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Gov't appreciates WB openness to supporting Romania's priority areas - healthcare and infrastructure
The government appreciates the World Bank's openness to supporting priority areas for Romania - healthcare and infrastructure, Prime Minister Mihai Tudose states in a government release on Tuesday.
According to the release, Premier Mihai Tudose, Health Minister Florian Bodog and Public Finance Minister Ionut Misa on Tuesday had a working meeting at the Victoria Palace of Government with a delegation of the World Bank mission to Romania headed by country manager Tatiana Proskuryakova.
During the meeting the sides looked at the stage of the projects carried out by the government with the support of the World Bank, with focus on healthcare projects developed under the project for improving the quality and efficiency of the health care system approved for financing in 2014 and implemented by the Ministry of Health.
"Our having attracted in recent months funding under the WB project more than in its entire unfolding period shows our determination to improve conditions in hospitals and people's access to better quality medical services," Premier Tudose said.
At the same time, the head of the Executive said he wants to strengthen cooperation with the World Bank by jointly developing an infrastructure country project.
Health Minister Florian Bodog mentioned that 12 equipment supply and service procurement contracts worth approximately 12 million euros have been signed (the acquisition of 277 anaesthetic machines for 50 medical facilities as well as of medical equipment for emergency units and anaesthesia and intensive care units for 79 hospitals is a major accomplishment), the release said.
The meetings took place as the Government is preparing for a budget revision due to take place on September 20, as Deputy Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has announced.
"By September 5, we will have the 2018 national budget projection; September 5-7 at the Government House, the PM team will start working with the Ministry of Finance's team on both the budget and the revision. September 7-10, each minister will hold individual meetings with the finance minister and his team, so that we may set the figures and perform the revision around September 20," Ciolacu said on August 25 at Neptun.
At the same time, the Executive is preparing the national budget bill to be submitted to Parliament in November.
"The national budgets bill will be drafted and submitted in time to Parliament in November so that the next year may start with an approved budget," Prime Minister Mihai Tudose told a Prime Minister's Questions convention in Parliament on Monday.