Prime Minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă convened at Victoria Palace the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Coordination of Romania’s Relations with OECD. On this occasion, there was an analysis of Romania's state of preparation for the accession process which officially started on June 28 this year, after receiving the Roadmap adopted by the OECD Council of Ministers.

One of the main discussion topics pertained to the drawing up of the initial Memorandum for assuming the standards practiced by the organization whose members own 70 percent of global production and trade and 90 percent of the world's foreign direct investment.

In this context, the Romanian Prime Minister ordered that all the institutions with duties in the field assume their responsibilities in the accession process, both by developing an adequate regulatory framework and, especially, by enforcing the reforms. In this respect, Prime Minister underlined the importance of correlating the approaches with those aimed at implementing the PNRR reforms.

"By using working procedures that are already recognized standards at the level of the partners in developed countries, we will be able to provide our citizens with a better functioning of public institutions and a more predictable framework for the business sector. Joining the OECD will boost the pace of attracting foreign investments, increasing our level of credibility and attractiveness. In this respect, the Government will conduct a series of consultations with the business community and civil society to include their proposals and initiatives in the national process of accession to the OECD," stated Prime Minister Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă.