1. Page 1 Guidance and counselling in Romania Speranta Tibu Institute of Educational Sciences Bucharest, Romania

2. Page 2 The guidance and counselling services in Romania are delivered by two important networks: -the network of educational services and -the network of employment services.

3. Page 3 The services are free of charge Target groups: - pre-primary students - primary and secondary school students - university students (for the education sector) - unemployed people (for the labour sector)

4. Page 4 IES MoE Universities CJRAE CJAP CAPp MoL ANOFM AJOFM IVGO EUROGUIDANCE NBCCCOPSI EURESEUROPASS EURODESK ANPCDEFP CIO RO Guidance and counselling system

5. Page 5 RO Guidance and counselling system MoE – Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports MoL – Ministry of Labour, Familiy and Social Solidarity IES – Institute of Educational Sciences ANPCDEFP – National Agency for implementing the LLL Program CJRAE - Coordination resource centres at county level (secondary education) CJAP - Coordination counselling centres at county level (secondary education) CAPp - Counselling offices at school level (secondary education) CIO – Information and Counselling Offices (tertiary level) ANOFM – National Agency for Unemployment AJOFM – County Agency for Unemployment IVGO – Information and Vocational Guidance Offices (unemployment) COPSI – National Psychologists Fora NBCC – National Board for Certified Counsellors

6. Page 6 RO Guidance and counselling system Schools: 41 County centres, 2700 school counsellors Started in 1991 Universities: 23 centres in the biggest univesities Started in 1997 Employment offices: 41 County centres, 70 local Agencies, 141 working points, 16 professional training centres (at county and regional level, the National Centre for the Professional Development of the ANOFM employes Rânov EURESS network - 23 Romanian counsellors Started in 1993 EUROGUIDANCE network – 4 counsellors Started in 1994

7. Page 7 Other entities offering vocational guidance and counselling in Romania: -the Probation Centres (under the Ministry of Justice) - career counselling for persons with disabilities -the guidance units in the private sector

8. Page 8 Occupational standards were developed for: -counsellors working with the unemployed people (1990) -school counsellors (2010) -or vocational counsellors (working with persons with disabilities – 2011)

9. Page 9 Innitial education of counsellors: School counsellors: Bachelor degree in: Psychology Pedagogy Sociology Counsellors in universities Psychology Other Bachelor degree + MD in Counselling Counsellors in employment offices Different backgrounds + trainings in Counselling

10. Page 10 Master degree studies in Guidance and Counselling are offered by the biggest public universities in Romania (Bucharest, Cluj, Timisoara, Iasi), Private higher education institutions, as the University Titu Maiorescu Bucharest. Students can choose the CREDIS Department within the Bucharest University if they want to study Guidance and counselling at distance. The PhD in Guidance and counselling can be obtained within Psychology or Educational Sciences Doctoral Schools in the biggest Romanian public universities (Bucharest, Cluj, Timisoara, Iasi).

11. Page 11 Accreditation and supervision is available only for psychology graduates. (www.copsi.ro, 2004).www.copsi.ro Another accreditation opportunity is offered by the NBCC Romania (www.nbcc.ro, 2005): individuals working in a variety of career consulting settings may apply for the Global Career Development Facilitator GCDF certificate.www.nbcc.ro Both accreditation schemes are related to initial and continuous education.

12. Page 12 Innitiatives related to competence /competency development -Distance counselling -MEVOC - competency framework in CG www.mevoc.net -EAS – competrency framework -ICT Skills I and II – ICT competency framework www.ictskills2.orgwww.ictskills2.org -IMPROVE (validation of non-formal learning of career guidance and counselling practitioners) www.improveguidance.eu -COMPROF – trainings for the counsellors working in the employment offices

13. Page 13 Projects in guidance and counsellig area Information and Career Counselling (ICC) 1999-2006 financed by the World Bank 700 centres (education, labour) 900 trained counsellors (Danish experts) Interoption BTPAC JVIS Occupational profiles 1670 trained persons to use the instruments Newspapers Posters

14. Page 14 Projects in guidance and counsellig area -- PLOTEUS -- School and the world of work -- ONCE (truancy) -- PRESTO (learning to learn) -- Writing theatre -- ZEP (Rroma communities) …….

15. Page 15 Publications in guidance and counsellig area EN language -Compendium of methods and techniques in CG (2006) - Educational Porfolio (2009, 2010) - ICT Skills (2005, 2009) - School and the world of work (2010) Many others in RO language

16. Page 16 Bilan de competence OSPZD project (2002) – training modules for school counsellors working with childen in economically disadvatnaged areas Jean Claude Porlier – INETOP France Compendium of methods an techniques to be used in guidance and counselling (2006)– description of the method Angela Muscă – IES Romania The method is used neither in education, nor in the employment offices

17. Page 17 About RO….

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19. Page 19 About RO…. The Carpatians The Black Sea The Danube Delta

20. Page 20 The People House Biserica Schitului Pestera Monastery from Maramures About RO…. Castelul Pele

21. Page 21 In winter… In summer… Anytime! Sfinxul and Babele About RO….

22. Page 22 Some words in RO: Bună (hello) Ce faci? (how are you?) Te iubesc (I love you) Palinca Sarmale Hagi, Nadia, Dracula, Brancusi Bani/lei/ron (money) Frumos (beautiful) Verde (green) La revedere! (good bye)

23. Page 23 The situation of the labour market Population of Romania: 19.042.936 (2011) Unemployment rate: 31.03.2012 - 5,05 % Minimum salary in Romania: 1.01.2012 - 700 lei (1 euro=4 lei)

24. Page 24 E The evolution of the unemployment rate 2006-2011, ANOFM, Romania

25. Page 25 Unemploymenat rate 2011, ANOFM, Romania

26. Page 26 Thank you! Unemployment rates January 2011, Eurostat

27. Page 27 End of 2010: 20,4% of the teenagers aged 15-24 are unemployed (the biggest uneployment rates un EU: Spain 39,1% and Letonia 40,3%) Occupation rate of the persons aged 15-64 years: 58,8%. (2020 benchmark: 70%) Participation of adults on education and professional training: 1,3%, EU: 9,1%, 2020 benchmark: 15% Unemployment rate persons aged 15-60 years with university studies: 28% (the highest among people with different educational levels) Truancy: Romania 18,4%, EU: 14,1%, 2020 benchmark: 10% (Report on educational system, Romania, 2011)

28. Page 28 Institute of Educational Sciences Euroguidance Romania: www.ise.ro www.euroguidance.ise.ro Speranta Tibu c_spertanta@ise.ro Thank you!