1. NATIONAL INTEGRITY AGENCY PERSONNEL TRAINING STRATEGY
September April 2011

2. In 2009 the Agency developed a training strategy for its own personnel
In 2009 the Agency developed a training strategy for its own personnel . The role played by the new formed institution in the Romanian anti-corruption imposed a high level of training and professional development.
The training schedule and the resources designated to finance the objectives from the strategy were affected by the measures taken by the Romanian Government to reduce de budgetary spending:
Besides the 2009 Training Strategy, it was elaborated the plan for personnel training and improvement and the 2009 Action Plan.
The Training strategy was approved through Note no. 16 from 02/06/2009, Note no. 231 from 02/27/2009.
GENERAL GROUNDS
Government Emergency Ordinance no. 34/2009, with regards to the budget rectification on 2009 and regulation of some financial and tax measures, approved by Law No. 227/2009, with subsequent amendments;
Government Ordinance no. 19/31 August 2009, on
state budget revision for 2009.

3. MEASURES TAKEN BY THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT
Under the agreements with the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and World Bank, the Romanian Government has taken steps to reduce expenditures for 2009:
The regulations issued by the Government during 2009 led to the reconsideration of the Training Strategy, Training Plan for ANI’s personnel and of the Action Plan for ANI’s personnel training strategy for the year 2009 and their adaptation to the measures required by those regulations.
First step in the process of reconsideration the strategy and the training plans was to prioritize the objectives and the categories of personnel who required urgent training.
Then it was analyzed accessible sources of funding both international and national . In addition to this, the Agency focused on identifying potential partners of training.
Last, it has been agreed a new type of strategy and an action plan that will meet the training needs.
MEASURES TAKEN BY THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT
TO REDUCE THE BUDGETARY SPENDING
The Government’s Ordinance no. 19/August 31st, 2009 on the 2009 state budget rectification.
The Government’s Emergency Ordinance no. 34/2009 on the 2009 budget correction and regulating financial and fiscal measures, approved by Law No. 227/2009, as subsequently amendments
Training Strategy reconsideration

4. EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMANDATIONS
European Commission interim report of February 2008 on progress in Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism emphasize that the National Integrity Agency has received insufficient support from the European Union. Consequently, Romania was encouraged to make full use of European funds (made available through the Transition Facility and TAIEX) and the other Member States were directed to support the National Integrity Agency directly through the exchange of experience, training and institutional partnerships. Following recommendations efforts were made relating to develop projects and strengthen institutional capacity of the Agency.
European Commission Report of July 2009 on progress in Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism praised the progress of the National Integrity Agency. The European Commission also praised ANI’s training strategy.
Interim Report of the European Commission from March 2010 on progress in Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism stressed that "the encouraging results of the National Integrity Agency continued in the second half of 2009”.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMANDATIONS

5. THE TRAINING CYCLE NEEDS EVALUATE PLAN DELIVERY
EVALUATE PLAN
DELIVERY
THIS CYCLE DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR ANI TO:
• identify its needs and decide “who needs what?”;
• decide how it will meet those needs, what resources are required and the timescales involved;
• deliver the training and information required;
• evaluate its effectiveness.
THE TRAINING CYCLE

6. THE NEW STRATEGY’S OBJECTIVES
Improve the Procedures Manual regarding the control activity of the statements of assets and interests and identify the states of incompatibility / conflicts of interests.
Organize seminars and working groups supported by foreign experts, in order to improve the knowledge of the integrity inspectors in their field of activity;
Develop guides regarding the sphere of application of incompatibilities and conflicts of interest for public officials and people who occupy public dignities in public administration at local and county ground;
Develop a manual of best practices at national and international level;
Training of the integrity inspectors on their field of activity;
Develop and improve ANI’s internal and external communication;
Improving the activity of the integrity inspectors by achieving experience in their area of expertise;
Support and develop skills and competence of civil servants and other cathegories of personnel in order to use new tools, mechanisms and specific procedures;
Update the Guide for Completing statements of assets and interests and publish it on its website "
Improve the operational activity;

7. ACTION PLAN TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES
Identify the so-called "risk areas", where training and training programs must be targeted and prioritized;
Determine the budgetary needs and identify ways to minimize costs;
Identify and select employees of the institution to become trainers;
Establish operational contacts and networks in the field of administrative anticorruption that may offer support to the Agency.

