Complementarity with the National Strategic Plan for Fisheries
3. Education and training in support for growth and development of knowledge
based society, aiming at modernising the initial and continuous education and training
systems, including supporting the university education and research (PA 1): 23.55%.
The financial allocations per Priority Axis took into consideration the seriousness of difficulties arising from the Analysis chapter and the SWOT analysis. The current figures and indicators were compared with the revised Lisbon targets in terms of knowledge based society, mainly participation to lifelong learning, adaptability and promotion of scientific research in high added value economic sectors. In doing so, there were considered balanced allocations between reaching the Lisbon objectives and the Community Strategic Guidelines, proposing active employment measures and strengthened action for promoting social inclusion for people belonging to vulnerable groups. To this ending, there were proposed Priority Axes and Key Areas of Intervention that address these two complementary human resources development directions, and there were set up targets that should be achieved by the end of 2015.
Lifelong learning and promoting adaptability of workers and enterprises represent the
main objective of SOP HRD. CVT still remains a major challenge because participation in continuous training is at the lowest level in Europe: 1.1% in 2001, 1.1% in 2002, 1.3% in 2003, 1.5% in 2004, 1.6% in 2005, and enhancing access of employees to training is one of the challenges identified initially in JAP, in order to reach the Lisbon targets. The operations included with a view to ensure participation in vocational training or in catching up the missing basic education for certain categories of people make up a significant part of the programme. Participation of workers to training, mainly of those with low level of qualification, was identified as very low.
At the same time, promoting adaptability of the enterprises and employees to respond to the economic change, in the form of promoting the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, the modern and flexible and more productive working arrangements stands as another intervention area supported by the SOP HRD. Inquiries among SMEs have outlined the need for the creation of new products/services, elaboration of strategies and company policies, new technological processes etc.
The promotion of active labour market measures for the unemployed and inactive people, including the people in rural areas occupied in subsistence agriculture, was included
among the other important measures for developing human resources in Romania. The employment rate of the working aged population in 2005, situates Romania at a 12.3 percent points distance compared to the Lisbon objectives established to be achieved in 2010 – general employment rate of 70%. As regards people in the rural areas they rate as the poorest (66.7% of the total poor population) and the poverty risk is much higher within this residence environment, due to occupation in subsistence activities and lack of relevant incomes.
At the same time, the modernisation of the Public Employment Service was seen as an important component in the spectre of labour market institutions called to make an important contribution to the efficient functioning of the labour market. The analysis outlined the need for developing staff competences, which should allow a compliance of the personnel skills with the requests of providing specialised services. While in 2004, the number of the civil servants within PES, which were trained was about 30% of the total number of personnel, in 2005 the percentage was only 25%.
Promoting the (re)integration of people at risk of social exclusion was considered equally important with a view to facilitate their return to and contribution on the labour market. As presented in the analysis, at the end of March 2005, 12,148 youths in state child protection system were aged between 14 and 17 years old, and 6,329 were over 18 years old. The figures on Roma population range from 535,140 people, as registered by the Census in 2002, and 2.5 million, as advanced by other sources. However broad is this array, the number of Roma ethnics who face difficulties in the integration on the labour market is high. Of the total active population (22.9%), 28.5% were unemployed, seeking for a job. About 41% of employed were working in agriculture (of which one third are women) and 31% are unskilled workers. Moreover, Roma population is confronted with major vocational training deficiencies. More than 70% of the Roma population has no qualification or they develop activities which do not require a formal vocational training.
The modernisation of the initial and continuous education and training systems, upgrading of skills of the teachers and trainers, as well as promoting higher education and research, through doctoral and post doctoral programmes, stands as the third large priority funded under the SOP HRD.
The data available for the school year 2005/2006 indicate a decrease of the number of enrolments by 4.46% as compared to school year 2000/2001. The most severe decrease is recorded in case of enrolments in primary school and gymnasium, respectively by 17.97% and 32.51% in the period 2000/2001 – 2005/2006. The analysis also showed that the low attractiveness of teaching career, the relative persisting rigidity in the professional routes of teachers contributes to the diminishment of the teaching personnel. As regards human resources in research, in 2004 in Romania the number of R&D employees per 100 employees was 0.46. This ratio is three times lower than the EU15 (1.41 R&D employees/100 employees). The number of R&D employees, especially highly qualified specialists, recorded a constant decrease trend.
