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Simona Munteanu

Associate Professor at the Urban Planning and Territorial Development Dept.

simona.munteanu@uauim.ro

Research projects

- Grant contract concluded by the Association of Municipalities in Romania/Corps of Chief Architects of Municipalities and the United States Agency for Development USAID - GRASP Grant no. LG-04-011 ($18,202 value)/ 2004 - Financial Officer and WP Coordinator
- Grant contract concluded by the Association of Chief Municipal Architects and the United States Agency for Development USAID - ARD Grant no. AEP-I-00-00-00016-00/05-05 (value $28,348)/2005 - financial officer and WP coordinator
- CIVITAS SUCCESS - Technical Manager for WP 6.6, WP 10.6 and collaborator for WP 8.1 and WP 11.9 – 2005/2008
- MATRA - "Increasing the operational capacity for the decentralization of public administration in Romania" MATRA RO5871 - 2004/2005 - Local expert and co-author of the "Decentralization strategy for social housing/pilot project - Ploiești municipality"
- STATUS - Strategic Territorial Agendas for "Small and Middle-Sized Towns" Urban Systems/2013 - International expert
- Tisa Catchment Area Development – ​​TICAD within the EEA Transnational Cooperation Program South East Europe/2012 - international expert
- PLUS - CULTURAL - Updating the strategic research sub-pillars in UAUIM regarding Cultural Heritage, project financed by UAUIM-FFCSU-2021-021 - expert
- OPTIMINCU-UAUIM 2021- Optimization of Procedures, Technology and Institutional Image for University Research at UAUIM in 2021, project financed by the Fund for Financing University Scientific Research UAUIM 2021 - project director
- OPTIMINCU-UAUIM 2022- Optimization of Procedures, Technology and Institutional Image for University Research at UAUIM in 2022, project financed by the Fund for Financing University Scientific Research UAUIM 2022 - project director

Conference participation

- Forum "Partnerships for the development of Romania - The Strategic Potential of the network of parks, buildings and industrial lands" - MDRAP and CCIR, October 30, 2016 - organizer
- APUR round table "Real estate development in Romania - from dream to reality." History of a project" - Romexpo Bucharest, March 9, 2018 - moderator
- APUR professional debate "The status of the urban planning profession" - MNAC Bucharest, July 7, 2017 - moderator
- Professional debate "Perspectives in urban planning education" Faculty of Urban Planning, Registry of Urban Planners from Romania, Professional Association of Urban Planners from Romania - UAUIM Bucharest November 8, 2017 - moderator
- APUR professional debate "Trends in the development of cities and challenges for urban planners determined by the Urban Agenda of the EU" - UAUIM Bucharest, November 8, 2016 -keyspeaker
- "The Danube Region - A wonderful network of world mixed heritage areas. entrepreneurial communities and smart tourism development" - SUERD International Conference - European Union Strategy for the Danube Region - Bucharest, November 2016 - expert speaker
- "Industrial Sites in Ploiesti" - workshop in the PROSIDE project, INTERREG IIIB CADSES, Stuttgart/Germany, October 2004 - expert speaker
- "Public Private Partnership - factor of local economic development" - Romanian-Ukrainian Forum organized by the Association of Municipalities in Romania, Baia Mare, September 2005 - expert speaker
- "Strategies for metropolitan development in Romania" - ICNW International Conference - "Development Strategies for Municipalities", INTERREG IIIC, Velden/Austria, September 2005 - expert speaker
- "Association of localities - options for creating metropolitan areas: case studies of Oradea, Ploiești, Timișoara" - Conference "Intermunicipality and local development - increasing the degree of absorption of structural funds", organized by the Ministry of European Integration and the Federation of Local Authorities from Romania , Brașov, March 2006 - expert speaker
- "Sustainable economic development in metropolitan areas - the Romanian experience" - ICNW International Conference - "Municipalities and Economy in Rural Areas" INTERREG IIIC, Hollabrun/Austria, September 2006 - expert speaker
- "The experience of the municipality of Ploiești in the development of the CIVITAS SUCCESS Project" - The seminar on the European Green Card of Urban Transport - "Perspectives of urban mobility in Romania", organized by the Ministry of Planning, Public Works and Housing and UAUIM - Bucharest, December 2007 - expert speaker
- "Romanian cities in search of sustainability" - National Conference of Urban Planners - first edition, Bucharest, October 2008 - keyspeaker
- "Which property right restrictions are justified by sustainable urban development?" -The "Legal Practice in the Field of Urbanism" seminar - MDRT, organized by the University of Bucharest/Faculty of Law and the Franco-Romanian Association of Jurists, Bucharest, March 2010 - expert speaker
- "Considerations on the new generation of General Urban Plans" - Urban Concept national conference - 5th edition, Poiana Brașov, April 2009 - keyspeaker
- "The premises of urban regeneration in Romania - deindustrialization and its effects on the city" - Urban Concept national conference - 8th edition, Poiana Brașov, November 2010 - keyspeaker
- "The value of planning strategies in Romania in the light of the new 2014-2020 instruments" - STATUS International Conference - Midterm Conference, Scwechat/Austria, December 2013 - expert speaker
- "Priorities in optimizing spatial planning in Romania" - Public Administration Forum - Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, July 2016 - expert speaker
- “The Danube Region – A wonderful network of world mixed heritage areas. entrepreneurial communities and smart tourism development" - SUERD International Conference - European Union Strategy for the Danube Region - Bucharest, November 2016 - expert speaker
- "Research as an important pillar in the development of the academic environment" - INNOMINCU 2021 Conference: Research Days in UAUIM, Bucharest October 4-8, 2021
- "The legal power of urban planning regulations" - National conference on urban planning law and territorial development, University of Bucharest - Faculty of Law and Universul Juridic editorial group, Bucharest May 6, 2022, expert speaker
- "Research opportunities in the European space" - INNOMINCU 2022 Conference: Research Days in UAUIM, Bucharest October 10-14, 2022 - speaker
- "Research in UAUIM - PAST-PRESENT-FUTURE" - Research Networking Day (RND), UAUIM, Bucharest December 9, 2022 - keyspeaker

