Networking a basic instrument for regional development

A successful regional development is support by an efficient communication. A modern and very useful tool for dissemination of information is the network. Romania benefits from Operational Programmes for 2007-2013, a lot of money that we need to spend wisely and to got development of local and regional areas. In the paper I present one instrument of regional development the Regional Operational Programme – Regio and its the communication network and demonstrate its usefulness for the successful of Regio implementation. I used strategic documents available on the European, National and regional institutions website and my personal experience achieved by working at the development of the Bucharest Ilfov Region, since 1999.