The European Commission is the authority that supervises the EuropeanUnion structural funds, which are meant to finance the measures of structural aid at thecommunity level, aiming to promote the regions lagging behind in development, toreconvert the areas affected by industrial decline, to...

The integration of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries into theEuropean Union is supposed to bring them significant benefits. Along with the effects comingfrom changes in tariffs, accession to the EU internal market and free labor movement onGDP, consumption and terms of trade, the...

In order to increase the degree of absorption of the post adherence funds it isrecomanded to use some general methods that must be implemented at the level of thedecisional structure in our country.Among these one must mention: the clear definition of the list of eligible expenditures and...

Since January 1st, 2007, Romania has entered a new era of progress where thefocus is on the economic convergence with the other European Union member states. TheNational Plan for Development 2007-2013 represents the strategic and financial multi-yearlyplanning document that directs the...

Sustainable development is the development that is corresponding to present needswithout compromising the future generations‘ possibilities in satisfying their own needs. Togetherwith Romania adhering to the European Union the concept of sustainable development is a priorityno matter the area...

The study found that, during the early post-accession years, Romania failed toattract European funds, at least to the same extent to the national contribution at thecommunity budget, registering a net expenditure as an EU member. The determinants ofincreasing EU funds absorption rate are...