1. International Conference on
ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION National Center for Development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Program Implementation Unit of Phare TVET RO 2006/
International Conference on
Consolidating and Developing Human Capital for
Sustainable knowledge-based Societies in South-East Europe
6th – 7th of March 2009
Workshop 5
Modernizing the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the Higher Education (HE) in Romania through Phare projects: challenges for developing the human capital in an changing society

2. Contribution of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training and of the Higher Education to the regional development
Kelemen Tibor
Chairman of the Regional Consortium in the Center Region
Executive Manager of AJOFM COVASNA

3. Increasing the relevance of learning and lifelong learning
Employability: employment (qualifications requested by the labor market, competences necessary for employment and job retention) and further studies
medium term forecast of the offer and designing the learning programme adapted to the changing needs on the labor market
transition from school to active life (“know”, “do”, “be”, “live in harmony with others”)
partnership with the business environment
analysis of the social-professional insertion of graduates
Contribution to the economic and social development of the community and of the region: building competences that attract and support investments
level of satisfaction of employers
capacity to provide community services
Lifelong learning
- Validating the learning outcomes
- Continuity of the educational offer: articulation and coherence (pre-university and university within the National Qualifications Framework)
- Career guidance and counseling

4. Strategic planning in education
Major objective: increasing the contribution of the technical and vocational education and training and of the higher education to a rapid and efficient transition towards a competitive economy based on innovation and knowledge, participatory and inclusive.
The term “strategic planning is used with the meaning of medium term “forecast” for 5-7 years of the offer

5. Strategic planning template for the vocational training in TVET
The template suggested and implemented sees to the provision of a relevant vocational training offer in TVET compared to the forecasted needs of the labor market
The relevance of the vocational training offer
quantitative – deficit of competences and qualifications on the labor market;
qualitative – territorial aspect of the offer (geographic, sectoral), quality of the learning outcomes

6. Strategic planning template for the vocational training in TVET
decentralizing the decision and the dissemination thereof on several decision levels, i.e. national, regional, county and local
participatory exercise based on the common action of multiple economic and social partners (Regional Consortia, Local Development Committees for the Social Partnership, Partners of the education unit)
combines the top-bottom decision flow with the bottom-top flow

7. REAP, LEAP, SAP – instruments for increasing relevance of the training offer
Makes an analysis of the needs at the regional/local/community level (external environment)- per sectors of activity, fields of training, the needs and specificity of the target groups
Makes a detailed analysis of the capacity of the education unit network (internal environment) to answer the needs identified and adapted to change
Sets priorities, targets and medium and short term measures extracted from the correlated analysis of the internal and external environment
REAP provides an integrated approach for TVET and HE

8. Stages of strategic planning
documenting and drafting the strategic document (planning);
- forecast of the workforce demand: Provisional studies on the labor market for the year 2013 (made in 2005), Studies and analyses of the labor market, Inquiries in enterprises (made annually in )
- analysis of the demographic, economic and labor market context
- early anticipation of the vocational training needs
- analysis of the TVET system’s capacity
- action lines
implementaation - REAP, LEAP, SAP – starting with 2004;
monitoring/assessment – Monitoring reports, Monitoring methodologies of the social-professional insertion of TVET and HE graduates approved by OMERI 6011 and 6012/ 2008 consequent to pilot phases in the years 2007 and 2008
update (review) – annual, starting with 2005

9. Strategic planning in education
Major objective: increasing the contribution of the technical and vocational education and training and of the higher education to a rapid and efficient transition towards a competitive economy based on innovation and knowledge, participatory and inclusive.
The term “strategic planning is used with the meaning of medium term “forecast” for 5-7 years of the offer

10. Functional chart of the strategic planning template for the vocational training offer in TVET
Ministry of Education, Research and Youth
Drafting education and vocational training policies
Social Dialogue Commission
Approves documents for policies and strategies and deeds
REAP: forecast of the medium term vocational training offer
(regional level)
Regional Consortium
Elaborates / updates REAP and monitors REAP and LEAP
Regional Development Council
REAP approval
LEAP: forecast of the medium term vocational training offer
(regional level)
Local Development Committee for the Social Partnership
Elaborates / updates LEAP and monitors LEAP and SAP
School Inspectorate
LEAP approval
SAP: institutional development and improvement of the quality of the vocational training offer
(local level)
Board of Adminstration
Elaborates / updates and monitors SAP
TVET education unit
SAP approval

11. Future actions and corrective measures
increasing the level of mutual trust and of the trust between TVET and HE
increasing the level of mutual trust between TVET, HE and the labor market
increasing the level of articulation and coherence of the offer by means of TVET and HE
increasing the TVET and HE contribution to the regional development
If we succeeded: how?
If we didn’t succeed: why not? What do we have to do? what do those that succeeded have to do?
THANK YOU!