Adult Training
in Romania
by Felicia Zarojanu – National Adult Training
Board
Legal framework
 Law 132/1999 for setting up the National
Adult Training Board (NTB)
 Law 559/2004 which gives NTB the role of
National Authority for Qualifications
 Government Ordinance 129/2000 and
76/2004 for adult training
 Order 4543/468/2004 for approval of non
formal evaluation procedures
 Norms and orders
Adult training system in Romania
 Programs authorized by NATB with national
certificates
 Programs organized by companies with
internal recognition
 Competencies’ evaluation in Competencies’
Assessment Centers
Programs authorized by NATB with
national certificates
 Occupations registered in the Romanian
Occupational Catalogue (COR) – Minister of
Labor
 Occupational standards approved by NATB
 Authorized training programs prepared and
presented by specialists
 Final evaluation - by NATB
 Control of the process - by NATB
Competencies’ evaluation in
Competencies’ Assessment Centers
 Occupations registered in the Romanian
Occupational Catalogue (COR) – Minister of
Labor
 Occupational standards approved by NATB
 Authorized assessment centers - by NATB
 Evaluation based on instruments with the
help of the competencies’ assessors
 Control of the process - by NATB
National Adult Training Board
 Autonomous authority
 Tripartite structure: 5 central public
administration, 5 trade unions, 5 employers
associations
 1 president nominated by prime minister at
the proposal of the ministry of labor and the
ministry of education
 1 Technical secretariat with 75 employees
coordinated by a general director
Attributions of NTB
 Coordination and control of the training
providers by county commissions
 Coordination and control of the occupational
standards development
 Coordination and control of the
competencies’ assessment centers
 Advisory for training regulations
 National Authority for Qualifications
Structure of the Technical Secretariat
 Direction of Methodology and Quality
Assurance
 Direction of Standards and Assessment
 Direction of Programs and inovation
 IT
 HR, Financing and Accountancy
 PR
 www.cnfpa.ro
National Authority for Qualifications
 The most important role in National Qualification
Framework development
 Methodological coordination of the sectoral committees
 Administration of the National Register of Qualifications
 Administration of the Data Bases with occupational
standards and assessment centers
 Administration of the National Training Providers Register
 Development of methodologies for standard development
Sectoral committees
 23 sectors
 Created based on a Tripartite Agreement (trade
unions, employers associations, government)
 Composition: trade unions, employers
associations, professional associations, sectoral
authorities
 Attributions: approval of qualifications, training
promotion, advisory for training strategies
Achievements
 Coordination of 42 county commissions for training
providers authorization
 Coordination of 23 sectoral committees
 Administration of a National Training Providers
Register with 2800 providers
 650 occupational standards
 Training of more than 90 sectoral experts for
occupational standards development
 Consultancy for training providers, competencies’
assessment centers and other bodies and persons
from the market