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Rural areas present now a double challenge is: improving competitiveness by adding value to agricultural products and finding alternative activities such as forms of rural tourism. Dependenceon a limited number of products in some regions may make them vulnerable to economic crises or restructuring threats. The purpose of this article is to present some aspects of rural entrepreneurship. The methodused is based on a comparative analysis between two countries considering the population involved in rural activities and the rural development programs applied in these countries.

The way we produce and consume contributes to many of today's environmental issues such as global warming, pollution, exhaustion of natural resources and biodiversity loss. In a circular economy, the value of products and materials is kept if possible, waste and use of resources are minimized, and resources do not leave the economic flow once they are at the end of their lifetime but are reused and create value. The aim of this paper is to investigate the degree of association of buyback programs with the concept of circular economy among young people. In terms of research methods, the questionnaire-based investigation method was chosen. The survey was conducted on a sample of 130 young people. The methodological tool used has the advantage of providing complex information and the objective possibility of correlating the indicators, thus making it possible to obtain credible and easy to interpret results.

The COVID-19 pandemic left a strong mark on the tourism sector and represents a turning point in its evolution. After the activities were gradually resumed, substantial shifts in both industry practices and tourist behavior were observed. The knowledge of these changes is of strategic importance for the future because they will determine the managerial decisions at the microeconomic level and the trends at the macroeconomic one. The present paper aims to discern the shifts in tourist behavior, as perceived by tourism companies, and to investigate how these changes influenced business decisions. This investigation was conducted as part of the CredinGreen international project- 'Responding to tourism market changes caused by COVID-19 and the EU Green Deal through micro-credential-certified upskilling of SME tourism managers The research addresses the response to tourism market fluctuations generated by the pandemic conditions and the results could enhance the tourism policies and the micro-credential certified upskilling initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Migration has been a part of human experience from the earliest days of civilization. Today cross-border movements are characterized by their diversity, as there are no typical characteristics, their legal statuses, and their circumstances and prospects. The millions of refugees worldwide live in a high - income countries, but the majority still are hosted by the low - and middle-income countries. Thought more than 90% of migrations in the world have taken place for employment purpose, youth including students chooses migration also for educational, administrative, social and cultural aspects. The European Union (EU) faces challenges that effects its persistence, including the revival of national populism in many EU members and studies have shown that individuals with immigration histories identify less strongly with Europe, such aspect must be taken into account, because the citizens and their identities are vital for European cohesion. Successful integration benefits both migrants and destination societies, but there are various triggers, which can effect affect the relations toward emigrants, like the pandemic or convivial attitude toward emigrants. Psychological and socio-cultural adaption of refugees are strongly influenced economic concerns, pre-migration expectations, religion and other factors. Settlement in a new country can be challenging process for refugees in general, and for unaccompanied minors in particular. Based on the current situation, a project on "Strengthening social cohesion and capacity of local, refugee and migrant young people by creating STEM/STEAM areas" funded by the Erasmus+ programme was developed with 6 partner institutions from Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Lithuania. The activities and workshops carried out during the project with the participants inspired the development of a research study. This article aims to research the aspects and possibilities to strengthen the social cohesion and capacity of local refugee and migrant young people. Quantitative research included respondents by country of origin from Asia: Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Afghanistan. Analysing the results the hypotheses were tested assuming the differences between opinion of men and women and between respondents grouped by age. The findings of this research can be used to minimize factors that undermine favourable levels of psychological and socio-cultural adaptation and promote factors that facilitate strengthening social cohesion and capacity of local, refugee and migrant young people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The creation of new enterprises is vital to any dynamic economy. Currently, there are many projects that widely promote the start-up of new businesses by reducing constraints The rationale for policies and the sizing of support for entrepreneurship requires regular evaluations based on relevant measurement indicators. This article's main goal is to capture the changes in the dynamics of new businesses and to provide a profile of new enterprises created in Romania considering the environment of residence, the development region, the field of activity and the size class. The data collected from the website of The National Institute of Statistics, were analyzed from a statistical perspective. The results highlight that over 70% of new enterprises are in urban areas, in Bucharest Ilfov Region or North West Region, in the field of trade or car repair and has no employees or at most 4 employees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Knowledge and application of circular economy principles can help move faster to an economy that provides a high level of environmental protection with major economic benefits, thus contributing to job creation and economic growth. The study aims to analyze the perception of young consumers regarding the application of the principles of the circular economy in Romania. The methodology of the research was based on a systematic review of the literature, complemented by information collected through an online survey among 130 young consumers. The results showed that the application of the principles of the circular economy must take into account the impact on costs and consumers, supporting the development of innovative environmental projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Community-based organizations can mobilize citizens to adoption behaviors to ensure the transition to a sustainable economy. This paper evaluates social and economic impacts of community based initiatives in Romania, in two different domains: transport and waste. The sample for this paper includes two community-initiatives, one from the transport domain and the other one from the waste domain. It was analyzed 12 interviews five interviews with members and one interview with a stakeholder for each of the two initiatives, which was conducted during January -May 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The population is one of the most complex statistical groups in terms of the variety of the recorded characteristics, of the changes affecting it and of its structure, as well as in terms of the inter-conditioning relationships between the demographic and the social-economic phenomena. The demographic problems triggered by the declining fertility in EU countries can also be identified in Romania as well, but the rather precarious state of the Romanian economy will most likely lead to a more serious social impact in the following years. The population of Romania has undergone significant changes in the past few decades, due, on the one hand, to the demographic transition it is undergoing and, on the other hand, to the changes affecting the political, economic and social environment, as well as people's mentalities, and influencing the demographic phenomena dynamics. The negative values of the natural growth rate and of the migration balance has caused the constant population of Romania to decline during 1992-2011 by almost 2.7 million inhabitants. The changes in the demographic behaviour of the population in terms of the average number of wanted children per family, the rather high external migration rate as well as the increased mortality rate are the demographic characteristics of Romania. The purpose of this research is to analyse the population of Suceava county by time series, in order to identify changes in the demographic behaviour compared to what was recorded nationwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Patologia oncologică a capului şi gâtului incumbă riscuri majore din punct de vedere vital, funcţional, estetic, psihologic şi social pentru pacient, iar din punctul de vedere al chirurgului oncolog, implicaţiile tratamentului oncologic sunt morale, etice şi legale. Codul de Etică Profesională, dar şi legislaţia în vigoare presupun o bună practică medicală şi un tratament' echidistant, complet şi nedescriminatoriu, ce trebuie aplicat pacientului. Pentru a cerceta modul prin care aceste bune practici medicale sunt respectate şi eventualele modalităţi prin care acestea pot fi îmbunătăţite, autorii propun un studiu prospectiv şi retrospectiv ce se bazează pe completarea unor chestionare specifice atât de către pacient, cât şi de medicul curant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]