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Public Employment Policy and Job Training Policy for Romania. Dr. Minsik Choi (Professor, Ewha Womans University). Issues To Be Discussed. Current LMPs in Romania Evolution of the Korean public employment and job training programs Korean ALMPs during the 1997 economic crisis
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Public Employment Policy and Job Training Policy for Romania Dr. MinsikChoi (Professor, EwhaWomans University)
Issues To Be Discussed • Current LMPs in Romania • Evolution of the Korean public employment and job training programs • Korean ALMPs during the 1997 economic crisis • Public employment and job training policies in advanced countries • Linking employment services and job training service to provide convenient services to targeted groups : One stop service • Providing services through private sectors: Enhancing effectiveness of the programs • Some policy implications
Participation in Education and Training • Participation in Education and Training in Romania (25-64 years), 2011
Employment and Unemployment Rates • Employment and Unemployment Rates, by highest level of education attained (%, ISCED levels)
Persons Registered with Public Employment Services in Romania • Persons Registered with Public Employment Services in Romania (PES)
Activation-Support in Romania • Activation-Support in Romania (LMP Participants Per 100 Persons Wanting to Work) Total LMP measures (categories 2-7) LMP supports (categories 8-9)
LMP Expenditure • LMP Expenditure - Percentage of GDP (Total LMP: Categories 1-9)
LMP Expenditure • LMP Expenditure – Percentage of GDP (LMP: Categories 2-7)
Expenditure by LMP Interventions • Expenditure by LMP Interventions – Romania (mil. Euro)
Active Labor Market Programs • Active Labor Market Programs: OECD Categories
Evolution of Korean Employment andJob Training Programs • Introduction of the employment insurance system in 1995 • To prevent unemployment, to promote employment, to develop and improve the vocational ability of workers • Started as active measures • Setting up institutional frame for employment policy by utilizing unemployment insurance funds • Significant amendment in 1997 and 1998 (financial crisis period) • Generous eligibility requirements for unemployment benefits • Grants to promote employment of the long-term unemployed added • Establishment of Employment Stabilization Program expansion
Evolution of Korean Employment and Job Training Programs • Introduction of One-stop service centers in 2005 • Unemployment benefit services • Employment information services • Job skill development services • Partnerships among employers’ organization, labor unions, job training institutions, NGOs to provide one stop services
Characteristics of Employment and Job Training Programs • Australia: Privatization of employment service and introduction of competition system among service providers • Netherlands: Division of private and public sectors for employment service programs • Public sector: social welfare benefits and labor market information • Private sector: assistance for active job seeking (individual level services such as counseling, planning, diagnosis, training, assisting job seeking and post management)
Characteristics of Employment and Job Training Programs • United States: Workforce investment act: WIA, 1998 • Improving system integration and service coordination • Providing universal access (one-stop service delivery structure) • Enhancing effectiveness of the service programs • Partnership among federal, states, local and private sectors
Characteristics of Employment and Job Training Programs • United Kingdom: Department for Work and Pensions, 2001 • Social welfare services and employment services • Systematic approaches for social welfare, employment, and job training services
Characteristics of Employment and Job Training Programs • Germany • Introduction of competition system between public and private sectors in providing employment • Voucher system in assisting job seeking services (2004)
Implications for Romania Employment and Job Training Services • Needs to provide comprehensive services: one stop service for employment, job training, and welfare services • User friendly services • Providing customer specific services • Establishment of partnerships among related parties and outsourcing through private sectors • Targeted group approaches • Services for employers