Law no. 52/2003 regarding decisional transparency in public administration establishes the minimal procedural rules applicable for ensuring decisional transparency within the central and local public administration authorities, whether elected or appointed, as well as other public institutions that use public financial resources, in the relationships established between them and the citizens and their legally constituted associations. The purpose of this law is to increase the level of accountability of public administration towards the citizen, as the beneficiary of administrative decisions, to involve the active participation of citizens in the process of making administrative decisions and in the process of drafting normative acts, and to increase the degree of transparency at the level of the entire public administration. In the procedures for drafting normative act projects, the public administration authority is obliged to publish an announcement regarding this action on its own website, to display it at its own headquarters, in a space accessible to the public, and to send it to central or local mass media. The public administration authority will send the drafts of normative acts to all persons who have submitted a request to receive this information. The announcement regarding the elaboration of a draft normative act will be brought to the public’s attention at least 30 working days before submission for approval by public authorities. The announcement shall include: the date of posting, a substantiation note, a statement of reasons, an approval report on the need to adopt the proposed normative act, an impact and/or feasibility study, if applicable, the complete text of the respective draft act, as well as the deadline, place, and manner in which interested parties can submit in writing proposals, suggestions, opinions with a recommendatory value regarding the draft normative act. Upon publication of the announcement, the public administration authority will set a period of at least 10 calendar days for normative act drafts, to receive in writing proposals, suggestions, or opinions regarding the draft normative act subject to public debate. The notification form containing proposals, suggestions, or opinions posted can be completed by the citizen, who may request that these be maintained in the final version of the draft decision. First, in order to benefit from this right, the citizen must create an account on the Single Electronic Contact Point platform. After registering or logging into the account, the individual or legal entity enters the platform and searches for the institution to which they wish to address, in our case the Brăila County Council. After reaching the respective institution, the citizen looks for the necessary form to communicate their observations, which must be downloaded, filled in with the requested data, scanned, and then uploaded again to the platform. Confirmation of receipt of the document and, subsequently, the response will be communicated via the platform, to the e-mail address mentioned in the form.*