Partial results of the
implementation of the project
ECOREG
for the pilot County – Suceava and
opportunities for regional
expansion
The main activities developed during
the project
1.
Project management
2.
Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness
3.
External audit
4.
Introductory Seminar
5.
Communication and dissemination actions at the beginning
of the project (roll-up banner, website)
6.
Identification of focal points
7.
Interactive selection of focal points
8.
Training in industrial ecosystems & biological theories of
organizational systems
The main activities developed during
the project
9. Visited companies as focal points of the project
10. Dissemination of the interim results at regional level
11. Participation at international events dedicated for ETAP and industrial
symbiosis
12. Identification and characterization of entities capable of being
interconnected
13. Integrating different sustainability tools tailored for industries and local
specific
14. Technical visits to the selected relevant industries in UK
15. Networks to seek synergies with other projects / initiatives help
16. Pre-feasibility analysis of the flows that will be interconnected
Reported period
1st of February 2009 – 30th of October 2010
Project Team
• Ministry of Environment and Forests (coordinating
beneficiary)
• International Synergies Ltd. Great Britain (partner beneficiary)
• National Research Institute - Bucharest ECOIND
Development for Industrial Ecology (partner beneficiary)
• Ecological Group for Cooperation - GEC Bucovina (partner
beneficiary)
Implementation Area
Suceava County – pilot County
Northeast Region
Activity 1
Project Management
1. Project management
• Project management is an ongoing activity that takes place at all
stages of the project.
• It was established a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) at the focal
area level - Suceava, with the local partner GEC Bucovina, and
the Project Management Unit (PMU), organized within Consortium
Coordinator - Ministry of Environment and Forests.
1. Project Management
• Working arrangements are in communication (working meetings
and conferences on Yahoo Messenger) to identify and resolve all
operational issues arising during project implementation so that
any failures are avoided. Mutual information are promptly and
simultaneously by all partners.
1. Project management
Management meeting – project team – Suceava, GEC
headquarter, February 2009
1. Project management
Management meeting – project team – Suceava, GEC
headquarter, February 2009
1. Project management
Project team meeting, after completing the Introductory Seminar
Suceava, Gloria Complex, February 2009
1. Project management
Project team meeting, after completing the Introductory Seminar
Suceava, Gloria Complex, February 2009
1. Project management
Project team meeting, after completing the Introductory Seminar
Suceava, Gloria Complex, February 2009
1. Project management
Project team meeting, after completing the Introductory Seminar
Suceava, Gloria Complex, February 2009
1. Project management
Two members of the project team from GEC Bucovina, with the project
Manager from the Ministry of Environment and Forests participated in
training regarding reporting requirements and implementation of the LIFE +
program ( technical and financial reports), and issues relating to visibility
requirements - Budapest, March 2009;
1. Project Management
Project Manager presenting ECOREG application LIFE + Training, Budapest, March 2009
1. Project management
In April 2009, at INCD ECOIND partner headquarter from Bucharest,
took place a team training of senior expert of the project, on
the work of "facilitator", which carries out the project; was
presented the UK experience ISL Carried out in the international
program of industrial synergies and the British Government's national
program - NISP;
1. Project management
At GEC Bucovina headquarter, the project team organized and
established the responsibilities for each team member for the
organization of the first workshop of industrial symbiosis
GEC Bucovina headquarter, Suceava, May 2009
1. Project management
At the headquarter of GEC Bucovina - the project team is analyzing
the deployment of the first workshop of industrial symbiosis, the extent
participation of the invited companies, forms filled volume, the expected
volume of synergies identified for each group of participating companies;
the project team propose optimization measures of the organization of the
following industrial symbiosis workshops ;
1. Project management
The project team analyzes the results of the first industrial symbiosis workshop ,
Suceava, GEC headquarter, May 2009
1. Project management
The project team analyzes the results of the first industrial symbiosis workshop ,
Suceava, GEC headquarter, May 2009
1. Project management
The project team analyzes the results of the first industrial symbiosis workshop ,
Suceava, GEC headquarter, May 2009
1. Project management
The project team analyzes the results of the first industrial symbiosis workshop ,
Suceava, GEC headquarter, May 2009
1. Project management
In order to provide conciliation and validation of the resulting
solutions from the synergies identified was organized a PAG (Project
Advisory Group) meeting. PAG members have been contacted
previously, they were presented the project objectives and mission of
its members in implementing PAG. Establishing formal meeting held
on 21 May 2009, at the Environmental Protection Agency
headquarters in Suceava.
1. Project management
In
the
first
session,
each
group
member
presented
himself, then the company he represents.
Participants of the project team presented the first results from
processing the forms and the evaluation questionnaires
completed by the participating companies in the first
workshop of industrial symbiosis.
1. Project management
Images from the inaugural meeting of the PAG - Environmental Protection Agency,
Suceava, May 2009
1. Project management
Images from the inaugural meeting of the PAG - Environmental Protection Agency,
Suceava, May 2009
1. Project management
Images from the inaugural meeting of the PAG - Environmental Protection Agency,
Suceava, May 2009
1. Project management
Each participant reported on the localities where they were traveling, on public
institutions and companies visited, the results of steps. These meetings were
held with technical character.
Regularly
at GEC Bucovina headquarter were held workshops for team
members information on the progress of the project implementation, problems
encountered, solutions identified and the action plan for the next period.
