning over 20 million persons moved out of poverty. 125 II.3 Setting the overall objective of the strategy II.4 Strategy’s relevance to the identified needs The development vision for Campina Municipality shows us how Campina would like to be in 2017. The overall objective and the strategic objectives indicate what needs to be done to accomplish this diligence. Therefore, the overall objective of this strategy which is also its mission, is to create a sustainable economic and social development of Campina Municipality, leading on the longterm, to higher living standards of the citizens and transformation of the city into a competitive economic centre. An effective and efficient development vision of a city, regardless its form, needs a strong urban society that increases in both quantity and quality, knows how to multiply its capacities and opportunities, to accelerate its economic, social and cultural life, to maximize its power and the capacities to improve performances. Thus, Campina Municipality should capitalize its advantages and strengthen the role it plays in the region. The economic and social development of the Municipality should also be achieved through an increased economic competitiveness, new jobs created, improved technical - urban and road infrastructure, enhanced cultural heritage, tourism development, quality assurance and environment protection, improved social services and a developed administrative capacity. In order to be relevant, the development strategy should result from a vast public consultation process conducted among both citizens and local stakeholders, i.e. public institutions, representatives of the private sector and civil society. Their involvement in the elaboration of the strategy together with a survey of the citizens’ perceptions may guarantee that the objectives, measures and actions included in the strategy aim to solving the issues of the citizens. The goal of the strategy is to provide development opportunities and new jobs and business activities. These are pre-requisites of an open society that provides equal opportunities thus facilitating the access of any person to the economic life. The strategy was designed in order to meet the citizens’ needs, to solve the issues mentioned raised by the citizens during the public consultation and to provide guidelines to the local authorities in their efforts to improve the life quality of the citizens. 126 127 III. DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 128 129 | Vision and directions development The vision of development is a shared form of common identity and values, that provides the community with a sense of development that fundaments the proposed strategic development The formulated development vision is the result of a participative process that involves decisionmakers, business people, and the population, aiming to reach a consensus on the future of that community. The development strategy of „Campina Municipality will become a competitive economic centre that will enhance its natural and cultural capital, will provide its citizens with high quality public services and the investors with business opportunities." objectives. This pre-requisite is a strategic concept of development that includes spatial and nonspatial, quality and quantity-specific aspects of the development. The development vision should be clear and achievable through its objectives. Campina Municipality is the community’s vision of the strategic directions to be followed between 2011 and 2017. The economic development of the region and the increase of competitiveness represent the main pillars of the community’s development as well as the first priority. The accomplishment of some investments in the physical infrastructure and the urban equipping without supporting the local economy at the same time are only postponing the solutions to the issues like new jobs, the purchasing power of citizens and, eventually, higher living standards. For this reason, the strategy is approaching in parallel the two dimensions of the social and economic development. An improved use of the natural and cultural capital, and of the economic tradition may be the key to the municipality’s development. The vision of Campina Municipality for 2017 is that of a competitive economic centre providing its citizens with high quality public services and a wide range of jobs, good living standards and an attractive place to potential investors due to its strategic location and local resources. Therefore, the priority direction for local public authorities and business environment is to provide a wide range of jobs that meet the specialty professional background of the local labour force. 130 131 | Strategic and specific objectives 132 The overall objective of the local development strategy of Campina Municipality is the “Sustainable economic and social development of Campina Municipality leading, on the long-term, to an improved life quality of the citizens and the transformation of the city into a competitive economic centre”, materialized in 5 strategic development objectives, as follows: 1. Upgrading the infrastructure and the urban equipping 2. Increasing the economic competitiveness and new jobs created 3. Tourism development and improved use of the cultural heritage 4. Quality assurance and environment protection 5. Improving the administrative capacity and social services. For these 5 strategic objectives there have been identified 11 specific objectives that include the 10 analysis fields on which the strategy relies, namely: urban development, urban infrastructure and equipping, economic development, environment protection and preservation, tourism, education, culture, healthcare, social, institutional capacity. This correspondence is presented in the table hereto Strategic objective SO.1. Upgrading the urban infrastructure and equipping SO.2. Increasing the economic competitiveness and new jobs created SO.3. Tourism development and enhancement of the cultural heritage Specific objectives Specific OBJECTIVE no.1 Improving the road infrastructure Specific OBJECTIVE no.2 Upgrading the urban technical infrastructure Specific OBJECTIVE no.1 Upgrading/setting-up the business infrastructure Specific OBJECTIVE no.2 Attraction of investments Specific OBJECTIVE no.1 Tourism development Specific OBJECTIVE no.2 Development of cultural infrastructure and activities Specific OBJECTIVE no.1 Preventing pollution and Energy efficiency Specific OBJECTIVE no.2 Improving the waste management Specific OBJECTIVE no.1 Improving the educational system quality Specific OBJECTIVE no.2 SO.5.Improving the Development of social and administrative healthcare services capacity and social services Specific OBJECTIVE no.3 Strengthening the administrative capacity SO.4.Quality assurance and environment protection Fields of analysis Measures M1.1. Upgrading the road and access 1.Urban development infrastructure 2.Urban M1.2 Upgrading the water supply and infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure equipping M1.3 Urban development M1.4 Construction of parking lots 3.Economic development M2.1. Setting-up the business development infrastructure M2.2. Attraction of investments and promotion of partnerships 4.Tourism 5. Culture M3.1 Capitalization of the existing tourism resources M3.2 Rehabilitation of heritage buildings M3.3 Development of leisure infrastructure 6. Environment protection and preservation M4.1.Promotion of environment protection M4.2 Improvement of local waste management M4.3 Energy efficiency and alternative energy sources M5.1 Development of educational infrastructure 7. Education 8. Healthcare 9. Social 10. Institutional Capacity M5.2 Development of healthcare services M5.3 Improving the social services M5.4 Community involvement in the local decision-making process M5.5 Development of human resources in the public administration 133 | Sectoral action plans The upgrade of urban infrastructure and equipping should be the priority of any local development strategy in Romania, as it is a constant in the elaboration of regional and national strategies. The significant influence of the development level of infrastructure (technical-urban, transportation and public services) on the citizens’ living standards and economic growth requires solutions to the existing problems of the Municipality. A modern and extended urban infrastructure (roads, utilities), and various urban development actions are a necessity and they can block the economic, spatial and social development. Urban infrastructure and equipping Estimated value: Eur 28.670.000 Estimated implementation period: 2009-2014 Responsible: Local Council, Prahova County Council SO.1. Upgrading the urban infrastructure and equipping Fields of analysis 1.Urban development 2.Urban infrastructu re and equipping Measures M1.1. Upgrading the road and access infrastructure M1.2 Upgrading the water supply and sewerage infrastructure M1.3 Urban development M1.4 Construction of parking lots Action plan for the field „URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPPING” 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Upgrading Calea Daciei Upgrading the road bed of Carol and Balcescu boulevards Construction of sidewalks on Nicolae Balcescu Boulevard Infrastructure development in Voila and veterans area Improving the traffic flow on the North-South direction The beltway Brebu-Telega-Valea Doftanei Extension and upgrading the water supply and sewerage system in Prahova County Construction of a multi-level parking lot in the Central Plaza of Campina Re-arrangement and fitting with electric access barriers the parking lot of the Municipal Polyclinic Improving the traffic flow on Calea Daciei - Carol I Blvd. sector by implementation of a "green light" system Rehabilitation of water supply infrastructure 134 Within the strategic objective no.1 we find the fields of analysis envisaging the Urban development, as well as the Urban infrastructure and equipping. This objective emphasizes 4 measures, and 19 actions/projects to materialize the general measures Urban development Estimated value: Eur 10.500.000 Estimated implementation period: 2011-2017 Responsible: Local Council Action plan for the field „URBAN DEVELOPMENT” 1 Making general cadastre in Campina Municipality 2 Upgrading the civic centre 3 Construction of housing on Balcescu Blvd. 4 Construction of housing with small rent 5 7 Inventory buildings ang rehabilitate facades Extension of dog shelter and assignment of straydogs management service Upgrading the public lighting system 8 Construction of a municipal graveyard 6 135 | The economic development of the Municipality is the key element of a community development and the fundamentals of global development. In facts, the social and cultural actions should be financially supported by the economic activity. The future approach of the sustainable development of the local economy should have in view the benefits generated by the position of the municipality in relation to the communication and transportation paths. One of the basic requirements for the development of the local business environment is the existence of an infrastructure to enable the business development. The use of these benefits triggered by the location of the municipality, and the capitalization potential of the available lands should lead, on the long term, to an increasing number of foreign investments, and new partnerships between the local authorities and the business environment. There should be conducted an analysis of the investment opportunities together with their SO.2. Increasing the economic competitiveness and new jobs created 3.Economic development M2.1. Creating the infrastructure for business development M2.2. Attraction of investments and promotion of partnerships Action plan for the field ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1 2 3 4 Business support centre of Campina(CSAC) NGO establishment to support the business environment in Campina Organization of training courses on administrative procedures for start-ups Developing a strategy for creating new jobs promotion among the stakeholders and the provision of facilities (according to the legislation in force) to investors. The permanent contact of the public administration with the private sector, the establishment of information centres, the fitting with electronic communication means, and a transparent local administration are factors capable to improve the investors’ confidence and to generate new jobs. Estimated value of the actions in the field of “Economic development”: Eur 605.,000 Estimated implementation period: 2012-2014 Responsible/partners: Local Council, Prahova Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Economic operators 136 The tourism development and the enhancement of the cultural heritage include two fields of analysis, i.e. tourism and culture, and should be considered in strict relation to the other two strategic objectives. The capitalization of the existing tourism potential and the development of new leisure infrastructures may transform Campina Municipality into a major player in the tourism field in this region. The tourism could be the catalyst of the local economy and a significant generator of new jobs. The rehabilitation of some heritage buildings in the municipality and the foundation of the city museum could improve the cultural services provided to the citizens. Estimated value of actions in the “Tourism” field: Eur 2.680.000 Estimated implementation period: 2011-2017 Responsible: Local Council, Prahova County Council, Valea Prahovei Inter-community Development Association Estimated value of actions in the “Culture” field: Eur 1,600,000 Estimated implementation period: 2011-2016 Responsible: Local Council, Department for Culture, Cults and SO.3. Tourism development and enhancement of the cultural heritage 4.Tourism 5. Culture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M3.1 Capitalization of the existing tourism resources M3.2 Rehabilitation of heritage buildings M3.3 Development of leisure infrastructure Action plan for the field „TOURISM” Building