Local Working Groups on VTE – Autumn 2025 Edition

  • 07/11/2025
  • Development and Cooperation in Romania
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    • Local Working Groups on VTE – Autumn 2025 Edition

    This fall, local working group meetings on Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) took place, organized in collaboration with the Romanian Center for European Policies (CRPE), a collaborator of HEKS/EPER Romania.

    The meetings were held between October 24 and November 5, 2025, across the three partner counties: Covasna (October 24), Alba (November 4), and Sibiu (November 5).

    As usual, the discussions brought together members of the local partner organizations – Diakonia Sf. Gheorghe Christian Foundation, Orthodox Philantropy Alba Iulia Association, and Orthodox Philantropy Sibiu Association – along with representatives of partner vocational high schools, county school inspectorates, and collaborating companies from the region.

    During the meetings, CRPE provided several updates and analyses on current policies and strategic projects in the VTE field, including:

    • Results of advocacy efforts from May to October 2025: maintaining technological scholarships and reorganizing the school network (particularly agricultural high schools);
    • Presentation of strategic VTE projects to be carried out by CNDIPT in the upcoming period;
    • Presentation of the MEC strategic project dedicated to career counseling;
    • Status of projects transferred from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR);
    • The new methodology regarding the organization, functioning, and access to dual technological high school education, as well as the procedures for organizing and conducting professional qualification exams;
    • The new methodology regarding the organization, functioning, and access to the technological education track, including the duration and content of vocational training programs, the framework partnership agreement, the individual internship agreement, and the procedures for organizing and conducting professional qualification exams.

    Participants also took part in an active debate on these current VTE topics, particularly on unclear aspects and challenges in implementing the new methodologies. To clarify these issues, CRPE and HEKS/EPER Romania proposed organizing an online roundtable with a Q&A session, involving representatives from CNDIPT and the Ministry of Education.