About 150 high ranking representatives from some of the most important companies in Romania meet today ( February 2 ) and tomorrow at the Romanian Business Leaders Summit organized in Bucharest, a forum on Romania’s society and business environment.

During the two-day event, the participants will work in teams to identify 12 specific projects in six areas, namely education, good governance and the modern state, entrepreneurial culture, local capital, community coagulation, and country strategy.

According to an IMAS study presented during the first day of summit, about 80 percent of Romanians didn’t want to start a business in the last 5 years, while almost 50 percent of those who already own a business say that the bureaucracy of the local government was the biggest problem they had to face.

Over 55 percent of Romanians say they don’t own a business because of the lack of starting capital, while the economic crisis was the reason presented by 23 percent of the respondents, shows the IMAS study.

Inaki Berroeta - CEO at Vodafone Romania, Bogdan Enoiu - CEO McCann Erickson, Radu Craciun of Eureko, Ioana Filipescu of Raiffeisen Investment, Dan pascariu of UniCredit Tiriac, Severina Pascu of UPC, Anca Harasim of Amcham, Stefan Iordache of Leo Burnett, Mihail Marcu of MedLife, Octavian Radu of RTC Holding, Constantin Stroe of Automobile Dacia, Steven Van Groningen of Raiffeisen Bank, Cornel Marian of Oresa Ventures, Florin Andronescu - Business Developer at Sanador, Sorana Baciu - Director Corporate Development at Petrom, Ovidiu Balan - General Manager at Goodyear Dunlop Tires Romania, , Adela Jansen - Executive Manager Humar Resources at BRD Groupe Societe Generale, and George Toma Mucibabici - President Deloitte Romania, are among the participants at the summit. Check the entire list here.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: Romanian Business Leaders Summit)