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The Romanian Government approved on Friday, under a memorandum, an action plan for the Implementation of the National Reform Programme (PNR) 2017 and country specific recommendations for 2017, a document containing 219 actions broken down by stages, deadlines, scoreboards, budgets and responsible institutions, structured on two levels: policies to respond to major economic challenges and Europe 2020 national targets.
According to a press statement released by the Romanian Executive, the National Reform Programme 2017 (PNR), approved by it and submitted to the European Commission in May, continues the reforms that had been undertaken before, while establishing new measures in line with the governance programme 2017-2020. "At the same time, the PNR responds to the main economic challenges mentioned in the European Commission's 2017 Country Report on Romania, under which the European Commission proposed in May 2017 country specific recommendations that had been adopted by the EU Council summit of July 2017. The three recommendations addressed to Romania this year relate to reform issues in areas such as fiscal and budgetary policy, employment, education, healthcare, public administration, prioritising public investment and public procurement."
The implementation of the plan and the recommendations is based on an action plan, prepared annually by the Foreign Ministry (MAE), as the national coordinator of the Europe 2020 Strategy, in collaboration with the central public administration institutions with responsibilities in the above-mentioned areas. "The plan for the implementation of the 2017 national plan and recommendations comprises 219 actions (detailed by stages, deadlines, scoreboards, budgets and responsible institutions), structured on two levels, according to PNR 2017: policies to respond to major economic challenges and Europe 2020 national goals. The implementation of these actions is the responsibility of the institutions mentioned in the national plan, with the latest developments in the implementation process being assessed regularly under progress reports, drafted by the MAE, with support from the players involved," the Government informs.
According to the Executive, monitoring the implementation of the action plan is useful in the context of the ongoing dialogue with the European Commission under the European Semester, but it also serves to facilitate early warning about possible delays or slippages in the implementation of the planned measures, allowing the Government to step in the proper forms and at proper times so that the Europe 2020 goals can be achieved and the recommendations implemented.