8. TRAINING SUPPLIERS
non-governmental organizations;
private sector companies having as object of activity the public administration staff training;
similar institutions with activity in the field of preventing and countering corruption;
professional associations in the field of justice.
Training providers for ANI’s staff may come from institutions having as field of activity the education and training of the personnel from public administration.

9. Romanian Academic Society
IDENTIFIED SUPPLIERS
Having in view the priorities in training the Agency`s personnel and the possibility of accessing external financing there was targeted two major partners in delivery the training:
The Public Prosecutors Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice
Romanian Academic Society
Project’’Strengthening the institutional and professional capacity of the National Integrity Agency”
Twinning Light Program "Consolidating the Romanian Practical and Legal Framework in the Field of confiscation and Assets Recovery“

10. PROJECTS WITH EXTERNAL FINANCING
I) Twinning Light Program "Consolidating the Romanian Practical and Legal Framework in the Field of confiscation and Assets Recovery":
Responsible and Resources: Public Ministry - The Public Prosecutors Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, National Agency for Integrity
Main objectives: Efficient fight against economic and financial crime and organized crime
Project purpose: The project aims at strengthening the effectiveness of the justice system in the national and international cooperation in the area of assets recovery in relation to criminal offences likely to generate substantial profits, mainly trafficking of persons, illicit drug trafficking, fraud , corruption and money laundering offences.
Main activities:
Develop an analysis report which will include the Romanian tools for investigating, legal and operational, and freezing mechanisms, to identify potential framework that exists and also to detect blockings, including the relationship of international cooperation in the recovery of assets;
Develop a comparative analysis of the Romanian and European legislation in the field, with proposals to adapt the Romanian legislative frame;
Develop recommendations and guidelines aimed in order to support the sketching of a national strategy on asset recovery;
Develop a manual of best practices at national and international level;
Disseminate of content through 5 workshops;
A one week study visit in a Member State.
PROJECTS WITH EXTERNAL FINANCING

11. Performance indicators: 5 workshops accomplished, 1 study visit, number of trained inspectors, Analysis report including the Romanian investigation tools, legal and operational, and blocking mechanisms, developed and approved by the beneficiaries, Comparative analysis of Romanian and EU legislation, which was developed;
Sources of verification: Recommendations and guidelines that aim to foster the development of national strategies, manual of best practices developed;
Deadline: June 2010.
II) Project’’Strengthening the institutional and professional capacity of the National Integrity Agency”
Partners: Romanian Academic Society, National Integrity Agency
Main objectives:
Develop guidelines regarding the coverage application of the incompatibilities and conflicts of interest regime for civil servants and those who occupy high public functions in public administration, local and county;
Improve the Working Procedures Manual regarding the control activity of the statements of assts and interests and that of identifying states of incompatibility / conflict of interest;
Organize seminars and workshops held by international experts, in order to improve knowledge of integrity inspectors in the field;
Performance indicators: Carrying out the project activities, Procedures Manual improved, 5 seminars x 20 inspectors.
Sources of verification: Project reports, Guides published and disseminated to the integrity inspectors, Evaluation forms
Risks: Not applicable
Responsible and Resources: SAR, ANI
Deadline: April 2011.

12. Responsible and Resources
ACTION PLAN
Objectives
Activities
Group target
Training suppliers
Responsible and Resources
Deadline
The project aims at strengthening the effectiveness of the justice system in the national and international cooperation in the area of assets recovery in relation to criminal offences likely to generate substantial profits, mainly trafficking of persons, illicit drug trafficking, fraud, corruption and money laundering offences.
Develop an analysis report which will include the Romanian tools for investigating, legal and operational, and freezing mechanisms, to identify potential framework that exists and also to detect blockings, including the relationship of international cooperation in the recovery of assets;
Integrity inspectors
Public Ministry - The Public Prosecutors Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, National Integrity Agency;
Public Ministry - The Public Prosecutors Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (Facility Transition-Unallocated Envelope);
June 2010
Develop a comparative analysis of the Romanian and European legislation in the field, with proposals to adapt the Romanian legislative frame;
Develop recommendations and guidelines aimed in order to support the sketching of a national strategy on asset recovery;
Develop a manual of best practices at national and international level.

