www.usembassy.ro/US_Assistance
Mission Director:
Rodger Garner
American Embassy/Bucharest
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-5260
Tel: 40-21-410-1222
Fax: 40-21-410-1202
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Overview
Since 1990, the American people have contributed more than $620 million in economic and technical assistance, which evolved from its initial emphases on humanitarian aid and rebuilding the collapsed economy to forming partnerships which supported Romania’s transition to a free market democracy. USAID assisted its Romanian partners in developing financial markets, small private businesses, and energy markets, while protecting the environment, improving democratic governance, building civil society, reforming the rule of law, strengthening women’s health care, reforming child welfare, and fortifying disaster preparedness.
On January 1, 2007, Romania joined the European Union. Development assistance from the U.S. Government will cease in 2008.
 Celebrating the Romanian-American Partnership,
Development Assistance 1990-2007
During the final days of 1989, Romanians overthrew the brutal, communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu and began the journey to becoming a free market-oriented democracy, participating fully in a prosperous Europe... Read More ...
Romania in Action
 USAID Welcomes Bulgaria, Romania as Sustaining Partners
USAID marked the culmination of 17 years of direct U.S. foreign assistance to Romania and Bulgaria. The two countries, now members of the European Union and NATO, have achieved key development milestones politically, economically, and socially... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia
 Fighting Avian Flu with Puppets
When H5N1, the virus that causes avian influenza, was identified in Romania late last year, USAID was one of the first to respond... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Health
 USAID Partner Reaches Out to Romanian Flood Victims
When the mayor of Ostrov requested aid for 423 local flood victims, USAID implementing partner CHF International (CHF) leapt into action, gathering food and necessities valued at... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Environment
 U.S. Aid Delivers Lunch and More to Sfanta Macrina Street Children
On March 21, 2006, USAID/Romania Mission Director Rodger D. Garner enjoyed a special break in his busy schedule – sharing lunch and conversation with Father Gabriel Cazacu and the street children of Sfanta Macrina... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Social Programs
 Partnering with Private Sector, USAID Flood Relief Saves Harvest for Many
Romanian Farmers
One year ago, in April 2005, severe flooding hit the western part of Romania. USAID mounted an immediate campaign to assist those most affected and support relief efforts... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Business Development
 Athletes Flock to Romania for 2005 Special Olympics Friendship Games
Special Olympics Romania played host to the 2005 Special Olympics Friendship Games from September 25-27 in the Black Sea resort city of Constanta... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Social Programs
 USAID Delivers Schoolbooks for Uzbek Refugees Sheltered in Romania
On September 2, 2005, 439 Uzbek refugees temporarily housed in Romania received more than 100 Uzbek-language textbooks covering a range of subjects and grade levels... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Education
 USAID Provides $2.5 Million to Romania in Continuing Flood Relief
On August 11, 2005, U.S. Embassy Charge D’Affaires Mark Taplin traveled to the village of Crampoia to meet Mayor Ilie Ciobanu as part of a flood relief program implemented by USAID... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Environment
 U.S. Responds To Romania Flood Disaster
Two persons were killed and thousands of others displaced when extreme flooding wreaked havoc in Romania in late April. More than 3,700 homes were damaged and $7.5 million in crops ravaged as a result of this disaster... Read More ...
Related Items: Romania, Environment
 $25
Million Raised for Balkans Through Public-Private Partnership:
Donors Leverage Funds to Solidify Democracy
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the
German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), and the
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation are pleased to announce a
new $25 million initiative to support good governance in
Southeastern Europe. The grant-making effort, called the
Balkan Trust for Democracy, is a project of GMF made possible
through a public-private partnership between GMF, USAID,
and the Mott Foundation. Read
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 USAID
Enterprise Funds are at the Forefront of Creating Home
Mortgages in Europe and Eurasia
In January, 2003, the Government of Romania approved the
formation of the first financial institution dedicated solely
to providing mortgage financing for individual home ownership.
The new institution, The Romanian Mortgage Loan Company (Ro-Fin),
is a joint public-private partnership created with $1.3 million
in funding from USAID Romania. These funds have leveraged
$34.0 million in capital for RO-FIN. Read
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