Local authorities will have even more attributions starting May this year with the implementation of the decentralization process, one newspaper reads on Monday. However, even if in authority, Bucharest city hall seems to ignore 1,900 buildings in Bucharest ranked unsafe in case of an earthquake. Elsewhere in the news, nine Romanian private universities offer illegal master degrees.
Evenimentul Zilei reads that local authorities will receive more attributions with the new decentralization process scheduled to start in May this year. Thus, local authorities will gain attributions in education, health, public safety, culture, social assistance, transports and agriculture, a governmental report reads, quoted by Mediafax.
The new process will have important consequences on the main administrative laws. For example, the paper reads that the transports decentralization presumes that local authorities will have to manage subways, ports and local roads. Thus, the paper reads that now, local authorities in Bucharest can actually improve the subway system without blaming the Transports ministry as before.
Moreover, local authorities in South East Romania will have to manage seaside beaches - a source of money and scandals in the last years. Moreover, city halls will appoint hospital and school directors.
Romania's decentralization process was undertaken in accordance with EU norms and regulations in administration. The process involves the transfer of authority from central authorities to the local ones and also presumes the transfer of financial resources.
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