Report on the seminar on structural funds and methods to access them in Gent on 15 february 2008. We had mixed seminar with Belgian and Romanian participants. We have explained the main programms and we explained in detail how to handle the financing part and how to write a business plan.

UNPR - SME UNION organized a seminar around the romanian transport and infrasturcture in Bucuresti on 28 september. This seminar was held with around 200 participants from government and industry. The president of CIBR was a key note speaker at this seminar.

CIBR supported a top event in Brussels on 1 march 2007. More then 300 companies subscribed to learn about structural funds and structural instruments in Romania.

CIBR signs anexclusive import contract with a Belgian technology provider for infra redheating panels that consume less then 30 % energy in comparison withconventional energy sources.

Following the implementation of Directive 2009/28/CE on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (“Directive 2009/28/CE”), the Romanian target for the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2020 was established at 24%.