MINISTRY OF LABOUR, SOCIAL SOLIDARITY AND FAMILY

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• MINISTRY OF LABOUR, SOCIAL SOLIDARITY AND FAMILY
• ESF HEAD OF MISSION
• MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR SECTORAL OPERATIONAL
  PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

• Sectoral Operational Programme for Human
  Resources Development - 2007-2013
• European Structural Funds and Civil Society
  Organizations
• Sofia, 14 th February, 2007
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• 
  Cristina IOVA
  General Director

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• LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE
• EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND IN RESPECTING ELABORATION OF
  SOP HRD
• Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2006 of the European
  Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on
  the European Social Fund and repealing
  Regulation (EC) No. 1784/1999
• Council Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006 of 11 July
  2006 laying down general provisions on the
  European Regional Development Fund, the European
  Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing
  Regulation (EC) No. 1260/1999
• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1828/2006 laying
  down general provisions on the European Regional
  Development Fund, the European Social Fund and
  the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No.
  1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the
  Council on the European Regional Development Fund
  

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• Managing Authority
• The Ministry of Labour, Social Solidarity and
  Family is designated as
• Managing Authority for the Sectoral Operational
  Programme for Human
• Resources Development, having the responsibility
  of the management
• and implementation of the financial assistance
  allocated to it
• Art. 9
• G.D. No. 497 /2004
• Head of Mission
• - Within the Ministry of Labour, Social
  Solidarity and Family operates the Head of
  Mission for the European Social Fund Structure,
  subordinated to the General Director of the MA
  SOP HRD.
• - The Head of Mission for the European
  Social Fund Structure is responsible for the
  technical and financing level coordination of the
  Sectoral Operational Programme for Human
  Resources Development and of the Operational
  Programme for the Administrative Capacity
  Development, within the Ministry of
  Administration and Interior.
• Art. 1, par. 7
• G.D. 771/2006

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• Monitoring Committee
• The Monitoring Committee shall be set up within
  three months of the
• decision approving the operational programme
  (according to the
• General Regulation).
• The Monitoring Committee of SOP HRD shall include
  the following
• representatives
• - MA SOP HRD
• - ANCIS (MoPF)
• - IBs SOP HRD
• - Ministry of Economy and Trade
• - Ministry of Administration and Interior
• - Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural
  Development
• - Ministry of European Integration

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• Partners from Central Institutions
• MA OPTA
• - National Agency for Equal Opportunities
• - Civil Society
• - Certifying and Paying Authority
• - Competition Council
• - Trade Unions representatives
• - Employers organisations representatives
• - NGOs representatives.

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• SOP HRD INTERMEDIATE BODIES
• (SOP HRD IBs)
• MoLSSF 8 Regional IBs (IB Reg.)
• NAE National IB
• MoER SOP HRD Directorate
• National Centre for Development of Vocational
  and Technical Education (NCDVTE)
• Foundation for Development of Civil Society
  (FDCS)
• Romanian Fund for Social Development (RFSD)

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SECTORAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 2007-2013

• Total financial allocation 4,111 billion Euro
• SOP HRD General Objective
• The development of human capital and
  increasing competitiveness, by linking education
  and lifelong learning with the labour market and
  ensuring increased opportunities for future
  participation on a modern, flexible and inclusive
  labour market for 850,000 people. This target
  represents the equivalent of 9.3 from the total
  employed population in 2005.

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• SOP HRD PRIORITY AXES
• Priority Axis no. 1
• Education and training in support for growth and
  development of
• knowledge based society
• Priority Axis no. 2
• Linking life long learning and labour market
• Priority Axis no. 3
• Increasing adaptability of workers and
  enterprises
• Priority Axis no. 4
• Modernisation of Public Employment Service
• Priority Axis no. 5
• Promoting active employment measures
• Priority Axis no. 6
• Promoting social inclusion
• Priority Axis no. 7
• Technical assistance

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• PA1 - Education and training in support for
  growth and
• development of knowledge based society
• (Financial allocation 980,87
  Million Euro)
• Key areas of intervention
• Access to quality education and initial VET (MoER
  SOP HRD Directorate)
• Quality in higher education (MoER SOP HRD
  Directorate)
• Human resources development in education and
  training (MoER SOP HRD Directorate)
• Quality in CVT (MoER SOP HRD Directorate)
• Doctoral and post-doctoral programmes in support
  of research (MoER SOP HRD Directorate)

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• PA 2 - Linking life long learning and labour
  market
• (Financial allocation 1,036,19
  billion Euro)
• Key areas of intervention
• Transition from school to active life (NCTVETD)
• Preventing and correcting early school leaving
  (MoER SOP HRD Directorate)
• Access and participation in CVT (NCTVETD)

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• PA3 3 - Increasing adaptability of workers and
  enterprises
• (Financial
  allocation 529,647 Million Euro)
• Key areas of intervention
• Promoting entrepreneurial culture (Regional IBs)
• Training and support for enterprises and
  employees to promote adaptability (Regional IBs)
• Development of partnerships and encouraging
  initiatives for social partners and civil society
  (CSDF)

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• Indicative operations
• Assistance and support with a view to drawing up
  action plans for encouraging and developing
  partnerships
• Identifying and implementing paths towards
  boosting the interest of employers and other
  stakeholders in increasing investments in human
  resources and increasing the Corporate Social
  Responsibility
• Develop social partners internal capacity to
  build human resources development capability,
  emphasizing standards and certification
• Strengthening NGOs capacity to support
  cooperation with local and national public
  authorities in order to promote joint social
  inclusion initiatives including development of
  voluntary services and charities

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• Improving capacity to support initiatives for
  shaping civic responsibility, through
  participation in public debates and to facilitate
  the access to public information
• Developing initiatives to encourage networking at
  the national level and EU level
• Development of advisory services for NGOs and for
  grass roots initiatives that promote employment
  and social inclusion, including social partners
  who activate on the labour market
• Transforming informal work in formal employment
  through awareness-raising campaigns and
  supporting measures to formalize the labour
  relations
• Encouraging the local social partnerships for
  combating undeclared work phenomenon and
  promoting of flexible ways to organise the work
  in a formal manner.

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• PA 4 - Modernisation of Public Employment Service
  
• (Financial allocation 207,83
  Million Euro)
• Key areas of intervention
• Strengthening the Public Employment Service
  capacity to provide employment services (NAE IB)
• Training of PES staff (NAE IB)

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• PA 5 - Promoting active employment measures
• (Financial allocation 558,15
  Million Euro)
• Key areas of intervention
• Developing and implementing active employment
  measures (Regional IBs)
• Promoting long term sustainability of rural areas
  in terms of human resources development and
  employment (RFSD)

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• PA 6 - Promoting social inclusion
• (Financial allocation 635,226 Million Euro)
• Key areas of intervention
• Developing social economy (FDCS)
• Improving the access and participation for
  vulnerable groups on the labour market (Regional
  IBs)
• Promoting equal opportunities on labour market
  (Regional IBs)
• Trans-national initiatives on inclusive labour
  market (Regional IBs)

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• PA 7- Technical Assistance
• (Financial allocation 163,583 Million
  Euro)
• Key areas of intervention
• Support for SOP HRD implementation, overall
  management and evaluation
• Support for SOP HRD promotion and communication

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• Potential beneficiaries
• - Vocational organizations
• - Trade unions and Employers associations
• - County Agencies for Employment
• - County and Local Public Authorities
• - Schools, High schools, Arts and Handycraft's
  Schools
• - Authorized training providers
• - University education institutions
• - Public or private companies, SMEs
• - NGOs (Entities acting in the social economy
  field, foundations, associations)

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• Regional and Local Employment and Social
  Inclusion Partnerships
• (Under Phare 2003 project)
• Objective
• To evaluate existing local employment
  initiatives and develop an
• employment promotion partnership, building on
  international and local
• best practices
• Output
• The establishment of 8 Regional Pacts and 37
  Pacts at the County and
• Local level
• The establishment of the Permanent Technical
  Secretariat for
• Partnership

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Research phase________ Test
phase___________________ Implementation
phase___________

Charter model for employment pacts (regional)
Identification and evaluation of local employment
initiatives
Partnership model for employment promotion
Conferencesharing of experiences
Awareness campaign on partnerships
Assistance to regional and local partnerships

Partnerships development agreement (local)
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MINISTRY OF LABOUR, SOCIAL SOLIDARITY AND
FAMILYMANAGING AUTHORITY FOR SECTORAL
OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT

• Sectoral Operational Programme for Human
  Resources Development, 2007-2013
• http//www.mmssf.ro/website/ro/autoritate.jsp
• Contact e-mail
• posdru_at_amposdru.mmssf.ro

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