With the support of
- June 12, 2023
- 1:00 p.m.
Sustainable Development
- the Romanian Senate
Rozália Ibolya Biró
Chair of the
Committee for Foreign
Policy if the
Chamber of Deputies
László BORBÉLY - State Counselor, Coordinator of the Department for Sustainable Development
László BORBÉLY is a politician who has significantly contributed to the democratic development of Romanian society, both as one of the most well-known leaders of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania and through the different high ranking functions held in the Romanian Parliament and the Romanian Government in the field of International Affairs, Environment and Sustainable Development, Regional Development and Infrastructure, which he has fulfilled with a rigorous professionalism yielding important results. An outstanding political performance underpinned with a solid – two-decade long – support for cultural life in the city of Tîrgu Mures, in an attempt to bring reconciliation to its multi-ethnic community.
WORK EXPERIENCE
◦ 2017 - present: State Counsellor of the Prime Minister of Romania on the topic of Sustainable Development
◦ 2014-2016 Vice president of the Steering Committee of the Romanian Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union
◦ 2015-2016 Vice president of the 12+ Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
◦ 2008-2009/ 2012-2016 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament
◦ February – April 2012: Vice-president of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
◦ May 2011 – April 2012: Co-chair of the European Ministerial Board for Environment and Health
◦ November 2010 – April 2012: Member of the European Ministerial Board for Environment and Health
◦ May 2010 – May 2011: Chairman of CSD 19 (Commission of the United Nations on Sustainable Development)
◦ January 2010 - April 2012: Minister, Romanian Ministry of Environment and Forests
◦ April 2007– December 2008: Minister, Romanian Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing
◦ December 2004 – April 2007: Minister-Delegate, Romanian Ministry of Transportation, Constructions and Tourism
◦ 1990-1996/ 2000-2016: Member of the Romanian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies
◦ 1996–2000: State Secretary, Romanian Ministry of Public Works and Regional Planning.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• 2011: PhD title in economics awarded by the „Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca for the thesis „Regional development models in Romania and the European Union”
• 1983–1984: Post Graduate Studies – Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
• 1973–1977: Institute of Economic Sciences, University of Timișoara
László Borbély
State Advisor, Coordinator of the
Department for Sustainable Development
László BORBÉLY - State Counselor, Coordinator of the Department for Sustainable Development
László BORBÉLY is a politician who has significantly contributed to the democratic development of Romanian society, both as one of the most well-known leaders of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania and through the different high ranking functions held in the Romanian Parliament and the Romanian Government in the field of International Affairs, Environment and Sustainable Development, Regional Development and Infrastructure, which he has fulfilled with a rigorous professionalism yielding important results. An outstanding political performance underpinned with a solid – two-decade long – support for cultural life in the city of Tîrgu Mures, in an attempt to bring reconciliation to its multi-ethnic community.
WORK EXPERIENCE
◦ 2017 - present: State Counsellor of the Prime Minister of Romania on the topic of Sustainable Development
◦ 2014-2016 Vice president of the Steering Committee of the Romanian Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union
◦ 2015-2016 Vice president of the 12+ Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
◦ 2008-2009/ 2012-2016 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament
◦ February – April 2012: Vice-president of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
◦ May 2011 – April 2012: Co-chair of the European Ministerial Board for Environment and Health
◦ November 2010 – April 2012: Member of the European Ministerial Board for Environment and Health
◦ May 2010 – May 2011: Chairman of CSD 19 (Commission of the United Nations on Sustainable Development)
◦ January 2010 - April 2012: Minister, Romanian Ministry of Environment and Forests
◦ April 2007– December 2008: Minister, Romanian Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing
◦ December 2004 – April 2007: Minister-Delegate, Romanian Ministry of Transportation, Constructions and Tourism
◦ 1990-1996/ 2000-2016: Member of the Romanian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies
◦ 1996–2000: State Secretary, Romanian Ministry of Public Works and Regional Planning.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• 2011: PhD title in economics awarded by the „Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca for the thesis „Regional development models in Romania and the European Union”
• 1983–1984: Post Graduate Studies – Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
• 1973–1977: Institute of Economic Sciences, University of Timișoara
Anca Dana
Dragu
Chair of the
Senate Committee
for Human Rights, Equal Opportunities, Cults and Minorities
Lóránt Antal
Chair of the
Senate Committee
for Energy, Energy
Infrastructure and
Mineral Resources
Sandor Bende
Chair of the Committee for Industries and Services of the
Chamber of Deputies
Florin Spataru
Minister of Economy
Tudorel Andrei,
President of the
National Institute of Statistics
Beatrice Dumitrașcu
CEO
Residential Division,
One United Properties
Leonidas Anastasopoulos
Managing Partner
Alesonor
Mathieu Gregori
Co-Fondator
ECONOS Consulting
Dragoş
C.-L. Preda
State Secretary for
Telecom 2020-2021
CEO RADIOCOM 2021-2022
DBA ORBIS CONECTO
Ciprian Păltineanu
CEO & Chairman
of the Board
INSPET Ploiești
Prof. eng.
Ionuț Purica
PhD
Member at
Prime Minister’s
Advisory Council for
Sustainable
Development
Roxana Ilinca
General Manager
TMC Group
Assoc. Prof.
Gabriel Micu,
Phd
Minister plenipotentiary
Prof.
Laurențiu Ciornei
PhD
Researcher
Center of Biodiversity
Romanian Academy
Laurenţiu CIORNEI is a researcher at the Romanian Academy, being co-opted in the team of the Biodiversity Center, in September 2018. He is the president of the Alliance for the Forest, an association made up of researchers, scientists, doctors in various disciplines, teachers, various specialists and professionals. PhD in economics, degree in law, journalism and forestry, graduate of postgraduate studies in leadership and human resources management, respectively environmental management and sustainable development. Before entering the research, Laurenţiu Ciornei worked, for 25 years, in the media, being an expert in communication.
Laurenţiu Ciornei is the author and co-author of several specialty books. Through the Alliance for the Forest Association, he is dedicated in achieving the goals of sustainable development of forest ecosystems, circular economy, protection of biodiversity, early education and improving the environment quality. He wants to contribute to the awareness of the forests importance in Romanian society and the role of forests and forest science, in general, in the superior use of ecosystem services specific to the forestry sector, maintaining and improving the state of forest ecosystems and their capacity, in the context of rural areas, affected by the limitation of opportunities, for the construction of a sustainable society, based on a scientific narrative, which addresses in particular the media, decision-makers and young people, to educate them.
Doina Bologa
Călin Vilt
Honorary
Scientific Advisor
CNR-CME
Moderator
Cristian Șelaru
National Institute
of Statistics