Abstract. In present, the economic development is a key preoccupation of the policy makers and general public; the attention is focused not only to the economic growth, but to the ways of the development towards sustainable development. In the last time, considerable efforts have gone into work on Sustainable Development, including indicators to support analyses and policies in this field. The paper presents the framework of theoretical concepts and associated operational variable that form the very foundation of the sustainable development indicators system adapted to the particularities of the Romanian economy, which constitute the basis to monitor the efficiency of macroeconomic policies.

Keywords: sustainable development, indicators system, measurement, national policies, strategy.