Strategy of Economic-Social Development of Vaslui County for the 2021-2027 Timeline
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Strategy of economic-social development of Vaslui county for the 2021-2027 timeline (Synthesis) Vaslui 2020 Content STRATEGY OF ECONOMIC-SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF VASLUI COUNTY FOR THE 2021-2027 TIMELINE 1 MAIN DEVELOPMENT NEEDS / PROBLEMS / CONSTRAINTS IDENTIFIED AT COUNTY LEVEL FOLLOWING THE ELABORATION OF THE SOCIO- DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND THE SWOT ANALYSIS 3 VASLUI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO SELECTED FOR THE PERIOD 2021-2027: 23 VASLUI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT VISION FOR 2027 25 THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE OF VASLUI COUNTY FOR THE PERIOD 2021-2027: 26 VASLUI COUNTY'S PRIORITIES, SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, PROGRAMMES AND DEVELOPMENT MEASURES FOR THE PERIOD 2021-2027 26 PRIORITY PROJECTS PORTFOLIO OF VASLUI COUNTY FOR THE 2021-2027 PERIOD 50 PROPOSED ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY 55 Main development needs / problems / constraints identified at county level following the elaboration of the socio-demographic profile and the SWOT analysis I. General context Weakness Justification based on profile Peripheral position from the Vaslui County represents the eastern border of Romania, economic nuclei of the EU but also of the EU, these territories having as specific a and of Romania lower level of economic development than those close to the Central and Western Europe area.. Lack of a functional railway The Fălciu - Stoianovca railway is no longer operational connection with the Republic of Moldova Low tourist values of the Predominantly plateau relief, slightly diversified, with natural landscape modest altitudes (below 500 m). Low share of forested areas Share of forests of about 15% of the total territory, half of the national average II. Demographics Weakness Justification based on profile Accented decline in Between the 1992 and 2011 censuses, the stable population population in the last 3 of the county decreased by 14.4%, and the estimates for the decades period 2012-2019 indicate an additional decrease of 5.1%, more pronounced than the regional average (-2.9%) and the national level (-3.4%). Therefore, the number of inhabitants today is similar to that of the early 50s of last century. Massive internal and More than half of the persons aged between 25 and 39 external migration of the domiciled in the county have their effective residence in working-age adult other areas of the country or abroad. The county loses population through external migration about 1,000 inhabitants / year, mainly from rural areas (61%), adults (82%), women (52%) and people with basic training (48%). Low degree of urbanization The urban population represents only 41% of the total, below the national average (53.5%) and even regional (41.9%), a level similar to that of counties such as Teleorman, Giurgiu, Călărași, Vrancea, etc. - there is therefore a direct relationship between the degree of urbanization and the degree of economic development. Mortality rate above At the level of 2018, the mortality rate in the county had national and regional reached 15.4 deaths / 1000 inhabitants, above the regional average average (14.2) and the national average (13.6). Negative balance of internal In the period 2012-2018, the balance of domicile internal migration migration was negative (-7,205 people), a deficit that, in reality, is even higher because it also includes people who moved from the county without changing their domicile. Practically, through internal migration, Vaslui County loses about 2,000 inhabitants annually, most of them young (especially in the 15-24 age groups). Average rate of natural growth (domiciled population), at ATU level, in the period 2012- 2018 Source: In-house image based on INS data. TEMPO Online Database III. Settlements network. Built and dwelling fund Weakness Justification based on profile Urban centres in the county Vaslui does not meet those related to education and do not meet a series of scientific research (lack of educational institutions, research minimum criteria for the institutes), culture (theatres, concert halls), and tourism rank assigned by PATN (minimum 200 places in hotels of at least 3 stars); the municipality of Bârlad does not meet those related to scientific research (branches of some research institutes); Huși municipality does not fully meet the cultural ones (lack of a functional cinema) and tourist ones (3-star hotel with at least 50 seats); the city of Negrești on those related to administration (court, prosecutor's office), health (hospital, maternity), education (nursery), tourism (hotel of at least 2 stars, with at least 50 places) and culture (museum, cinema); the city of Murgeni on administration (court, prosecutor's office - closed in 2011), health (maternity), education (nursery), tourism (hotel of at least 2 stars, with at least 50 places) and culture (library, cinema, museum). Lack of a strong urban The absence of a large urban centre (such as in the centre with extensive neighbouring counties: Iași, Bacău, Galați) and the polarization area existence of rural areas without urban centres with a polarizing role, which tend to concentrate the poorest population, given the difficult access to opportunities offered by a dynamic city The existence of villages In the county there are 23 villages with a very small without critical mass of population (less than 50 inhabitants), which are exposed to population for the provision total depopulation in the coming decades and where public of quality public services investments (e.g. in water supply systems) or the maintenance of public services (e.g. kindergarten) would not be effective The small number of At the county level, there are only 1,000 publicly owned publicly owned homes homes, concentrated mainly in urban centres, most of which are of the ANL type (for young people), well below the number of housing applications registered at the mayor’s offices. In the period 2012-2018, only 137 houses were built with public funds. Higher share of The average living area / dwelling in Vaslui County is 40 overcrowded housing sqm (48 sqm nationally), and the average living area / compared to the national resident is 18.9 sqm (22.1), in urban being even lower (16.3 average sqm). The level of endowment of Thus, at the 2011 census, over 51% of the houses in the housing with basic utilities county did not have running water inside (21% nationally), and dependencies is much 63% did not have sewerage (32%), 72% did not have lower than the national natural gas (55%), 2.6% electricity (1.2%) and 72% average, especially in rural domestic hot water (41%). areas Reduced energy efficiency of At the 2011 census, only 17% of homes were thermally the housing stock in the rehabilitated, compared to 23% nationally. The differences county between urban (40%) and rural (3%) were significant. In other words, only 22% of the houses in the county had thermal insulation carpentry, half compared to the national average (41%), the percentage being higher in urban areas (48%, compared to 6% in rural areas). High vulnerability of homes About 85% of the residential buildings in the county have to various natural hazards cobweb or adobe walls (62% even in urban areas and 90% in rural areas), double the national average (44%). 44% of buildings are older than 60 years, compared to 39% nationally, so their projected lifespan has already expired. The existence of bodies of About 22% of the houses in the county are located outside isolated settlements from the lined areas along a street (compared to only 7% rural settlements nationally), which makes it difficult and expensive to provide quality public services. Reduced comfort of 67% of the urban population lives in blocks of flats built pavilion-type housing in during the communist period, which have a small area, the urban areas average being less than 15 sqm / living area / person, compared to 20 sqm in the case of those living at home. The low share of green areas The urban green spaces in the 5 urban localities in Vaslui in urban areas of localities County occupied 369 ha in 2018, increasing by 34% compared to 1993. However, if we compare them to the total urban area, their share decreased in this range from 9.1% to only 6.2%. The landscaped green spaces belonging to a stable inhabitant of the urban environment of the county is 23.9 sqm, less than the good practices from the international level, which recommends 26 sqm / inhabitant. IV. Infrastructure. Territory Equipping Weakness Justification based on profile Lack of direct access of the Vaslui County is not transited by any railway transport county to the railway, air, corridor from the TEN-T network, given that the Siret river corridors of the TEN- Corridor, with branches to Iași (from Pașcani), respectively T network to Transylvania (from Suceava), continues to play the central role for the network in the area. Moldova. Vaslui County does not have its own airport. The nearest are the airports in Iasi and Bacau, both with numerous international flights to various destinations in Europe and even the Middle East. Also, in the context in which the Prut River is not navigable (although plans in this regard have existed before, but have not materialized), the nearest port in the TEN-T network is the one in Galati, which allows not only traffic on the Danube, but also the entrance of ships with a certain tonnage from the Black Sea. The poor condition of some About 10% of the 390 km of national roads in the county national roads in the county, are provided with light road clothing, the most problematic including the bridges situation being registered the level of DN 11A Bârlad - located along them Podu Turcului - Adjud. There are also problems at the bridges from Crasna, Berezeni or Ivănești. The existence of cobbled or According to the data provided by the Vaslui County even dirt county roads Council, over 250 km (30% of the total) are in poor condition, being paved (194 km) or dirt (62 km).