Index
Economy

Labour
Income
Utilities
Constructions
Local economical activities
Transport
Local services
Available spaces
The economical development program
Tendencies in the development of the economical agents, the labour market, incomes

Labour:                                                                                                   

- Labour profile: employed workers: 3550 structured as follows:

  • in industry 41 %
  • agriculture and silviculture 5 %
  • in commerce 8 %
  • constructions 4 %
  • transport
  • communications 6 % since 31.12.1997
  • financial sector 2 %
  • public administration 7 %
  • education 10 %
  • health 11 %
  • others 6 %

datele erau valabile la 31.12.1997

- Labour disponibility

- Seasonal character:in constructions and the industry of wood, and during winter, the recolting of medicinal plants, mushrooms and wood fruits, the season is closed

- Unions: local unions of : education, health (hospital), Meduman, Viseuforest

-Commuting: there are 4 buses assuring the commuting from Moisei, Viseu de Jos

- The salaries axe:

  • comerce workers: 500.000-600.000 lei per month
  • wood industry workers: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000
  • la Renel, Romtelecom, banks, there are the best salaries

- Labour fluctuation rate

- Unemplyoed: unemployment rate: 70%

- Age structure:

  • 46 % males, 54 % females,
  • under 25 - 15 %,
  • between 29 and 49 - 66 %,
  • over 50 - 9 %

- Education level:

  • medium 40 %
  • workers 58 %
  • high 2 %

- Labour hiring sistem - not existent in Viseu

- Regional and local taxes applied to the working force

  • income taxes
  • CAS
  • unemployment found
  • pension found
  • health found
  • education found

Incomes:                                                                                                    top


- poor level: -there are 2008 cars (1238-natural persons + 770 juridical persons), that gives a rate of 9 habitants to a car, or 107 cars to 1000 habitants (most of the cars are very old, over 15 years old)
       
- most of the population gets dressed from second hand stores
- the percentage and the number of persons receiving social assistance: 2 years ago there were 2.122 files for social assistance. Begining with July 1997 there were no more money received from the budget and by now there are only 160 persons receiving social security.

- incoming sources:

  • the salary
  • ocassional work
  • working 'under table'
  • allocations
  • unemployment money
  • selling work products from arround the house (home gardening, breeding animals)
  • agricultural work
Utilitiess:                                                                                                       top
  • Electricity: availability:  95 % of Viseu done

  • Gas: availability: soon to be installed from Sighet

  • Telephones: type: digital telephones (Ericsson), mobile phons - Dialog

  • Water: availability, sources, usage:

    • the city has got a centralized system, getting fresh water from the Viseu river

    • fresh water capacity  65 l / second

    • usage of 38 l/sec. (necessary)

    • there are 7 springs for fresh water

  • PECO (Petrom) - petrol products and  bottled gas

  • The city has got no gas distribution system, the heating  being a real problem

Constructions:                                                                                                       top
  • the construction of new houses: in the years 1997 and 1998  66 new places were   built, of what 30 apartaments representing a  block with flats started before 1989

    • the total places to stay is  aprox. 5.800

  • the selling or rental situation:

    • rented spaces from IGO at the following rates: 8.000 lei/mp for agents and 150.000-200.000 lei for a family

  • living conditions:

      • 17 % of the places has a good structure

      • 30 % of the places has a semi durable structure

      • 53 % of the places unacceptable

    • 75 % of the whole number are privately owned houses
    • 97 % of the places are wood or charchoal heated
    • more than 500 houses not connected to the electricity system
  • There are only private companies:
    • 259 SRL 
      34 SNC3
      SA
      5 cooperation type company
      68 Independents and family business
Local economic activities:                                                                           top
  • Local idustry:
    • Wood exploitation and processing
    • Pharmaceutical industry
    • Construction companies
    • Clothing - very little
    • Marble processing
    • Food industry (meat, milk - processing, and  bakeries)
  • Services: printing , commerce
  • Industries: wood processing, chemicals, constructions, marble processing, food industry
  • Agriculture:
    • Only to cover the population's needs (potatoes)
    • Breeding animals
    • Fruit trees

 

Transportation:                                                                                                       top

(railway, trucks,  water, air, pipes)

Available: for passengers and stuff:

  • Rails transportl CFR:

    • Borsa-Viseu-Sighet

    • At the moment there are no trains for Borsa-Viseu although there is a need for them

  • Roads:
    • DN 18: Sighet-Viseu-Borsa-Suceava (crossing the Prislop)

    • DN 17C Viseu -Bistrita (crossing the Setref) - 90 km

  • Distances to other cities:

    • Viseu de Sus - Baia Mare =123 km

    • Viseu de Sus - Borsa = 22 km

    • Viseu de Sus - Sighet = 63 km

  • In the air: before '89 there was a small airport , not in use any more.

Facilities: all the facilities accorded for disadvantaged areas.

Local services:                                                                                                       top

Existing local services:

  • services for the population:  TV repair shop, household, laundry (no dry cleaners)
  • banking services
  • electricity services (Conel)
  • water supply services (IGO)
  • car shop
  • international transport
  • legal services
  • commerce
  • restaurants
  • PECO   gas stations

Postal services - city type services all covered

Medical services

  • 30 doctors:  4 of them dentists, 8 recent graduates, 13 rezidents. The hospital covers medical services for aprox. 70.000 inhabitants. The quality of the equimpment is way too old and hardly in working condition. Most of the doctors close to retire.
  • available facilities: such as: labs
    • The hospital has 500 employees,  100 for maintenance. Structured in 9 sections, aprox.300 beds.
  • There are 2 private drug stores/pharmacies

Financial services

  • Banking services: 2 banks: BRD (www.brd.ro), BCR(www.bcr.ro) -

    • lending policy
    • interest in financing new businesses:
      • factoring services at BRD 

        • credits for investment at a  10-12 % interest rate (in USD)
        • bank politics: raising the bank investments and getting new clients with export activities

         

  • Ensurance companies: Unita, Asirom, As, Ion Tiriac, Ardaf.

Spaces:                                                                                                       top
  • Availability for several area of activities:

    • unused spaces at the Mestesugarul cooperative : for wood processing, clothing
    • at Meduman - for chemistry
    • at   Movis - for production
    • available spaces at the city library (for  cultural purposes)
    • the Viseu hotel - unused because of degradation
  • availability for group meeting: the Cerbul and Minerul summer gardens
The economical development program:                                                              top

  • Industrial-comerciale facilities: the disadvantaged area status of the city plus the fiscal facilities (www.mmnet.ro/MM-zona_speciala/MM-D-zona/mm-d-zona.html)

    • The placement:placed in the mountains, the city has  tourist  potential

  • development organization: the  Pro Viseu  Foundation

  • Local development foundation:facilities for being in a disadvantaged area

Tendencies in the economical development, the labour market, incomes:  top
     Beginning with April 1999, the  Viseu de Sus city was declared as disadvantaged area. This is one of the reasons why there are so many fiscal facilities that should lead to a better economical development of the area, the increase of work places and incomes of the inhabitants.
    For a well balanced situation there should be 9.500 work places instead of the existing 3500.
    As a general characteristics the  Viseu de Sus city goes through a phase of stagnation even regress the only way to get back on the track being conditioned by the relaunching of the economical activities and services.