Implementation of Operational Programmes in Romania the Period 2007-2013

The access to Social and Cohesion Funds offers Romania a possibility to develop the regions which are lagging behind, to modernize transport and environment infrastructure, to support rural development, to create new employment opportunities, to sustain social policies which will lead to the growth of the standard of life. This research work displays a short presentation of structural instruments national level as well as on the institutions responsible for their implementation, on the principles and stages specific for projects with European financing. The existence of a strong institutional structure, capable to ensure the formulation and application of public policies, to keep the coordination processes inside ministries going, the implementation of national programs, increasing the application capacity of partnerships between local administrations, is absolutely necessary.