Meeting between President UNPR Mr. Marian Petre Miluţ and German Chancellor Ms. Angela MERKEL
November 6, 2009, Berlin
     On the occasion of the 9th Congress of Employers SMEs MIT (Mitterstands und Wirtschaftsvereinigung) of Germany UNPR President Mr. Marian Petre Milut met with German Chancellor Mrs. Angela Merkel and they have exchanged views on topics of current European economic and political.

Romania and Belgium : Performance improvement on investments and networking 

    ING Bank and CIBR (Real Estate Chamber Belgium Romania) invite you to the workshop on performance improvement in Belgium and Romania .  For investors in Romania and Belgium it is not easy in times of crisis. Therefore we offer a networking platform to generate business and a workshop on performance improvement and investments in Romania and Belgium . 

    We will take a look at some practical case and especially focus on the structural funds and structural instruments (non refundable funds from the EU in Romania ). The investor should combine performance improvement and investment with the aid of EU funding.

                           "Under Construction II"                            

Improving health and safety in construction crafts and SMEs

TWINNING SEMINAR

 ANAEPA / FILCA CISL - UNPR  

Bucharest

29^th May 2009, 09:00 - 14:30

    The EBC "Under Construction II" project has been accepted by the European Commission and will receive the co-financing grant under the budget heading supporting the European Social Dialogue. The project will be focused on Health and Safety with the overall goal of improving the conditions and the records for Health and Safety in construction SMEs through the coordinated approach of social partners.

    SME UNION conference "Challenges for SMEs in Times of Crisis", in Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Ladies and gentlemen, 

       " We live in a world of economic, social and politic cycles. We try to discover causes, solutions and effects for all that are happening in our lives. We try to explain everything. 

        We are living now in a harsh pragmatic world that requires immediate results. Professor Edmund Phelps, Nobel Prize awarded for economy in 2006, said that the “golden rule” is less applied today, which means that we all want to consume what we just produce, even more, but in fact we consume in advance what we have not yet produced. 

        SMEs are a drop into the ocean of world economy. They appear and disappear and appear again under different forms. We are for sure into a deep crisis. And the consequences can not be imaginable today. But what will be happening next ?....

UNDER CONSTRUCTION II

Improving Health and Safety in Construction Crafts and SMEs  

        On March 20^th, in Rome, at MILTON hotel, was taking place the first session of twinning working group between Romania and Italia within the project: “Under Construction II: Improving Health and Safety in Construction Crafts and SMEs” to which attended the social partners’ representatives of both countries. The Romanian delegation was represented by UNPR through Mr.Marian Petre Milut - President, Simona Botezatu - Programs Expert and Marilena Stancu - SSM and PSI Expert.

THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE PROJECT "UNDER CONSTRUCTION II IMPROVING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION CRAFTS AND SMEs"

BRUSSELS, February 23^rd, 2009   

    On February 23^rd, in Brussels, at  NOVOTEL Centre Tour Noire hotel, took place the official opening of the project: "Under Construction II: Improving Health and Safety in Construction Crafts and SMEs"  to which attended the representatives of all 13 social partners (of which 11 SMEs and 2 unions. Of 11 employers associations, 10 are EU member states and 1 is external, Turkey) from United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Turkey, Malta, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Romania, France, Italy and Belgium. The Romanian delegation was represented by UNPR in the persons of Marilena Stancu - SSM and PSI expert, Simona Botezatu - programs expert and Nelu Neacsu - representative in Brussels.

The Constructors ask for the price reduction of building materials 

    The solution for getting out of the blockage is to cheapen the prices of the building materials, which will generate a chain-reaction of lowering the prices for new constructions. We go even farther and sustain the state’s involvement to be highly necessary, through institutions like the Competition Council – in order to prevent the big companies to form cartels, and through the buying of stocks shares in the productive companies. This will allow us to stop the non-competitive policy set so far by these companies in Romania, stated the UNPR President, Mr. Marian Petre MILUT. 

    The SME Union Secretary General, Mr. Patrick VOLLER, guest of the Press Conference, declared that the SME Union is in favor of free market and more competition, and supports the reduction of prices for raw materials, a very important aspect in the construction sector. 

UNPR to host the SME UNION of EPP  Meeting

in Bucharest, 2009 

The presidency board of the business organization of the European People's Party - SME UNION of EPP will reunite for the first time in Bucharest in the second semester of 2009. The decision to organize a presidency meeting in Bucharest was agreed upon during the board meeting of SME UNION on October 13^th 2008.

The event will be hosted by UNPR - the National Union of Romanian Employers and will discuss the challenges which the entrepreneurs will be confronted with after the election of the new leaders of the European Union in June 2009.

The presidency of SME UNION of EPP is ensured by members of the European Parliament and presidents of the employers organizations.

The UNPR President, Mr. Marian Petre MILUT, is a member of the presidency team and the only Romanian representative in this board.

The European entrepreneurs demand the establishing of an ensuring fund of 500 million euros per year. 

The leaders of the business organization of the European People,s Party - SME UNION of EPP met yesterday in Brussels to debate the measures for surpassing the financial crisis. The event gathered together members of the European Parliament and presidents of the employers, organizations from SME UNION, who settled the coordinates of the new economical politics for SMEs. The result of this meeting was the establishing of a resolution called "If business goes well, we go well".

According to the document, the European business men suggest the realization of an ensuring fund of over 500 million euros per year for the small and medium sized enterprises.

The UNPR President, Mr. Marian Petre MILUT, stated that the employers, representatives should get involved in the implementing of the European measures for surpassing the financial crisis. “UNPR has taken an important role in communicating the measures decided by the European Union for the supporting of the SMEs. A difficult period is ahead for the Romanian firms, and additional measures for protecting the local investors are necessary. For many of the Romanian companies the year 2008 - 2009 will represent a period of struggles, most of them for survival, and in this context, the role of the employers, organization shall be crucial for the way the Romanian Economy will overcome the crisis".

Mr. Milut's working visit to Brussels 

Starting with September 16^th until September 19^th, the UNPR President, Mr. Marian Petre MILUT, made a working visit to Brussels, during which he had important meetings with European Parliament officials and other personalities of the European Business Community. 

Mr. MILUT had a series o meetings with a delegation led by Mr. David BAKRADE, President of the Georgian Parliament, with  Peterle ALOIZ, Vicepresident of the European Parliament and former Prime-Minister of Slovenia, Peter JUNGEN, Co-President of SME Union of EPP and President of EEI (European Enterprise Institute), Patrick VOLLER, Secretary General of SME Union,  Patrick MOULIN,  President of SME Agency&Defence and Secretary General of SME Union France, with officials from the European Commission and the European Parliament.

Also, other meetings took place in Brussels between President MILUT and a group of Belgian business men.