Strengths

- Ascending trend of newly setting up SME's in the area:
- High demand for renting and concessioniong
- Highly and varied qualifiaction of workforce
- Declaration of Jibou and its surroundings as Defaorised Area
- Easy communication conections

Threatenings

- The limited in time facilities connected to the Defavourised Area Statute
- Absence of a Profesional Reconversion Programme correlated to the policy on county development
- Absence of the supporting industries meant to serve the workforce incoming from the surroundings

Weaknesses

- The low amounts of income and funds received from the government
- The closeness of large towns that attract the investments in the area
- The high rate of industries working in lohn system,, inducing a high instability of employment rate
- The closeness of borders, that favour the temporary migration acoss the borders

Opportunities

- The location of the future IP at the limits of the inhabited area, allowing future enlargement, if needed
- Absence of IP businees infrastructure in the North-West region
- The actual govermental policy aiming to sistain the development of SMEs