EC adopted today the Operational Programmes “Administrative Capacity” and “Human Capital” 2014-2020
The European Commission adopted today, the 25th of February 2015, the Operational Programmes “Administrative Capacity” and “Human Capital”, funded by the European Social Fund for the period 2014-2020.
ABOUT OP “ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY”
The purpose of OPAC 2014-2020 is to invest €658 million (of which €553 million from the EU budget) to help increase the responsiveness of Romania’s public administration and judicial system to the needs of economy and society. The programme has the goal of improving the efficiency, the transparency and the accessibility of Romania’s public administration and judicial system. To attain this goal, investment will address the following priorities:
- Strengthening the key functions of public administration (strategic planning, programme budgeting, impact assessment, evaluation and monitoring, simplifying legislation, public procurement, reducing the red tape) and improving the administrative capacity to perform such functions, including through the development of human resources.
- Improving the functioning of the judicial system, including for the implementation of the new legal codes.
- Enhancing the decision-making process in local public administration and judiciary, by introducing common standards and practices and quality management systems, with a view to improving the services provided to citizens and businesses.
- Setting up a preventive framework both in public administration and in the judicial system to address ethics and integrity challenges.
During the funding period, around 90 000 employees in public administration and judiciary will be trained and around 250 public and judicial institutions will benefit directly from funding from this Programme, with thousands more benefitting indirectly from the planned interventions.
ABOUT OP “HUMAN CAPITAL”
This programme aims to invest around €5 billion (of which €4.3 billion from the EU budget) helping Romanians, including youngsters, find a job, improve their education and skills, reducing poverty and social exclusion, supporting better social services and labour market institutions. Specific attention is given to youth, Roma and rural population.
The programme has seven priorities with the following EU allocations:
Priorities 1 and 2 are dedicated to the implementation of the Youth Guarantee in Romania, with €211 million for Youth Employment Initiative eligible regions (Centre, South East and South Muntenia) and €362 million for the rest of the country. The measures will be tailored to the profiles of young people not in employment, education, or training (NEETs). These can include counselling, orientation, training, help to set up companies and support for mobility, as well as incentives for employers to create jobs, apprenticeships programmes etc.
Priority 3, “Jobs for all”, has an EU allocation of €1.1 billion. It will support access to employment, with a focus on unemployed and inactive people, long term unemployed, older workers, disabled and persons with lower level of education. This will entail improving their skills, facilitating the recognition of their qualifications or experience; supporting labour mobility between different regions of Romania and assisting the participants in finding a job or setting up micro companies and SMEs, among others.
Priority 4, with €940 million, aims to promote social inclusion and to fight poverty. Integrated measures will help disadvantaged people, including Roma, to access the labour market, by improving their skills and supporting entrepreneurship and social enterprises, among other actions. Several vulnerable groups will be supported, such as homeless, persons suffering from dependence, victims of domestic violence or trafficking, prisoners or ex-offenders, elderly and disabled people. Specific support will also be provided to social services, such as social assistance, health and care services, including support the so-called “de-institutionalisation” (assistance to groups with care needs allowing them to live more independently instead of committing them in institutions).
Priority 5, with €201 million, supports local development under the responsibilities of the communities. It covers urban areas (cities of over 20 000 inhabitants), with a focus on disadvantaged communities. Thus, it will complement the support for rural areas and smaller cities under the Rural Development Programme.
Priority 6, education and skills, will invest €1.2 billion to support second chance education for young NEETs, reduce early school leaving, improve access and quality of tertiary education, support apprenticeships, traineeships and lifelong learning, improve teachers’ skills, support entrepreneurship education, as well as vocational education and training in general, always aiming at increasing their relevance to the demands of the labour market. Particular attention is given to disadvantaged people, such as Roma or persons from rural areas or with low skills, for instance through scholarships.
Priority 7 includes the remaining €258 million for technical assistance to implement the programme.
Source: www.fonduri-structurale.ro
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