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MUNICIPALITY
for some projects public authority regulations combine with
the voluntary ones, especially in the case of public-private
partnerships.
III.3. GENERAL OBJECTIVES
• Industrial Development
• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Infrastructure
• Services
• Human Resources
III.4. MEASURES FOR STRENGTHENING
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
The implementation of the local public administration reform
is an objective of maximum importance in Romania’s
process of accession to the EU.
Achieving this objective triggers the strengthening of the
institutional capacity of Medgidia City Hall, both at the
decision-making level as well as the execution level,
attracting enough financial resources for investment,
improving the management system of human resources,
and their qualification and specialisation levels.
Among the priorities of the municipality of Medgidia are:
- dynamic and efficient management of problems of
general concern,
- reforming the local public administration system,
- reorganisation activities carried out by its own structure,
departments and public services,
- providing efficient and high quality services,
- providing the necessary IT support for efficient
communication of information to citizens,
- establishing a permanent dialog with citizens,
- attracting the community at large to solving the city’s
problems through the organisation of public debates.
At the city level these priorities were implemented in:
• Information Centre for Citizens – established in 2005, it
provides information to citizens, registers their solicitations,
delivers the requested documents, receives and sends
correspondence, distributes and follows the movement
of documents within City Hall. By establishing this centre,
City Hall activities became more efficient, citizens save
time and receive answers in once centralized location.
There are proposals to establish branches of this Centre
in other districts in Medgidia and in the surrounding villages.
• “InfoPrimaria” Information Bulletin – issued bi-monthly
and is distributed free of charge to the citizens of Medgidia
through the Citizens’ Information Centre, Press
dissemination Centres, Post offices, and directly in the
street by volunteers.
• Notice Boards are used based on the idea “Medgidia
City Hall closer to citizens” and post the most recent
information about the administration’s activities. These are
located in the most populated areas of the city.
• Website – is a tool aimed at informing citizens of
Medgidia and others, about the city and the local
administrative activities.
• Public Debates – Medgidia City Hall organised in 2005
five public debates focussed on the following subjects: The
Social-Economic Development Strategy, The Energetic
Strategy, The establishment of the Industrial Park, Local
Agenda 21. Each of these events was attended by
approximately 180 persons from all social and age groups.
• Children’s Council – active Medgidia since 2003, it
represents a good example for adults. The children have
initiatives and actively participate in community activities
and social events.
• Meetings – representatives of the administration
regularly meet the representatives of owners associations,
public institution, business community, religious cults,
education staff, disadvantaged persons, and of the Rroma
community.
• Audiences – the Mayor and Vice mayor have a weekly
programme of receiving citizens in audiences.
The community involvement and participation in solving
community problems is necessary in a democratic system
and, through the combination of the three elements:
information – communication – involvement, it represents
the ideal solution for the harmonisation of the relations
between the local administration an citizens.
The strengthening of the institutional capacity is a lasting
process, in which the local administration has to be active
in order to change the public servants’ attitude towards the
citizens for a better image of the administration in the
community.