SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE NĂVODARI CITY

Strong points

  • strategic geographical location;
  • Petromidia industrial site;
  • navigable Canal Poarta Albă - Midia Năvodari and industrial port Midia
  • well developed infrastructure of utilities
  • presence of Taşaul Lake, lake with great tourism and recreation potential;
  • agricultural land with potential for ecological farming.

Weak points

 

  • increased road traffic, especially during the summer season;
  • precarious housing situation for many categories of disadvantaged persons (young people, people with low incomes, families with many children, Roma);
  • green spaces inside the city are few and unbalanced distributed.

Opportunities

 

  • the belonging of Năvodari city to Metropolitan Area Constanța enables the development of integrated development projects;
  • geographical favorable position to develop new tourist products and a high spa potential;
  • accessing the European programs of non-reimbursable financing, as well as other national and local financing programs;
  • concern and openness of local authorities to stimulate and support local business development;
  • encouraging economic agents to invest in clean technologies and equipment and to seek non-conventional (wind, earth, solar, etc.) energy sources;
  • awareness of importance of training programs and of continuous training of persons engaged in work;
  • creation of new jobs by increased private investments.

Threats

 

  • absence of coherent policies and strategies for integrated economic development of the area;
  • increase of general level of pollution and of greenhouse with important effects on climate change;
  • erosion of beaches, that can affect on long-term the development of tourism activities in this area.
  • fiscal and legislative environment that discourage large investments in production, where the return on investment is moderate, and with multiple risk factors;
  • lack of funds needed for infrastructure development.