Development Needs. What kinds of organizational development, technical assistance, technology and capacity-building needs has your organization identified, if any? *6. Analysis and Vision Please give a summary of the organization’s long-term vision for the kind of change it is trying to bring about, and the way in which it is working towards that vision. What do you see as the root causes of the injustice/inequalities that the organization addresses? How does your work get closer to that vision?
Development Needs. ⮚ Key competencies28 are the most important requirements of employers and also the base for lifelong learning, innovation and development of new technologies. With 27 This situation is also highlighted in expert opinions of OECD and in Council Recommendations on the NRP from 2013.
Development Needs. In order to support the reforming process of the judiciary, financing is needed for strengthening the organisational and administrative capacity of the judiciary institutions, for the development of the human resources in terms of professional knowledge and capabilities, especially in the context of adoption and enforcement of the four new Codes and for improving the access to justice. These measures need to be supported also by investments in the physical and IT infrastructure in order to achieve a sustainable development of the justice system. Informed by the findings of the analysis of Development Challenges and the SWOT Analysis (Annex I), main development needs for the judicial system are: • more efficient, transparent, accessible and consistent judicial system CADASTER AND LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEM Romania, is in the process of preparing a coherent and comprehensive property registration system (i.e. the Cadaster and Land Register) including all properties, private and public, implementing various initiatives to broaden the geographical coverage and inclusiveness of real records, which currently cover only 15% of properties. These are main issues caused by the incomplete property records: • Lack of development and access to EU financing programs in rural Romania. Preparation and implementation of structural investments financed by the EU, access to EU CAP funding, farmland consolidation and agriculture commercaliation are hindered by lack of reliable records on property and their ownership. • Constrained land market, access to credit, investment and revenues. High cost of registration and succession settlement maintains informality halts land market activity, blocks access to formal credit, discourages investments and limits property revenue base. • Difficulties in managing natural resources and responds to climate change. Neither privately nor publicly held forest lands have been registered, which hinders their management and programs to address climate change and other environmental concerns. • Slow inclusion. Many homes and farms are held without legal rights (often the case with rural Roma settlements). Romania, in order reach sustainable long‐term economic development, needs to invest programmatically to a coherent and efficient real property registration system. The reforms initiated by the Romanian Government in the field of agricultural policy mainly target the completion of real property restitution, the development of the agricultural sector...
Development Needs. ⮚ Ensuring the adoption of the necessary legislative measures to streamline the functioning of public administration and set parameters for its performance with an emphasis on combating corruption. ⮚ Increase in the use of eGovernment services by citizens and businesses / entrepreneurs. ⮚ Streamlining the control of public administration (reduction of corruption environment) using modern approaches (human resources, computerization, QMS). ⮚ Promoting the use of analytical and evaluation capacities, which will lead to clear and usable results. ⮚ Strengthening the civil society (promoting civic participation and initiative, communication to the public), strengthening the principles of good and open governance, publication of data on the open data principle. ⮚ Increasing the extent and improving the quality of application of innovative methods and knowledge from international cooperation in public administration, particularly with respect to improving its transparency.
Development Needs. 8. If A Total Performance Rating of “Ineffective/At Risk” requires a Performance Improvement Plan that includes (1) The specific performance improvement need, (2) The action to be taken, (3) The time period for completion, and (4) The timing for a follow up review. These Performance Improvement Plans are to be documented on the attached Performance Improvement Plan form.
Development Needs. Informed by the findings of the analysis of Development Challenges and the SWOT Analysis (Xxxxx X), main development needs are: • an effective system for planning, committing and procuring publicly funded activity, including that part financed by ESIF in pursuit of Romania's development goals. • reforming of public policy, better regulation and governance, transparency and accessibility in the public administration • enhanced administrative and financial capacity at national, regional and local level to implement actions in pursuit of Romania's development goals. • developing and implementing unitary and long‐term human resources strategies and policies • more efficient, transparent and less bureaucratic public administration that imposes a lesser burden on businesses and citizens and enjoys an improved public reputation. • increase and effective cooperation and coordination between central and local institutions involved in human resource management • better public services which are accessible to citizens in all social groups throughout the territory of Romania. • developing, introducing and supporting the use of e‐government tools and open data concept THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM The judiciary has evolved in the years since Romania’s accession, especially from the legislative point of view. In order to further strengthen the reform, a common Strategy for the development of the judicial system, as well as an associated Action Plan are being prepared. The strategy will set the development directions of the judiciary for the next years also in accordance with the recommendations of World Bank experts made on the recent projects undertaken in the area of justice (Functional Review Analysis of the Justice Sector in Romania and Determining and implementing optimum workload of judges and court clerks). One of the specific objectives of the judicial system is ensuring a better access to justice to all citizens, especially in the context of enforcement of the new Codes. Improving the access to justice comprises a cluster of measures, starting with ensuring adequate courts premises (courtrooms, courts archives) and continuing with awareness campaigns on the major law changes, better legal aid services, increased online access to courts’ activity and services by developing e‐tools to this purpose. Besides, the latest CEPEJ report112 raises the attention on the need to ensure citizens easy access to obtain practical information about their rights or the courts, or directly...
Development Needs. ⮚ To find staff that would provide good quality services as part of the infrastructure for transferring knowledge and R&D results into practice. ⮚ To use research and development capacities of companies and research organisations in order to introduce new applications in the market in high-tech areas. ⮚ To improve the quality and intensity of cooperation between the public and private sector by supporting horizontal mobility, mutual involvement of research organisations and businesses in research and development projects, and involving the public sector in the initiation of innovations. High quality research is a major precondition for the application of R&D results in innovations, in particular results with high added value. In this regard, development needs are connected to the support of excellent research (see item 1: 1. Insufficient quality and global openness of the research). If the ex-ante evaluation under Article 37(2) of the Common Provisions Regulation shows it is suitable to use financial instruments in this area, selected identified needs in this area will be addressed using these types of support.
Development Needs. ⮚ To find staff that would provide good quality services as part of the infrastructure for transferring knowledge and R&D results into practice and to create a system for the evaluation and financing of public research that would motivate production of results applicable in innovations. ⮚ To use research and development capacities of companies and research organisations in order to introduce new applications in the market in high-tech areas. ⮚ To improve the quality and intensity of cooperation between the public and private sector by supporting horizontal mobility, mutual involvement of research organisations and businesses in research and development projects, and involving the public sector in the initiation of innovations. High quality research is a major precondition for the application of R&D results in innovations, in particular results with high added value. In this regard, development needs are connected to the support of excellent research (see item 1: 1. Insufficient quality and global openness of the research). If the ex-ante evaluation under Article 37(2) of the Common Provisions Regulation shows it is suitable to use financial instruments in this area, selected identified needs in this area will be addressed using these types of support.
