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project launched by Romanian Business Leaders
Launched in February 2015, Re>patriot aims at supporting those Romanians who want to return Home, to get a quick
access to local opportunities. We step in with information, counseling and a large network of partners recognized for their
professionalism.
The project also targets Romanians who have been living abroad and want to remain there but are interested in both
starting new business ventures in Romania and transferring their expertise, knowledge and best practices acquired in their
adoptive country.
Our main goal is to create links between the Diaspora and Romanian entrepreneurs by identifying business opportunities,
potential areas of partnership and mentoring relationships.
Returning home with capital, social connections, cultural and linguistic competence, intellectual expertise and business skills,
the Diaspora can impact the local market with new technology, products and services enhancing competitiveness and
innovation within the local economy.
SUCCESS STORY: FROM A GOOD IDEA INTO AN AMAZING PROJECT
The number of Romanians working
abroad is estimated to be 2.5 million.
Out of these, more than 300,000 live
in Italy and over 150,000 in Spain.
The Romanian Central Bank (BNR) has recently finalized an analysis that studied the impact of the 2.5 million
migrants to Romania's GDP if they worked in the country, in their field of expertise. The additional value to the
Romanian GDP would be 50 billion lei.
Italy
Spain
Great Britain
Germany
France
341.296
171.163
40.378
33.089
23.205
ROMANIANS WORKING ABROAD
THE ROMANIAN DIASPORA - STATS
Yes
No
68%
32%
DO YOU WANT TO RETURN BACK HOME?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Less than on year
2-3 years
4-6 years
6-10 years
More than 10 years
Don't know exactly
In how many years do you plan to return back home?
68% of those who now live and work abroad plan to return to Romania, but almost half don’t know
exactly when they would return
The country cannot afford to waste its precious human capital
THE ROMANIAN DIASPORA - STATS
SUCCESS STORY: FIRST YEAR OF ACTIVITY
In its first year of activity, Re>patriot formed a dedicated team with over 30 successful entrepreneurs, held over 9
conferences throughout Europe and in Romania, developed www.repatriot.ro, a web-based platform in order to
exchange knowledge and technological know-how, has built an online community which now includes over 10,000
entrepreneurs, business owners, marketers and forward-thinkers.
Italy (Milano and Turin),
Spain (Madrid and Valencia),
Great Britain (London),
Ireland (Dublin) and
Germany (Munich)
A dedicated team with over 30
successful entrepreneurs
Conferences in key countries
The Romanian Business Leaders
Foundation’s goal is to foster
social involvement and as an
action platform for leaders in the
private sector
Knowledge Transfer
Building and
Sustaining a Knowledge-Sharing
platform for best practices and
information transfers
Active online community
Building engaged audiences and an
online community around the project
with quality content and resources
München
Londra and DublinLaunch/Kickstart
Torino and Milano Madrid and Valencia
București, Focșani, Alba Iulia
Re>patriot – was launched
in February 2015, through
the involvement of more
than 30 volunteers –
entrepreneurs from
Romania.
The first conferences took
place on May 22nd-23rd
2015 in Torino and Milano.
Over 250 Romanians
joined
Following the success in
Italy, we went to Londra și
Dublin and met the
Romanians living in these
locations.
The Romanians living in
Spain and Re>patriot
identified business
opportunities in October
2015
Successful stories and
straight forward business
development matters were
presented to the
Romanians in Germany in
February 2016.
Through conferences,
events, semminaries,
Re>patriot wants to trigger
the public opinion’s
attention on Diaspora’s
matters.
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2015
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2015
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2015
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Feb.
2016
OUR 9 RE>PATRIOT CONFERENCES ABROAD
Repatriot has achieved its most important objective proposed at the time of its launch: to
persuade the Government and Presidency to accept that Diaspora is a National Priority.
On February 23, 2016, the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, and the Prime Minister,
Dacian Cioloș, have declared Diaspora as a national priority during the "Romanian Diaspora -
A Vector for Development" conference.
SUCCESS STORY: THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL
The Diaspora can become a powerful catalyst for the Romanian economy.
”I congratulate those who
came back home, it is not an
easy decision to make. The
majority of those who left
and suceeded abroad built
the basis of their success
here, at home; we are what
we are today partly because
of our country too” Gabriela
Szabo.
On March 17th, within Gala Re>patriot, we auctioned both objects signed by
personalities such as Simona Halep, Mircea Lucescu and “experiences” with
Horia Tecău, Felix Pătrășcanu, Dragoș Anastasiu, Mihai Marcu, Gabi Szabo and
other famous Romanians recognized for their remarkable careers.
