The development regions of Romania refer to the regional divisions created in Romania in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the European Union. The development regions correspond to NUTS II-level divisions in European Union member states.Despite becoming increasingly significant in regional development projects, Romania's development regions do not actually have an administrative status and do not have a legislative or executive council or government. Rather, they serve a function for allocating European Union PHARE funds for regional development, as well as for collection of regional statistics. They also co-ordinate a range of regional development projects and will become members of the Committee of the Regions when Romania joins the EU, expected in 2007. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Counties of Romana#Future. ... Administrative map of Romania As of 2003, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows: A new administrative division was proposed, dividing the country into regions, but its implementation is uncertain since the county division is favoured by most Romanians. ... A municipality (municipiu in Romanian) is, along with a commune, the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. ... A commune (comună in Romanian) is, along with the municipality, the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. ... Image File history File links Romanian development regions. ... Image File history File links Romanian development regions. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of countries for statistical purposes. ... The Phare programme is one of the three pre-accession instruments financed by the European Union to assist the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their preparations for joining the European Union. ... The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is an institution of the European Union created by the Treaty of Maastricht. ...
There are 8 development regions in Romania, named by their geographical position in the country:
Nord-Vest (North West) is a development region in Romania, created in 1998. ... Nord-Est (North East) is a development region in Romania. ... Sud-Vest (South West) is a development region in Romania. ... Sud-Est (South East) is a development region in Romania. ... Sud (South) is a development region in Romania. ... Vest (West) is a development region in Romania. ... Centru (Centre) is a development region in Romania. ...
Romania's administration is relatively centralised and administrative subdivisions are therefore fairly simplified.
The developmentregions represent the framework for collecting specific statistical data, according to the European regulations issued by Eurostat for the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) II territorial level.
References: Law 151/1998 regarding the regionaldevelopment in Romania was published in “Monitorul Oficial” in July 16 1998, being approved by the Romanian Parliament.
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