The public interests - local administrative decision - making process relationship in the countries of the European Union: comparative study

Abstract

The article proposed for publication is analysing the relation between the public interest and the local administrative decisional process in the countries from the European neighbourhood area. The author emphasises the importance of the good practices in the Republic of Moldova. The local public administration represents the main attributes of a democatice society. This is the level that actually forms the good practices of democracy and these determine the role of the local authorities, which have a considerable importance in the administrative system. The tendency of the states to modernization creates the premises for the elaboration of the local public administration standards, and creates the common principles of organisation and functioning of the public administration, defined by law and applied into practice. Identifying a suitable and effective model for organising and improving this collaboration relation is the first goal. In this context, the article is analysing the structure of local public administration, the emphasis being on the relation of the public interests-decision-making process in different states of the community space. The author finds that this relation differs from one state to another, depending on the specific features in each state. The principle of decentralization and local autonomy is what underlies the strengthening of local public administrations in different countries.