the National Tourism Information and Promotion Centre Discover Campina! Capitalization of the tourism and cultural potential of Campina and surrounding localities Rehabilitation and expansion of the Park on Culturii Blvd. Upgrading and construction of the leisure area “Fantana cu cireși” Re-arrangement of the playground for the children from Campinița neighbourhood Purchase of a mobile stage, sound and light systems for open-air representations Capitalization of the tourism and cultural-educational potential of the House of Youth Arrangement and Re-arrangement of the playgrounds for the children from Campina municipality Brand of Campina municipality Action plan for the field „CULTURE” 1 Rehabilitation of the House of Culture Capitalization of the local cultural heritage by the 2 establishment of the city museum Capitalization of the local cultural heritage by 3 restoration and upgrade of the services provided by B.P. Hasdeu Memorial Museum National Heritage, Steaua Romana Refinery, House of Youth 137 | The sustainable development envisages the economic and social development and the maintenance of a rational balanced relation between the elements of the human society’s progress and the integrity of the natural environment. In practice, the environment protection is a pre-requisite to the sustainable development of Campina Municipality, thus serving to the maintenance of the life quality of the entire population. The environment protection and preservation is important to the economic and social development, the protection of the natural environment being taken into consideration in all actions run by the business environment. Thus, the environment protection actions are in close relation to the economic development policy, the latter requiring to be applied without affecting the access of future generations to the existing resources. The rehabilitation of the polluted sites, the landscaping of the municipal lakes lead to an improved life quality of the citizens. New alternative energy sources and the improved energy efficiency of the public buildings together with architectural redesign and landscaping of green spaces could transform Campina Municipality into a place that anyone would like to live in. SO.4.Quality assurance and environment protection 6. Environment protection and preservation 1 M4.1.Promotion of environment protection M4.2 Improvement of local waste management M4.3 Energy efficiency and alternative energy sources Action plan for the field „ ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION” Rehabilitation of a polluted historical site – oil residual storage pit 4 Foresting the North of Campina Municipality and landscaping the Siret course Upgrading and landscaping the benches of Lacul bisericii (Churh Lake) and the adjacent area Curiacu Lake landscaping 5 Fitting with selective waste collection bins 6 Public awareness campaign for selective waste collection 7 Photovoltaic systems to produce electricity for the public lightinhg 8 Use of energy saving bulbs in all public institutions 9 Thermal rehabilitation of apartment buildings 10 Composting station for vegetal waste (population and public domain) 11 Facilities to prevend lanslides 2 3 Municipal waste incinerator in partnership with neighboring localities Estimated value of the actions in Responsible: Local Council, the “Environment protection and Prahova County Council, Valea preservation” field: Eur 8.525.000 Prahovei Inter-community Estimated implementation Development Association period: 2011-2015 12 138 The education starts from the very first years and continues all life long. The education should not be limited only to the mandatory curriculum, but it should viewed as a continuous development element. A good education level of school population involves the access of the target group to a modern infrastructure, adequate fitting and support for achieving performance in national and international contests and competitions. Furthermore, the education should also include, beside the youth, the adult education for professional qualification/re-qualification. To achieve this, the school rehabilitation, upgrading and equipping actions in the municipality are a pre-requisite to the local administration. Estimated value of the actions in the “Education” field: Eur 7.250.000 Estimated implementation period: 2012-2017 Responsible: Local Council, School units, Zamolxes Foundation, Campina Municipal Hospital, Medis, Child Welfare SO.5.Improving the administrative capacity and social services M5.1 Development of the educational infrastructure 7. Education 8. Healthcare 9. Social 10. Institutional capacity M5.2 Development of healthcare services M5.3 Improving the social services M5.4 Community involvement in the local decisionmaking process M5.5 Human resources development in the public administration Action plan for the field of „EDUCATION” 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rehabilitation, consolidation and expansion of the B.P. Hasdeu Elementary School of Campina Rehabilitation, upgrading and equipping undergraduate educational infrastructure of Petroleum Technical Secondary School of Campina the the Equipping the schools in Campina Municipality with video surveillance devices Upgrading the school playfields Parents’ School Summer school Construction of a student camp on Taberei road Building a gymsport for School no.1 Ion Câmpineanu 139 | The need for improving the healthcare services resulted from the survey run has materialized in an action plan that aims to equipping the municipal hospital and the integrated outpatient facility. Estimated value of the actions in the “Healthcare” field: Eur 8.500.000 Estimated implementation period: 2012-2015 Responsible: Local Council, Campina Municipal Hospital The field of social care has recorded a significant progress over the last years, in terms of quantity but, most of all, quality. A clear delimitation between social services and social care will be more and more applied, and the beneficiaries of social care will no longer be only the disabled persons, the victims of various forms of abuse etc. A social group in need for special care is the one formed by elderly. Estimated value of the actions in the “SOCIAL” field: Eur 1.130.000 Estimated implementation period: 2012-2014 Responsible: Local Council, Prahova County Council 2 Action plan for the field „HEALTHCARE” Fitting the municipal hospital with performing medical equipment Rehabilitation, upgrading and equipping the integrated outpatient facility within Campina Municipal Hospital 3 Energy rehabilitation of Municipal Hospital Campina 4 Center of excellence at Voila Hospital 1 Action plan for the field „SOCIAL” Construction of a care centre within Voila Hospital for socially challenged people 1 2 3 4 5 Establishment of a seniors’ hospital club Establishment of a Maternity Care Centre Establishment of a women club Video monitoring system of public places with high crime 140 An efficient administrative and institutional capacity is the key to a good governance, a pre-requisite for the successful elaboration of public policies and the implementation of local development strategy. The purpose of this priority is to contribute to the creation of a more efficient and effective local public administration to the social and economic benefit of Campina Municipality. The approach of fields like strategic planning, drafting public policies, strategic management, monitoring, and evaluation, meets the need for improving the decision-making system and, in this context, contributes to the improvement of public administration’s efficiency and effectiveness. To ensure the future development of the Municipality, the local public administration needs trained human resources. The lack of a trained staff, information and planning is only one of the reasons that explains the limited potential of the public administration to access various financing sources at the time being. The strategy proposes an increased focus on project elaboration and implementation in order to raise the absorption rate of European funds. Action plan for the field „INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY” 1 2 3 4 Organization of regular public consultations in the Municipality’s neighbourhoods to identify the citizens’ needs Organization of exchanges of experience with local authorities from Romania or the European Union Training the public administration staff in strategic fields, such as: project management, public procurement, financial management Annual surveys for consolidating local budget The introduction of modern instruments for the communication between the local public administration and the citizens will generate both a transparent activity of the local public administration and more efficient public services provided. To improve the fulfilment of the citizens’ needs, the administration has to intensify its regular communication efforts and public consultation. Estimated value of the actions in the “Healthcare” field: Eur 115.000 Estimated implementation period: 2012-2014 Responsible: Local Council 141 | Financing sources The interventions through clear socio-economic development projects in Campina Municipality can be achieved through: Financial support from the local budget; Government grants; European grants; Reimbursable funds (like loans). In addition to these financing sources there is also the possibility to develop public/private partnerships that proved to be the optimal solution for certain community issues in the developed European countries. Each of these possible means to support the local projects has both benefits and disadvantages. Firstly, the projects’ support from the local budget is the less recommended solution because this financing source is extremely limited, and the financial availability is relative. European grants The disadvantage of nonreimbursable funds is the costs (money and time) of the documentation for the application forms and the technical and financial reports. Moreover, these require the local co-financing of projects and the entire financing of non-eligible costs (VAT included), which may raise problems to the public administration, particularly in the context of financing programmes incurring a high level of the local co-financing. Still, the major benefit of non-reimbursable funds under the European Union’s programmes is that the co-financing by the local public administrations amounts only 2% (most of the programmes), and the investment values are high and very high compared to the community needs and the co-financing possibility. The financing from European grants is definitely the most recommended solution to the financial support of the projects provided in the Strategy. For this reason, we shall indicate below, for information purposes, the possibilities for financing the proposed interventions from European funding sources. The structural and cohesion funds are the financial instruments used by the European Union to achieve the objectives of the Cohesion Policy by implementing Operational Programmes, to eliminate the economic and social disparities between regions in order to achieve the economic and social cohesion. The role of the structural instruments of the European Union is to stimulate the economic growth of the Union’s Member States and to reduce the disparities between regions. They do not act by themselves, but require the contribution of the member states involved. They are mainly cofinanced from the public resources of the member state, but most fields also require the financial contribution of the private sector, which is highly recommended in most of the cases. The financial instruments known as Structural Funds are the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Social Fund (ESF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF), plus the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (FEADR) and the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), as complementary actions. These instruments are being applied under operational and sectoral programmes available for a given programming term. Having in view that the strategy’s horizon extends to 2017, there should also be considered the European grants corresponding to the next programming period 20142020. At the time of drafting this strategy there was no detailed presentation of the main operational programmes available for the next period, but there have been taken into consideration the provisions and objectives of Europe 2020 Strategy that will represent the fundamentals of the next programming period. The public/private partnerships represent a widely recommended and promoted solution to the problems or the improvement of public services’ efficiency. The recent release of Law no. 178/2010 regulating the public/private partnerships is seen as a real 142 opportunity for the implementation of the proposed projects. Campina Municipality has the possibility to develop public-private partnerships in various fields such as the parking system. Subsequent to the adoption of the public-private partnership law a number of services and activities could be outsourced to local partners from both the business and NGO sector. The loans represent a relatively simple solution, in terms of procedures involved, in order to receive the necessary financing for investment projects. The loan related costs are significant and involve certain risks regarding the re-payment of debts, especially under insecure circumstance such as the current financial crisis. Moreover, a leveraged loan could block the investment possibilities on short and medium term, because the public administration becomes non-eligible for accessing other loans and non-reimbursable funds. The Local Council of Campina Municipality has accessed a number of loans for the achievement (cofinancing or total financing) of capital investments in the local development and to support the strictly necessary local interventions. Despite these, the national laws imposing a threshold to the sums received from the contracted or new reimbursable funds do not apply to the loans contracted for co-financing the European projects. In this context, it is recommended the contracting of an open-end credit or the municipal bonds for the co-financing of future projects and VAT payments. The government funds represent a major source for project financing. For this purpose, the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism is running a number of programmes such as: The youth housing programme The social housing programme The thermal rehabilitation programme The social-cultural and sports programmes The National Infrastructure Development Programme In addition, we could also mention other programmes as those run by the Environment Fund Administration. 