Who is the Support Group for the Roşia Montană Mining Project? The Support Group for the Roşia Montană Mining Project is an action committee with a well‐defined goal: to promote throughout the country and Europe all the arguments that demonstrate that the Roşia Montană Project is a necessity for Romania. The Support Group members wish to inform as many people as possible that the Project – an investment with an estimated direct and indirect economic impact of 19 billion USD – brings out a package of modern and efficient solutions for a large number of economic and social problems our country is dealing with. The Support Group members are organizations, institutions and persons that aim to inform the general public, political leaders and specialists in various fields. The project has confronted with some opposition in the last few years, mostly due to a falsified presentation of the real situation in Roşia Montană and distorted information about the implementation of this project. The Support Group members consider that the public opinion must be corrected as soon as possible, by presenting real and accurate information about the project; they will do their best effort to ensure this. At present, the Support Group has 72 members: nongovernmental organizations, city halls, unions, universities and opinion leaders. Its role is to correctly and ethically communicate all necessary information that prove to the specialists and general public that the Roşia Montană Project is a modern, strategic and extremely important project for Romania. The full list of members and their statements can be discovered on their dedicated website: sustinemrosiamontana.ro. The Support Group wishes to promote all arguments that demonstrate that the Roşia Montană project brings no damage for the environment or culture and that, on the contrary, is a source of economic growth and social welfare in an area that acutely needs it.
Members of the Support Group for the Roşia Montană Mining Project 1. University of Petroşani 2. University "1 decembrie 1918" of Alba Iulia 3. The National Council of Small and Medium‐sized Enterprises in Romania 4. The National Confederation of Trade Unions “Meridian” 5. “Viitorul Mineritului” Trade Union 6. The Mining Employers Association in Romania 7. The Employers’ Association in Constructions 8. The City Hall of Roşia Montană 9. The City Hall of Abrud 10. The City Hall of Câmpeni 11. The City Hall of Bucium 12. The City Hall of Baia de Arieş 13. The City Hall of Almaşu Mare 14. The City Hall of Bistra 15. The City Hall of Ciuruleasa 16. The City Hall of Lupşa 17. The City Hall of Mogoş 18. The City Hall of Poiana Vadului 19. The City Hall of Sălciua 20. The City Hall of Scărişoara 21. The City Hall of Sohodol 22. The City Hall of Vadu Moților 23. The City Hall of Vidra 24. The City Hall of Blăjeni 25. The City Hall of Buceş 26. The City Hall of Bucureşci 27. The City Hall of Crişcior 28. The City Hall of Luncoiu de Jos 29. The City Hall of Vălişoara
30. The City Hall of Tomeşti 31. The City Hall of Bocşa 32. The City Hall of Băița 33. The City Hall of Bănița 34. The City Hall of Ribița 35. The City Hall of Vața de Jos 36. The City Hall of Teiuş 37. The City Hall of Stremț 38. The City Hall of Aninoasa 39. The City Hall of Petrila 40. The City Hall of Vulcan 41. The City Hall of Ghelari 42. The City Hall of Baia de Aramă 43. The City Hall of Lupeni 44. The City Hall of Deva 45. The City Hall of Brad 46. The City Hall of Petroşani 47. The City Hall of Iara 48. Chemex Trade Union 49. Bogdan Baltazar, independent financial consultant 50. Ion Năstăsescu, President of the Nuclear Agency & Radioactive Waste 51. Dan Apostol, TV producer 52. NGO Nordic 2008 53. LEADERS Foundation 54. The Magyar Cultural Association in Abrud 55. “Pro Roşia Montană”Association 56. Paul Butnariu, President of Iaşi Chamber of Commerce and Industry 57. The Employers Association of Small and Medium‐size Enterprises in Blaj 58. Phd Professor Gheorghe Negoescu 59. “Muntii Apuseni” Employers Association from Abrud 60. “Ion Buteanu” Pensioners’ Association from Abrud 61. “Edu Caleidoscop” NGO 62. Youth Resource Center – CERT Apuseni 63. “Auraria Barza” Foundation from Brad
64. Millennium Center Association 65. “Pro Dreptatea” NGO (from Roşia Montană) 66. “Ofensiva Tinerilor” Association from Arad 67. The Students Association from Arad 68. “Youth with initiative” Association from Arad 69. “Cats & Dogs” Association in Abrud 70. “Partnership for Environment” Association in Roşia Montană 71. “ Pro Europa” Roma Association 72. “Claudia Safta” Association in Cluj‐Napoca