Critical Analysis of the Public Administration System in Romania and its Directions for Reform Cover Image

Analiza critică a sistemului administraţiei publice din România şi direcţiile de reformare a acestuia
Critical Analysis of the Public Administration System in Romania and its Directions for Reform

Author(s): Alina Profiroiu, Mihaela Păceşilă
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: monitoring and evaluation activities; decentralization process; outsourcing of tasks; public procurement system; budget control mechanisms

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses from a conceptual angle the public administration reform and its necessity, and in the second part analyzes the state of the art of public administration reform in Romania and the main weakness of the public administration system in our country as compared to the indicators of dministrative capacity developed by SIGMA /OECD. In the end, several directions for further reform are developed aiming to strengthen the Romanian administrative capacity for the European Union integration and adaptation to the principles of the European administrative space. They cover the following aspects: the culture of results, taking into account the expectations and proposals of citizens in order to improve the users’ service, the funds allocated for monitoring and evaluation activities, the decentralization process, outsourcing of tasks, the public procurement system and the budget control mechanisms.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 153-164
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English