1. Project management
ISL partners provided the Romanian team with a consistent
set
of
examples
examples
of
of
case
studies
implementation
of
that
the
show
concrete
concept
of
industrial synergy in previous projects (NISP).
They have been studied, both to understand the philosophy
approach to project objectives and to identify concrete ways
of implementing the examples in the UK, in practical situations in the
area of implementation.
1. Project management
Regularly (weekly, bi-monthly) are organized conferences by
connecting
all
the
team
members
on
Yahoo,
information regarding the progress of the activities
the
mutual
is achieved
and the members plan the activities to address the new steps of
implementation.
During the management meeting of the consortium held in
July 2009, at the Ministry of Environment and Forests headquarter,
the
participants
discussed
specific
aspects
of
finding
new
synergies and broaden the scope of the project and in other counties
in Northeast Region .
Activity 4
Introductory Seminar
4. Introductory Seminar
•
•
•
•
Date: 26.02.2009
Location: Suceava.
Number of participants: over 150 persons.
Objective: The official launch of the project, informing the
representatives of business and public institutions on the
project and expected results, presentation of the concept
of industrial symbiosis, presenting British experience
(NISP national program).
4. Introductory Seminar
4. Introductory Seminar
4. Introductory Seminar
4. Introductory Seminar
4. Introductory Seminar
4. Introductory Seminar
4. Introductory Seminar
4. Introductory Seminar
Materials designed and distributed to participants:
Invitation
4. Introductory Seminar
Materials designed and distributed to participants:
Presentation folder
4. Introductory Seminar
ECOREG Poster
4. Introductory Seminar
Participation diploma
Activity 5
Communication and dissemination actions
at the beginning of the project
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The ECOREG project site
http://www.nisp-ecoreg.ro.
was
published
in
April
2009
at:
It was developed by the consortium coordinator (Ministry of
Environment
and
Forests).
The
website
includes information about the project activities, press releases
and media publicity activities, and also information on the
concept of industrial symbiosis.
An important section of the site is dedicated to successful case
studies regarding the implemented synergies resulted from the industrial
symbiosis workshops.
On partner sites are posted
events of the project ECOREG.
information
regarding
the
main
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
By
participating
on
various
events,
team
members
had
presented ECOREG application objectives, the implementation area, the
beneficiaries and expected results.
In
May
2009,
the
team
members
from
GEC
Bucovina
attended the International Symposium “Clean Water, Healthy People ",
organized by the Center for Ecological Consulting Manchester, with the
participation of European Environmental Bureau, based in Brussels.
GEC Bucovina and ECA Galati are members of the European
Environmental Bureau.
With this occasion GEC Bucovina presented the ECOREG project, the
objectives,
the
result
and
the
sponsors.
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The project team from GEC Bucovina viewing the ECOREG project website
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The project presentation from the International Symposium
“Clean Water, Healthy People , Galaţi, May 2009
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The meeting with the Great Britain Ambassador – Mr. Robin
Barnett
The Great Britain Ambassador in Romania made a working visit in
Suceava County, on which occasion he met with the ECOREG project
team.
They presented the objectives, the implementation team, expected
results, the implementation stage.
The event was hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency
Suceava.
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
At the end of the meeting, Robin Barnett ambassador declared:
“The ECOREG project is a great example of the public and the private
environment cooperation, involving the nongovernmental organizations.
The project represents an opportunity in the actual economic context,
specially for small companies. It's an example of which must be done to
reach a sustainable economic development ”
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The meeting with the UK Ambassador in Romania Mr. Robin Barnett
(May 2009, Environmental Protection Agency Suceava.)
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The meeting with the UK Ambassador in Romania Mr. Robin Barnett
(May 2009, Environmental Protection Agency Suceava.)
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The meeting with the UK Ambassador in Romania Mr. Robin Barnett
(May 2009, Environmental Protection Agency Suceava.)
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The meeting with the UK Ambassador in Romania Mr. Robin Barnett
(May 2009, Environmental Protection Agency Suceava.)
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The meeting with the UK Ambassador in Romania Mr. Robin Barnett
(May 2009, Environmental Protection Agency Suceava.)
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The meeting with the UK Ambassador in Romania Mr. Robin Barnett
(May 2009, Environmental Protection Agency Suceava.)
5. Communication and dissemination
actions at the beginning of the project
The meeting with the UK Ambassador in Romania Mr. Robin Barnett
(May 2009, Environmental Protection Agency Suceava.)
Activity 6
Identification of focal points
6. Identification of focal points
In
order
to
identify
possible
focal
points
there
were
conceived and submitted letters of presentation of the principles
of industrial symbiosis.
They
were
sent
by
mail
or
in
person
by
the
project
team
members, during their travel in the county for sending questionnaires for the
identification and selection of potential focal points.
Below there are images from April 2009 when the project team
members visited potential focal points in Suceava: SC FACOS SA, ACET, SC
MONDECO SRL, SC TERMICA SA, to present the project (financing, objectives,
results) and co-opting representants of these companies in the PAG.
6. Identification of focal points
The activity of identifing potential focal points continued in the coming
months,
increasing
the
activity
area
and
the
number
of organizations involved in the project.
