The National Qualifications Authority (ANC) has published on its website the list of occupational standards whose archiving is postponed until December 31, 2026, after the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) requested, in November 2025, within a meeting of the Social Dialogue Commission at the Ministry of Economy, Digitalisation, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (MEDAT), an extension of the validity of certain occupational standards.
According to a Trade Union Confederation release, the targeted occupational standards cover broad occupational areas in industrial production, services, construction, communications, transport and others, agerpres reports.
According to the quoted source, the MEDAT has recently taken steps in this regard with the Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity, as well as with the Ministry of Education and Research, the institutions responsible for managing issues related to occupational standards.
The BNS believes that extending the validity of occupational standards, a measure of public responsibility, prevents economic and social blockages and supports the stability and credibility of Romania's vocational training system.
"The postponement of the archiving deadline is a balanced solution that allows the process of updating standards to run in parallel and keeps the national qualifications system functional. A key element is the impact on projects financed from European funds, where vocational training is a central component," the trade unionists say.
In the BNS's view, the temporary maintenance of the standards is essential to guarantee access to vocational training, retraining and certification for workers and unemployed people; it avoids an impact on employers who, in the absence of these normative benchmarks, would be left without recognised tools for recruitment, skills assessment and the qualification of new employees; vocational training providers would be directly affected through the loss of authorisations for hundreds of training programmes.
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