The legislation identified and established 8 regional development areas in Romania. Each development region has its own Regional Development Agency and they act as the executive body for the Regional Development Board.

At national level, The Ministry of European Integration, The National Board for Regional Development and The Ministry for Administration and Interior are the structures dealing with the regional development issues. 

North-East RDA Objectives

• Ensuring the conditions for achieving a high level of absorption of funds allocated through the Regional Operational Programme, as Intermediate Body for the implementation of this program in the North-East Region;
• Stimulating intra and interregional partnerships as well as the international ones through promoting projects of common interest;
• Promoting innovation, know-how and technology transfer by consolidating the link between the business, research, technological and scientific environments;
• Promoting regional opportunities in order to attract Romanian and foreign investors.

North-East RDA MainTasks

• Draws up the Regional Development Plan for approval by North-East Regional Development Board (RDB);
• As Intermediate Body, is responsible for implementation of Regional Operational Program (ROP) at regional level;
• Develops specific activities for launching and promoting programs financed from European funds and by Romanian Government;
• Offers assistance to potential beneficiaries by organizing sessions and information campaigns at the regional level, as well as providing answers to requests for information received by email, phone or directly through the Regional Information Office;
• Provides assessment, contracting, implementation and monitoring of regional development projects, establishing the necessary corrective actions to achieve the proposed goals;
• Initiates contacts in order to stimulate partnerships and to promote all the regional development opportunities;
• Identifies opportunities for inclusion of North-East RDA as a direct beneficiary or partner in regional programs and projects;
• Promotes business and entrepreneurial environment from the region at national and international level on the demand and supply principle;
• Provides the secretariat of the North-East Regional Committee for Strategic Assessment and Correlation (RCSAC);