143 | Sustainability Implementation of the local development strategy through the existing institutions. In principle, this represents the institutional statutory duty of Campina City Hall to draft, as current activity, the local development planning through the existing departments. The benefit of this organization is the absence of parallel structures; often, the disadvantage is that the organizations lack the capacity to fulfil major tasks and the coordination with other organizations may prove to be difficult. The model could be unsuitable particularly when these organizations have to fulfil new tasks or to change their systems and procedures. Therefore, a Management Unit for the Strategy could be created within the City Hall whose members selected from the specialty departments of Campina City Hall should posses a relevant expertise and experience in each of the major aspects of the strategy management: Provision of a horizontal inter-sectoral and interdepartmental coordination; Provision of the technical capacity for the management of European funded projects; Strategic and spatial development of the city; Multi-annual investment plan; Public procurement process; Provision of financing; Provision of information and public consultation; Monitoring and evaluation of impact and the progress made in implementing; Development of public services. Establishment of a Strategy Implementation Agency The well set task of this agency is to provide the management and supervision of the action plan’s implementation. Also, it usually operates as a legal entity with its own accounting system and management board who is responsible with the supervision, while the tasks are being implemented by the technical and administrative staff. Such agency is visible; it can also have a significant power, and it can run activities and programmes on the medium and long term; still, its structure is a little oversized for short-term programmes and activities. This model has been widely adopted by larger organizations that have the necessary financial resources to support this entity. Strategy implementation by Project Implementation Units This model is often used by the World Bank or the European Union. This unit usually runs its activities within one of the main departments for public administration. The benefit is a dedicated organization and accounting system; the disadvantage is the creation of a parallel structure. The major categories of PIU’s duties are: Management and coordination of project implementation; technical coordination; performance of financing related activities; public procurements within the project; performance of monitoring, evaluation and control of the implementation and the corresponding reporting; ensuring the legitimacy of all activities and documents; provision of information and public consultation and secretariat activities. Strategy implementation by a Community Consortium This model, named in general, the “Consortium”, is a participative community structure formed by the representatives of all stakeholders involved in the local development process and external partners. Beside drafting the plan, the Consortium also has the duty to implement it. The Consortium can achieve a separate identity, thus becoming an agency, as presented above, or it can act as a steering committee for an organizational structure similar to the abovementioned ones. 144 Plan for the capitalization of tourism resources Policy no. 1. Capitalization of the existing tourism resources The local public administration should be actively involved in the local economic development, including the tourism development and the capitalization of the existing potential. To achieve this, the administration should take a series of short-, medium- and long-term measures. If, on the short-term, the administration does actions like establishing the National Tourism Information and Promotion Centre, through rehabilitation and expansion of parks, the mediumand long-term actions require interventions on the road and access infrastructure as well as on the physical one (buildings – House of Youth, House of Culture). The Municipality has several tourist sightseeings (Biserica de la Han Church, Iulia Hasdeu Castle, Nicolae Grigorescu Museum, Hernia Chapel, etc.) that need to be integrated in the county and regional tourist circuits. To increase the added value through tourism, the municipality should specialize in several tourism services to be provided to tourists from Campina and the surroundings. The public/private partnerships also constitute a way to capitalize the existing tourism resources. In Romania, the legal framework of such partnerships is not complete, i.e. the methodology for the application of the laws in force have not been published yet. Yet, it is expected that, on the short-term, the the public-private partnerships will be established in compliance with the legal norms, thus creating major opportunities of local development. When the methodology for the application of the law on publicprivate partnerships is completed, the local administration should take the following measures/ actions: To identify the development opportunities for public-private partnerships; To promote the partnership proposals; To establish public-private partnerships. Policy no. 2. Promotion of tourism resources An adequate promotion of the tourism sightseeings of interest to the potential tourists in Campina Municipality is a major element of the tourism development in the area. The promotion activity should be unitary, so that all promotion instruments should contain common elements defining the tourism offer of the area. To this purpose, it is required the development of a local brand for tourism based on professional principles but only after consulting the the community. This brand will provide the framework for the promotion activities performed by the public administration and business environment. To perform a promotion activity able to contribute to a better capitalization of tourism resources of the area, the local community shall take the following measures and actions: National Tourism Information and Promotion Centre Development of Campina Municipality’s tourism brand; Promotion materials: guide, brochures, maps, leaflets; Outdoor promotion; Online promotion instruments. 145 | Policy no. 3. Development of the tourism offer Local authorities should have in view a set of actions generating on medium-term an increased number of tourists. Several projects are in course of elaboration at the time being: Upgrading and landscaping the Fantana cu cireși leisure area, Restoration and improving the services provided by B.P. Hasdeu Memorial Museum, Establishment of the City Museum to develop the tourism offer in Campina. The development of tourism services to enhance the potential of local resources thus contributing to a variety of activities for tourists is a local pre-requisite. The purpose of these services is to provide the tourists with detailed information about the tourism, historical and cultural value of the local sightseeings of interest and to extend the range of tourism activities, by taking into consideration both the local potential and the peculiar aspects of the demands. Among the measures to be taken for this purpose, we mention: Provision of integrated tourism services offers; Design and creation of thematic tourism circuits; Development of a local tourist guides network. 146 Investment attraction plan Policy no. 1. Evaluation of the local investment potential and setting the local investment priorities The attraction or acceleration of investments, both of local and foreign (external) origin, represent one of the priority measures for the development of the local economy, especially due to the urgent need for economic diversification and raise of demand on the local labour force market. Yet, the potential investments should be attracted in the fields of priority to the city development and without affecting the development of the local business activities. The local community should decide the directions to which the attracted or accelerated investments must be headed, setting the fields and activities that require the attraction of external capital. The analysis of local development opportunities is the first step of the investment attraction/acceleration process. Having in view that the public-private partnership is one of the ways to achieve investments at the local level, an inventory of the public heritage available to developing such initiatives is also required. The scope of this inventory will include the development opportunities of the city and region, that can materialize through local investments. The investment attraction strategy will be the document setting the guidelines for investment attraction, based on the identified opportunities and the local community’s will. It will also propose a clear action plan to be implemented by the entire community but, most of all, by the public administration. The Guidelines for Investors which is being drafted by the municipality will be made available to the potential investors. The publication includes all information needed by an investor interested in the opportunities provided by Campina Municipality: presentation of local profile, investment possibilities, relevant local contacts, procedures to be followed. Moreover, the establishment of the Business Support Centre in Campina Municipality may facilitate the investment process and support the local business activities. Policy no. 2. Promotion of investment opportunities The investment opportunities identified and set based on the sectoral strategy will be promoted to the potential investors. To make the activities more efficient, the following stages will be followed: Identification of target groups – there will be identified the categories of investors potentially interested in making investments in Campina Municipality and the corresponding direct communication channels. Promotion campaigns on investment opportunities – this stage represents the actual communication with the target segment, and involves the promotion of the city as a business destination and, in particular, the business development opportunities in this region. The establishment of an NGO to support the business environment in Campina, based on a partnership between the local administration and the economic operators may constitute a significant vector to the identification of the problems faced by the private sector and the measures to be taken by local authorities to stimulate the business environment. 147 | CROSS-SECTOR LINKS The table below presents the links between the action plan sectors generated by the interconnected measures. It indicates the measures that, after implementation, will contribute to the achievement of the goals specific to the sector they SO.1 SO.1 Upgrading the urban infrastructure and equipping belong to, and the goals of other sectors in the action plan. SO.2 SO.3 M1.1 M1.2 M1.3 M1.4 M1.1 M1.2 M1.3 M1.4 M1.1 M2.1 M2.2 M2.1 SO.2 Increasing the economic competitiveness and new jobs created M2.1 M2.2 SO.3 Tourism development and capitalization of the cultural heritage M3.1 M3.3 M3.1 M3.3 SO.4 Quality assurance and environment protection M4.1 M4.1 M4.2 M4.3 SO.5 Improving the administrative capacity and social services M5.1 M5.2 M5.4 M5.1 M5.2 M5.4 SO.4 SO.5 M3.1 M3.4 M4.1 M4.2 M4.4 M5.5 M3.2 M5.1 M5.2 148 149 | - - IV. PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS. PROJECT SHEETS 150 151 | List of projects within the Local Development Strategy for Campina Municipality 2011-2017 OS.1. Upgrading the urban infrastructure and equipping M1.1. Upgrading the road and access infrastructure Item Project title Estimated value (Eur) Implementation period Financing source 1 Upgrading Calea Daciei 5,000,000.00 2009-2012 POR, Axis 2 – Improving the regional and local transportation infrastructure 2 Upgrading the road bed of Carol and Balcescu boulevards 1,000,000.00 2012-2013 Government Funds 3 Construction of sidewalks on Nicolae Balcescu Boulevard 500,000.00 2012-2013 Local budget 4 Infrastructure development in Voila and veterans area 1,000,000.00 2014-2017 Local budget 1,000,000.00 2015-2017 Government Funds, Local budget 10,000,000.00 2014-2017 Government Funds, Local budget 150,000.00 2013-2015 Local budget 5 6 7 Improving the traffic flow on the NorthSouth direction The beltway Brebu-Telega-Valea Doftanei Improving the traffic flow on Calea Daciei- Carol I Blvd. sector by implementation of a "green light" system 152 M1.2 Upgrading the water supply and sewerage infrastructure Estimated value (Eur) Item Project title 1 Extension and upgrading the water supply and sewerage system in Prahova County 2 Rehabilitation infrastructure of water supply Implementation period Financing source 8,000,000.00 2011-2013 SOP Environment, Axis 1 – Expansion and upgrading the water/wastewater infrastructure 1.500.000,00 2014-2016 Funding grants M1.3 Urban development 1 Making general cadastre in Campina Municipality 5.000.000,00 2013-2016 Government Funds 2 Upgrading the civic centre 2,500,000.00 2014-2017 Funding grants 3 Construction of housing on Balcescu Blvd. 1,500,000.00 2013-2014 Local budget and Government Funds (ANL) 4 Construction of housing with small rent 1.000.000,00 2013-2016 Local budget and Government Funds 1.000.000,00 2013-2016 Local budget and Government Funds 200,000.00 2011-2015 Local budget 1,000,000.00 2010-2012 Local budget 500,000.00 2013-2014 Local budget, Public/Private partnership 5 6 7 8 Inventory buildings ang rehabilitate facades Extension of dog shelter and assignment of straydogs management service Upgrading the public lighting system Construction of a municipal graveyard 153 | M1.4 Construction of parking lots Estimated value (Eur) Item Project title 1 Construction of a multi-level parking lot in the Central Plaza of Campina 2 Re-arrangement and fitting with electric access barriers the parking lot of the Municipal Polyclinic Implementation period Financing source 500,000.00 2012-2013 Local budget 20,000.00 2012 Local budget SO.2. Increasing the economic competitiveness and new jobs created M2.1. Creating the infrastructure for business development 1 Business support centre of Campina (CSAC) 300,000.00 2012-2013 POR, Axis 4- Supporting the regional and local business development, Local budget 2012 Local budget, private sector 2012-2014 POSDRU, AXIS 2Correlating Lifelong learning to labour force market 2012-2013 POSDRU, AXIS 2Correlating Lifelong learning to labour force market M2.1. Attraction of investments and promotion of partnerships 1 2 3 NGO establishment to support business environment in Campina the Organization of training courses on administrative procedures for start-ups Developing a strategy for creating new jobs 5,000.00 200,000.00 100.000,00 154 SO.3. Tourism development and enhancement of the cultural heritage M3.1 Capitalization of the existing tourism resources Item Project title Estimated value (Eur) Implementation period Financing source POR , Axis 5.3. – Promoting the tourism potential and setting-up the needed infrastructure in order to increase Romania’s attractiveness as tourism destination Funding grants, Local budget, Public/Private partnership 1 Building the National Tourism Information and Promotion Centre 150,000.00 2012-2013 2 Discover Campina! 