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The fiscal sphere can be considered the quintessence of state participation in the economy. Fiscal regulation, respectively fiscal harmonization and control over national budgets, are considered as advanced coordination within the normative management. The impact of EU supranational fiscal regulation on the economies of member countries can be accomplished through budgetary consolidation. This article is dedicated to the analysis of the fiscal consolidation effects and the measures and instruments of fiscal regulation of the EU, which can theoretically be applied to the EU member countries, as well as the effectiveness of the supranational impact and national measures for the implementation and achievement of supranational solutions.

The results of previous studies conducted at the European level highlight the low level of Eastern European countries, which are predominantly in the second half of the Digital Competitiveness (DC) ranking, and the situation is similar for Sustainable Competitiveness (SC). On these premises, the purpose of this research was set to analyze the influence of the four dimensions of the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) of Eastern European countries from 2014-2022 on the SC index selected on the basis of the same criteria. The achievement of this aim is supported by setting the following objectives: objective 1: identification of the interdependence relationship between the digital economy and the sustainable economy; objective 2: bibliometric analysis of the literature indexed on the Web of Science platform of the most relevant studies dealing with the four dimensions of the DESI: "connectivity", "human capital", "digital technology integration" and "digital public services"; objective 3: determination of the influence of the DESI dimensions on CS through econometric analysis. The results of the research are materialised in the confirmation of the link between digitisation and sustainability based on bibliometric and econometric analysis. The usefulness of the results lies in the fact that this study represents a contribution to the literature in terms of investigating the relationship between DESI dimensions and CS index in Eastern European countries.

The development of the Romanian education system must be carried out according to the needs of the consumers of educational services through the development of modern policies and reforms, through partnership between stakeholders, through the use of quality management models in order to review management efficiency. The models, methods and tools that educational institutions use create the space for lifelong learning and the opportunity for flexible education. The focus on the development of sustainable quality management systems for educational institutions shows that there is a growing awareness for quality management in educational institutions, as they want to increase the competitiveness of institutions in the European market. It is necessary to create a culture of quality, which is an essential condition for the implementation of TQM principles in an educational institution.

Globally, change is happening fast, especially in the current conditions of crisis (pandemic, war, economic recession), therefore citizens need to be informed, ready to change jobs, therefore continuous training helps them to overcome obstacles, to be active citizens. These changes determined the managers 'orientation towards the identification of the beneficiaries' needs, the unsatisfied requirements, but also towards the creation of other needs, in the idea of developing a long-term partnership. Initially, the method was called WebQual, later the name was changed to eQUAL. Under this name it has been experimented with for public services provided by electronic means.