The project started with the approach of Suceava County, proposing
to carry out its expansion in North-Eastern Region, respectively
Botosani, Iasi, Neamt, Bacau, Vaslui.
6. Identification of focal points
SC FACOS SA visit, Suceava
6. Identification of focal points
The conference room from SC ACET SA, Suceava
6. Identification of focal points
The meeting with the experts from SCMONDECO SRL, Suceava
6. Identification of focal points
The SC TERMICA SA visit, Suceava
6. Identification of focal points
The ECOREG team visitin the Sauwdust power plant from Vatra Dornei
6. Identification of focal points
The ECOREG team visitin the Sauwdust power plant from Vatra Dornei
6. Identification of focal points
The ECOREG team visitin the Power Plant from Vatra Dornei
6. Identification of focal points
ECOREG team at the headquarter of Dorna EcoHouse from Vatra Dornei
6. Identification of focal points
The Dorna EcoHouse principal presenting the Eco Passive concept
6. Identification of focal points
ECOREG team was received by the Mayor of Vatra Dornei
6. Identification of focal points
Paul Knuckle (ISL partner, UK)
receiving the medal with the emblem of Vatra Dornei
6. Identification of focal points
The ECOREG team with the environment responsible from Termica SA,
In the waste dumps area.
6. Identification of focal points
The ECOREG team at the ecological incinerator MONDECO
6. Identification of focal points
ECOREG team at MONDECO
During the visits were discussed concrete
aspects
with
the
economic
agents
regarding industrial symbiosis.
Were
discussed
specific
issues
on
identified synergies in the workshops,
working on their progress and possible
new industrial synergies (eg, providing
heat
to
the
complex
Iulius
Mall,
located in the neighborhood or the fruit
and vegetable greenhouses located in
the Suceava River floodplain)
6. Identification of focal points
In the picture GEC team discussing with SC Termica SA, at its headquarter
6. Identification of focal points
In the picture GEC team discussing with SC Termica SA, at its headquarter
6. Identification of focal points
Image from Symmetrica Vereşti headquarter,
ECOREG team members the representants of Symmetrica Vereşti and Termica SA
6. Identification of focal points
Image from Symmetrica Vereşti headquarter,
ECOREG team members the representants of Symmetrica Vereşti and Termica SA
6. Identification of focal points
GEC team visiting the “Galina Rosso” farm, discussing the synergies identified at Dorohoi workshop
6. Identification of focal points
GEC team visiting the “Galina Rosso” farm, discussing the synergies identified at Dorohoi workshop
6. Identification of focal points
GEC team visiting the “Galina Rosso” farm, discussing the synergies identified at Dorohoi workshop
6. Identification of focal points
GEC team with the representants of Adonis Farm
6. Identification of focal points
SC Ritmic SRL
6. Identification of focal points
The Treatment Plant Rădăuţi
6. Identification of focal points
GEC team at Adonis Farm
6. Identification of focal points
GEC team at Radio Tel Rădăuţi
6. Identification of focal points
GEC team at Radio Tel Rădăuţi
6. Identification of focal points
Radio Tel Rădăuţi
6. Identification of focal points
Radio Tel Rădăuţi
6. Identification of focal points
SC Rom Carpat SRL
6. Identification of focal points
SC Tauzend Mark SRL
6. Identification of focal points
SC Evalex SRL
6. Identification of focal points
ECOREG team at EGGER
6. Identification of focal points
Images from the Vama and Câmpulung area companies meeting
6. Identification of focal points
Images from the Vama and Câmpulung area companies meeting
6. Identification of focal points
ECOREG team discussing possible synergies resulting from the closure of the tailings dump Călimani
6. Identification of focal points
Operation of sulfur Călimani
6. Identification of focal points
ECOREG team at Rădăuţi City Hall
Activitatea 7
Interactive selection of focal points
7. Interactive selection of focal points
This activity is an ongoing process that began in 2009 and
continues until project completion in 2011, in order to select
the participating units in the project and to identify optimal connections
between companies, so the effects of the applying principles of the
ECOREG
project
will
be
as
project beneficial for organizations.
visible
and
attracted
to
the
7. Interactive selection of focal points
For
this
activity
were
carried
out
visits
to
administrative and economic institutions in Suceava county, to identify
resources that can be harnessed through synergies and their advisers on the
principles of industrial symbiosis.
It was made a detailed analysis of available data, regarding the demand /
supply of resources.
Were held discussions and meetings with GAP members, managers of some
top companies in the area where they operate, in order to supervise the
proposed use of the synergies identified.
Activitatea 8
Training in industrial ecosystems &
biological theories of organizational
systems
8.Training in industrial ecosystems &
biological theories of organizational systems
The main workshops of the project were:
•
•
•
•
•
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop - Suceava
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop– Vatra Dornei.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop– Rădăuţi
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop– Dorohoi
Mini-workshop Termica – Suceava
• Regional seminar to disseminate the partial
results - Bacau, November 2010
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Suceava, 2009
• Date: 20.05.2009;
• Location: Suceava;
• Number of participants : 41 economic agents from
Suceava and 2 from Neamţ County, divided in 5 groups,
which one guided by a “facilitator”;
• Results: there were 181 available resources
(waste wood, plastic, paper, textiles, leather goods,
building materials, waste water, packaging, logistics,
consulting services, storage facilities) and 91 were
identified synergies.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Suceava, 2009
(The workshop from Suceava was the first of its kind held in the Project ECOREG Applying the principles of industrial ecosystems in regional development ", funded
by the European Union LIFE +.)
