Reformulation through governmental norm of the strategic option of Romania regarding the financial – administrative decentralisation

Through the present paper, the authors propose to bring into the reader's’ attention the most relevant legal aspects that relate to the Romanian problematic of administrative decentralisation after adhering to the European Union. With the declared aim to improve the quality of public services and decrease the differences in the economic and social field of less developed areas, even before adhering to the European Union, the necessity of greater involvement of the local public administration authorities in the management of local interests. This involves the transfer of new powers from the central level in favour of the local level, but it also involves the allocation of additional financial resources. Observing a longer period of time (the last year being 2016), we note that a series of powers concerning health, education, youth, child protection, social assistance, local police, etc. were transferred from the central to the county or local level, but we also note that the funds necessary for proper implementation were not transferred. This is the reason why, by starting from other difficulties of the decentralisation process at the level of territorial – administrative units, we ponder upon the milestones of rethinking the strategic options regarding the decentralisation of the Romanian public administration, referencing the most recent General Strategy of Administrative Decentralisation adopted by the Romanian Government.