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CONCURS DE IDEI DE AFACERI

Derularea concursului se va face conform următorului grafic:
• 18 Iulie - termenul limită de depunere a ideilor de afaceri
• 31 Iulie – selectarea celor mai bune idei în vederea dezvoltării unui plan de afaceri
• 31 August – termenul limită pentru depunerea planului de afaceri
• 15 Septembrie – selectarea celor mai bune planuri de afaceri și demararea afacerilor
Cele mai bune idei de afaceri vor primi premii în bani și servicii de suport din partea RONOMAR Innovation Centre în vederea demarării unei afaceri. Au prioritate ideile de afaceri legate de sectorul maritim și sectoarele conexe.

Pentru a participa la concurs trebuie sa completati formularul Application Form si sa il trimiteti la adresa office@ronomar.eu pana pe data de 18 Iulie 2010

Detalii privind concursul se pot obține trimițând un e-mail la office@ronomar.eu sau telefonând la 0241-650026.

Under the RoNoMar project, joint research between Aalesund University College and the Naval Academy "Mircea cel Bătrân" focuses on measuring the underwater noise on the Romanian continental platform of the Black Sea and establishing its impact on the ecosystem. The project employs researches and experts from four research institutes and universities.

After initial studies in controlled environments (prolonged by the unexpected harsh winter), the research activity moved to off-shore measurements on the Black Sea noise pollution. Measurements were performed at the entrance in Constanta Harbor on board of the marine research ship "Mare Nigrum", operated by National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology.

Within the first year of the RoNoMar project, the project research team was involved in the following actitivites:
- analyse technologies of underwater noise and vibration measurements
- research the impact of underwater noise and vibration on marine fauna
- select representative species of bivalve, fish and mammals in the ecosystems in the NW area (from ecological and economical point of view) and classify them (from acoustic sensitivity point of view)
- research in laboratory conditions the effects of exposure to noise on mussels from the Black Sea
- install measurement equipment, measure underwater noise (background & ambient noise near shipping lanes), and analyze the data
- measure and map the noise in the Romanian Black Sea coast area.

A component of the RoNoMar project is to establish an effective web-based distance learning center, adapted to the current status of lifelong learning in Romania. This component bridges the existing gap in adult education, with a strong focus on specific training requirements of the naval industry.

The ADL learning platform is the result of this work direction. Currently, the site is in the testing phase, with some online courses going into testing stage, while others are still work in progress. Most courses are focused toward maritime training and education, but some of them can be adapted to other domains.

The site has a multi-language user interface, so that it can be used by foreign students and teachers for courses in a commonly agreed language. The image on the left shows the frontpage of the site when the Norwegian language is selected.

While ADL is the virtual home of the lifelong learning initiative, there is also a real-life building for the Lifelong Learning Center, where meetings, seminars and face-to-face meetings can take place. These office premises have been refurbished with RoNoMar funding and equipped with training, simulation, and IT&C equipment.

Constanta Maritime University and Naval Academy have selected following students for one exchange semester in Norway:

Aalesund University College

Laura Lazar - CMU
Loredana-Maria Balulescu - ANMB
Sebastian Danciulescu - ANMB

Molde University College

Georgiana Bogdan - CMU

Constanta Maritime University has also selected Veli Yelis for Master Programme in Logistics at Molde University College.

We wish them success and looking forward to hearing their impressions.

Constanta Maritime University has purchased, under RoNoMar Project, one totally enclosed life boat and one fast rescue boat together with their respective davits. Boats have been delivered from China and will be installed at Constanta Maritime Nautical Base.

Under RoNoMar Project one of the main objective was to upgrade the existing Engine Room Simulator at the Constanta Maritime University. Upgrade has been made by the simulator producer Kongsberg and it consideted in:

Ronomar Innovation Center announces that 26 ideas have been received for the business idea competition. On 28th February we will advise ideas qualified for the second stage of the competition. Anyhow, in case you have a good business idea we still want to hear from you and will see how we can help.

RONOMAR Innovation Centre is announcing:

BUSINESS IDEA COMPETITION

The competition has the following schedule:
• 15 February 2010 – deadline for submitting the business ideas

• 28 February 2010 – selection of the best business ideas for the development
of a business plan

• 31 March 2010 – deadline for submitting the business plans

• 15 April 2010 – awarding ceremony for the best business plans

The wining business ideas will receive prizes in cash* and support services for launching a business from RONOMAR Innovation Centre.
Additional information on the competition is available on http://innovation.ronomar.eu or can be obtained by sending an email to office@ronomar.eu or calling at 0241 650 026.


