Sustainable Local Development and Building Partnerships

• Author: Viorica Toma
• Position: Danubius University of Galati, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania
• Pages: 609-618

Performance and Risks in the European Economy

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Sustainable Local Development and Building Partnerships

Viorica Toma

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Abstract: Interest for sustainable develop ment is manifested more strongly in terms emphasis and deepening

pressure fr om the gap between gr owing needs of a growing population a mid increasingly scar ce resources

and difficult to access, if global development policies and liberalizat ion of marke ts and pr ices. Enterprises

attach importance increasingly higher their social accountability. Their expectations in terms of local public

services and hence increase the need for local development efforts, among them a starr ing role policies

adopted by local authorities.

Keywords: optimal development, crisis development, natural capital, local politics, partnership.

JEL Classification: Q1

1. Introduction

Local sustainable development is at the intersection of several areas of public intervention, in this

sense we can consider, in addition to local economic policies, urban policies and planning policies and

strategies of global, European and national protection and growth natural capital.

Local sustainable development in the current context of change of economic and administrative

restructuring should be seen as a dependent entrepreneurial innovation and supported by societal and

institutional mechanisms flexible, with a high degree of cooperation and local and central interaction.

Should, however, that those involved in t his process have competence, tools and confidence they will

be able to carry out what they started. They are based in their approach, the experience of the

European Union, concerning: environmental policy, regional development and local policies, local

autonomy, legislative and institutional system, as well as effective means in practical terms of these

states.

Necessary in this context, to participate in local sustainable development actions, all subjects

economic, social, political, ecological, by forming partnerships to achieve objectives such as tapping

capable of producing a balanced local development, raising standards life, creating jobs, improving the

business environment, more attractive area for new i nvestment, improve local institutional capacity to

develop local economic potential, poverty reduction, implementation of local sustainable development

strategy in all specific areas.

2. Relationship Company Economy-Ecology, Sustainable Development

Growing number of interdisciplinary scientific papers, developed as the Club of Rome reports or other

studies report the emergence and intensification of natural crisis - human economic development.

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Danubius University of Galat i, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania, Address: 3 Galati Blvd, Galati, Romania, tel:

+40372 361 102, fax: +40372 361 290, Corresponding author: vioricatoma@univ-danubius.ro