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Ambassador Andrew Noble participated in the debate
British Ambassador to Bucharest Andrew Noble on Thursday stated in Rasnov that parts of the Romanian laws regarding the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) "make such organisations' life hard" and appreciated that, if these were reconsidered to facilitate development, it would be "to everyone's benefit."
"Romanians have created a network of approximately 26,000 NGOs in 25 years. Some of them are from the UK, 50 or even more, but most of them are Romanian ones and they work for the progress of the Romanian society, for the Romanians. Their life isn't easy, because there are parts of the Romanian laws, recently introduced, that make their life hard. We, in the UK, couldn't have had the society that we have today without volunteers, regardless if we speak of healthcare, environment, art, culture, all sectors of our public life need volunteers, who need to organise themselves in NGOs. And I believe that, if Romanians found ways to facilitate their development and ease they work, it would be to everyone's benefit," Andrew Noble said.
The British Ambassador on Thursday participated in the debate "Regained Freedom - Lost Freedom? Debate after 30 years," at the Histories and Film Festival in Rasnov, where he remarked the importance of NGOs and volunteers. In one of his speeches, Noble mentioned as a good aspect that fact that, in the past two years, in Romania "you could see a lot of people taking it to the streets, like it would have happened in Europe, and saying: I care about my rights and I don't want them to be taken from me."
"And they weren't taken from them. Romania proves that its political and judiciary institutions are strong enough to do their job," Noble added.