All the funds raised are used to make Re>patriot a comprehensive platform that
provides Romanians abroad complete and accurate information meant to support
and inspire them in their business endeavours.
RE>PATRIOT GALA
RE>PATRIOT CALLS MAYORS TO ACTION
On June 7th, Re>patriot launched a “Call to action” to the newly elected mayors asking them to create opportunities for Diaspora.
In this way, Re>Patriot opened the first communication channel between the local authorities and those Romanians who are
interested in returning home. This dialogue platform offers rapid access to the investment and jobs opportunities in Romania and
facilitates the contact between the two parties. As an immediate result, 5 mayors joined our initiative and undertook to organize
events dedicated to the diaspora starting with the summer/early fall of 2016.
„After last year when we went across Europe and metmore than 1500 Romanians, this year weconcentrated on triggering the attention of the localand central authorities to the role that Diasporacould play in the development of the localcommunities.”
Dragoș Anastasiu,President of Eurolines
Re>patriot names the day of August 15th the Re>patriot Day!
Furthermore, we would like to name the week around this date as
The Week of Diaspora that is going to be celebrated across the whole country!
The project is dedicated to the local authorities in Romania which are encouraged to
look at Diaspora as a human resource and knowledge capital that is available to them
and that once activated could contribute effectively to the development of Romanian
local communities.
Starting with 2016, local authorities in Romania will organize events whose main actors
are those Romanians who for differents reasons left the community to other countries.
These citizens are invited by the mayors to reconnect with the local community in
which they were born and raised.
THE DAYS OF DIASPORA IN EVERY LOCAL COMMUNITY!
„ANTREPRENORI ROMÂNI DE PRETUTINDENI” PROGRAM
The “Antreprenori români de pretutindeni/ Entrepreneurs from
everywhere” Program was launched by the Foreign Affairs Minister,
Re>patriot and Fundația Națională a Tinerilor Manageri (The
National Foundation of Young Managers).
The initiative offers 300 online scholarships, for free, to those
Romanians abroad interested in opening their own business.
The program aims at stimulating the entrepreneurial attitude and the
encouragement of business endeavours which can bring a better life
to Romanians, regardless of where they live. The scholarships are
offered to Romanians living abroad and the e-courses will take
place between the 1st of July – 15th of November 2016.
“We have joined the initiative „Antreprenori de pretutindeni” as the added value created
by the Romanian entrepreneurs will positively impact the economy and business
environment in Romania regardless of the location they choose to operate, abroad or in
Romania.”
Ramona Ioana Chirilă,
Executive Director Re>Patriot
„ANTREPRENORI ROMÂNI DE PRETUTINDENI” PROGRAM
“In a modern economy we need innovative young people who align to the modern technology, are motivated and
energetic (…). Romanian people come home with ideas but this is not enough – we have to support them to adapt to
the Romanian market, to reintegrate, to connect with each other and develop their own ventures. This is the purpose of
these online scholarships for Romanian entreprenerus worldwide that we launch today together with our partners.”
Dan Stoenescu,
Minister for Romanians Abroad.
Re>patriot, the Romanian Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organize the Business Summit – an
event dedicated to the Union of Diaspora with Romania through business.
BUSINESS SUMMIT - ÎMPREUNĂ PENTRU ROMÂNIA
100 most successful Romanian entrepreneurs abroad will meet 100 most successful entrepreneurs in Romania, high
officials and outstanding guests from countries that have already implemented viable solutions for both bringing their
citizens back home and unifying the Diaspora with its country of origin.
We fully believe that Romania needs the Diaspora’s
expertize, civic culture and technical knowledge for
a sustainable development.
Together we can build the core of the support that
our country’s leadership needs.
BUSINESS SUMMIT - ÎMPREUNĂ PENTRU ROMÂNIA
The Diaspora has the potential of becoming one of
the main anchors of stability, security and
influencers for economical development. Thus,
Romania will become stronger and more united.
The Business Summit - Împreună pentru România | “Together for Romania” will be a special event that will mix plenary sessions,
dialogue, networking and creativity with informal meetings organized on different sectors. Thus, strategic partnerships are
supposed to be generated benefiting both Romania and their initiators.
We will share with our guests the opportunities that Romania offers and we will put in place the needed infrastructure so that
investors can turn the opportunities into profitable businesses.
RE>PATRIOT JOBS MARKETPLACE
As a contact point for both Romanian professionals and the
companies in Romania, Repatriot Jobs Marketplace aims
to become the most relevant platform through which
Romanians abroad can directly receive competitive jobs
offers and companies can find the right employees for the
success of their projects.
We build together a network of Romanians from home and
abroad for mentorship, training, socializing. This is the
way we plan to support and stimulate sustainable
economical growth.