100,000.00 2015-2016 3 Capitalization of the tourism and cultural potential of Campina and surrounding localities 200,000.00 2014-2016 Local budget, Funding grants 4 Brand of Campina municipality 30.000,00 2012 Local budget, Funding grants 1,000,000.00 2014-2016 Funding grants, Local budget, Public/Private partnership M3.2 Rehabilitation of heritage buildings 1 Rehabilitation of the House of Culture 2 Capitalization of the local cultural heritage by restoration and upgrade of the services provided by B.P. Hasdeu Memorial Museum 100,000.00 2014-2017 POR 2014-2020 3 Capitalization of the local cultural heritage by the establishment of the city museum 500,000.00 2014-2016 Funding grants, Local budget, Public/Private partnership 155 | M3.3 Development of leisure infrastructure Implementation period Financing source 175,000.00 2012-2013 Government Funds Upgrading and construction of the leisure area “Fantana cu cireși” 650,000.00 2014-2015 Government Funds 3 Re-arrangement of the playground for the children from Campinița neighbourhood 25,000.00 2012 Local budget, Public/Private partnership 4 Capitalization of the tourism and cultural-educational potential of the House of Youth 1,000,000.00 2015-2017 Funding grants, Local budget, Public/Private partnership 100,000.00 2012-2014 Local budget, Public/Private partnership 250.000,00 2012-2014 Local budget, Public/Private partnership Item Project title 1 Rehabilitation and expansion of the Park on Culturii Blvd. 2 5 6 Purchase of a mobile stage, sound and light systems for open-air representations Arrangement and Re-arrangement of the playgrounds for the children from Campina municipality Estimated value (Eur) SO.4. Quality assurance and environment protection M4.1. Promotion of environment protection 1 Rehabilitation of a polluted historical site – oil residual storage pit 2,400,000.00 2011-2013 SOP Environment, Axis 2 – Development of integrated waste management systems and rehabilitation of historically contaminated sites 156 Implementation period Financing source 2,500,000.00 2011-2015 Environment Fund Administration Upgrading and landscaping the bench of Lacul bisericii (Church Lake) and the adjacent area 650,000.00 2010-2012 Local budget 4 Curiacu Lake landscaping 250,000.00 2014-2015 Local budget 5 Facilities to prevend lanslides 750.000,00 2014-2016 Local budget Item Project title 2 Foresting the North of Campina Municipality and landscaping the Siret course 3 Estimated value (Eur) M4.2. Improvement of local waste management 1 Fitting with selective waste collection bins 100,000.00 2012 Local budget 2 Public awareness campaign on selective waste collection 50,000.00 2012 Environment Fund Administration 3 Composting station for vegetal waste (population and public domain) 250,000.00 2013-2015 Local budget 700.000,00 2013-2016 Public/Private partnership 4 Municipal waste incinerator in partnership with neighboring localities 157 | M4.3 Energy efficiency and alternative energy sources Item Project title Estimated value (Eur) Implementation period Financing source 1 Photovoltaic systems to produce electricity for the public lighting 1,000,000.00 2013-2014 POS CCE, Axis 4 – Increasing energy efficiency and security of supply in the context of combating climate change 2 Use of energy saving bulbs in all public institutions 25,000.00 2012-2013 Local budget 3 Thermal rehabilitation of apartment buildings 100,000.00 2012-2014 Government Funds, Local budget, Condominiums SO.5. Improving the administrative capacity and social services M5.1 Development of the educational infrastructure 1 2 3 Rehabilitation, consolidation and expansion of the B.P. Hasdeu Elementary School of Campina Rehabilitation, upgrading and equipping the undergraduate educational infrastructure of the Petroleum Technical Secondary School of Campina Equipping the schools in Campina Municipality with video surveillance devices 1,700,000.00 2012-2014 POR , Axis 3 – Improving the social infrastructure 3,000,000.00 2012-2014 POR , Axis 3 – Improving the social infrastructure 300,000.00 2013 Local budget 2013-2015 4 Upgrading the school playfields 250,000.00 5 Parents’ School 500,000.00 2014-2015 6 Summer School 500,000.00 2015 Local budget, Public/Private partnership Local budget, Parents’ Associations, Sponsorships Local budget, Parents’ Associations, Sponsorships 158 Estimated value (Eur) Item Project title 7 Construction of a student camp on Taberei road 8 Building a gymsport for School no.1 Ion Câmpineanu Implementation period Financing source 500,000.00 2015-2017 Local budget, Parents’ Associations, Sponsorships 500.000,00 2015-2016 Local budget M5.2 Development of healthcare services 1 Fitting the municipal hospital with performing medical equipment 1,000,000.00 2013-2015 Funding grants, Local budget and Government Funds 2 Rehabilitation, upgrading and equipping the integrated outpatient facility within Campina Municipal Hospital 2,500,000.00 2012-2013 POR , Axis 3 – Improving the social infrastructure 3 Energy rehabilitation Hospital Campina 750.000,00 2013-2015 Funding grants, Local budget and Government Funds 4 Center of excellence at Voila Hospital 5.000.000,00 2012-2014 POSCCE, Priority Axis 2, O 222. Developing of excellence centers of Municipal M5.3 Improving the social services 1 Construction of a care centre within Voila Hospital for socially challenged people 100,000.00 2012 Local budget 2 Establishment of a seniors’ hospital club 100,000.00 2013 Local budget, Sponsorships 3 Establishment of a Maternity Care Centre 300,000.00 2012-2013 Local budget, Government Funds 4 Establishment of a women club 80,000.00 2013-2014 Local budget, Sponsorships 159 | Item Project title 5 Video monitoring system of public places with high crime Estimated value (Eur) 150.000,00 Implementation period Financing source 2013-2014 Local Budget 2012 Local budget 2012-2014 Local budget 2012-2014 Trans-national cooperation programmes 2012-2014 PODCA, Axis 1 Structural and process improvements of the public policy management M5.4 Community involvement in the local decision-making process 1 2 Organization of regular public consultations in the Municipality’s neighbourhoods to identify the citizens’ needs Annual surveys for consolidating local budget - 10.000,00 M5.5 Development of human resources in the public administration 1 Organization of exchanges of experience with local authorities from Romania or the European Union 2 Training the public administration staff in strategic fields, such as: project management, public procurement, financial management TOTAL 5,000.00 100,000.00 72.775.000,00 160 PROJECT SHEETS Project title Upgrading Calea Daciei Project purpose To improve the access to Campina Municipality by arranging a multiple level crossing over DN1 Specific objectives 1. Ease of urban traffic flow Identified problem Proposed solution Main activities 2. Discharge of traffic jams in the access areas to/from the city Difficult access from Calea Daciei to DN1 Building a multilevel crossing over DN1 to provide the roundabout to the left lane Campina - Bucharest, and Brasov - Campina. Activity 1: Organizing and developing the public procurement procedure for the technical documentation design services Activity 2: Design of technical documentation Activity 3: Application for permits and licenses Activity 4: Submission of the Application for Financing Activity 5: Contracting the project management services Activity 6: Building the Project Implementation Team and starting the project Activity 7: Public procurement of works and services (site supervision, auditing services and publicity) Activity 8: Works performance Activity 9: Works acceptance Activity 10: Site supervision Activity 11: technical assistance Activity 12: Project visibility and results dissemination Activity 13: Monitoring, auditing and reporting Expected results Ease of traffic flow The traffic flow speed will grow, and the city transit time will be reduced, generating time savings reducing the transportation time increasing mobility 161 | Baseline budget projection Source of funding EUR 5 million Potential partners Prahova County Council, South Muntenia RDA Implementation period 2009-2012 Coherence with European, national, regional, county strategies EU Strategy for sustainable development: Overall objective: To ensure that the transport systems meet society’s economic, social and environmental needs whilst minimising their undesirable impacts on the economy, society and the environment. Regional Operational Programme, Priority Axis 2 - Improvement of regional and local transport infrastructure National Sustainable Development Strategy Romania 2013-2020-2030. Horizon 2013. National objective: To promote in Romania a transport system that would facilitate the safe, fast and efficient movement of persons and goods nationally and internationally, in accordance with European Union standards. Development Plan of South Muntenia Region 2007-2013 - Priority no.1 Development of local and regional infrastructure Framing within the local development strategy Documents needed Strategic objective no. 1. Upgrading the infrastructure and urban equipping Measure 1.1. – Upgrading the road and access infrastructure Application for Financing; Feasibility study / endorsement documentation for intervention works; Permits; Town planning certificate / Building permit; Geotechnical study, Topographical study; Environment protection technical fact sheet. 162 Project title Building a multilevel parking in Campina Central Market Project purpose To improve the overall look of the municipality by upgrading and expanding the parking lot Specific objectives Increase in the parking spots of Campina Municipality The mostly used transportation mean in Campina is the personal vehicle. Therefore, the parking lots available in the municipality are insufficient compared to the noticed demand. Moreover, in the perspective of the tourist activities development, the city has to provide the tourists a much bigger number of parking spots. Identified problem Proposed solution To solve the deficient parking spots, the proposal consists in the building of a five story (ground floor + 4) multilevel parking on the land of the present bazaar Main activities Release of the area, most of the shops and kiosks in the bazaar will be transferred to the C2 building, all the newspaper kiosks shall be temporarily moved in the area between the market and the central parking. Performance of the execution tender, contracting the works provider, execution of works, site supervision, acceptance of works Expected results 300 parking spots Ease of traffic flow in central area Baseline budget projection Source of funding EUR 0.5 million Potential partners Central market Administration Implementation period 2012-2013 Coherence with European, national, regional, county strategies EU Strategy for sustainable development: Overall objective: To ensure that the transport systems meet society’s economic, social and environmental needs whilst minimising their undesirable impacts on the economy, society and the environment. Local budget National Sustainable Development Strategy Romania 2013-2020-2030. Horizon 2013. National objective: To promote in Romania a transport system that would facilitate the safe, fast and efficient movement of persons and goods nationally and internationally, in accordance with European Union standards. 163 | Development Plan of South Muntenia Region 2007-2013 - Priority no.1 Development of local and regional infrastructure Framing within the local development strategy Documents needed Strategic objective no. 1. Upgrading the infrastructure and urban equipping Measure 1.1. – Upgrading the road and access infrastructure Feasibility study / endorsement documentation for intervention works; Permits; Town planning certificate / Building permit; Geotechnical study, Topographical study; Environment protection technical fact sheet. 