The Role and Contribution of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Constanța to the Economic and Social Development of Dobrudja Region

• Main Author: Ion Dănuț Jugănaru
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ovidius University Press 2020-01-01
• Series: Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
• Subjects: chamber of commerce and industry; contribution; economic development; dobrudja region; constanța city
• Online Access: http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2020/Section%202/12.pdf

The Chambers of Commerce and Industry are organizations of businesspeople meant to represent and defend the interests of the entrepreneurs in a city, an area or a country. They are of considerable age and are found in almost every country of the world. In Constanța (Romania), the first Chamber of Commerce of the historical region Dobrudja was founded in 1880 and was operational until 1949, when all the territorial Chambers in Romania were dissolved by the communist regime. Later, after the change of political regime, in 1990, the Chamber was re-established, currently being known as Constanța Chamber of Commerce. This paper highlights a series of important events and contributions of this organization to the economic and social development of Dobrudja region. The analysis of a considerable number of documents from the archives made it possible to highlight some very interesting information regarding the activity of Constanța’s "old" Chamber of Commerce.