Since the establishment of Romania Think Tank (RTT) in 2002, the organization has addressed many pressing issues facing Romania, and we are proud of the accomplishments we have achieved as a result of our efforts. The following list provides an overview of some of these efforts and accomplishments.

> July 2006: RTT raised the issue of Romania and its’ involvement in the EU Parliament. The conference provided an opportunity to encourage dialogue and initiate debate regarding the role Romanian representatives in the European Parliament will play, the way in which they will be elected, and the means by which constituents, the business community, and civil society will access the new Euro-Representatives.

> October 2005: The RTT worked to promote the making public of any contract in which the State is a partner (privatization & public procurement agreements), arguing that all such contracts should be deemed public information. The ensuring public campaign addressed two distinct issues: (1) the making public of privatization contracts, and (2) the making public of any and all documents relating to public procurement contracts (to ensure maximum transparency in the decision making process). An open letter to the Romanian Government earned the RTT (and other NGOs) meetings & deliberations with the Prime Minister, government officials in charge of preparing the new public procurement legislation & European Union (EU) officials in charge of reviewing this proposed legislation.
o In December 2005, Romania privatized its largest bank (the largest privatization in its history, worth USD 4 billion). For the first time ever, the government made public the privatization agreement on the Internet. This has now become standard practice, ensuring transparency in the privatization process.
o Regarding public procurement, the new law incorporated the applicable EU legislation and it includes a provision which stipulates that the tender dossier shall be deemed as public information and anyone may obtain access to this dossier pursuant to the FOIA. It is important to note that such a clause is not part of the applicable EU legislation, and thus partly through the RTT's efforts such a clause was inserted (which clause should ensure greater transparency in the public procurement process).

> June 2005: RTT organized a conference addressing the need for health care reform in Romania. The event provided a forum to discuss key issues including the rights of patients, private health insurance, informal payments, and the role of nurses as health care professions.
o Radical reforms to the health care system began in early 2006.

> July 2004: RTT addressed issues regarding media freedom. A conference event gave important lessons about the state of the written and broadcast media in Romania, as well as an opportunity for discussion between Romanian journalists and some of their foreign counterparts. The event also provided information government-media relations in other countries, and the role of journalists’ trade unions.
o According to Reporters without Borders, Romania has improved its’ freedom of press score year-on-year since 2004, and currently ranks as 58th in their 2006 press freedom index.

> May 2004: RTT, working together with the Romanian Academic Society, strongly supported the introduction of a flat tax system with a considerably simplified tax code. A conference event explained how a flat tax would increase budget revenue through the reduction of evasion (legal and illegal) as well as making the system fairer and more transparent.
o The Flat Tax system was implemented in Romania on January 1, 2005; according to the World Bank's "Doing Business in 2007" report, Romania was the 2nd leading economic reformer in 2005 / 2006, and now is ranked 49th (from 71st the previous year) in terms of ease of doing business, ahead of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and Poland.

> October 2004: RTT organized a conference to address the need for judicial reform. The event promoted dialogue between members of the judiciary, the government, NGOs, foreign investors and diplomats, as well as helped representatives of the EU and foreign governments to understand the problems of the Romanian judiciary and made appropriate recommendations to the Romanian authorities for reform.
o Romania has been witnessing considerable reform to the judicial system since early 2005, as evidenced by recent statements made by the EU Commission's Justice Minister.