*cash can only be used as contribution to company capital

The first phase of the RoNoMar project is completed. The "Mircea cel Batran" Naval Academy project team has faced an intense working period, trying to start up the specific activities of the project, strengthening connections with our current partners and establishing new connections with entities involved in the maritime industry. However, the effort we put into this project has not been in vain and we already starting to see the results of our work.

In order to take advantage of the extensive Norwegian expertise in stimulating and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, Mr. Cristian Ianca – General Director of RONOMAR Innovation Centre, is currently attending a one month training in at Ålesund Kunnskapspark AS, the main Norwegian partner in RONOMAR project. AAKP is located in the heart of the Norwegian maritime industry and has three main activities: Incubator ÅKP, Norwegian Center of Expertise Maritime and Arena Project Omega Land. Cristian Ianca had also meetings with the management SIVA and SIVATECH, the main Norwegian developers of incubators, research and knowledge parks, food gardens and industrial incubators, and visited several innovation centres and business incubators in Trondheim (Leiv Eiriksson Nyskaping, Gløshaugen Innovation Centre) and the research base of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and SINTEF in Trondheim.

We are glad to announce that RONOMAR Innovation Centre has appointed Mr. Cristian Ianca in the position of General Director. Cristian Ianca has previously served as CEO for SOCEP SA (container, break bulk and dry bulk port operator), CFO for DPWorld Constanta (Contanta South Container Terminal) and General Manager for Winmarkt SA Ploiesti Branch (real estate). He graduated from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, International Business Faculty. Later on, he obtained a degree in Law at Ovidius University in Constanta. Cristian Ianca holds a PhD in International Business and is a certified public accountant, tax consultant and financial auditor. He is 35 years old. We wish him success!

Ronomar Team

It’s Thursday 10 o’clock, after an eventful flight we finally arrived in Alesund. At the airport we were welcomed by our Romanian colleagues, they’ve been nice enough to accompany us to the address of our place and to help us with the luggage. The first impression not so good of this city surrounded by water was the low temperature and the rainy weather, but once I stepped into the suite I forgot about the tiredness. Mister Oddvar Skarbø did a great job finding us this flat and arranged it in order for us to accommodate and to feel more like home.
After a good night sleep, Friday morning we visited the Alesund University to meet with the person in charge of the admission at master degree and the centre of the city. The building is new from what I heard of, and has everything a student needs: a library, a bookshop, a canteen, computers everywhere. Our classes are easy to find because the classrooms are divided for each faculty on each floor. You can even enter in this building in the middle of the night if you want to finish your project, each student has an id card with a password.
Our first class was a best practice course, System modeling. In this course you get the opportunity to verify your knowledge in physics, mathematics, thermotechnics, mechanics and electrical engineering. Even if we lost almost two months, we succeeded with our mandatory assignments.
About the city I can say that I am loving it, has a great architecture and a great view of the mountains covered with snow. The bus station is near the sea, so I can see every day the boats and the ships that enter in the seaport. The people are civilized, polite and here everyone speaks English.
You can also see some pictures in the Galery Section of the site/

Thalia Roxana Costea
Master degree student in Product System and Design
Aalesund University College

The overall objective of RoNoMar is to promote social and economic development in Romania and to strengthen the position of Romania in the global maritime sector.

The aim of the project is to create activities, related to sustainable production and design of specialised ships and to management/handling of sophisticated products and services related to the maritime industry – by:

1. Innovation
- interaction between industries/shipping and academy
- development of Maritime Programs
- set up of a Business Incubator

2. Support and development of talents, business ideas and academic competence
- development of reserach programs
- implementing “Visiting professor programs”
- identifying tools for detection of talented students and promising
business ideas
- implementing "Student exchange programs"

3. Creation of sustainable development through
- Protection of environment
- Access for both genders
- Profitability
- global division of labour

The expected project results include the following;

Component 1 - Business Support and Innovation
Result 1: one incubator centre established in Constanta and ready for operation in support of start-ups in the maritime sector (legal setup finalised, two-year rental contract concluded, centre equipment procured, business plan and entry/exit criteria defined, incubation activities initiated for at least 25 business ideas)

Component 2 - Education
Result 2: one student/teacher exchange programme developed and implemented for at least 20 students and 10 visiting teachers
Result 3: two joint Master Programmes in navigation/maritime transportation and naval engineering developed and certified
Result 4: one lifelong learning centre established (including refurbishment works, equipment and course development and certification)
Result 5: IMO courses developed and certified and engine simulator purchased

Component 3 - Research
Result 6: one feasibility study on the use of manned ship models and three studies (on maritime education, the development of computer assisted marine structures and motivation for targeted groups to join the maritime sector) developed
Result 7: joint research programmes in the maritime field developed and implemented (including the purchase of research and simulation equipment, researcher training and workshops)

Component 4 - Publicity
Result 8: project media and Internet advertisements