Romanian entrepreneurs have gone through and are still going through difficult moments, businessman Gruia Stoica, the president of Grampet Group and president of the Romania-Kazakhstan business board says. In his message addressed to the BURSA conference "Female entrepreneurship. Women in power - a better world >, Gruia Stoica said: "I know many businesswomen. They are strong, brave women, who have initiative and ideas, they are patriots and they are also faced with the same problems that us businessmen are faced with.

The essential aspect to remember is that when we speak about Romanian entrepreneurship we do not speak only about businesswomen or businessmen, we are talking about Romanian businesspeople. And from that point of view, we all need to be taken seriously by those who lead our country, because we also vote, we also pay taxes, we also use education and healthcare, but maybe, most importantly, we provide jobs for thousands and tens of thousands of families, which translates into welfare for the community and of course, welfare for the country".

In his opinion, a large part of the blame for the problems of the business sector are the fault of its own members, "as they have been for a long time more concerned with attacking each other than with standing up together and trying to promote their legitimate interests. This lack of unity and coordination was visible in the way the foreign capital has succeeded in taking over, even though the jobs created by Romanian entrepreneurs are safer and more stable".

However, the largest part of the blame for the current situation lies with the decision makers and the public leaders, says Gruia Stoica, who emphasized: "What they haven't understood is precisely the fact that Romanian entrepreneurs are the safest, most stable and most important source of jobs and welfare for citizens. Because we Romanians