•
•
•
•
the beginning of the event: the workshop started with a brief presentation of
the abstract concept of industrial symbiosis, specific examples of resources
/ needs and specific instructions for carrying out work in the actual
workshop
informative-consultative session : presentations covered the first part of
the event, commented on powerpoint presentations.
Working session: the workshop was actually focused on identifying and
promoting
synergies,
as
the
innovative,
environmentally
friendly, socially beneficial
impact, reducing the economic
crisis, were prepared examples of synergy, records with possible
resources that can exploit.
conclusins: open discussions, proposals, suggestions, socialactivities.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop, Suceava, 2009
Images from Suceava workshop, May 2009
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop, Suceava, 2009
Images from Suceava workshop, May 2009
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop, Suceava, 2009
Images from Suceava workshop, May 2009
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop, Suceava, 2009
Images from Suceava workshop, May 2009
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop, Suceava, 2009
Images from Suceava workshop, May 2009
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop, Suceava, 2009
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Nume Organizatie
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Organizatie (Cod)
Nume Delegat
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Example of have form
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop, Suceava, 2009
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Pot oferi resursa / serviciul / expertiza
Solicit resursa / serviciul / expertiza
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Nume Organizatie S.C.
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Organizatie (Cod)
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Example of want form
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Atelierul de lucru
Vatra Dornei, decembrie 2009
• Date: 16.12.2009
• Location: Vatra Dornei
• Number of participants:42 economic and social agents in
Suceava County
• Results : there were 123 available resources (waste
wood, plastic, paper, textiles, leather goods, building
materials, water waste, packaging, logistics) and 32
were identified synergies.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Vatra Dornei, 2009
•
At the beginning of the event, short speeches were given by public
authorities who also sent their greetings to the event participants and
organizers.The greetings were sent from Vatra Dornei city hall (Sutodoc
Nicolai).
•
In the first part of the event, informative session – advisory, were presented:
Ecoreg project team for implementation of the EU Life + Programme,
objectives and expected results. Also, detailed concepts of the industrial
symbiosis and NISP Programme of the UK.
•
The presentations covered the first part of the event, commented on the
powerpoint presentations
(in attractive formats, exciting) and were
supported by: Iulia Degeratu project manager (Environment and forest
Ministry), Beatrice Ştefănescu (GEC Bucovina), Paul Knuckles (ISL UK),
Lucian Constantin (INCD ECOIND Bucureşti).
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Vatra Dornei, 2009
•
In the second part, working session, of the workshop was actually focused
on identifying and promoting synergies, innovative solutions,
environmentally friendly, socially beneficial impact that minimizes the
economic crisis through which the Romanian economy in general and
regional (north eastern Romania), in particular.
•
Participants were given lists of supply and demand RESOURCES for
filling.They were assisted by trained facilitators: Mihai Ştefănescu (INCD
ECOIND Bucharest), Lucian Constantin (INCD ECOIND Bucharest), Ionuţ
Muşetoiu (Environment and Forest Ministry), Loreta Cauteş (GEC),
Constantin Filote (GEC).
•
Participants were ensured during the whole work, coffee, selection of teas,
mineral water, juices.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop from
Vatra Dornei, 2009 objectives
Promoting new approaches to waive the traditional
way
of
seeing
waste
as
useless
material,
disturbing, making them participants in the design
of the workshop - "resources. "
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop from
Vatra Dornei, 2009 objectives
Promoting the concept of industrial symbiosis, which
means not only the recovery of waste, but all
resources,
production
materials,
capacity
or
management,
storage
of
excess
equipment,
logistics specialists, specialized expertise in any field,
etc..
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop from
Vatra Dornei, 2009 objectives
Identification through civilized dialogue and common work
in teams, by all participants in the event, of the new
solutions, some innovative, based on the experience of
the project team ECOREG experts, representatives of
public institutions responsible for environmental
protection.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop from
Vatra Dornei, 2009
Images fromVatra Dornei workshop, December 2009
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop from
Vatra Dornei, 2009
Images fromVatra Dornei workshop, December 2009
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop from
Vatra Dornei, 2009
Images fromVatra Dornei workshop, December 2009
ECOREG poster,
Vatra Dornei Workshop
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Rădăuţi, 2010
• Date: 9.06.2010
• Location: Rădăuţi
• Number of participants: 71 economic and social agents in
Suceava County
• Results: there were 158 available resources (waste wood,
plastic, paper, textiles, leather goods, building materials,
waste water, packaging, logistics, consulting services,
storage facilities) and 69 were identified synergies.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop Agenda
Rădăuţi, 2010
•
The manifestation in Radauti was the third of its kind, organized within the
"ECOREG- Application of industrial ecosystems in regional development, founded by
the European Union’s LIFE +.
•
At the beginning of the event, short speeches were given by public authorities who
also sent their greetings to the event participants and organizers. The greetings were
sent to: the City Hall Radauti (Andrei Martinescu, Mayor counselor Radauti) ,
Suceava Environmental Protection Agency (Iluţă Cocriş, interim executive director)
and Employers private SMEs, Branch Suceava (Michael Deliu, Chairman).
