Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality

Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality

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50 MUNICIPALITY • Making an annual calendar with all the cultural events in the city. • Organisational structures of the SIBLUX 2007 programme and the involved institutions work intensely to meet the requirements of the European Commission regarding the title of European Cultural Capital. A positive report from the Commission in 2005 will grant Sibiu the title in 2007. One must improve the infrastructure and finish the cultural projects for 2007, when Sibiu could become, along with Luxembourg, European Cultural Capital. ■

51 SIBIU III. LOCAL ACTION PLAN III.1. STRENGTHENING OF THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY To fulfil the objectives of the Local Action Plan, the Sibiu City Hall, as the local authority, aims to strengthen the institutional capacity by drawing financial resources and by mobilising the human resources, as well as by checking of the development of projects. One of the main objectives is the harmonisation of local administrative procedures with those existing in the European Union. One of the developed projects is “The support of the Sibiu/ Hermannstadt municipal administration,” which is performed in co-operation with the Civil Servants Academy in Bonn (d.b.b. Akademie) and the Regional Centre for Permanent Training for Public Administration Sibiu, financed by the Technical Cooperation Society (GTZ). The most important accomplishments of this project were, among others: • Improvement of the organisational structure. • Optimisation of the leading time of administration. • Reorganisation of the press and public relations office. • Reorganisation of the office for economic development promotion. • Elaboration of the macro concept for local economic development. • Drawing up of a new business plan. • Improvement of administrative procedures by reducing the compartments and the organisational positions. • Diverse local budget optimisations (for example more transparency in budget planning and regrouping). • Elaboration of a collection of Local Council resolutions. • Elaboration of a concept regarding the improvement and the permanent training of the personnel. • Conceiving of a development guide for Sibiu. • Performing of complex sociological inquiries among citizens. • Emphasising of the orientation towards citizens of the public administration. • Training of leading personnel and of coworkers. • Counselling of the administration management, of the co-workers during the development of projects. The Regional Centre for Permanent Training for Public Administration Sibiu has planned the opening of a European Centre for Information. To strengthen the institutional capacity, in 2001, the City Hall created in co-operation with public institutions and local bodies the first integrated document for urban management with the name “The Plan for Urban Action 2001-2004.” The document contains plans for co-ordinated activity in all the urban fields and represents a reference document for all the institutions that participated in its accomplishment. Similarly, during the autumn of 2004 “The Plan for Urban Action 2004- 2008” will be created. Through urban management, one aims at the permanent arrangement of the central area of the city in order to combine the commercial functions with the civil, cultural, recreational and tourist functions. One of the most important concerns of the public administration is the rehabilitation of the buildings belonging to the national cultural heritage. One must also mention the second project with GTZ – The Rehabilitation of the historical town, which started in 2000. One of the main features of Sibiu is the preserved mediaeval architectural area, having an area of 101 ha. The great majority of the buildings are in a mediocre state of preservation, needing consolidation and restoration.

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MUNICIPALITY<br />

• Making an annual calendar with all the cultural<br />

events in the city.<br />

• Organisational structures <strong>of</strong> the SIBLUX 2007<br />

programme and the involved institutions work<br />

intensely to meet the requirements <strong>of</strong> the<br />

European Commission regarding the title <strong>of</strong><br />

European Cultural Capital. A positive report<br />

from the Commission in 2005 will grant <strong>Sibiu</strong><br />

the title in 2007. One must improve the<br />

infrastructure and finish the cultural projects <strong>for</strong><br />

2007, when <strong>Sibiu</strong> could become, along with<br />

Luxembourg, European Cultural Capital.<br />

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