Cluj-Napoca city will host the Start-up Europe Summit in March, taking into account that the local councilors approved on Tuesday the allocation of 282,000 RON for organising the event.

The draft, voted by 25 councilors, show that the summit will be organised in partnership with Romania’s Communication and Information Society Ministry and the European Commission, being scheduled to take place between 21 and 22 March 2019, Agerpres reads.

This summit dedicated to start-ups is being organised for the first time in Romania, in the context of Romania taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on 1 January 2019.

The main theme that the European Commission proposed for this year is called “Digital Single Market.”

Attending the Start-up Europe Summit will be 400 persons belonging to the European Commission, companies of the digitalisation and innovation area, the twin-cities of Cluj-Napoca municipality.