1. Territorial Governance, Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development in the Rural Area Gouvernance territoriale, diversité culturelle et développement durable dans l’espace rural Mihai Pascaru Alba Iulia University, Romania

7. Surviving culture and developing culture. Some indicators Surviving culture Developing culture The exclusive intervention of the state + _ Positive representations of a community project’s chances of success _ + Critical attitude _ + Direct participation in the decision meetings _ +

12. The factors that might be involved in solving local problems (%) The exclusive intervention of the state The inhabitants’ chance of becoming agents Romanians 88,2 55 Hungarians 84,5 63,5

14. Positive representations of a community project’s chances of success (%) Les représentations positives sur les chances de réussite d’un projet (%) A project could be successfully carried out A project could not be successfully carried out Romanians 80,1 12,3 Hungarians 78,4 13,5

16. Critical attitude / Attitude critique (%) Dissatisfied with the quality of some public works in the village YES NO Romanians 47,9 52,1 Hungarians 64,9 35,1

18. Information on local authorities decisions (%) L’information au sujet des décisions prises des autorités locales (%) Direct participation in the City Hall (Local Council) meetings YES NO Romanians 9,4 90,6 Hungarians 11,7 88,3

19. Summary table / Tableu synthetic (%) INDICATORS Surviving culture Developing culture The exclusive intervention of the state Romanians _ Positive representations of a community project’s chances of success Romanians Hungarians Critical attitude _ Hungarians Direct participation in the decision meetings Romanians Hungarians

20. Conclusion There, where we have a territory characterized by cultural diversity, the governance should firstly stimulate the initiatives of those communities which are strongly linked with the developing culture. Partout o ù nous avons un territoire caracteris é par la diversit é culturale, la gouvernance devrait premierement stimuler les initiatives des ces communaut é s qui sont fortment li é es á la culture de development.