European instruments do not sufficiently support local authorities and SMEs, and the representatives of the member states participating in the Brussels decision-making process must listen more to the voice of the local public authorities, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu told a Friday's specialist conference.
According to the minister, in view of Romania's taking over the presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2019, the list of priorities of the authorities in Bucharest includes an important pillar focused on the economic and social part, which refers to competitiveness.
The European Committee of the Regions and the Romanian Association of Municipalities is organizing on Friday, in Bucharest, a conference on "Increasing the competitiveness of SMEs through digitization - challenges for regional and local authorities".