Romania - Reimbursable Advisory Services on Informed Decision-Making on Investments in Infrastructure : Output 6 - Final Report on a Functional Analysis of Romania’s Vocational Education and Training Subsector

This report explores the initial vocational and training subsector supply system in Romania and its labor market demands. It documents the most recent initial vocational education and training (VET) policy actions, structural, and organizational reforms that have taken place in Romania in the most recent years, with evidence consisting of data analysis and surveys applied. The main purpose of the report is to analyze the VET structure, organization, and functions and to provide recommendations in view of promptly responding to labor market and society needs in the context of national demographic challenges and changing global circumstances. At the same time, the report identifies opportunities to tackle these challenges, highlighting the potential to update the organization of the VET sector and management and to promote better education attainment, skills development, and opportunities for employment. It concludes by presenting a series of measures to overhaul the country’s VET system, including an organizational reform, as well as adopting flexible and permeable paths for students and their transition to labor market or to further education.