•
In the first part of the event were presented: Ecoreg project team for implementation
of the EU Life + Programme, objectives and expected results. Also, detailed concepts
of the industrial symbiosis and NISP Programme of the UK.
•
In the second session of the workshop was actually focused on identifying and
promoting synergies, innovative solutions, environmentally friendly, socially beneficial
impact that minimizes the economic crisis through which the Romanian economy in
general and regional (north eastern Romania), in particular.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Rădăuţi, 2010
•
Participants were given lists of supply and demand RESOURCES identified
by the project team from the workshops of Suceava (May 2009) and Vatra
Dornei (December 2009).
•
Also, participants were provided lists of possible use of resources, grouped
by category.
•
At the end of this working session, all participants were served lunch, during
which they continued socializing, establishing contacts and discussions.
•
The hall had the necessary facilities for audio-video equipment, projection
screen
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Rădăuţi, 2010
Images from Rădăuţi workshop, June 2010
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Rădăuţi, 2010
Images from Rădăuţi workshop, June 2010
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Rădăuţi, 2010
Images from Rădăuţi workshop, June 2010
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Rădăuţi, 2010
Images from Rădăuţi workshop, June 2010
ECOREG posters EN and RO versions
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Dorohoi, 2010
• Date: 6 July 2010.
• Locaţion: Dorohoi, Botoşani County.
• Number
of
participants:
84
and social agents in Suceava County
economic
• Results: there were 158 available resources
(waste wood, plastic, paper, textiles, leather goods,
building materials, waste water, packaging, logistics,
consulting services, storage facilities) and 69 were
identified synergies.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Dorohoi, 2010
•
•
•
•
The manifestation in Dorohoi was the fourth of its kind, organized within the "Ecoreg Application of industrial ecosystems in regional development, founded by the
European Union’s LIFE +.
At the beginning of the event, short speeches were given by public authorities who
also sent their greetings to the event participants and organizers. The greetings were
sent to: Suceava Environmental Protection Agency (Iluţă Cocriş, interim executive
director) , Botosani Environmental Protection Agency (Mateciuc Eugen , deputy
chief).
The presentations covered the first part of the event, commented on the powerpoint
presentations (in attractive formats, exciting) and were supported by: Iulia Degeratu
(project manager, Ministry of Environment and Forests), Beatrice Stefanescu (GEC
Bucovina), James Woodcock (ISL UK), Lucian Constantin (Bucharest ECOIND).
In the second part, working session, of the workshop was actually focused on
identifying and promoting synergies, innovative solutions, environmentally friendly,
socially beneficial impact that minimizes the economic crisis through which the
Romanian economy in general and regional (north eastern Romania), in particular.
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Dorohoi, 2010
Participants were given lists of supply and demand of resources
identified by the project team from Suceava Workshops (May 2009), Vatra
Dornei (December 2009) and Radauti (June 2010).
Participants were provided lists of possible uses of resources, grouped by
category (to facilitate the process of designing cards with "demand" and
"supply" of participating companies.
Information about the resources of any kind (including waste),
or
surplus,
whether
they
search,
represented
the
starting
point in identifying new business opportunities throughout the Dorohoi
Workshop, July 2010.
Participants
were
assisted
by
experts
from
the
project
team to identify any resources that surplus (supply, output) leaving
the company / institution and / or entail excessive cost or in many cases
create problems for storage, transport ,neutralization etc
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Dorohoi, 2010
Images from Dorohoi workshop, July 2010
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Dorohoi, 2010
Images from Dorohoi workshop, July 2010
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Dorohoi, 2010
Images from Dorohoi workshop, July 2010
Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
Dorohoi, 2010
Images from Dorohoi workshop, July 2010
ECOREG poster, Dorohoi workshop,
July 2010
Mini-Workshop
Suceava, 2010
• Date 7.07.2010.
• Location: Suceava City Hall.
• Număr participanţi: 30 persons (employees from SC
Termica SA, ACET SA, representatives of construction
companies and material transport, sanitation employees in
companies,
public
officials
in
the
municipality
of Suceava, the project team).
• Objetives: organizing a formal framework to discuss the
progress on the issue of synergies from the waste dumps
Termica SA and newly identified synergies
MiniW-orkshop
Suceava, 2010
•
The manifestation from Suceava was the fifth of its kind, organized within
the "Ecoreg - Application of industrial ecosystems in regional
development, funded by the European Union LIFE +.
•
This event was a "mini-workshop" and assumed the participation of a
limited number of guests, and discuss achieving synergies identified on a
smaller field of activity.
•
Basically, the main objective of the workshop was to mobilize better the
firms in Suceava and the surrounding area, covering the construction
activity (default pickling works, demolition, etc.), to transport and store
waste liabilities arising from these activities, the deposits of slag and
tailings from TERMICA SA in case of closure, with the 2011 period. At
TERMICA SA the sole shareholder is Suceava CityHall.
Mini-Workshop
Suceava, 2010
•
The possibility that TERMICA SA to achieve its target of closing time
deposit liabilities using waste from demolition, was identified by the
Ecoreg project team in spring 2009, soon after launching the Ecoreg
project (February 2009, Suceava). From that moment, the project team
followed the progress of identified synergies, the practical way they have
developed and evolved.
