VAPRO

Dear partners and friends, On 30 April NRCC together with the Dutch Association Nederland.ro, will organize a typical Orange Night, with an exquisite dinner and a great party at Biavati,Bucharest, Str. Sergei Rahmaninov No. 2B. We invite all who are interested in meeting, doing business or simply enjoying a wonderful evening with the Dutch community in Romania. There are 2 kinds of tickets that you can purchase: “Party only” tickets for 160 Lei and Dinner and party tickets for 350 Lei The tickets can be bought at:

• Hotel Rembrandt (next door to Café Van Gogh) Str. Smardan no. 11; Tel: 021 313 93 15
• MaastrichtSchoolof Management Str. Putul lui Zamfir no. 36, et. 3; Tel: 021 310 12 48
• Dutch cheese stalls at all METRO Cash & Carry shops (Bucharest)
• AmericanSchoolandBritishSchoolin Baneasa Ask Cristina Voicu at 0726 925 953

We thank everyone who has confirmed attendance at the Orange Night and remind those who have not yet, and are interested to attend this special event that today is the last day for buying Dinner tickets human sphere. For corporate sales and invoices, please contact us at orangenight@netherlands.ro Full details about the event, including the programme, can be found on the link below: http://www.nrcc.ro/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=244&reset=1&id=8

VAPRO Romania is the partner of HART Consulting in the conference on “Organizational culture: health and safety”

Health and safety are fundamental to the reputation and profitability of a company and they begin with the employees. Publications and current reports at national and international level show that 70-80% of work accidents are attributed to the human factor. In 2011, in Romania was reported a total of 3,681 people who suffered less or more serious accidents, including fatalities. In 2012, that number decreased to 2,600 in the first 9 months and the industries in which the most tragedies occurred continue to be construction, transportations and mining and quarrying.

In this regard, concern for health and safety is not only justified but absolutely necessary.

Beginning with 2007, VAPRO Romania won over 10 million Euro in European funds for approximately 50 client companies, used for implementing projects to improve health and safety at work and maintaining a safe working environment for their employees. At international level, VAPRO also offers specialized services in the field of HSEQ, from consulting, plans, risk assessments to training for employees.

We invite you on Tuesday, February 12, from 9:00 to 13:00, at Howard Johnson Hotel in Bucharest, to join us and our partners at the “Organizational culture: health and safety” conference.

All VAPRO customers and partners receive a 15% discount on the registration fee.

For more details about the conditions of participation please visit the following link:

http://www.hart.ro/ro/conferinta/cultura-organizationala-sanatate-si-securitate-in-munca/

On Wednesday, September 26^th, VAPRO Romania has participated in the conference “Entrepreneur, looking for financing”, event organized by Wall Street. The event was aimed at SME`s and has gathered top specialists from several financing areas, such as: financial and juridical advisory companies, investment funds, banks, capital markets and also entrepreneurs. Along with Alpha Bank Romania, Ernst&Young, Enterprise Investors or BVB, Irina Zugravu, Managing Partner VAPRO Romania has presented some of the existing non reimbursable funding opportunities, for the next period.

For further details regarding the event and also to watch the video transmission, please click here.

VAPRO Romania has participated on Friday, July 6^th, in the regional conference “Increasing the absorption of structural funds”, organized by MAEur, and also in the fair of opportunities organized within the same event, in Constanta.

The Minister of European Affairs, Mr Leonard Orban, fired a warning regarding irregularities identified in the management of operational programs in Romania, the biggest concern being for The Human Resources Development Operational Programme. This program is under evaluation by the European Commission and, due to serious irregularities identified, the risk of suspending it still remains.

Also, the absorption stage, in all operational programs in Romania, is very low, the rate hovering at around 10% of the approximately 19 billion allocated to Romania for the period 2007-2013. For more details on the event agenda and the presentations you can access the following link: http://www.maeur.ro/articol/maeur-anunta-cea-de-a-doua-conferinta-regionala-cu-titlul-cresterea-absorbtiei-fondurilor-structurale-

VAPRO Romania was present at the fair of opportunities organized simultaneously with the conference, providing topical information to potential beneficiaries of funds still available for Romania, from the operational programs but also other national and international funding sources.

We are available for information on financing lines available or planned for this year, the results of our clients are as a confirmation that together we can both access the European funds and also contribute to increasing the rate of absorption, through the successful implementation of your projects.

With great pleasure we invite you to the next confference that we are organising this year, on April 5th, related to European Funds, entitled: “Absorbtion of European Funds in Romania. Obstacles and Solutions”.

Along with our partner, BLISSROMANIA, we have managed to gather top professionals that will present and discuss the obstacles and controvercies encountered in the area of EU funds absorption. Out of these, we mention: Mr. Catalin BARNA – Senios Manager Accounting Advisory Services, PwC Romania, MR. Marius RADU- Head of EU Funds Financing, Financing & Advisory UniCredit Tiriac Bank, Prof.univ.dr. Horia NEAMŢU –President of Council and Permanent Office of the Financial Auditors Chamber in Romania, DL. Victor ALISTAR, Executive Director Transparency International, Dl. Theo SEIP – CEO VAPRO Group Netherlands.

For more information you can follow this link.

Our clients and partners will benefit of a 20% discount on the participation fee. Please insert the code ght892 in the participation form for receiving the discount.
We are looking forward to meet you at this event where you will find very useful and up to date information, that will help you both in developing as well as in implementing an EU subsidised project.

Together with its partners, PwC and Transilvania Bank, VAPRO Romania will organize, the seminar “The Implementation of European projects – reimbursement of expenses” on  June, 29 (Bucharest) and June, 30 (Cluj)

During this seminar we will provide examples and answers to questions such as:

How do we efficiently manage projects financed through European funds, in order to reimburse the expenses and what is the added value that a consultant with specific experience, involved in all project phases (development – submision – implementation – reimbursement) can bring to beneficiaries.

How do we plan our financial resources and guarantees, when can we contact the bank; how do we co-finance the project?

Why is it important to involve an external auditor since the early stages of the implementation process?