In the first three years of the label development, Remarkable Romania focuses on Transylvanian villages. However, it is expected than the label will then be open to any Romanian village, town or city.

2019 pilot member settlements:

Suatu – Cluj County, Moldovenești – Cluj County, Vad – Cluj County, Poieni – Cluj County, Bonțida – Cluj County, Smida/Beliș – Cluj County, Bucium – Alba County, Fundata – Brașov County, Plopiș – Sălaj County, Bogata – Mureș County, Valea Viilor – Sibiu County, Bârsana – Maramureș. 

Benefits of the member villages:

• Access to advice and training for local development;
• Branding and exposure;
• Access to network meetings and conferences;
• Participation in one national cultural tourism campaign event per year;
• Representation and promotion in national and international tourism and heritage fairs;
• Access to twinning opportunities with French villages;
• Support to establish local interpretation centres in local venues.

Eligibility criteria:

• Proven interest to work with heritage and culture as local development;
• Proven capacity to be involved in the network activities;
• Proven interest in connecting with Romanian and French local administrations with similar interests;
• New criteria will be set as the project advances.

Advisory Board

• Csilla Hegedüs, President of Transylvania Trust
• Tudor Sălăgean, Director of Transylvania Ethnography Museum
• Cristina Bolog, Assistant Professor at Faculty of Geography and Tourism, Babeș-Bolyai University
• András Farkas, Founder of PONT Group
• Jonathan Fedy, Responsible for Heritage and International Affairs at Sites et Cités remarquables de France
• Rarița Zbranca, Programme Director at Cluj Cultural Centre
• Ștefan Teișanu, Director of Cluj Cultural Centre