We are committed to writing successful stories of those
who choose to return to Romania, to develop
professionally and personally or to find their dream job for
a better life here in Romania.
„People in Diaspora have a significant competitive advantage respectively their ability to
connect to a wide network of potential partners and supporters in both Romania and their
adoptive country. These connections can generate opportunities for investments, trade,
strategic partnerships, transfer of know-how, representing extraordinary opportunities that
Romanians abroad should learn to make the most of.”
Gabriel Istoc
General Manager, B-Team Consult and Services SRL
RE>PATRIOT JOBS MARKETPLACE
“I would like to see that those people who left Romania come back home with their newly acquired
community culture. These people have lived in systems where they had learned a lot. That is why
I see them as a valuable treasure and opportunity for Romania.”
Felix Pătrășcanu,
CEO FAN Courier
RE>PATRIOT MEDICAL
According to the Ministry of Health, since 2007 when Romania
joined EU, approximatelly 25.000 doctors and 15.000 nurses left
Romania in countries such as Germany, France, Spain and Italy.
It’s time to bring our medics back!
The objectives of Re>patriot Medical are to
• Retain Romanian doctors in Romania
• Motivate students at medical schools to remain and practice in
Romania.
• Create attractive conditions so Romanian doctors abroad are
motivated to return
Through Success Stories, dedicated events, a medical caravan, and
support offered to the students at medical schools, we aim at
promoting and increasing the awareness about the huge need
Romania has to bring its doctors back and retain those still in the
country.
THE RE>PATRIOT TEAM
Dragoș Anastasiu
Prresident EurolinesFelix Tătaru
President GMP Group
Felix Pătrășcanu
CEO FAN Courier
Gabriel Iștoc, General
Manager, B-Team Consult
and Services
Andra Giucă,
CEO Voss Review
Simona PirteaManaging Associate,Bulboacă & Asociații
Hildegard Brandl Managing PartnerUNITH2B A R C H I T E C T U R E
Ramona Ioana ChirilăExecutive Director Re>Patriot
Marius Bostan,
Initiator of Re>patriotFlorin Furdui
Country Manager
Portland Trust Romania
THE RE>PATRIOT TEAM
Roxana Olaru
Partener Creadiv
Alina Stanciu
Head of Strategy (MP)
JustAD
Cezar Nourescu
Fondator CBN IT
Lidia Burluc
Senior Consultant Iceberg
Violeta Cenusa, Director of Business DevelopmentPA Services & Events
Bogdan Georgescu
Partner, Stein & Partners
Management Consulting
Iulian ChihaiaManaging Partner Focus Plus
Sergiu ManofuManaging PartnerTravel Ideea
Bianca Grip
Founder Grip ADS
Emil Munteanu
Founder Power Net
Consulting & Atra Doftana
Cosmin Lixandru
Founder, Tyre
Management Consulting
Gabriel AftenieGeneral ManagerBabylon Consult SRL
Re>patriot in pictures
This year, Re>patriot will continue the project in other cities like Paris and Berlin in order to bridge the gap
between the Diaspora and entrepreneurs based in Romania.
Additional goals include the creation of local groups, both in-country and abroad, bringing entrepreneurs and
investors together so they can work and learn from each other, supporting local investment opportunities,
building networks with the Associations of Romanians Abroad, launching crowdfunding events and
conferences, a Diaspora jobs platform and a Re>patriot Business Summit on October 6, 2016.
SUCCESS STORY: FUTURE PLANS
OUR BELIEF
„Romanians worldwide should know that they are welcome home! The business environment, the Presidential Administration, the Romanian Government and the Local Public Administration consider the connection with the Diaspora a priority. The most important investors who can make the most of the opportunities that exist are Romanians - regardless of their location. The internet and the new communication technologies help us to stay closer to those who left; our mission is how to use all these so that we strenghten Romania”.
Marius Bostan,
Initiator of the Re >Patriot project
„I came back to Romania to do big things for people. I fully believe that if Romanians abroad cameback home bringing with them everything they learnt, they would become the change agents thatRomania needs so much.”
Ramona Ioana Chirilă,
Executive Director Re>Patriot
Marius Bostan, the
project's initiator "Repatriot is no longer a project, it is a movement, a constant fight for us and our
children. We've only catalysed more forces and I wish that every day more "soldiers"
will join us in this unification movement. The flag was already raised by the President
and by the Prime Minister. We are the soldiers of this cause. Technology and Internet
development is helping us in this mission. The communication "highways" connecting
us with the whole world will bring the Romanians closer to their home country."
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About Repatriot
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Project Contact Details
Web-site: www.repatriot.ro
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/repatriot/
E-mail address: [email protected]