Ovidiu Mantaluta is senior researcher in the Management Laboratory, at the Institute for Educational Sciences. He was personal adviser to Secretary of State for Pre-university Education, for education financing and education system decentralisation: in this position, he coordinated the activities of Ministry of Education and Research in decentralisation problem, the methodological aspect in Decentralisation Strategy Document for pre-university education. He worked in projects to improve the administrative and financial management of schools in a decentralised environment, issued comparative studies about education finance, kindergarten finance, deductions, facilities and education systems in Europe.