Employees of Romania's Statistics Institute argue against planned relocation: high costs, equipment damage, communication blockage

Employees of Romania's National Statistics Institute INS say they're worried about the high costs, possible damage to equipment and data influx blockage arising from plans to move their headquarters. The employees sent a letter to the Government expressing concerns over the move, including the need to ask the European Commission's written agreement to move equipment bought with EU money. They also reminded that any activity that will interrupt the data influx in the institute, such as the move, could have major effects on the system for data collection, processing, data confidentiality, as well as interrupting communication, including with EU bodies. That would lean to infringement against Romania and penalties for not respecting the EU regulations on sending statistical data. According to Mediafax quoting Government sources, the executive plans to move the INS from the building it has occupied for the last 22 years. The building, located near the Romanian Parliament, would then host the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration, and the Public Finances Ministry, which is already headquartered nearby, and which would then expand. The new location proposed by the Government for the INS, on Mircea Voda boulevard, would require investments to respect needed standards, mainly on data traffic. editor@romania-insider.com