Initiative · Public administration and services
Romania Grows With Us
An ARSC editorial section on the local projects taking shape, the administrations that invest and the funding solutions for community development. It has been supported by Exim Banca Românească since July 2025.
Key facts
- Type
- Initiative
- Theme
- Public administration and services
- ARSC role
- Initiator and editor of the section
- Partner
- Exim Banca Românească supports the “Romania Grows With Us” section (since July 2025)
- Milestones
The editorial section
Many good local projects remain known only in the community where they were carried out. The “Romania Grows With Us” section presents them, so that other administrations can use them as examples.
The launch announcement of 7 July 2025 states that each month the section will include:
- local projects that other communities can take up;
- interviews with mayors, entrepreneurs and specialists;
- guides and information on funding, digitalisation and investment;
- news on urban development and the local economy.
Directions proposed for a broader programme
ARSC proposes to extend the section into a programme linking the initiatives of public administrations, companies and institutions. The directions below are proposals; they do not describe activities under way.
- An annual document of directionsThe priorities for community development, discussed with leaders of the administration and with the programme’s partners.
- Involving local and county leadersThrough the National Council of Leaders for Smart Communities, which has its own page and rules.
- Public communicationPress releases, summaries and profiles of leaders with projects to present.
- Dialogue with central institutionsConsultations with the ministries and institutions that manage programmes for communities.
- Links with European programmesAligning the themes with the European priorities relevant to towns and communes.
How partners and administrations get involved
Administrations
They can put forward a local project, an interview or a funding example for the section.
Companies
They can support the section or one of its themes. The form of association is agreed with ARSC.
Central institutions
They can be consulted on the section’s themes. ARSC acts in a consultative role, without lobbying.
Partners
- Exim Banca Românească
- Supports the “Romania Grows With Us” section, dedicated to local projects, examples from across the country and financing solutions for community development.
Sources
Propose a project or a partnership.
For administrations with a local project to present and for companies that want to support the “Romania Grows With Us” section. Together we agree the form of involvement.