The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of Public Administration of Romania, hereinafter referred to as “Parties”, wishing to develop the Slovene – Romanian cooperation and to exchange experience in the field of public administration,
have agreed the following:
Article 1
Both Parties shall develop the cooperation in the field of central and local public administration in the following fields:
(1) the development of the cooperation through exchange of information and experience related to the reform of public administration in both countries,
(2) closer links between administration and citizens through informing means: the set up of the national information network “e-Administration”, the establishment of just a single office,
(3) data information on population, issuing and management of passports and personal documents for citizens,
(4) the promotion of the cooperation among local public administration authorities.
Article 2
In the field of public function, the Parties shall pay a special attention to the following activities:
(1) the establishment of professional bodies of experts and public servants which will be activated within the central and local public administration of the two states, as well as within international bodies as international servants,
(2) the exchange of public servants and experts delegations in the field of central and local public administration between the two states.
Article 3
In the field of public services in the municipality, the two Parties shall develop the cooperation in the following fields of special interest for citizens’ standard of living:
(1) the management of the public services in the municipality,
(2) the development of the public-private partnership in the field of public services in the municipality.
Article 4
This Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period and shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the last notification by which the Parties notify the approbation in accordance with their national legislation.
The Agreement can be modified by mutual agreement of both Parties, with due regard to the procedures stipulated in the first paragraph of this Article.
Each of the Parties can denounce this Agreement by a written notification addressed to the other Party. The denunciation takes effect three months after the notification is received by the other Party.
Done at Ljubljana, on 3rd day of October 2002, in two original copies, in Slovene, Romanian and English languages, all the texts being equally authentic. In the case of divergence of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
For the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia Rado Bohinc, (s)
For the Ministry of Public Administration of Romania Petru Şerban Mihăilescu, (s)