164 Project title Upgrading the historically polluted site – oil waste tar pit Project purpose The project aims at upgrading a polluted historical site of 8,174 m 2 area, affected by the extraction and processing industry, according to the EU standards, in order to use this land in community purposes and to discharge the environmental impact and the hazards for human health caused by the inadequate handling and storage of extractive and processing industry waste. Specific objectives To reduce the risks in order to improve the land usage and environment quality, as well as to protect the health condition of the population of the city and in the area of the site. To contribute to the fulfilment of the engagements made within the Treaty of Accession (and the applicable EU Directives) for environment protection and upgrading contaminated historical sites, including the upgrading and rectifying of lands by using adequate methods for certain types of contaminated sites. Identified problem Proposed solution Main activities To successfully implement the upgrading, monitoring and validation of land rehabilitation works. The presence of a polluted oil waste tar pit which may affect the city population health condition To rehabilitate the polluted land and its entering to the circuit Activity 1: Organizing and developing the public procurement procedure for the technical documentation design services Activity 2: Design of technical documentation Activity 3: Application for permits and licenses Activity 4: Submission of the Application for Financing Activity 5: Contracting the project management services Activity 6: Building the Project Implementation Team and starting the project Activity 7: Public procurement of works and services (site supervision, auditing services and publicity) Activity 8: Works performance Activity 9: Works acceptance Activity 10: Site supervision Activity 11: Technical assistance Activity 12: Project visibility and results dissemination Activity 13: Monitoring, auditing and reporting 165 | Expected results Baseline budget projection Source of funding Potential partners Implementation period The rehabilitated land shall be used at an adequate standard as a green public area and it will include sight seeing leisure areas with access for the wide public, and it will reduce any local environmental impact caused by the previous activities developed on this site. An immediate visual impact shall be achieved, the habitats shall be rehabilitated, and the air and underground water quality shall be improved on long term. the living / health condition of the EU citizens in the site neighbourhood shall be improved and the area shall become more attractive, due to the reduced visual impact of unpleasant areas, smells and population direct risks. EUR 2.4 million SOP Environment, Axis 2 - Development of integrated waste management systems and rehabilitation of historically contaminated sites Prahova Environment Protection Agency 2011-2013 Coherence with European, national, regional, county strategies European Union Strategy for Sustainable Development. - Safeguard the earth's capacity to support life in all its diversity, respect the limits of the planet's natural resources and ensure a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. National Sustainable Development Strategy Romania 2013-2020-2030 - Horizon 2020. National objective: To reach the current average level of the EU countries for the main indicators of sustainable development. Framing within the local development strategy Documents needed Strategic objective no. 4 – Safeguarding environment quality and protection Measure 4.1. Promotion of environment protection Application for Financing; Feasibility study / endorsement documentation for intervention works; Permits; Town planning certificate / Building permit; Geotechnical study, Topographical study; Environment protection technical fact sheet. 166 Project title Rehabilitation, upgrading, and expansion of B.P. Hasdeu Elementary School of Campina Project purpose To improve the public education services by optimizing the teaching conditions Specific objectives Rehabilitation of education infrastructure; Expansion of education institutions capacity; Improvement of education services provided in elementary education; Identified problem The lack of adequate areas for the development of the education programme Proposed solution The solution proposed by this project is to expand the education infrastructure by constructing new classrooms elementary education. Moreover, the project also proposes the rehabilitation of the existing education infrastructure. Expansion of elementary education infrastructure; Presently, B.P. Hasdeu Elementary School of Campina Municipality has an obsolete infrastructure and its personnel faces difficulties related to the insufficient and inadequate room to properly develop education activities. Therefore, the present project shall represent the basis for a complex initiative designed to increase the number of places for children to be educated. Main activities School consolidation Fitting with specific equipment Expected results Expansion of education units capacity in Campina Municipality; Baseline budget projection EUR 1.7 million Source funding Regional Operational Programme Improvement of education activities conditions; of Applicant’s / Beneficiary’s minimal contribution to the total value of the eligible expenditure is 2%, plus the non-eligible expenditure (among which VAT). Priority Axis 3 – Improvement of social infrastructure Major intervention field 3.4 – Rehabilitation/modernization and equipment of preuniversity, university educational infrastructure and the infrastructure for ongoing professional training Potential partners County School Inspectorate 167 | Implementation period 2012-2014 Coherence with European, national, regional, county strategies National Sustainable Development Strategy Romania 2013-2020-2030 - Horizon 2013. National objective: To develop human capital and increase competitiveness by linking education and life-long learning to the labour market and ensuring better opportunities to participate in a modern, inclusive and flexible labour market of 1.65 million people. Framing within the local development strategy Documents needed Strategic objective no.5 – Improvement of the administrative capacity and social services, Measure 5.1 Development of education infrastructure Development Plan of South Muntenia Region 2007-2013 – Strategic objective – Human capital, Specific objective no. 1 – Preservation of high participation level of population in education, focusing on increasing the participation of population with academic studies, as well as the number of disadvantaged people who are involved in the education system. Development Plan of South Muntenia Region 2007-2013 - Priority no.1 Development of local and regional infrastructure, Measure 1.2 Development of public utilities and services and of social infrastructure. Application for Financing; Feasibility study / endorsement documentation for intervention works; Permits; Town planning certificate / Building permit; 168 Project title Construction of the National Tourism Information and Promotion Centre Project purpose To build of a tourism information and promotion centre to promote the tourist potential of the city. Specific objectives To provide tourism promotion services To provide tourism information services To connect to the national network of information centres Identified problem Proposed solution The absence of a tourism information centre and the need to develop tourism Building of a tourism information centre Main activities Construction / upgrading / consolidation / expansion of buildings which will host the National Tourist Information and Promotion Centres; - Procurement of hardware and software to fit the National Tourism Information and Promotion Centres; - Building the databases with tourist information necessary for the National Tourism Information and Promotion Centres Expected results Equipped rooms This network will provide the logistic framework to facilitate the information exchange in the tourism sector among institutions and information centres in tourist areas. The introduction of the modern information services and the development of a uniform tourist information system shall create better conditions to store the information and will allow the data exchange with regard to the tourist activity for domestic and foreign tourists Baseline budget projection Source of funding Potential partners Implementation period EURO 150,000 ROP, Axis 5, The sustainable development and promotion of tourism major intervention field 5.3 – Promoting the tourism potential and creating the necessary infrastructure with a view to improving Romania’s image as a tourist destination Tourism associations within Prahova County 2012-2013 169 | Coherence with European, national, regional, county strategies National Sustainable Development Strategy Romania 2013-2020-2030 - Horizon 2020. National objective: To reach the current average level of the EU countries with regard to the responsible management of natural resources; Development Plan of South Muntenia Region 2007-2013 - Measure 1.7. Green reconstruction of damaged areas and safeguarding the national patrimony. Development Plan of South Muntenia Region 2007-2013, PRIORITY 6. Sustainable development and promotion of tourism, Measure 2 Creation/development/upgrading of specific infrastructures to sustainable enhance the natural resources and to raise the quality of tourist services Framing within the local development strategy Campina Municipality Development Strategy 2011-2017 – Strategic objective no.3 Tourism development and enhancing the cultural patrimony Measure 3.1. – Enhancing the available tourist resources Application for Financing; Feasibility study / endorsement documentation for intervention works; Documents needed Permits; Town planning certificate / Building permit; 170 Project title Expansion and upgrading the water supply and sewerage system in Prahova Countyinvestments in Campina Municipality Project purpose Improving public water supply efficiency Specific objectives To provide water supply and sewerage services, at accessible price; Identified problem To rehabilitate the water treatment plant The used water collection system is seriously affected by infiltrations and leaks, and due to the damaged couplings between the rain water and used water collection pipes. The ageing of the water supply network To ensure the adequate quality level of drinkable water in all human agglomerations; Proposed solution Main activities Expected results Baseline budget To expand and feed the water supply and sewerage system Activity 1: Organizing and developing the public procurement procedure for the technical documentation design services Activity 2: Design of technical documentation Activity 3: Application for permits and licenses Activity 4: Submission of the Application for Financing Activity 5: Contracting the project management services Activity 6: Building the Project Implementation Team and starting the project Activity 7: Public procurement of works and services (site supervision, auditing services and publicity) Activity 8: Works performance Activity 9: Works acceptance Activity 10: Site supervision Activity 11: Technical assistance Activity 12: Project visibility and results dissemination Activity 13: Monitoring, auditing and reporting Water Treatment Plants (WTP) Pumping Stations, Tanks Water Supply Networks Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) Trunk Sewer Wastewater Pumping Stations Sewerage Networks EUR 8 million 171 | projection Applicant’s / Beneficiary’s minimal contribution to the total value of eligible expenditure is EUR 151,000 Source of funding Source of funding Environment Sectoral Operational Programme Axis 2 – Improvement of regional and local transport infrastructure, 2.1 „Rehabilitation and upgrading the network of county roads, urban streets – including the construction/rehabilitation of belt highways” Potential partners Implementation period Prahova County Council Coherence with European, national, regional, county strategies EU Sustainable Development Strategy. - Safeguard the earth's capacity to support life in all its diversity, respect the limits of the planet's natural resources and ensure a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. Europa 2020 Strategy: cut greenhouse emissions by at least 20% of 1990 levels; increased use of renewable energy sources weight in the final energy consumption up to 20%; and an increase by 20% of energy efficiency 2011-2014 National Sustainable Development Strategy Romania 2013-2020-2030 - Horizon 2020. National objective: To reach the current average level of the EU countries with regard to the responsible management of natural resources Development Plan of South Muntenia Region 2007-2013 - Priority no.1 Development of local and regional infrastructure, Measure 1.4 Expansion and upgrading the environment protection infrastructure Framing within the local development strategy Documents needed Strategic Objective no. 1 Upgrading city infrastructure and urban fitting Measure 1.2. –Upgrading the water supply and sewerage infrastructure Application for Financing; Feasibility study / endorsement documentation for intervention works; Permits; Town planning certificate / Building permit; Geotechnical study, Topographical study; Environment protection technical fact sheet. 