1. ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Conference Consolidating and Developing Human Capital for a Sustainable knowledge-based Society in Romania; the contribution of Phare TVET projects and ensuring their sustainability -May 2009- Phare TVET RO 2006/ 018-147.04.01.02.01.03.01. Project of Modernizing the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Zoica Vlăduţ- Deputy Director NDCTVET/ PIU

2. 2 The systemic reform in continuing the reform initiated through the programme Phare VET RO 9405 and continued through the multiannual programmes Phare TVET 2001-2003 and 2004-2006, whose MAJOR OBJECTIVE was to develop a consolidated TVET system for :  answering the requirements of a knowledge-based society  increasing the level of employment and economic development  increasing the level of economic and social cohesion  developing the active use of democratic citizenship [1][1] TVET= Initial Vocational Training (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) [1] ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET

3. 3 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Specific objectives of Phare TVET projects Specific objectives of Phare TVET projects Supporting the achievement of objectives of the educational policies by means of: Supporting the achievement of objectives of the educational policies by means of: The contribution to the improvement of TVET and HE systems; The contribution to the improvement of TVET and HE systems; The increase in adaptability and employment at the regional and local level; The increase in adaptability and employment at the regional and local level; Ensuring a higher coherence between the training offer or TVET and HE Ensuring a higher coherence between the training offer or TVET and HE Increasing the access and participation in TVET Increasing the access and participation in TVET

4. 4 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Financia l year Institut. Devel. (Phare) Investments TOTAL Budget totalOut of which PhareRO Gov. 20043.00 (0.50 for HE) 45.619 school rehabilit. 34.214 school rehabilit. 11.404 school rehabilit. 48.619 20053.00 (1.00for HE) 25.667 (out of which 23.00 teaching equip 2.667 – school rehabilit.) [1] 19.25(out of which 17.25 teaching equip 2.0 – school rehabilit.) 6.417 (out of which 5.75 teaching equip. 0.667 – school rehabilit.) 27.667 20061,50 (0,40 for HE) 30.20 (out of which 27.00 teaching equip. 3.2 TIC) 22.65 (out of which 20.25 teaching equip. 2.4 TIC) 7.55 (out of which 6.75 teaching equip. 0.8 TIC) 31.700 TOTAL7.50101.48676.114 25.371108.986 [1] [1] supervision

5. 5 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Direct beneficiaries Phare 2006 150 education units in localities approved by GD 399/2001 (students, teachers, management staff and social partners) 42 School inspectorates 42 Local Committees for Developing the Social Partnership in TVET (LCDSP) 8 university networks from 8 occupational sectors (59 faculties) 8 Regional Consortia (RC) Indirect beneficiaries the entire network of technical and vocational education and training units the entire network of technical and vocational education and training units

6. 6 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET The Phare TVET projects provided an integrates approach according to the national needs and the provisions of the policies adopted by the European Union for the systems of vocational educational and training (the programme “Vocational education and training 2010”) from the following perspectives: The Phare TVET projects provided an integrates approach according to the national needs and the provisions of the policies adopted by the European Union for the systems of vocational educational and training (the programme “Vocational education and training 2010”) from the following perspectives:  The education levels by means of articulating the TVET and HE  Lifelong learning by correlating TVET and CVT  The provisional management process of the labor force correlated with the needs of economic and social development  The management and governing processes of TVET units

7. 7 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET From the perspective of education levels by articulating TVET and HE From the perspective of education levels by articulating TVET and HE - Developing qualifications from the perspective of career progress and the recognition of prior learning - Creating the conditions for the portability of learning acquisitions by means of transferable and accumulation credits (ECTS and ECVET) - Coherent mechanims for quality assurance in developing qualifications - Coherent mechanims for quality assurance in providing qualifications

8. 8 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET From the perspective of lifelong learning by correlating TVET and CVT From the perspective of lifelong learning by correlating TVET and CVT - Contributions to the development of the National Qualifications Framework and correlation with the European Qualifications Framework; - Developing mechanisms and instruments for recognizing the results achieved in different learning contexts (still nonfunctional the recognition of results from nonformal and informal learning contexts - Supporting the education and training providers for participating in apprenticeship projects in partnership with enterprises (still nonfunctional)

9. 9 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET From the perspective of the provisional labor force management process correlated with the needs of economic and social development From the perspective of the provisional labor force management process correlated with the needs of economic and social development - Participatory strategic planning and involvement of different levels of decision in determining the training needs - Supporting the institutional development of partnership structures: regional consortia, LCDSP - Developing and improving mechanism and instruments of forecasting qualification needs: methodologies of investigating the labor market, and methodologies of studying the graduates insertion, REAP, LEAP, SAP and methodologies of monitoring the implementation thereof

10. 10 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET From the perspective of management and governing processes of the TVET unit: - The TVET unit as an inclusive education and training institution, capable of self-assessment and of improving its activity - The TVET unit capable of acting as an institution of developing the human resources at the level of the community - The TVET unit promoting the social partnership and active in community - The TVET unit part of one or several inter- assistance networks

11. A few quantitative results of projects Phare TVET 2004-2006 (period November 2006- May 2009) 250 qualifications elaborated and reviewed for TVET and HE 6319 trainees (representatives of SCI, TVET unit directors, teaching staff, social partners, etc.) 150 external monitoring visits for quality assurance and drafting reports 8 REAP, 42 LEAP, 150 SAP elaborated and reviewed annually, based on the labor market studies 166 monitoring visits for the strategic planning instruments analysis of monitoring visit reports for aprox. 1000 TVET units aprox. 400 auxiliary curricula elaborated

12. 12 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Sustainability of Phare TVET projects through: - Relevance of the results - Relevance of the results - Undertaking them by all partners - Undertaking them by all partners - Mobilizing resources for further actions - Mobilizing resources for further actions - Using resource persons - Using resource persons - Using inter-assistance networks - Using inter-assistance networks

13. 13 Thank you for your attention! Your opinion counts! Please send it to the National Center for Development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training vet@tvet.ro vet@tvet.ro Fax: 021 312 54 98 Tel: 021 311 1162 or 021 312 1161 www.tvet.ro ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND YOUTH NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET