Abstract:
The paper aims to identify how to approach sustainable development in regional development strategies, having as a
case study the North-East Region, and to evaluate how to implement strategic objectives, at regional and rural level.
The document aims to identify new strategic proposals to ensure the sustainable development of rural areas, using a
system of specific, quantifiable and representative indicators that allow, through econometric analysis, the evaluation of
results and the projection of sustainable development developments. The approach of sustainable development and rural
development in a strategic context had above all a theoretical character, the analysis being oriented towards: the
delimitation of the different conceptual aspects regarding the sustainable development and the strategies of sustainable
development; addressing rural development from sustainable development; regulations on sustainable development at
global, European and national level, etc. The paper thus highlights, starting from the analysis of regional development
strategies of the Northeast Region, solutions to improve the process of strategic implementation of development
objectives, by providing viable tools for monitoring development, sustainable development at regional and rural level,
eliminating their trends disproportionate. The target indicators proposed by this document and their justification allow
such a realistic and accurate estimation of the strategic implementation and the measurement of the impact of the
strategic objectives. At European level, concerns about incorporating the principles of sustainable development into
Member States' development strategies emerged with Agenda 21, but the approach was fragmented and policy
implementation was inconsistent in trade, investment, technology and sustainable development.