•
The purpose of organizing the workshop was to provide the framework
within which participants can discuss and evaluate, together with team
members, the fastest solutions, efficient and inexpensive to the problem
faced by TERMICA and, meantime, construction firms, performing
etching of asphalt, demolition, etc. - and do not have a solution for
storage of material derived from this work.
Mini-Workshop
Suceava, 2010
• In this mini-workshop, ECOREG team put in contact
the construction companies and Termica SA, with
the purpose to use the construction materials be
to close the Termica cells by 2011.
Mini-Workshop Suceava, 2010
Images of Suceava Mini-workshop, July 2010
Mini-Workshop Suceava, 2010
Images of Suceava Mini-workshop, July 2010
Mini-Workshop Suceava, 2010
Images of Suceava Mini-workshop, July 2010
Mini-Workshop Suceava, 2010
Images of Suceava Mini-workshop, July 2010
Activity 9
Visited companies as focal points of the
project
9. Visited companies as focal points of
the project
This activity is foreseen in the project implementation since the
second half of 2009 and aims to monitoring progress in
implementing the synergies identified in the workshops of industrial
symbiosis.
It is an ongoing activity that continues after the first identification
of synergies, with Form and resources (request /offer) processing.
Activity 11
Participation at international events
dedicated for ETAP and industrial
symbiosis
11. Participation at international
events dedicated for ETAP and
industrial symbiosis
It
envisages
the
participation
of
team
members
with presentations and communications, actions of disseminate of
the interim results in international events and other events with wide
visibility.
It is an ongoing activity that requires both elements of interactivity
with other professionals / programs / projects and communication of
project results.
Activitatea 12
Identification and characterization of entities
capable of being interconnected
12. Identification and characterization of
entities capable of being interconnected
Activity field
Timber industry
Heat production
Auto service, industrial equipment
Electronics, retail
Hazardous waste treatment and waste oil processing
Beverages
Mining industry
Construction materials
Infrastructure works
Food industry
Waste collection and landfilling
Pulp and paper industry
Tanneries and textiles
Sanitation
Local administration
Hospitals
Education units (schools, universities)
Transport
Cosmetics
Companies
number
37
5
12
14
3
12
11
14
2
18
7
1
8
8
34
7
12
4
1
Companies involved in synergies distribution fields
12. Identification and characterization of
entities capable of being interconnected
Graph of the distribution fields of companies involved in synergies
12. Identification and characterization of
entities capable of being interconnected
Among the potential synergies identified through Industrial
Symbiosis Workshops, only certain processes / streams / wastes could
be selected through a detailed analysis later in order to
characterize and improve.
Partnerships already concluded or which will be established based
on symbiotic criteria will improve the effectiveness of each partner by the
detection of waste markets, its principal or secondary products.
ECOREG project encourages businesses to look beyond traditional
markets for business opportunities, punctuate the economic benefits of
this approach in order to stimulate economic development with
environmental compliance, by reconsidering the "waste“ as "resource".
CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS
Establishing synergies is not the simple identification of the potential
collaboration between two companies.
This implies a lot of work: the managers of both companies involved
in synergy identified must be visited and convinced with pencil on
paper, that it is beneficial synergy, in a period of economic
contraction.
(Managers have other emergencies (unpaid salaries, debts, unable
to attend the auctions because debt contracts outstanding, and
unpaid work or deliveries, redundancy talks with unions - where,
etc..).
There are companies where the manager is also the accounting and
driver and a lawyer and technologist, and all commodities and this is
because he can not afford to pay specialists.
CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS
Synergies contribution at improving the economic situation of
the companies must be significant and explained to the
managers in detail, with intelligent arguments.
(No manager will be concerned with the implementation of
synergies, because in this way he will not pollute the environment or
will reduce their consumption. With the environment pollution and
the uneconomic consumed resources, managers could manage
somehow until now.
The manager must be convinced of the profit that he could get from
a synergy.)
CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS
Project is not limited to simple synergies, obvious, such as
sawdust valorification or superior capitalization of construction
debris landfill.
(ECOREG team experts have expertise and have already provided
solutions for superior recovery of waste and secondary resources
(for ex., for the lamps burned for electrical equipment collected from
plants for waste food and drinks which can be used in biogas For
agricultural recovery or ash as additives for cement and concrete
recipes or materials during cold chains, etc.).
CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS
Identifying and designing complex synergies is requiring
multiple materials tests, and waste characterization.
(Are harmful, can be transported on public roads, what precautions
must be taken, should be packaged as such could be neutralized,
who could legally make such operations, the operators are trained
and authorized to do so?
The process requires testing of technologies (at ECOIND INCD),
wastewater flows are necessary analysis, balance sheets,
developing solutions).
CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS
Regarding the resources that could be the object of a synergy,
frequent offers in pilot county - Suceava are: wood and wood
waste.
Their sustainable use is not in combustion, even if they are
renewable fuels, but in the recovery by generating added value.
(For example, using waste wood for particle board or other
purposes was identified at Egger Company from Radauti and
Romanel Company from Vatra Dornei; unfortunately, these
companies do not take timber products besides from forests
managed sustainably (this is the firms policy, very healthy and
for long term).
CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTS
Most wood waste manufacturers from the pilot county don`t have
certificates supporting that the wood comes from forests managed
sustainably, so their waste rot on the roadsides or, at best, are
burned in the center.
