DECENTRALIZATION OF ITS QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

Abstract

This article aims to offer a synthetic presentation of the principles of local public
administration autonomy and decentralization at national level as well as the perspective of
increasing the quality of local administration through the implementation of quality
management activities of local authorities.
The article aims to illustrate the full compatibility between decentralization, local
autonomy, and quality management, the meeting point of which is the individual and his
rights.
To achieve this target, I proposed to address the following issues:
- Concept and current development of the principles of decentralization and local
autonomy;
- Highlighting the main advantages and disadvantages of decentralization
administrative area;
- Concept and the scientific content of total quality management and the lines of action
in improving the quality of public administration activities.
The present article has the basis the sources and papers from experts in the field of
administrative law, Community and studies by sociologists on public administration,
legislation and quality management, having as starting point the European Charter of Local
Self-Government.
We appreciate the importance of the article is determined by its objectives. The
conclusions and recommendations are developed interdisciplinary; both of them are oriented
on the increase of the citizen’s satisfaction towards local government acts.
In the new European context, because there is increasing talk of a unique structure not
only European but also at global level, what we call a qualitative administration is required,
without ignoring social values, political, economic and cultural needs of each nation.

Keywords:
Local government, decentralization, quality management