INFORMATION SOURCES FOR REGIONAL ANALYSIS: NECESSITY, AVAILABILITY, FLAWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The article analyses the national statistical instruments through the perspective of the European ones and offers a list of conclusions and recommendations for tusing them in the regional analyses. A particular attention is being offered to the instruments used by EUROSTAT; attention being paid to the statistical instruments used in Romania. A critical analyses of the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms of regional development, the regional statistics elaborated by the National Office of Statistics and the Ministry of Economy leads the author to several conclusions and recommendations regarding the harmonization of the national instruments between themselves and to EU standards.