Abstract:
Our country passes through a critical period of crisis, with major effects for the capitalization of human resources,
natural, material or financial resources. The current economic crisis was integrated in the long economic cycle, which
begun at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, preparing the beginning of the new long term
cycle of the 21st century. The paper reveals the potential effects which the current crisis might generate on middle and
long term if the local community does not take the proper measures to stop the current crisis. However, the research
proposes a few possible sustainable solutions that might be adopted in the regional anti-crisis strategy. Starting with the
experience of EU countries in anti-crisis measures, the study considers that sustainable solutions might be taken in three
directions: economic, social and ecological. A real issue for the implementation of sustainable solutions in Romania is
the lack of a credible authority able to unite “under the same umbrella” the solutions proposed by various partners. The
implementation of these solutions can be carried out in different ways: through partnerships or through the creation of
autonomous territorial units, with their own functioning structures (i.e. associations).