172 Project title Rehabilitation and expansion of Parc B-dul Culturii Project purpose To raise the quality level of Campina Municipality inhabitants by diversifying the free time and leisure infrastructure Specific objectives To expand the arranged green areas in Campina Municipality; To observe the European standards on the arranged green area per capita; To diversify the options to spend free time. Identified problem Among the problems of the inhabitants of Campina Municipality, there can be mentioned the reduced possibilities to spend the free time With regard to the specific fitting of green areas in the municipality, they have the following weak points: the lack of fences, serious damages of fittings, big number of dirty ways, non-limited, the existence of spontaneous, irregular vegetation, with seriously affected vegetal structure and unevenness, etc. Moreover, there are no playgrounds, and no arrangement of this type. Proposed solution The proposed solution for the deficiencies identified at Campina municipality level is to create and upgrade the free time and leisure infrastructure. It is necessary to resize the free time areas, that may lead to an increased attractiveness of the municipality and to multiple free time spending options within these facilities. Main activities Rehabilitation of green areas in the parks; Fitting the parks with specific furniture; Fitting of bins in parks; Fitting of irrigation systems in parks; Rehabilitation of existing planted squares and lines; Arrangement of new parks, planted squares and lines; Set up of free wireless networks for Internet access; Arrangement of a leisure area, including: the construction of a public lighting system, arrangement of tables, benches, bins, fences, waste collection platform, playground for children, picnic area, ping-pong tables, bike and roller lans, etc. 173 | Expected results Arranged green areas; Arranged leisure area; Minimum 1 new park arranged Baseline budget projection EUR 1.8 million Source of funding Government funds Potential partners Implementation period Applicant’s / Beneficiary’s minimal contribution to the total value of the eligible expenditure is 2% 2011-2013 Coherence with European, national, regional, county strategies National Sustainable Development Strategy Romania - Horizon 2020. National objective: To reach the current average level of the EU countries with regard to the responsible management of natural resources; Framing within the local development strategy Documents needed Development Strategy of Campina Municipality 2011-2017 – Strategic objective no.3 Tourism development and enhancing the cultural patrimony Measure 3.3. – Development of leisure infrastructure Development Plan of South Muntenia Region 2007-2013 - Measure 1.7. Green reconstruction of damaged areas and safeguarding the national patrimony. - Application for Financing - Regional urban Planning (PUZ) - Location/territory arrangement planning - Execution Project - Report – evaluating the environmental impact (environmental permit) - Feasibility Study. 174 GANTT CHART OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION Implementation period No. Project 1 Upgrading Calea Daciei 2 Upgrading drive of Carol and Balcescu Boulevards Arrangement of sidewalks of Nicolae Balcescu Boulevard Infrastructure development in the area of Voila and Veterani Ease of traffic flow on North-South direction 3 4 5 10 Bypass on Brebu-Telega-Valea Doftanei direction Expansion and upgrading the water supply and sewerage system in Prahova County Expanding paddock and stray dogs management services concession Construction of social dwellings on Balcescu Boulevard Public lighting upgrading 11 Civic centre upgrading 12 Construction of municipal cemetery Construction of multilevel parking lot in Campina Central Market Business Support Centre Campina (CSAC) Establishment of an NGO to support the business environment in Campina Organization of courses in the field of administrative procedures for start-ups Construction of the National Centre for Tourist Information and Promotion Discover Campina! Enhancement of tourist and cultural potential of Campina and neighbouring localities Enhancement of tourist, cultural and educational potential of Youth House Rehabilitation of the House of Culture 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 175 | Implementation period Project No. 29 Enhancement of cultural local patrimony by rehabilitation and upgrading the museum services provided by B.P. Hasdeu Memorial Museum Enhancement of cultural local patrimony establishing the city museum Rehabilitation and expansion of Parc b-dul Culturii Upgrading and arranging the Fantana cu ciresi leisure area Rehabilitation of historically polluted site – oil waste tar pit Reforestation of Northern area of Campina Municipality and arranging the Siretului road Upgrading and arranging the bank of Lacul bisericii and surrounding area Arranging Lac Curiacu 30 Fitting with selective waste collection bins 31 38 Awareness campaign on selective waste collection Electric energy photovoltaic systems for public lighting Entering the use of low energy bulbs in all public institutions Thermal rehabilitation of blocks of flats Rehabilitation, consolidation and expansion of B.P.Hasdeu Elementary School of Campina Rehabilitation, upgrading and fitting the undergraduate education infrastructure of Petroleum Technical Secondary School Campina Fitting the schools of Campina Municipality with video surveillance equipment Upgrading sports grounds in schools 39 Parents’ school 40 Summer school 41 Arranging the students camp in Taberei road 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 32 33 34 35 36 37 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 176 Implementation period No. 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 Project Fitting the municipal hospital with high performance medical equipment Rehabilitation, upgrading and fitting the integrated ambulatory care section of Campina municipal hospital Arranging the centre for persons with social difficulties in Voila Hospital Establishment of an elderly club Organizing regular consultations in the municipality neighbourhoods, in order to assess the citizens’ needs Organizing experience exchanges with local authorities in Romania or the European Union Preparation of public administration personnel in strategic sectors, i.e.: project management, public procurement, financial management Ease of traffic congestion on Calea Daciei-B-dul Carol I section, by implementing a "green wave" system Rearranging and fitting with electric barriers the Municipal Polyclinic parking lot Rearranging the playground for children in Campinita neighbourhood Procurement of mobile stage, sound and lights equipment for open air shows 55 Composting station for vegetal waste (population and public area) Establishment of a Birthing Centre 56 Establishment of a Women’s Club 54 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 177 | Nr. crt. 57 Proiect 58 Rehabilitation of water supply infrastructure Construction of housing with small rent 59 Inventory buildings and rehabilitate facades 60 Brand of Campina municipality Arrangement and Re-arrangement of the playgrounds for the children from Campina municipality 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Facilities to prevent lanslides Municipal waste incinerator in partnership with neighboring localities Building a gymsport for School no.1 Ion Câmpineanu Energy rehabilitation of Municipal Hospital Video monitoring system of public places with high crime Annual surveys for consolidating local budget Making general cadastre in Campina Municipality 69 Developing a strategy for creating new jobs 70 Center of excellence at Voila Hospital 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 178 179 | V. IMPLEMENTATION. MONITORING 180 181 | Implementation. An effective strategy is an implemented strategy which reaches its objectives within the established time period. It is not enough to provide only several development directions within the strategic document, but to implement effectively the proposed measures and actions. After completing the document and accepting the final form by the strategy coordinator of Campina City Hall, the Development Strategy of Campina Municipality for 20112017 shall be submitted for endorsement to the Local Council, in a public session. By this endorsement, the council assumes this document, which becomes official, and the priorities therein become the priorities of the local community in the timeline set forth. The sustainable development of Campina Municipality is important to all the local community. The social and economic development of the city involves the synergy of all local social and economic compounds, either state institutions, companies or simple citizens. The evolution of the city depends on each separate category. The development strategy of Campina Municipality for 20112017 is a document promoted by the local public administration. Thus, the projects proposed within the Development Strategy calls the entire community to support the local economic development, but the responsibility to implement them is assumed by the Local Council, i.e. Campina City Hall. The projects developed by the City Hall in partnership with other organizations or institutions will include tasks and responsibilities of the partners with regard to the implementation of provided activities, precisely assigned from the very beginning. The development strategy shall be notified to all public institutions, and the local business environment organizations and representatives. To better coordinate the projects and to optimize the local initiatives, it is recommended that the partners would inform in due time their individual intentions to start a project that may be included in the Strategy measures plan. Strategy monitoring and evaluation are interrelated and interdependent processes. In the context of public policies cycle, monitoring and evaluation depend on the following stages: problem identification and formulation and the selection of the best option. Monitoring is the regular process of collecting and analyzing the information to support the decision making process by the relevant actors, by providing the decision making transparency and providing a basis for the future evaluation actions. Basically, the monitoring of strategy and action plan implementation status is a formal method less known and assumed in the public sector. On the one hand, this task involves significant resources (data collection, processing and reporting systems) and specific training (defining the quality and quantity indicators, correlated to the potential collection/production sources of these indicators). Monitoring provides the information necessary to the evaluation process. To monitor the strategy implementation and to asses its performance in relation to the established objectives, it is necessary to establish a set of indicators. For the accuracy of the data achieved following the 182 monitoring process, it is necessary to apply a systematic and careful collection of indicatori. The methods used to collect the information and the data accuracy are important, since monitoring also represents a timely alert system that usually presents issues or subjects that need evaluation. The construction of a monitoring system of the development strategy is necessary to permanently supervise the implementation and to provide a fast and efficient action in case of any possible situations. Monitoring and evaluation of Strategy implementation shall be done by using a single system based on quality and quantity indicators. Campina Municipality shall use the development strategy in order to apply a local approach to the urban integrated development. This approach involves a complex process of integrating the planning and implementing actions on the following levels: → At the level of fundamenting documents: strategic development, zone development and the applicable public investments program. → At the level of fields/sectors leading to urban development: physical accessibility, supply of utilities and services, dwelling, economic development, urban → → → → regeneration, environment quality and urban life standards, etc.; At the level of institutional entities that cooperate to achieve the urban development objectives; At the level of sectors involved in urban development: public sector, private sector and community; From the perspective of the necessity to ensure the vertical and horizontal cooperation; From the perspective of the internal development in parallel with the regional role development. The strategy impact shall be assessed with regard to its capacity to approach the municipality problems and to develop structures to involve the local community in development processes. To ensure the sustainable impact of the strategy, the integrated approach shall be strengthened by a continuous consultation process of local community with regard to the upcoming priorities, and the project beneficiaries, involved in the evaluation of projects. The strategy shall be monitored by midyear/year reports produced by a department appointed by the order of the Mayor. The report will include: The status of the various actions planned for the reporting period; The indicators describing the measurable characteristics of the actions in the plan; Review of actions, where applicable; Estimated time to the fulfilment of actions; Other aspects. In order to fulfil the monitoring activities, is essential to apply a time schedule of the projects and a set of monitoring and evaluation indicators. The monitoring activity of the Strategy has a systematic character and includes, based on monitoring indicators, the production of annual progress reports and the final evaluation report, after the last implementation stage. 183 | Evaluation is the assessment of the activities or the Strategy implementation outputs, by using the information collected during the monitoring. The evaluation performs an analysis of the implementation way of the Strategy and its efficiency. Evaluation provides answers to the following questions: what is the effect, the impact of the performed activities and in what measure the result responds to the expectations. The Strategy shall be evaluated yearly by means of: Monitoring reports; Reports on the fulfilment degree of the indicators set forth in the Action Plan; An annual meeting, attended by the personnel, partners, representatives of beneficiaries and community, where the Action Plan implementation results shall be communicated and evaluated. The evaluation of strategy implementation is based on comparing the fulfilment level of the initially proposed targets with the situation of municipality development at certain milestones. The evaluation shall be performed by the same team that conducts the Strategy monitoring, within the European Funding / European Integration department. The evaluation activity is revealed into an evaluation report containing the situation of evaluation indicators. Depending on these reports, the decisions with regard to any possible changes or updating of Strategy provisions shall be made. It is recommended that, at longer time periods (5 years) or in case of major social, economic or administrative changes, the Strategy to be reviewed. The first Strategy review is recommended to be applied in 2015, when all the information will be available with regard to the available European funds for the next program period and all the projects financed by European funds in the actual program period shall be ended. Monitoring and evaluation indicators The monitoring and evaluation indicators are divided into two types: 1. Administrative indicators (presenting the activity from an administrative and managerial viewpoint and reveal the effective planning capacity, and the capacity to meet the deadlines. 