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CCASP SHIFTING TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN MUNICIPAL PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES: A
BRIEF RECENT HISTORY OF BENCHMARKING IN ROMANIA

3. Both quantitative instruments include pre-defined KPIs that have been developed in consultation

with LPAs/sectoral experts in the fields of reference for the targeted sectors.
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4. The reporting system is based on a web platform with unique user account for each LPA who is
responsible for providing requested data.

Although developed in 2012, the system is still in process of operationalization at the level of LPAs. The
reporting is voluntary for the time-being, although the Government is considering mandatory reporting
provisions to be stipulated in the legislation.

The module on local public strategies on general interest services includes aspects related to investments

objectives, planned financial resources (with a separate evidence for local budgets, state budget
transfers, private investments, EU funded projects, loans) and timeline for implementation for a period of
4 years for 6 public services:

1. Transportation: including data on urban infrastructure, dispatchers, equipment, transport
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2. Heating: including data on thermal power units, transport and distribution of thermic energy,

individual metering systems

3. Sanitation: including data on (selective) waste collection capacities, waste disposal, recycling

4. Water: including data on water intake, water treatment, water transport and distribution

5. Sewage: including data on collecting, transport and evacuation of wastewaters and meteoric
waters, treatment & evacuation of muds and other waste

6. Public lighting: including data on infrastructure for transport and distribution of public lighting

The need to further focus on the strategic planning as a key area for improving the quality of the

governance at both central and local level is stipulated also by the Strategy for Consolidating Public
Administration 2014 - 2020, prepared by the Ministry for Regional Development and Public Administration.
However, principles of performance management are still not entirely functional, as the budgeting process

is not performance based, but rather inertial, historically based on yearly expenditures and certain central
agencies still keep the prerogative of establishing the standard prices especially for public utility services
in the fields of energy, transport

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