Publications and articles

- MTCT Technical Regulation "Testing the effects of the existence of the General Urban Plan on the speed of obtaining the building permit and evaluating the costs of obtaining it in accordance with the legal provisions. Testing methodology in a large city of the existence of PUG in obtaining AC" /2004 - co-author, Prahova SA Ploiesti Publishing House - 2010 - ISBN 978-973-8328-27-3
- "Chief Architect's Guide" elaborated within the grant agreement concluded by the Association of Romanian Municipalities/Corps of Chief Architects and the United States Agency for Development USAID - GRASP Grant no. LG-04-011 / 2004 - co-author, Tipografia World Galaxy Trading, 2005 - ISBN 973-86333-3-8 (first edition), Prahova SA Ploiesti Publishing House, 2010 - ISBN 978-973-8328-28-0 (first edition IIa)
- "Methodology regarding the scenarios for the establishment and operation of the metropolitan areas of the county seat municipalities in Romania" - responsible for chapter II - Comparative analysis of the organization of metropolitan areas in Europe - within the ARD/USAID Grant no. AEP-I-00-00-00016-00/05-05 /2005
- "Types of urban space remodeling interventions in the landscape of European cities - urban landscape management and planning actions" - in volume "Cultural Landscape and Development", Ion Mincu University Publishing House Bucharest - 2010/ISBN 978-1234567897
- "The context of urban regeneration in Romania - economic development and the need for specific policies for the protection and management of the urban landscape - Premises of Urban Regeneration in Romania - Deindustrialization and its effects on the city" - in volume "Cultural Landscape and Development", University Publishing House Ion Mincu Bucharest – 2010/ISBN 978-1234567897
- "Decentralization strategy for social housing/pilot project - Ploiesti municipality" - Publication under MATRA grant RO5871
- "Diploma in four keywords - interviews" in the SCHOLAR ARCHITECT project - Increasing the scientific and didactic quality in architecture education financed by CNFIS-FDI-2021-0069,

Completed studies

- 1985 - 1991 "Ion Mincu" Institute of Architecture, Bucharest - architect diplomat
- 2002 - 2004 School of postgraduate academic studies, specialization Urbanism and Spatial Planning UAUIM, Bucharest - urban architect
- 2005 - 2010 "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest - PhD in Urbanism

Academic background

- 2012-2019: UAUIM Lecturer, Department of "Urban Planning and Territorial Development"
- 2019: UAUIM Lecturer, "Urban Planning and Territorial Development" Chair
- from 2021 coordinator of the Management Master for Competitive Cities - Faculty of Urban Planning
- from 2020 Vice Chancellor for operational academic management, research, innovation

Institutional positions held

- 1997-2012: Chief Architect Ploiesti
- 2020: Vice-Rector for operational academic management, research, innovation UAUIM
- President of the Association of Chief Architects of Municipalities in Romania
- President/Vice-President of the Professional Association of Urban Planners in Romania Important professional activity:
- Member of the Technical Specialty Committee CTS 3 - Territorial Planning of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration since 2009, since 2017 representing UAUIM,
- Member of the approval commissions at the level of relevant ministries or their devolved offices - MCC - CNMI and CZMI, MDRAP – CNDT,
- Member of the management structures of professional organizations in the field – APUR vice-president from 2017 and then president between 2019 and 2021, member of the SC of RUR from 2018,
- Founding member of the Romanian Order of Architects and member of the first National Council of OAR Management (2001-2002)
- Member in Gr the working groups for the reform of the legislation in the field – GL MDRAP (2016-2017) for the elaboration of the preliminary theses for the Urban Planning and Territorial Planning Code and for the Construction Code, GL for the elaboration of the proposals for amending the RGU (HG 525 1996), respectively The Interministerial Working Group on the process of reforming the legislation and procedures in the field of territorial planning, urban planning, architecture and constructions, the methodological rules for the application of Law 350 /2001 and the revision of Law 350 /2001, respectively 50 /1991, as well as the evaluation The law on municipal transport services, the national housing strategy, the organization and operation of the State Construction Inspectorate, the approval of preliminary drafts of the Heritage Code, etc.,
- Participation in the institutional organization of the adoption and implementation of the National Territorial Development Strategy of Romania SDTR (initiation and preparation The National Partnership for the Development of the Territory of Romania and the Inter-institutional Cooperation Platforms regarding the implementation of the SDTR - adopted by Ord. MDRAP No. 2816/2016, participation in the organization of the forum Partnerships for the Development of Romania - The Strategic Potential of the network of parks, buildings and land industrial regions,
- Member of CTATU at the level of some localities (Ploiești, Câmpina) and Prahova county starting with 2001, - between 2012 and 2014 titular member of the Advisory Committee on Territorial Cohesion - Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism and Ministry of European Affairs