INNOVATION MANAGEMENT THROUGH ECO-DIPLOMACY

This article aims to highlight that the war in Ukraine, which came after the COVID-19 crisis of 2020- 2021, and after the already existing global economic crisis, added new problems and amplified the effects of the already existing ones. Today, only the innovation management could offer a set of tools that would allow leaders of all states to closely cooperate in order to understand the common processes and objectives, to encourage new projects even of small entrepreneurs of the developing countries by supporting them, a process which, if well managed, can lead to a significant economic growth and help them to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Nowadays, innovative management and eco-diplomacy play a decisive role in overcoming the crisis moments in Romania, European Union and in the world and this can be achieved also by increasing the capacity and participation of the younger generation of diplomats and professionals in promoting peace and ecological diversity. The aim of this paper is to answer to the question: Where do we stand today with regard to the innovation management in the field of natural resources as natural gas and which is the role of eco-diplomacy today. The research is based on official reports on gas and energy production and consumption in Romania and other countries.