Strong points
- favourable geo-economic position;
- diversified road and rail network, with a strong character of transit;
- small distance from the city of Constanţa (10 km) ensuring maximum accessibility of students to high schools and of employed people to their workplaces;
- relatively well developed infrastructure of utilities for water, sewer, electricity and heat supply;
- low level of conflicts between citizens;
- institutional capacity to implement projects in infrastructure;
- upgraded telecommunications network;
- effective collaboration between policy makers within the town;
- in the town there are medical cabinets, pharmacies, a test and EKG laboratory;
- balanced distribution of medical professionals per capita;
- low pollution;
- existence of green areas (forests), of agricultural cultures that enrich the microclimate.
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Weak points
- relatively small underground resources;
- dryness specific to Dobrogea region;
- acute shortage of jobs;
- rising trend of the unemployment rate;
- average level of education below the national average;
- insufficient training for the unemployed persons and lack of correlation with labour market needs;
- lack of gas supply network;
- reduced development of business infrastructure;
- lack of urban amenities necessary for the economic and social development;
- lack of markets for the products;
- lack of permanent medical service in the town;
- half of health care facilities are not renewed;
- lack of platform for selective waste collection;
- low indicator of green area per capita;
- fewer opportunities for recreation (playgrounds for children) within the area or nearby;
- insufficient involvement of citizens in environmental protection.
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Opportunities
- integrated development of metropolitan type by membership of the town Valu lui Traian in the Metropolitan Area Constanţa;
- location near the cities of Constanţa and Murfatlar;
- approaches of correlation of education and vocational training with labor market needs;
- increase of population in working age with higher vocational training;
- possibility of accessing European financing for town development;
- simplifying legal and administrative procedures to attract the investors.
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Threats
- chaotic development of the city especially from the real estate point of view;
- lack of funds necessary for the execution of all objectives of public interest;
- conflicts of interest between decision-making levels;
- non-involvement of citizens in volunteering actions in local community interest
- demographic decline, which would significantly restrict the level of labour market;
- migration of medical professionals to other areas or other countries;
- high costs for adopting the waste management at European standards.
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