Processes of Legislative Adaptation Undertaken by the Romanian Public Administration in the Context of the Global Economic Crisis

AuthorAni Matei, Octavian Chesaru
Pages714-718
European Integration - Realities and Perspectives. Proceedings 2015
714
Processes of Legislative Adaptation Undertaken by the Romanian Public
Administration in the Context of the Global Economic Crisis
Ani Matei1, Octavian Chesaru2
Abstract: As the economic crisis is further building the administrative burden of the Romanian public
administration, the legislation is constantly reshaped in order to counteract the obstacles the crisis imposes. In
order to counteract the effects of the economic crisis, the Romanian public administration has u ndergone a
series of reforms that aimed at administrative simplification, normative simplification and reducing the public
expenditures. The goal of the article is to uncover and analyze the courses of action proclaimed or adopted by
Romania in the light of legislative simplification. Based on relevant literature, the parameters of empiric
analysis are identified and used to acknowledge the types of measures adopted. These elements of change are
depicted from relevant official documents of political or juridical po wer. The conclusion of the article
represents an assessment o f the legislative measures undertaken and points out the general action plan of the
Romanian public administration.
Keywords: administrative burden, legislative simplification, new public management, reform
1. Introduction
The political, economic, social and technological challenges of the present impose for the public sector
organizations to be flexible to changes, drawing up the answers that public sector consumers expect to
receive. Thus the management of change in public administration implies a series of processes of
legislative and institutional adaptation. The process of legislative adaptation of the public
administration aims at reshaping the legislation in accordance with both the external and the internal
influences at work.
The Romanian public administration provides answers to the challenges generated by the global
economic crisis, reshaping its legislation based on these influences. From the very beginning of the
economic crisis, the country has adopted a series of measures to counter its effects and to promote
transparency and predictability.
1 Professor, PhD, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (NSPSPA) Faculty of Public
Administration, Romania, Address: 6, P overnei Str., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, Tel./fax: 0040213180897, E-mail:
amatei@snspa.ro.
2 PhD Candidate, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (NSPSPA), Faculty of Public
Administration, Romania, Address: 30A Expoziţiei Str., Bucharest, Romania, Corresponding author:
octavianchesaru@gmail.com.

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