As aforementioned, the Current Situation Analysis and the SWOT Analysis delivered the information based on which the SOP HRD strategy was built. However, starting from the SOP HRD allocation and the many key areas of intervention identified, it had to be set up the targets that the programme will reach. In doing so, there were also assessed the types of operations that could address those specific weaknesses, both at system and individual level, and there were estimated the costs for each type of operation. One difficulty has been encountered in setting the targets related to the estimation of costs per each type of operation,
knowing that a certain objective, e.g. social inclusion of vulnerable groups, can be attained through various programmes, with various operations and thus different costs. Table 38. Financing Plan of the SOP HRD giving the Annual Commitment of Each Fund in the Operational Programme Operational programme reference (CCI number): 2007RO051PO001 Year by source for the programme, in EUR: Structural Funding (ESF) (1) Cohesion Fund (2) Total (3) = (1)+(2) 2007 212,973,834 212,973,834 2008 330,141,809 330,141,809 2009 452,584,803 452,584,803 2010 538,429,514 538,429,514 2011 595,593,519 595,593,519 2012 666,545,305 666,545,305 2013 679,876,212 679,876,212 Total 20072013 3,476,144,996 3,476,144,996 Note: All funding are for regions without transitional support Table 39. Financial plan of the SOP HRD giving, for the whole programming period, the amount of the total financial allocation of each fund in the operational programme, the national counterpart and the rate of reimbursement by priority axis
Operational programme reference (CCI number): 2007RO051PO001 Priority axes by source of funding (in EUR) * The cofinancing rate for all Priority Axes is calculated on a public cost basis. Community Funding (a) National counterpart (b) = (c) + (d) Indicative breakdown of the national counterpart Total funding (e) = (a)+(b) Cofinancing rate* (f) = (a)/(e) For information National Public funding (c) National private funding (d) EIB contributions Other funding Priority Axis 1 797,803,989 193,984,825 193,984,825 991,788,814 80.44 10,257,476 Priority Axis 2 911,775,778 79,621,406 79,621,406 991,397,184 91.97 62,063,435 Priority Axis 3 450,189,271 69,467,140 69,467,140 519,656,411 86.63 59,228,611 Priority Axis 4 176,656,289 58,885,430 58,885,430 235,541,719 75.00 Priority Axis 5 476,402,823 66,953,221 66,953,221 543,356,044 87.68 15,454,661 Priority Axis 6 540,608,927 103,399,059 103,399,059 644,007,986 83.94 17,114,269 Priority Axis 7 122,707,919 40,902,637 40,902,637 163,610,556 75.00 Total 3,476,144,996 613,213,718 613,213,718 4,089,358,714 85.00 164,118,452
Categorisation
SOP HRD contains the indicative breakdown of funds allocation by categories (Annex 3 of SOP HRD), in line with the provisions of Articles 37, par.1 (d) of the Council Regulation No 1083/2006 and according to the Commission Regulation No 1828/2006. The categorisation represents the exante estimation on how the funds allocated under SOP HRD are intended to be spent according to the codes for the dimensions 1 (Priority Theme), 2 (Form of finance) and 3 (Territory type) of the Annex II of the Commission Regulation No 1828/2206. This information will help the Managing Authority to monitor the programme implementation by investment categories and to provide to the Commission uniform information on the programmed use of the Funds in the annual and final implementation report (expost information), according to Art. 67 of the Council Regulation No. 1083/2006.
According to the NSRF, Romania is committed to contributing to the achievement of Lisbon goals and regards the principle of Lisbon earmarking as an important tool for monitoring at national and Community level the actual performance in gearing Structural and Cohesion Funds towards Lisbonrelated areas of intervention. The indicative level of Lisbon expenditure is estimated at about 93.27% of the total ESF allocation under SOP HRD, according to the categories listed in Annex IV of the Council Regulation No 1083/2006.
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