13. Responsible and Resources
ACTION PLAN
Objectives
Activities
Group target
Training suppliers
Responsible and Resources
Deadline
Disseminate of content through 5 workshops (Cluj Napoca, Buchurest Iasi)
Integrity inspectors
Public Ministry - The Public Prosecutors Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, National Integrity Agency;
Public Ministry - The Public Prosecutors Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (Facility Transition-Unallocated Envelope);
June 2010
A one week study visit in a Member State (Belfast and London)
Public Ministry - The Public Prosecutors Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, National Integrity Agency.
Public Ministry - The Public Prosecutors Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (Facility Transition-Unallocated Envelope).

14. Responsible and Resources
ACTION PLAN
Objectives
Activities
Group target
Training suppliers
Responsible and Resources
Deadline
Strengthen the institutional capacity of the National Integrity Agency to perform its functions with regard to the verification of declarations of assets, conflict of interests and incompatibility.
Improve the Working Procedures Manual regarding the control activity of the statements of assts and interests and that of identifying states of incompatibility / conflict of interests.
Integrity inspectors
Romanian Academic Society, ANI
SAR, ANI
April 2011
Organize 5 seminars for 20 integrity inspectors, held by international experts, in order to improve knowledge of integrity inspectors in the field (a working group will be created with ANI’s staff, experts in the field and SAR)

15. PROFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROVIDERS
Star Storage
ARIEL Language Centre - University of Bucharest
National Agency of Civil Servants (ANFP)
Between November 2009 – March 2010, a number of 17 employees were trained on foreign languages (English, German) beginner level, 12 public servants, 5 contractual personnel.
Starting with April 2010, 10 employees (9 public servants, 1 contractual personnel) started the intermediate level courses of foreign languages (English, German).
From September 26, 2009 the National Agency of Civil Servants (ANFP) receives financing under the FSE - Operational Program Administrative Capacity Development for the Project "European standards in the utilization of information technology in public administration - national certification program of civil servants
This project aims a target group consisting of civil servants from the central and local public administration, in any age groups, at national level aimed at developing the PC skills recognized by the European Computer Driving License, ECDL .Under this program the Agency intends to train 80 of its civil servants
Implementation of the "Computer system for electronic management of documents, electronic archiving service, hosting, portal and associated services" implementation.

16. PROFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STAR STORAGE
55 inspectors will be trained as a result of the second training session, being presented to them the I stage of the informatic system, thus they will learn to use the advanced search application (using multiple filters) of a statement and to download the result. The Integrity inspectors feedback with regards to the first phase of implementation of informatic system will give the premise to improve further modules, if necessary.
During 2010, the informatic application of management of the electronic archive of wealth and interest statements submitted, according to Law 144/2007, republished will involve three stages of implementation and development:
In 2009, 5 integrity inspectors were trained, being presented to them the application of advanced search and download from the electronic archive database of the wealth and interest statements submitted in 2009 for the fiscal year 2008, according with the Law 144 / 2007, republished
Training session for the integrity inspectors in order to use in their current activity the open source module OSINT.
Training for the integrity inspectors with power decision having in mind the:
Training session for the integrity inspectors and for all persons involved in the completion of declarations of assets and interests
Random distribution of cases (automatically allocates cases to an Integrity Inspector, based on specific algorithms) Use of Information Intelligence - Investigative Analytical Solution specifically designed to bring clarity to complex analysis, investigations and scenario and of IBM FileNet (working files, workflows for Integrity Inspectors in fulfillment of duties, training sessions for each user for every level application development; reports and statistics aimed at streamlining management leadership of ANI; Information Inteligence Benefits (the users will be able to:Organize information using portal type structures/Collaborate by sharing information/Use collected information to act proactively).