The business community is not asking for privileges, but for transparency, predictability and dialogue before decisions are made, as it is we who are contributing to restarting the economy and accelerating its engine in the years to come, President of the Concordia Employers' Confederation Dan Sucu said on Friday.
'Our country has resources, good people and a unique strategic position. What we lack is not intention, but execution, the ability to turn our advantages into regional economic leadership. The business community must take a more active role, to come with solutions, not just criticism. Concordia now intends to present all decision-makers with a set of concrete measures we need for economic recovery. We are not among those who only wish to complain about what is not working. We are the ones who help restart the economy and accelerate its engine in the coming years. This is where a very simple thing comes in: real social dialogue. Let it be clear, the business community is not asking for privileges. We are asking for transparency, consistency, predictability and dialogue before decisions are made. Why? Because we, those in the private sector, know the economic reality on the ground, we know what works and what does not. We understand the market and we see the risks before they become crises,' Sucu told the 'Smart Development, European Competitiveness' summit.
He stressed that business plans are made for the long term and that planning is impossible if the rules change overnight, adding that the state and the private sector must work together.
'In developed countries, economic strategy is measured in decades. In our country, too often, it is measured in electoral campaigns. It is time for the state and the private sector to truly work together. No one else will write Romania's future for us. We can choose to keep putting out fires or we can build a modern, competitive economy that creates real prosperity for all Romanians. This summit represents a commitment from the business community. We will always come with concrete solutions and provide Romania's economic direction,' the Concordia President said.
He added that Romania has resources, ideas and capable people, but in order to make the leap to a competitive economy based on innovation and added value, there is a need for coherence, discipline, collaboration and a plan 'that, this time, we actually stick to.'
Dan Sucu announced that the employers' organisation he leads will be more active in Brussels, to ensure that the voices of Romanian companies are heard directly at the decision-making table.
'Romania has made the right strategic choices. NATO has given us security, the European Union and the single market have opened access to 450 million consumers, and OECD membership, the next step, will bring governance standards and cheaper capital in the long term. Of course, the European Union is not perfect. Mario Draghi and other European leaders have said clearly: Europe must move faster, cut bureaucracy and make decisions more quickly if we are to remain competitive. That is why Concordia will be much more present in Brussels. As an active partner of Business Europe, we are going where the laws that will reshape the single market over the next decade are being written. We want the voices of Romanian companies to be heard directly at the decision-making table,' Sucu underlined.
The Concordia Employers' Confederation is organising on Friday a summit under the theme 'Smart Development, European Competitiveness,' bringing together business and academic leaders, policy-makers and economic experts to discuss how Romania can make the leap from an economy based on cost competitiveness to one based on innovation and high added value.
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