2. Performance indicators (they could be economic, political and social, and environmental indicators of human development, etc. Which are followed in order to assess the effective impact of public policies). According to the strategy objectives, the performance indicators may refer to: Poverty level Air and water quality Crime rate Growth and diversification of urban and rural labour force Increase of income Volume of direct foreign investments Transparency of local public administration Satisfaction and confidence level expressed by inhabitants and other significant local actors with regard to the local public administration Examples of monitoring and evaluation indicators: Volume of income per dwelling Employment rate of active labour force Unemployment rate Upgraded roads (%) Rate of coupling to the public sewerage system Rate of coupling to the public water supply network Rate of coupling to the natural gas supply network Surface of city green areas per capita Growth / decrease rate of the number of companies Growth / decrease rate of the tourist accommodation capacity 184 185 | VI. COHERENCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN POLICIES 186 187 | Regional, national and Community policies „The local development strategy of Campina Municipality”, by its development vision and proposed objectives and measures, is correlated with the Community policies, national plans and strategies, regional, county and local programs and strategies, providing an integrating approach of the proposed action plan. Development Plan of South Muntenia Region, i.e.: increase in the competitiveness and attractiveness level of the region; raise the innovating capacity and competitiveness level of regional business sector; sustainable economic, social and cultural development of rural communities; raise of social stability and optimize the labour force potential in the region. During the design period, there have been considered the correlation between the Strategy and the intervention fields of the Structural and Cohesion Funds of the European Union: EU Cohesion Policy; European Regional Development Fund; European Social Fund; Cohesion Fund; European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; European Fisheries Fund; At the level of South Muntenia Region, the Regional Development Plan is designed up to 2013, with no strategic documents for the subsequent timeline. Considering this situation, The local development strategy of Campina Municipality is relevant only to the actual needs identified at regional level. Therefore, the strategic objectives in the local development strategy of Campina Municipality are correlated with those in the On short term, the strategy considered the National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013, which has the following objectives: to develop the basic infrastructure at European standards; to increase the long term competitiveness of Romanian economy; to develop and efficiently use the human capital in Romania; to strengthen the efficient administrative capacity, fact emphasized by the relatively close level of the objectives in the two documents. Also, there have been considered the correlation of the actions proposed within the Strategy with the objectives, principles, initiatives and strategic directions provided by the following programmatic documents at European level: ”EUROPA 2020 – A European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth” (EU2020); The National Sustainable Strategy of Romania 2013-20202030 takes over and strictly follows the thematic logic of the Reviewed Sustainable Development Strategy of the EU with regard to the crucial challenges, targets and action plans for 2013, 2020, 2030, aiming at reaching the actual performance level in the EU before 2020 and achieving the average level of EU Member States before 2030. Therefore, the correlation and convergence with the objectives provided for in SNDDR also ensure the convergence with the reviewed SDS EU. The objectives of the National Sustainable Strategy of Romania for 2013 horizon ”Support for economic and social development, territorially balanced and sustainable of all the regions in Romania, according to their specific needs and resources by focusing on the urban growth poles; improvement of infrastructure conditions and business environment to make the Romanian regions, especially those left behind, more attractive places to live in, visit, invest in and work.” Europa 2020 proposes three priorities that support each other: Smart growth: to develop the economy based on knowledge and innovation; 188 Sustainable growth: to promote a more efficient economy from the viewpoint of resource use, more green and more competitive; Inclusive growth: to promote an economy with a high employment rate, in order to provide the social and territorial cohesion. To stimulate the progress in each priority theme, seven core initiatives are proposed: ”Innovation Union” to improve framework conditions and access to finance for research and innovation, to guarantee the possibility to transform innovating ideas in products and services that generate growth and jobs; ”Youth in Action” to strengthen the education systems performance and to facilitate the entry of youth on the labour market; ”A digital agenda for Europe” to speed up the roll-out of high-speed internet and reap the benefits of a digital single market for households and firms; ”Resource efficient Europe” to help decouple economic growth from the use of resources, by decarbonising the economy, increasing the use of renewable sources, modernising the transport sector and promoting energy efficiency; “ An industrial policy for the globalisation era” to improve the business environment, especially for SMEs, and to support the development of a strong and sustainable industrial base able to compete globally; ”An agenda for new skills and jobs” to modernise labour markets by facilitating labour mobility and the development of skills throughout the lifecycle with a view to increasing labour participation and better matching labour supply and demand, including by professional mobility; ” European platform against poverty” to ensure social and territorial cohesion such that the benefits of growth and jobs are widely shared and people experiencing poverty and social exclusion are enabled to live in dignity and take an active part in society; County policies The sustainable development plan of Prahova County for 2007-2013 was approved at county level. Its overall objective is to increase the attractiveness of Prahova County, by sustainable and balanced development, an appropriate level of service offer, and by safeguarding the environment. The economic and social sustainable and balanced development of the county, by reducing the gaps (between the urban and rural environment, between urban centers and adjacent areas, and, within the cities, between the areas attractive for investors and those that are not attractive) and by raising the economic and social cohesion, raising the prosperity and living standards of the county inhabitants. The development directions at the level of Prahova County are the following: Development and upgrading the local transport infrastructure Environment protection Urban development Rural development Development and upgrading the social infrastructure Sustainable development and promotion of tourism Supporting the environment development 189 | Contribution to the fulfilment of horizontal objectives The actions proposed in the action plans are designed in compliance with the Community and national provisions with regard to the horizontal objectives: sustainable development, equal opportunities and information society. Equal opportunities. This horizontal objective involves the equal treatment, with no distinction, restriction or preference regardless the race, nationality, ethnic origin, language, religion, social category, beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, non-transmissible chronic disease, HIV infection, etc. The development strategy of Campina Municipality observes, by the proposed investments, the equal opportunities of inhabitants. By implementing this strategy, there shall be ensured the access of disabled people in all public institutions, the social cohesion will grow and the social services delivered to the disadvantaged population shall be improved. By expanding the road and technical urban infrastructure there shall be ensured the access of all population to high quality services, by an improved accessibility to all areas of the city. Sustainable development is another important horizontal objective of the European Community, with its three core dimensions – environment, economic and social. The development strategy of Campina Municipality observes in the action plans the principles of sustainable development. The development strategy involves the expansion and development of waste collection and disposal, the upgrading of the wastewater treatment system, all these to improve the environment quality in the city. Environment protection and preservation has a distinctive section, but the city pollution reduction, the arrangement of green areas, the protection of nature and the improvement of environment quality shall be achieved after certain actions within other sections of the strategy. For example, to improve the parking lots infrastructure, there shall be reduced the emissions caused by vehicles in the tourist areas, by reducing their impact on the environment. We also have to mention the positive impact of upgrading the technical and urban fittings. Due to this project, the losses in the system shall be reduced, together with the wastewater volume discharged in the city running waters with no treatment. The contribution of The development strategy of Campina Municipality to the sustainable development is also made by other social and economic projects: encouragement of technological investments, attraction of investors, enhancement of the existing cultural patrimony, improvement of population health condition, improvement of healthcare services, improvement of the awareness level on environment protection, etc. The development strategy of Campina Municipality shall also contribute to the transition to the information society, as there are several projects with a significant impact in this regard. Among these, we can specify the project designed to the use of e-governance services, the use of online tools for tourist promotion and information, and the expansion of wireless networks in public areas, etc. 190 191 | VII. METHODOLOGY 192 193 | Strategic planning is a multiple stages process, by which the community may project an image of the future starting from the existent conditions, by designing paths to fulfil the desired future. The local development strategy should be based upon a relevant analysis of the social and economic situation and the existing demographic data. This analysis of the community resources reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the community and its environment, the development opportunities and the possible risks that should be avoided. Strategic planning provides the community a purpose and a development direction. The development strategy of a community represents both a research document and a guidelines designed for the public administration leaders, business community, investors, but also the overall civil community. Strategic planning is more and more used by the local authorities to strengthen the economic potential of a city, to improve the investment climate, to raise the competitiveness level of local companies, entrepreneurs and labour force. The existence of strategic planning on medium and long term shall raise the confidence of business sector in the local public administration efficiency and shall contribute to the encouragement of investments in the area. ”The development strategy of Campina Municipality for 20112017” was issued by strictly observing the core quality criteria used in the assessment of strategic documents at European level: a) relevance, b) effectiveness, c) efficiency, d) consistency and coherence) pragmatism, f) sustainability and g) management and monitoring arrangements. The strategy design involved three major stages: Drawing up the social and economic auditing of Campina Municipality; Drawing up the Development Strategy of Campina Municipality; Public consultation. The programmatic document envisaged 10 sections significant to the social and economic development of the city: 1. Urban development 2. Infrastructure and urban fitting 3. Economic development 4. Environment protection and preservation 5. Tourism 6.Education 7.Culture 8.Health 9. Social sector 10. Institutional capacity The result of the first planning stage is the drawing up of the first section of the document, i.e. the socioeconomic auditing of Campina Municipality. The analysis conducted within this stage represent the fundamentals of the vision, objectives and action plans. This section of the document was drawn up in a conclusive manner, and it presents synthetic information on the municipality status, grouped into the ten sections previously mentioned. The second stage was dedicated to the strategic part of the document, consisting in the vision, objectives, measure and action