DEMOKRATISCHES FORUM DER DEUTSCHEN IN RUMÄNIEN

Regionalforum Altreich & Buchenland

FORUMUL DEMOCRAT AL GERMANILOR DIN ROMÂNIA

Regiunea Extracarpatică & Bucovina

Affiliated economic organisation

AFCI Transcarpatica

The Association for International Cooperation TRANSCARPATICA is the economic organisation for the promotion and support of German communities and their surrounding areas in the Old Romania

In addition to financing economic projects, Transcarpatica advises on projects and, within the limits of available funds, also supports cultural and social initiatives of the Democratic Forum of Germans in the Old Romania and its affiliated organisations

Board

The board manages AFCI Transcarpatica and oversees its economic and organisational tasks

  • Christian TöpferChair)
  • Dr. Klaus Fabritius (Board member)
  • Mariana Tudor (Board member)

Executive Director: Carmen Luminița Cobliș

Management of AFCI Transcarpatica
The management of AFCI Transcarpatica, from left to right: Christian Töpfer, Carmen Luminița Cobliș, Dr. Klaus Fabritius, and Mariana Tudor

History

From its founding as a branch to its current management structure, Transcarpatica has gradually developed into an independent economic entity

Transcarpatica was initially founded as a branch of the Banat Association for International Cooperation, Banatia. This non-political, non-profit organisation emerged from the milieu of the Democratic Forum of Germans in the Old Romania

The founding members included: Rita Herta Barbu, Dr. Ursula Lucia Bologa, Lucia Brighita Maria Drăgan, Dr. Klaus Fabritius, Paul Gagheş, Maria Giurea, Eleonora Otilia Iliescu, Franz Kuhl, Ştefan Lieb, Leopold Minkiewicz, Viorica Minkiewicz, Ion Morar, Alma Margareta Popescu, Dr. Hans Helmut Rehner, Eugen Sadofski, Nicoleta Adriana Socec, Erica Elfriede Stoian, Elfrida Magdalena Voicu, Richard Wagner, Rohtraut Maria Wittstock, Petre Würz.

The first Supervisory Board comprised:

  • Dr. Hans Helmut Rehner – Vorsitzender
  • Dr. Ursula Lucia Bologa – stellvertretende Vorsitzende
  • Rohtraut Maria Wittstock – Mitglied
  • Dr. Klaus Fabritius – Mitglied
  • Richard Wagner – Mitglied

The first Administrative Board comprised:

  • Leopold Minkiewicz – Chair and Managing Director
  • Ion Morar – Buchhalter
  • Ştefan Lieb – Mitglied

The association was established as an independent legal entity under the name Association for International Cooperation Transcarpatica

Transcarpatica established its headquarters in a four-room apartment acquired with funding from the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. The association shares its headquarters with the Democratic Forum of Germans in the Old Romania

In the same year, Hans Herbert Hoffmann assumed the chairship of the Supervisory Board following the death of Dr. Hans Helmut Rehner

The Supervisory Board comprised:

  • Dr. Klaus Fabritius – Vorsitzender
  • Richard Wagner – stellvertretender Vorsitzender
  • Rohtraut Maria Wittstock – Mitglied
  • Dr. Adelheit Dăneţ – Mitglied
  • Christa Richter – Mitglied

The Administrative Board comprised:

  • Leopold Minkiewicz
  • Ştefan Lieb
  • Maria Oprică

The Administrative Board had the following composition:

  • Carmen Luminița Cobliș – Chair and Managing Director
  • Maria Oprică – Buchhalterin
  • Walter Francisc Rastätter – Member

Transcarpatica was registered with the National Bank of Romania as a non-bank financial institution under number RE-PJR-41-044665

The Supervisory and Administrative Boards were replaced by an Executive Board. Its members were:

  • Dr. Klaus Fabritius – Vorsitzender
  • Richard Wagner – stellvertretender Vorsitzender
  • Rohtraut Maria Wittstock – Mitglied
  • Dr. Adelheit Dăneţ – Mitglied
  • Walter Francisc Rastätter – Member

Carmen Luminița Cobliș was appointed Executive Director; Maria Oprică remained the accountant.

  • Dr. Klaus Fabritius – Vorsitzender
  • Richard Wagner – Mitglied
  • Rohtraut Maria Wittstock – Mitglied

Carmen Luminița Cobliș remained Managing Director

  • Dr. Klaus Fabritius – Vorsitzender
  • Rohtraut Maria Wittstock – Mitglied
  • Christian Töpfer – Member

Carmen Luminița Cobliș remained Managing Director

  • Christian Töpfer – Chair
  • Dr. Klaus Fabritius – Vorstandsmitglied
  • Mariana Tudor – Vorstandsmitglied

Executive Director: Carmen Luminița Cobliș


Services

The main focus is on financing and advising economic initiatives and supporting Forum projects.

Regional economic projects

Economic development

Its principal activity is granting loans from public funds or resources made available under intergovernmental agreements.

Project advice and financing

Advice and financing

Support is provided to micro-enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, agricultural associations, medical and dental practices, craft businesses and other private ventures in comparable fields.

Support for cultural and social projects

Cultural and Historical Contributions about the German Communities, their History, their Cultural Heritage, and their Traces in Old Romania and Bukovina

Within the limits of available funds, cultural and social projects of the Democratic Forum of Germans in the Old Romania and its constituent organisations can also be supported

Record of support

Since its founding, the association's documentation lists a total of 150 economic projects with a combined value of €1,544,379 and reports hundreds of newly created jobs. At that time, 54 projects were still not fully paid for

Support covered wood and metal processing, bakeries, dental-technology and pharmaceutical laboratories, hairdressing salons, printers, medical and dental practices, agriculture, viticulture and fruit growing, livestock farming, tourism, catering, furniture manufacture, construction and installation businesses, vehicle services and other technical services.

The documented projects were spread throughout Old Romania, including Iași, Pașcani, Piatra Neamț, Bacău, Onești, Galați, Vrancea, Constanța, Tulcea, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Craiova, Ploiești, Pitești, Târgoviște and Bucharest.

Managing Director Carmen Cobliș in her office
Managing Director Carmen Cobliș in her office (Photo: Valentin Brendler)

Dokumentierte Projekte 1995–2010

The following table presents the annual figures contained in the association's documentation. The figures for 2010 cover the period up to April

Year Gesamt Gewerbe Landwirtschaft Dienstleistungen Gesamtbetrag
1995 3 2 – 1 24.621 DM
1996 3 3 – – 57.548 DM
1997 3 3 – – 42.020 DM
1998 8 2 2 4 258.209 DM
1999 10 5 1 4 110.404 DM
2000 8 3 2 3 144.271 DM
2001 17 6 1 10 228.906 DM
2002 13 6 3 4 94.559 EUR
2003 12 6 – 6 120.691 EUR
2004 15 6 2 7 132.171 EUR
2005 11 6 – 5 117.453 EUR
2006 12 4 – 8 140.486 EUR
2007 10 7 1 2 139.013 EUR
2008 11 4 – 7 138.254 EUR
2009 11 1 3 7 162.900 EUR
2010* 3 1 – 2 56.083 EUR

* bis April 2010


Contact

AFCI Transcarpatica Office in Bucharest
The AFCI Transcarpatica office is located on the 2nd floor

Association for International Cooperation TRANSCARPATICA

Address

Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara Nr. 4,
Bl. H5, Sc. 1, Et. 2, Ap. 6,
Sector 1, 011741 Bucharest, Romania

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