The development regions of Romania refer to the regional divisions created in Romania in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the European Union. The development regions correspond to NUTS II-level divisions in European Union member states.Despite becoming increasingly significant in regional development projects, Romania's development regions do not actually have an administrative status and do not have a legislative or executive council or government. Rather, they serve a function for allocating European Union PHARE funds for regional development, as well as for collection of regional statistics. They also co-ordinate a range of regional development projects and will become members of the Committee of the Regions when Romania joins the EU, expected in 2007.

There are 8 development regions in Romania, named by their geographical position in the country:

• Nord-Vest
• Nord-Est
• Sud-Vest
• Sud-Est
• Sud
• Vest
• Centru
• Bucureşti-Ilfov

See also

• Region (Europe)
• Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

Geography of Romania | Development regions of Romania

Régions de développement de Roumanie | Regionale utviklingsområder i Romania | Regiuni de dezvoltare | Регионы развития Румынии