Gabriela Pirvu, Presentation TCI2018 European Conference Sofia

2. Value Chain in Eco-construction: Romanian Case
“Turning challenges into opportunities through clusters in South Eastern
Europe”
Parallel Session - BLOCK IV – Successful Networks – “Successful Projects”
Sofia
21st March 2018

3. • Interreg Danube Transnational Programme
• PA1. Innovative and socially responsible Danube Region
• SO1.1 Improve framework conditions for innovation
The aim of the project: to boost eco-innovations by connecting enterprises from
different regions and industries along value chains.
A cross-sectoral multi-level stakeholder approach is applied to harmonise cluster
policies, to increase the impact of clusters and to enable enterprises to become
more competitive.
The outcomes of the project will be: increased capacities of enterprises to jointly
develop bio-based products due to connected regions and clusters, three fully
developed value chains, new cluster services implemented and a common
Roadmap and Bio-based Industry Cluster Strategy resulting in improved
framework.
The project: Cross-clustering partnership for boosting eco-innovation by
developing a joint bio-based value-added network for the Danube Region
DanuBioVal Net

4. Germany
•BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH
•ClusterAgentur Baden-Württemberg
Czech Republic
•National Cluster Association
Austria
•Foodcluster OÖ
•Cleantechcluster OÖ
Slovenia
•Ministry of Science
•Anteja ECG
Croatia
•Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship
and Crafts
•Croatian Wood Cluster
Slovakia
•Prounion
Romania
•Ministry of Economy
•Clustero
•Institute of Economical Forecasting
Bulgaria
•Association of Bulgarian Clusters Serbia
•Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Partners

5. The EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) - macro-regional strategy adopted by
the European Commission in December 2010 and endorsed by the European Council
in 2011. The Strategy seeks to create synergies and coordination between existing
policies and initiatives taking place across the Danube Region.
EUSDR includes member states of the EU (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia),
and non-member states (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldavia, Montenegro, Serbia and
Ukraine).
EUSDR Governance
European Commission - Directorate General for Regional Policy
High Level Group (HLG) - official representatives from all EU Member States
The Priority Area Coordinators - implementation of the Action Plan
National Coordinators (NCs) - coordinate and keep an overview of the participation of
their country in the implementation of the EUSDR including all 11 Priority Areas
European Strategy for Danube Region

7. • Large variety of natural resources (forests, natural gas, fertile
agricultural lands, brown coal and lignite, crude oil, salt,
mineral, silver, gold and hydrological networks)
• Unused technical energy production potential from
renewables is of around 8,000 ktonnes, which includes 47%
biomass and biogas, 19% solar, 19% wind, 14% hydro and 2%
geothermal energy
• Regional VC Mapping: for the final selection from the three
VCs to be mapped in detail, Romania selected Eco-
construction
Romanian framework for bio-based industries

8. • Eco-construction is about building structures that are non-harmful or even
beneficial to the environment. This means that these buildings are efficient in the
use of (renewable) materials and the energy required to build it. Even more
important is the impact of the building during its lifetime , including: energy
demand (e.g. insulation, passive buildings), energy production (e.g. solar panels,
solar thermal,…) and water usage (e.g. re-use of rain water,…). Eco-construction
thereby covers a large field of the eco-industry topics such as recycled materials,
renewable energy production and water usage.
• Eco-construction is a part of the whole concept of sustainable construction and
living.
• The European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP, 2005) sees three strategic
research themes to move on to sustainable construction and living: materials and
technology, industry transformation and service.
Eco-construction
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enveco/eco_industry/pdf/report%20_2009_competitiveness_part2.pdf

9. Value chain in Eco-construction
https://www.ccdr-alg.pt/site/sites/ccdr-alg.pt/files/eventos/20120619hugobarros.pdf

10. • PROWOOD (primary biomass sector) – Maturity stage
• ROSENC (Renewable energies; ECO BORDEI) – Maturity stage
• Builders Guild Iasi (eco construction) – Initial stage
• Construct Cluster Oltenia (eco construction) – Take off stage
• Cluster Lemn Bucovina
List of Romanian cluster initiatives for bio-based
industry: Eco-construction

11. • Five (5) end-market firms which are members in four (4) clusters
were interviewed:
• One of the clusters covers the whole eco-construction value chain
and representatives of two of its firms were interviewed.
• One of the firms is producing building materials and is member in
an eco-construction cluster.
• One firm is producing log houses and is member in a wood cluster.
• One of the firms in producing low carbon footprint houses - earth is
member in a cluster in the fields of renewable energy, energy
efficiency and the new sustainable energy.
Regional Report – Eco-construction in Romania
Overview of the results

12. Estimation of the potential of the Romanian
market for eco-construction products in the next
5–10 years
The potential of the Romanian market for eco-construction
products in the next 5–10 years is estimated to have a likely
increase due to people being moderately interested (4 on a scale
of 5 with 5 extremely interested) in eco-construction products
(3/5).
Future perspectives

13. Gabriela Pîrvu
Co-ordinator of Romanian Cluster Policy
Directorate Industrial Policy and Competitiveness
www.economie.gov.ro
gabriela_pirvu@economie.gov.ro
Tel.: 004.021.20.25.192; 0755.024.880