Romania
The project of the Country Profile on the Housing
Sector of Romania was approved by the UNECE Committee
on Human Settlements in September 1999. In January
2000, teams of national and international experts
were formed to carry out the study. The Governments
of Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, the Republic of
Moldova and the United Kingdom made national experts
available for the task. The travel expenses of
the experts from countries in transition and from
the UNECE secretariat were covered by extrabudgetary
funds, which had been provided by Finland and
the Netherlands. The Government of the United
Kingdom financed the project coordinator as its
contribution in kind. The successful conclusion
of the project would not have been possible without
this generous support.
The project started with the
workshop
on housing finance, Timisoara, January 2000.
The fact-finding mission of the international
team of experts took place in May 2000, the mission
to verify the conclusions in July 2000. The Romanian
experts responded to the queries and requests
of the international team during both these missions.
Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter I. Framework for the housing sector
Chapter II. housing stock and construction
Chapter III. Institutional framework
Chapter IV. Legal framework
Chapter V. Financial framework
In October 2002 a roundtable discussion to follow-up
the country profile was initiated by the Government
of Romania. The roundtable brought together once
again all the parties which were involved in the
country profile. The aim of the round table discussion
was to assess the developments in the Romanian
housing sector since the international expert
team visited Romania in 2000, to evaluate the
implementation of the recommendations given by
the experts, to discuss future strategies for
the Romanian housing sector and to assess the
significance of the country profile for Romania’s
housing policy.
The main findings of the roundtable discussion are summarized
in the report
of the Bucharest roundtable.
Full report (ECE/HBP/124)
