The main reason for this is that Iasi never had a strategy in promoting itself in other countries. There are some examples of cities from Eastern Europe that are very well known even if they are not the capital-city: Krakow, Brno, Wroklaw, Odessa. Even some cities in Romania, like Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu and Timisoara, are starting to be known in the whole Europe. Each one of them attracts a big number of tourist, are part of large infrastructure projects and are attract important foreign investments.
I think that the first step for being known outside the borders in Romania would be to have available information in English (or other European languages) about Iasi. At the begining of this year most of the websites about Iasi were only in Romanian. Now I see that there are already some important sites that have the English/French versions as well.
I will name only 2 examples now:
1. Iasi City Hall
http://www.primaria-iasi.ro/content.aspx?lang=EN&item=0
Of course, there are still some things that are not in place. For example on the website of the City Hall there are some pages: "Page not yet published in this language", as example the Public Relations page. Or there are pages that are in Romanian even on the Englis version, as example the Contact page
2. Iasi city tourism
http://www.turism-iasi.ro/index.php?id=101
Browsing this site I found out that Iasi is a city that had an important contribution to the feminist movement in Romania. I always knew that part of the charm of the city comes from the women that are there :)
The first surgeon woman in Romania Mara Trancu-Rainer (1875-1950) – was a member of the Romanian Academy of Medicine and honourary member of the Biology Society in Bucharest.
The first lady lawyer in Romania Ella Negruzzi (1876-1948). To her name is connected the manifestation for social-political rights to women and also the fight of the Romanian intellectuals against fascism and war, for freedom and the country’s independence.
I think that the first step for being known outside the borders in Romania would be to have available information in English (or other European languages) about Iasi. At the begining of this year most of the websites about Iasi were only in Romanian. Now I see that there are already some important sites that have the English/French versions as well.
I will name only 2 examples now:
1. Iasi City Hall
http://www.primaria-iasi.ro/content.aspx?lang=EN&item=0
Of course, there are still some things that are not in place. For example on the website of the City Hall there are some pages: "Page not yet published in this language", as example the Public Relations page. Or there are pages that are in Romanian even on the Englis version, as example the Contact page
2. Iasi city tourism
http://www.turism-iasi.ro/index.php?id=101
Browsing this site I found out that Iasi is a city that had an important contribution to the feminist movement in Romania. I always knew that part of the charm of the city comes from the women that are there :)
The first surgeon woman in Romania Mara Trancu-Rainer (1875-1950) – was a member of the Romanian Academy of Medicine and honourary member of the Biology Society in Bucharest.
The first lady lawyer in Romania Ella Negruzzi (1876-1948). To her name is connected the manifestation for social-political rights to women and also the fight of the Romanian intellectuals against fascism and war, for freedom and the country’s independence.
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