​Central

The Ministry of Culture  has the following competences:

• Management of the cultural institutional system including subordinated and decentralised public services;
• Development of public cultural institutions, other cultural operators and experts in culture, and civil society, as well as development of strategies, public policies, national programmes;
• Promotion and financing of projects and activities in the field of culture;
• Development and approval of draft legislation;
• Initiation, negotiation and implementation of conventions, protocols, agreements and other international accords in its field of competence and activity;
• Proposing and promoting partnerships with local public administration authorities and civil society structures;
• Supporting, in collaboration with local public administration authorities, the proper functioning and the activities of institutions and cultural establishments subordinated to County or local authorities;
• Ensuring compliance with and enforcing existing legislation;
• Management of relations with Parliament, in its areas of competence;
• Coordination and monitoring of the activity of subordinate institutions, management of contracts with them and, where and when applicable, the appointment and/or dismissal of their chairs;
• Working with specialised institutions for the development of specialised statistical indicators to collect primary statistical data and their processing;
• Granting research grants, travel awards and distinctions for all its areas of activity and supporting the participation of experts in the field of culture, of creators and artists;
• Development of art education programmes;
• Development of a national strategy for the promotion of Romanian cultural values and cultural tourism;
• Ensuring a legal, financial, fiscal and economic order in cultural economy (stimulation of cultural industries, support and stimulation of creators);
• Cooperation with authorised bodies for combating criminal activity in the field of cultural heritage; and
• Participation in the European Union's decision to promote and support Romania in the field of culture.

Regional

The Counties are responsible for:

Own competencies: (Art 22 of Framework Law n°195/2006 on decentralisation)

• Management of cultural institutions of the County interest.

The Counties' Departments of Culture are decentralized public services of the Ministry of Culture, with legal personality. These organizations fulfil at the county level the attributions of the Ministry of Culture in the field of culture, protection of cultural heritage and the exploitation and development of elements that define the cultural identity of the local community.

Moreover, the County Council provides, according to its competences and according to the law, the framework for ensuring public services of county interest in the field of culture (art. 91 of Law 215/2001).

Local

The Towns and Communes are responsible for:

Own competencies (Article 21 of Framework Law n°195/2006 on decentralisation):

• Management of cultural institutions of local interest.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Culture

Sources

Constitution of Romania of 8 December 1991 amended, published in the Romanian Decision N°90 of 10.02.2010 on the organisation and the functioning of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Framework Law no. 195/2006 on decentralisation, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 453 of 25 May 2006, revised. Law N°215/2001 of Local Public Administration, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 204 of 23 April 2001, as subsequently amended; last modified February 2007.

Law no. 315/2004 on regional development in Romania, published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 577 of 29 June 2004, revised.

Law no. 340/2004 on the institution of the prefect, consolidated version published in the Monitorul Oficial al României, Part I, no. 225 of 24 March 2008 revised.

Decision of Romanian Government, no 185 of 10 March 2020, published in Monitorul Official al Romaniei, no 221 of 18 March 2020