plans and project portfolio. This section was issued by using both the conclusions of the economic and social auditing and the information and recommendations achieved from the public consultation process. Public consultation is identified as the third stage of the planning process. Nevertheless, public consultation is an integral part of the first two stages, the social and economic auditing of the county and the strategic part, based on the conclusions of the public consultation. Stage 1: Working up the auditing of the social and economic development of Campina Municipality The auditing of the social and economic development of Campina Municipality represents the first 194 section of the strategic document, by analyzing the existing situation of the city, identifying the main problems, and main economic development directions and the resources available. Two data sets were used for this part: secondary and primary data. The secondary data were achieved from the relevant institutions: Institutul National de Statistica (National Institute of Statistics), Direcţia Judeţeană de Statistică a Judeţului Prahova (Prahova County statistical Department), Campina Local Council, AJOFM (Unemployment Agency), APM (Environment Agency), etc. Moreover, the analysis included the programmatic documents and the social and economic studies available in Prahova County and at region al and national level. A special role in the preparation of this document belonged to the Demographic, economic and social profile of Campina Municipality, prepared as a starting point for the auditing performed. The primary data used were achieved from the surveys and studies, and public debates applied among the local community. The target groups of these studies included representatives of the local public administration, business sector, public institutions, students and youth and non-governmental organizations in Campina. The main objectives of these studies were to identify the main problems faced by the local community, to identify the main resources available for the development of Campina Municipality and the main development directions for the period envisaged by the strategy. In addition, there have been assessed the status of the projects under implementation or at idea stage at the level of local public administration. The documents presents part of the results of these studies, either referring them in the text or by using graphic presentations, in a distinctive form. The auditing includes an analysis of the ten sectors of interest. There are presented the main problems identified from the analysis of the statistical data, supplemented by the conclusions resulted from the public consultations. The community opinions were assessed according to their frequency and importance given by the respondents in relation to the analyzed aspects. Thus, it resulted a classification of problems, intervention needs, resources, etc. Where the information was sufficient and conclusive, we could assess the priority of sector interventions, based on the need for intervention and the importance of problems, as resulted from the public consultations. Each of the ten sections is concluded by a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, threats, opportunities) that integrates the major information from the respective subchapter. Stage 2: Working up the Development Strategy of Campina Municipality According to the social and economic studies and the public consultations, the development vision of Campina Municipality was formulated for the timeline of the Strategy. The development visions briefly presents the overall framework of the development directions, by presenting the general situations and trends envisaged by the strategy implementation. In the context established by the development vision there have been produced a set of strategic objectives. Each objective corresponds to a major problem of the municipality to be approached. Within the sections with measure plans, each strategic objective has specific sector objectives, that contribute to the fulfilment of one or several strategic objectives. Each of the ten sections of the document has a measure plan in compliance with the sector objectives established within each section. Each measure includes the proposed actions, the organizations responsible for their implementation, their estimated 195 | duration, their estimated implementation duration and forecasted budget of each measure. The budget forecasting of the proposed measures took in consideration the updated cost standards, the possible estimations based on existing feasibility studies, the value of similar projects under implementation or to be implemented in the near future, etc. According to the vision, objectives and sector plans, there have been issued a set of projects to be implemented by the Local Council of Campina during the strategy planning period mainly from grants. These projects are included in the Projects portfolio of the Strategy and cover all ten sections of the document and involve a wide partnership with public institutions, business sector and civil society. Several projects also have their project file. These include more information, among which project sustainability, coherence with other policies, the existence and compliance with directions and objectives within the strategy, target groups, etc. The budgeting method use for the projects included in the project portfolio is similar to that used in establishing the projected values of sector measures. Stage 3: Public consultations Each stage in the design process of the programmatic document also included the consultation of local community, focusing on the identification of the main problems affecting Campina Municipality and on how to prioritize the included actions and projects. The public debates were organized in two stages. The first stage was focused on identifying the main problems of Campina Municipality and the main directions for the city development, according to the community opinion. The second stage of debates was organized after the design of the overall strategic framework, more precisely after the design of a general development vision, a sectoral objectives set, the general development directions and the measure plans for each of the nine sections of the document. After the completion of the auditing, another debate was organized, with the participation of the representatives of the local public administration, public institutions, business sector and NGOs. The main objective of this meeting was to finalize the overall objective, the strategic objectives, the development vision and the sector measure plans. Throughout the design of the document, we used an online communication platform that provided the possibility for any interested person to consult the the documents in each interim stage. The public forum section of this platform facilitated the feed-back from the community to document team of authors. The link to the online communication platform is http://www.strategiecampina.ro/. This address was made public during each public consultation event, was included in the forms used in the surveys and studies. 196 197 | VIII. PUBLIC CONSULTATION 198 199 The public consultations process Public consultation organized activities During the design process of the Development Strategy, the following types of public consultation activities were organized: Public consultation by surveys; Public consultation by unstructured questionnaires; Public consultation by the online platform www.strategiecampina.ro Public consultation by public meetings; questionnaire fundamented the working up by the consultant of the proposals for the vision, strategic objectives and development directions Public consultations with representatives of local authorities and other relevant institutions at local level, grouped into 4 work groups, i.e.: Economy and sustainable development, Infrastructure and urban fitting, Youth and civil society, Education, culture, health and civil society. The public consultation sessions were organized between September 27 and 28, 2011. Public consultations with representatives of public institutions at local and county level and civil society in order to present and analyze the results of the Audit of present situation and to establish the development vision. This meeting, attended by the representatives of local public institutions, was designed to analyze the main problems of the community, in order to establish the social and economic development priorities of Campina Municipality. The public consultation meeting was organized on October 31, 2011. the With regard to the concrete public consultation activities developed, we mention: Survey applied to the business sector and the public institutions with regard to the problems, needs and development priorities of Campina Municipality. The results of this survey were included in the Audit section of the present situation, and supplement the results of the documentary research; Questionnaire applied to the representatives of public institutions, civil society and business sector with regard to the development priorities of Campina Municipality. The results of this Workshop with the representatives of Campina City Hall, of relevant local institutions and the business sector designed to establish the project portfolio. This meeting was also used to present the strategic development objectives. The work groups identified the priority projects. The meeting was organized on November 7, 2011. 200 The results of this consultation fundamented the draft of the project portfolio and the selection of priority projects. Public meeting with the representatives of the local, county, regional level, the representatives of civil society, community (representatives of the Local Council) in order to present and analyze the draft Development Strategy of Campina Municipality. This meeting, attended by representatives of the above mentioned institutions and sectors, the draft Local Development Strategy of Campina Municipality was presented and discussed. Throughout the design of the document, we used an online communication platform that provided the possibility for any interested person to consult the the documents in each interim stage. The public forum section of this platform facilitated the feed-back from the community to document team of authors. The link to the online communication platform is http://www.strategiecampina.ro/. This address was made public during each public consultation event, was included in the forms used in the surveys and studies. Results of public consultations all the results of the public consultations were integrated within the text of the hereby Strategy. The public consultation process had a significant contribution in defining the strategic profile of Campina Municipality, in formulating the development priorities and in identifying the development priorities, as well as in identifying concrete projects in the field of social and economic development of the city. In order to achieve the overall objectives of the project, public consultations represented an excellent exercise of local public administration in the field of strategic planning, as well as a good opportunity to identify several upcoming possible public-private partnerships. 201 Figure 1: Geographic location of Campina Municipality ______________________________________________________________ 9 Figure 2: Campina Municipality in South Muntenia Region ___________________________________________________________ 10 Figure 3: European development corridors _______________________________________________________________________ 10 Figure 4: Bucharest-Brasov connection __________________________________________________________________________ 10 Figure 5: South Muntenia Development Region ____________________________________________________________________ 17 Figure 6: General Urban Plan of Campina Municipality ______________________________________________________________ 18 Figure 7: Paltinu dam, Prahova County __________________________________________________________________________ 26 Figure 8: The Fruits Road in Prahova County ______________________________________________________________________ 41 Figure 9: Map of Risks to landslides in Campina Municipality ________________________________________________________ 52 Figure 10: Iulia Hasdeu Castle __________________________________________________________________________________ 59 Figure 11: Biserica de la Han ___________________________________________________________________________________ 59 Figure 12: Nicolae Grigorescu Museum __________________________________________________________________________ 59 Figure 13: Carpatin Hotel _____________________________________________________________________________________ 61 Figure 14: Amana Inn Hotel ___________________________________________________________________________________ 61 Figure 15: School of Police Officers "Vasile Lascăr" _________________________________________________________________ 68 202 203 This document was produced under the „Local Development Strategy for Campina Municipality” project implemented by Campina Municipality and co-financed from the European Social Fund under the “Administrative Capacity Development” Operational Programme, Priority Axis 1: „Structural and process improvement of public policies management”, DMI – Improving the political and administrative decision-making process, Operation – Local development strategies. Editor: Campina Municipality Blvd. CULTURII, no. 18, Campina Municipality, judeţul Prahova County Tel: +4 0244 332 071; Fax: +4 0244 371 458, http://www.primariacampina.ro Website of the Management Authority for the “Administrative Capacity Development” Operational Programme: www.fonduriadministratie.ro Release date: December 2011 The copyrights for this publication belong to Campina Municipality. This publication or parts of it can only be reproduced with prior approval. The content of this material does not necessarly express the official position of the European Union or the Romanian Government.