There were organized awareness raising for wood waste producers,
so they know what can be done and so the waste they provided can
become interesting for intensive companies like those mentioned).
Experts have already prepared materials about the formalities that a
wood waste producer would have to meet to certify the origin of the
timber as the formalities which forest owners must comply.
PILOT ACTIONS PROPOSED
Identified need
Solution
The
Industrial
Synergies
Workshops participants have
called for a point of information,
where to find the data already
communicated to other partners
and learn about the other
partners offer and if their offer is
interesting for other companies.
Organizing a National Virtual
Centre for Industrial Synergies
(to
promote
the
project
ECOREG interim results and
finding new synergies.)
PILOT ACTIONS PROPOSED
Identified need
Solution
Access to all companies and
institutions interested in using a
common website to promote
knowledge and offers / demand
for resources and / or industrial
synergies
in
progress
/
completed.
Promoting
the
following
categories of information:
-Contact
of
companies
/
institutions (which have signed
an agreement to accept the
post)
- offer or request for resources
-the
results
of
contacts
(synergies in progress or
completed)
- Case studies.
Organizing a virtual forum for the
request and the need for
reusable
resources
in
companies and institutions
PILOT ACTIONS PROPOSED
Identified need
Solution
Media coverage of interim and Editarea de “noutăţi” în cadrul
final results of the ECOREG Editing the "news" in the Virtual
project.
Centre for Industrial Synergies,
as an electronic publication type
newsletter dedicated to the
promotion of the project results
with
information
such
as
technological
solutions,
examples of good practice, case
studies, events.
PILOT ACTIONS PROPOSED
Identified need
Solution
Stimulating with support actions
and exchange performance
management
in
terms
of
industrial application of the
concept of synergy.
Facilitating
the
experience
exchange between companies,
institutions, participation at the
events organized within the
project or by other organizations
Promote
models
of
good
practice identified by applying
the principles of industrial
synergies.
PILOT ACTIONS PROPOSED
Identified need
Solution
Facilitation of the meetings
between
academics
and
corporate sectors of activity and
innovative areas of interest.
Organization
of
workshops
devoted to areas of activity,
involving universities profile,
development-research institutes
and interested companies.
Organizing national and regional
events
dedicated
to
the
promotion of the industrial
synergies concept.
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Strengths:
• the existence of well-trained human resources, relatively young and
with possibilities to quickly adapt to European requirements;
• the existence of three universities that have as basic concerns in
addition to education, scientific research, invention and
technological innovation;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Strengths:
• The existence of Agriculture Research Station (in the areas of: fruit
growing, viticulture, fishing, sheep, crops and forestry, and the Bank
of Genetic Resources of Suceava (unique in South East Europe) the expertise of specialists and researchers provide high value
professional, scientific recognition;
• The existence of basic infrastructure for research, development,
innovation and transfer technology (in the NE Region are activating
79 operating units, about 12% of the national total);
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Strengths:
• the existence of potential development fields, including innovation,
such as food industry, construction machinery and equipment, light
industry (knitwear, garments, footwear), organic agriculture industry,
IT sector renewable energy, tourism, crafts;
• the existence of fixed and mobile telecommunications infrastructure
and a well developed high coverage;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Strengths:
• The area location on E85 European route which runs through the
region of north-south segment of the Pan-European Corridor IX
(highway Sofia - Chernivtsi) and its intersection with the linking of
Moldova and Transylvania;
• The existence of the bus railway providing passenger and freight
traffic through Moldova, Transylvania, Republic of Moldova and
Ukraine;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Strengths:
• The existence of the three international airports (Bacau, Iasi and
Suceava, serving and Botosani), requirements for air cargo and
passenger transport, customs services on demand;
• The Suceava Bazaar existence, a big shopping center in the area
(draws a huge number of small merchants, including Republic of
Moldova and Ukraine);
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Strengths:
• natural resources (fertile land, meadows, metal ores and non-metal,
hardwood and softwood forests, mineral springs (over 100 sources
in 30 localities), thermal springs, clay, sand and quartz sand, ballast,
etc..)
• historical monuments and medieval art, including some owned by
the UNESCO - are major tourist attractions;
• natural reserves and landscapes of great beauty;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Strengths:
• fertile land, natural lakes, rivers and streams (attractive crop,
livestock, fish, fruit, viticulture - is a tradition in these areas);
• spaces available for business development (administrative offices,
warehouses, halls resulting from privatization and restructuring (eg.,
mining);
• operation (in Piatra Neamt) of the ADR NE (implementation and
funding of regional and local development programs);
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Weaknesses:
• agricultural land degradation: water
landslides, soil chemical pollution;
erosion,
wind
erosion,
• inefficient agriculture and excessively fragmented agricultural area;
• insufficient funding from public and private investment;
• low level of investments in modernization and new technologies,
especially for passenger public transport and freight infrastructure;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Weaknesses:
• insufficient collaboration between research centers / universities and
businesses to use research results and technology transfer to
achieve the economic environment;
• the acute crisis of employment (without immediate prospects of
resolution);
• an important segment of the population affected by poverty and
social exclusion;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Weaknesses:
• small number of investors, avoiding this area due to the distance
from the capital and poor infrastructure;
• sewerage systems and water supply in cities are outdated or
nonexistent in most rural settlements;
• lack of cultural activities in most communities, with effects on youth
training;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Weaknesses:
• uncontrolled deforestation, reaching the negative critical limit in
environmental impacts;
• poor management of waste;
• absence of an organized network of agricultural market, farmers are
forced to sell their own products or sell to "middlemen" at very low
prices, leading to a very large gap between the prices of raw
agricultural products sold by farmers to processors and price
leather;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Weaknesses:
• the vulnerability of local communities exposed to floods, manifested
by the weak capacity to absorb the effects of the phenomenon of
recovering after its passage;
• insufficient access to grants available to companies through
regional, sectoral and European programs
• the foreign investment reducing in North East Region;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Weaknesses:
• low level of entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the level of
SMEs;
• the gap between the North-East and other developing regions (per
capita gross domestic product is only 68.39% of the national level);
• insufficient exchange of experience, information and collaboration
within the business environment at regional level;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Opportunities:
• Romania is a member of the European Union, bringing new sources
of investment, including Structural and Cohesion Funds, foreign
direct investment, etc..
