The role of public authorities in achieving citizen security

Abstract

The study deals with the issue of the role of public authorities in ensuring the security of Romanian citizens, in the context of an increased dynamic of security risks and threats generated by the security crises in the European space in the last decade. The subject is of great importance in today's Romanian society and has generated various approaches in specialized circles and among opinion leaders. The first part of the study presents the typology of public authorities in Romania, as they are individualized in the Romanian Constitution, and the responsibilities of these authorities regarding ensuring and guaranteeing a high level of security and prosperity for citizens, in accordance with the country's National Defense Strategy for the period 2021-2024. In the second part of the study, the responsibilities of public authorities in some issues of interest circumscribed to human security are presented in detail, such as: citizens' access to public information in the field of local administration; the right to education; the right to health and the right to a healthy environment. The study concludes on the need for the permanent improvement of the legislative framework in the field, as well as the efficiency of the act of public administration, in order to create the optimal conditions for the existence and manifestation of the person, in accordance with the constitutional rights they enjoy and with their own ideals of evolution, essential conditions from the perspective of ensuring the integrative concept of human security

Keywords

• public administration
• rights
• information
• health
• education
• environment.