Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality

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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.