Trans-institutional teams - a possible solution for effective use of human resources in public administration in accessing European funds

• Author: Daniela Paraschiva Pavel
• Pages: 272-279

Trans-institutional teams - a possible solution for effective use of

human resources in public administration in accessing European

funds

Senior public manager Daniela Paraschiva PAVEL

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Abstract

The objective of the article is to investigate the following hypothesis: changing

the legislation on the mobility of civil servants (posting, delegation, temp orary reloca-

tion) in order to create an attractive legislative framework for setting up trans-institu-

tional project teams can become an efficient way of managing the human resource for

effectively increase the institutional capacity to absorb Eu ropean funds. The research

methods used: empirical research based on the data and professional experience of the

author and the institutions where he worked. The author documents the process of ac-

cessing European funds starting with 2007 by consistently collecting data for public in-

stitution and local authority contractors from the territory o f Sibiu County and has par-

ticipated in activities of accessing European funds within the institution in which he is

currently active institution of referen ce and in other institutions. The expected results of

the author are: providing legal and managerial arguments to raise awareness of the need

to update legislation on mobility of civil servants in accessing European funds with the

following implication s: Law no. 188/1999 on the status of civil servants, Chapter IX -

Modification, suspension and termination of service report, art. 87-89 requires update;

mobility in the public position must be approached interdisciplinary in terms of the prin-

ciples of modern public management; increasing the absorption capacity of European

funds can be effective.

Keywords: trans-institutional teams for accessing European funds, efficient mo-

bility in the public office, modification of the legal framework on posting, delegation and

temporary transfer, increasing the absorption capacity of European funds.

JEL Classification: H83, K23

1. Context

We are in the run-up to the programming of the third Multiannual Finan-

cial Framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027.

With the thought of the expectations and the contribution to this financial

exercise, we tried a retrospective analysis and made some findings.

For the 2007-2013 financial framework, the public institution in which I

activated has had the opportunity for alternative financial sources to the state

budget, both in terms of eligibility and the amounts allocated. This reality has

been capitalized by identifying eligible funding lines, initiating and formulating

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Daniela Paraschiva Pavel - Prefect Institution, Sibiu County, Romania, dp_pavel@yahoo.com.