Proceedings of the IISES Annual Conference, Sevilla, Spain

CHALLENGES OF THE ROMANIAN DECENTRALIZATION SYSTEM- IN THE LIGHT OF THE EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE

ALEXANDRU DANA GEORGETA

Abstract:

This paper is intended to identify and assess with a critical eye some of the challenges that lie ahead on the road to decentralization in the Romanian administrative space. The article offers a look into the mechanisms and instruments of Romanian decentralization system and outlines the gap between a syncopeted decentralization system and the public administration activities. The diversity of concepts and skills, related to decentralization launched in the European Administrative Space, results in decreased rigidity of existing state organizations, encouraging local government to explore new forms of decentralization and cooperation. The analysis of the local government allowed us to identify the place of the community in relation to the central apparatus of the state, meaning its inclusion in the local government sub-system, in terms of territorial structure. The research aimed the way local government were built and configured, focusing on the principle of decentralization and local autonomy, which is the basis of these institutions and reveals local democracy. A final section covers the study on the complexity of legal relations established between the state, local government and Governors. In summary, the purpose of the paper is to stimulate the reflection on how the local government change their position in the administrative space, within a complex process that increases the role of local government, the inter-institutional changes and democratization of the local administrative system.

Keywords: decentralization, local government, european administrative space

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2018.035.011

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