1. Organisation of speaker Ministry of Labour, Managing Authority for HRD SOP, General Director Title of presentation ROMANIAN model for employment and social inclusion partnerships Name of speaker Cristina Iova

2. OVERVIEW 1 – Romania - the need of Partnership approaches 2 – Results – the implemented model 3 – Current State of the art 4 – Future role of partnerships

3. Understanding national policy Study national policy Define Target Locality Consider a partnership Make links with others Examine local capacity Consider labor market areas Consider administrative areas Look for existing partnerships Be strategic yet local Choose an effective format Ensure good leadership Involve right partners To neighboring localities To similar localities across Europe To regional, national and EU Policy-makers Creating the right conditions

4. Study national policy Define Target Locality Desk Research (main policy documents and reports) Desk Research (main policy documents and reports) Meeting several national important actors (National Agency for Employment, Roma National Agency, etc.) Meeting several national important actors (National Agency for Employment, Roma National Agency, etc.) Regional/local structure analysis Regional/local structure analysis Selections of target areas Selections of target areas Screening of regions: desk research and local interviews with all main relevant actors Screening of regions: desk research and local interviews with all main relevant actors

5. Consider a partnership Policy making level – national Policy making level – national Operational/executive levels – county and local Operational/executive levels – county and local Structures at local level weak (in general) Structures at local level weak (in general) Lack of competencies for the development of projects Lack of competencies for the development of projects Need to integrate the different levels in one model to increase effectiveness and efficiency Need to integrate the different levels in one model to increase effectiveness and efficiency

6. Romanian Model of Employment and Social Inclusion Partnership Regional Employment and Social Inclusion Pact Local Actors – Local Project partnerships Permanent Technical Secretariat County Based Partnerships Multiplication level

7. Prefectures County Councils Employment Agencies Churches School Inspectorates Chambers of Commerce and Industry Universities Trade Unions Employers Associations Civil Society representatives (NGOs) Regional Roma Bureaus Regional Development Agencies Partners

8. Territory Coverage: - 8 Regions with Pacts formally existing - 36 County Based Partnerships and Local Partnerships established - Several projects being elaborated and submitted under HRD grant schemes - Coaching and Mentoring process started

9. Current State of the art - Pacts and County Partnerships have an elected organizational and management structure - Working Groups by priority of the Regional Employment and Social Inclusion Action Plan - Development of project ideas - Establishment of project partnerships and groups for designing the proposals for projects - Common development of proposals - Development of projects

10. Future role of the Pacts - Permanent Technical Secretariats being set up as operational structures of the Pacts and as support for ESF beneficiaries to prepare projects - Responsibility for the Regional Employment and Social Inclusion Action Plans implementation and for the design of the new Plans, as strategic and pragmatic instruments for policy decentralization at regional level - Capacity Building of actors to work in partnership - Establishment of transnational cooperation projects

11. Key Success Factors: Knowledge, skills and capacity building – the coaching and mentoring system is fundamental Time – process needs consolidation Level of ownership + Committed Leadership Capacity of being innovative and to develop projects

12. o Thank you very much for your attention! o Questions? Open Days, Brussels 9th October 2007