Adult Training in Romania by Felicia Zarojanu – National Adult Training Board

Legal framework  Law 132/1999 for setting up the National Adult Training Board (NTB)  Law 559/2004 which gives NTB the role of National Authority for Qualifications  Government Ordinance 129/2000 and 76/2004 for adult training  Order 4543/468/2004 for approval of non formal evaluation procedures  Norms and orders

Adult training system in Romania  Programs authorized by NATB with national certificates  Programs organized by companies with internal recognition  Competencies’ evaluation in Competencies’ Assessment Centers

Programs authorized by NATB with national certificates  Occupations registered in the Romanian Occupational Catalogue (COR) – Minister of Labor  Occupational standards approved by NATB  Authorized training programs prepared and presented by specialists  Final evaluation - by NATB  Control of the process - by NATB

Competencies’ evaluation in Competencies’ Assessment Centers  Occupations registered in the Romanian Occupational Catalogue (COR) – Minister of Labor  Occupational standards approved by NATB  Authorized assessment centers - by NATB  Evaluation based on instruments with the help of the competencies’ assessors  Control of the process - by NATB

National Adult Training Board  Autonomous authority  Tripartite structure: 5 central public administration, 5 trade unions, 5 employers associations  1 president nominated by prime minister at the proposal of the ministry of labor and the ministry of education  1 Technical secretariat with 75 employees coordinated by a general director

Attributions of NTB  Coordination and control of the training providers by county commissions  Coordination and control of the occupational standards development  Coordination and control of the competencies’ assessment centers  Advisory for training regulations  National Authority for Qualifications

Structure of the Technical Secretariat  Direction of Methodology and Quality Assurance  Direction of Standards and Assessment  Direction of Programs and inovation  IT  HR, Financing and Accountancy  PR 

National Authority for Qualifications  The most important role in National Qualification Framework development  Methodological coordination of the sectoral committees  Administration of the National Register of Qualifications  Administration of the Data Bases with occupational standards and assessment centers  Administration of the National Training Providers Register  Development of methodologies for standard development

Sectoral committees  23 sectors  Created based on a Tripartite Agreement (trade unions, employers associations, government)  Composition: trade unions, employers associations, professional associations, sectoral authorities  Attributions: approval of qualifications, training promotion, advisory for training strategies

Achievements  Coordination of 42 county commissions for training providers authorization  Coordination of 23 sectoral committees  Administration of a National Training Providers Register with 2800 providers  650 occupational standards  Training of more than 90 sectoral experts for occupational standards development  Consultancy for training providers, competencies’ assessment centers and other bodies and persons from the market