• Romania adopted the legislation and environmental standards in
line with the communitarian acquis;
• market liberalization and modernization of business models;
• infrastructure development business e-commerce / e-government;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Opportunities:
• growing of innovation importance in European policies, regional and
local
• availability of resources and local conditions: skilled labor, natural
resources, historical and cultural monuments, folk traditions;
• rehabilitation and development of the regional tourism through
public and private investment;
• opportunities for financing investment projects by national and
European funds, regional and structural
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Opportunities:
• raising the awareness of the business role in economic
development districts and regions;
• the possibility business environment development as a result in the
construction of industrial parks and business incubators science;
• SME sector dynamics growth;
• development of electronic commerce and e-business market;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Opportunities:
• possibility of developing regional trade due to location on the
longest land border of the European Union,
• increasing number of the implemented projects in North - East,
• existence of PAG to identify innovative projects in regional business
environment, encouraging the development of growth poles.
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Opportunities:
• the existence of a national development strategy which includes
conclusions and recommendations of the European sustainable
development strategies (Lisbon and Gothenburg) and of the 6th
Environment Action Programme, to ensure the conservation,
protection and improving the environment and human health
protection the sustainable use of natural resources;
• granting of transitional periods to comply with relevant directives in
the water sector, by 2015, respectively2018;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Opportunities:
• improving infrastructure, waste
management of their development;
management
and
efficient
• support the programs co-financed by the European Union - ISPA
PHARE and MUDP;
• development and organic farming;
• motivational prices for organic products;
• encouraging sustainable water use;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Opportunities:
• ensuring sustainable use of natural habitats, wild flora and fauna, as
well as reconstruction of damaged systems, providing financial
support for Natura 2000 sites;
• information campaigns on protected areas and their importance;
• information / awareness of local communities regarding the access
funding opportunities for sustainable development (eg the
Environment Fund Administration program to protect water
resources, integrated water supply, treatment, sewage and
treatment, released October 5, 2010 );
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Opportunities:
• promoting measures and actions for prevention, preparedness,
protection and response to natural hazards - floods, droughts,
landslides and earthquakes, in order to limit and eliminate the
effects they produce on people and property of any kind;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Threats:
• agricultural land and forest
development project basis;
degradation,
lack
of
technical
• lack of programs to play in fallow land and degraded forest;
• reduced willingness of companies to achieve the expenditure in
purchasing new technologies, mainly due to financial implications;
• reduced competitiveness for firms in the region on the European
market;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Threats:
• migration of skilled and specialized labor from the North East region
of Romania to other regions and countries;
• increasing the number of people who work in subsistence
agriculture, the lack of conversion of redundant programs or
employment of young people in productive activities or services;
• nonexistent structures that integrate regional innovation systems;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Threats:
• lack of coherence and coordination between different sectoral and
regional policies with economic development implications;
• increasing volumes of imported products on the Romanian market;
• low level of Romanian exports;
• crease in piracy and economic crime in general;
• weak involvement of regional and central government in solving the
problems of local communities;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Threats:
• increasing
development
development regions;
disparities
between
Romania's
• unbalanced development between East country and other
developing regions, chronic underdevelopment concentrated in the
North East, there were significant intraregional disparities;
• higher exposure to North Eastern Development Region competition
on global markets;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Threats:
• socio-economic decline of many large urban centers and reduce
their role in the development of adjacent areas;
• floods in recent years have highlighted both the weaknesses of the
techniques used for flood protection and response capacity for the
management of the phenomenon;
SWOT ANALYSIS
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
for ECOREG project implementation
in the northeast development area of Romania
Threats:
• pronounced depopulation, demographic phenomena with negative
impact on socio-economic development of rural communities: an
aging population (high percentage of the population aged over 60),
aging workforce, high mortality (15.2 ‰ to 9.7 ‰ in urban areas with
very high infant mortality rates and wide variations between
regions), low birth rates;
• Climate change.
Thank you!
Ecological Group for Cooperation - GEC Bucovina
Adress: Suceava, str. Doamna Maria Voichita nr. 1
Headquarter: str. Nicolae Balescu, nr. 1, parter
Tel: 0230-531996
Fax: 0230-523365
Mobil phone: 0722-387525 / 0744-774858
E-mail: gecbucovina@rdslink.ro
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