Romania has a huge potential on the labour market, both through the new generations of talented young people and the possibility to invest in the continuous development of those already employed, says Labor Minister Simona Bucura-Oprescu.
According to a post on Facebook, the Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity and the Italian Embassy in Bucharest organised on Thursday a conference on "Improving job quality through skills development and global collaboration: a challenge for Italian companies in Romania - experiences and best practices in the light of OECD standards".
The event brought together important private, institutional and international partners. The discussions focused on strengthening collaboration between the Romanian authorities and Italian companies in our country, with a focus on continuing vocational training, digitalization and alignment with OECD standards in the field of labour, the source said.
The Labour minister stressed the importance of continuous adaptation of skills in the face of accelerated changes.
"In a period of rapid change, digitalization, automation and globalization, we are faced with the challenge, but also with the opportunity to train a flexible workforce that is adaptable to the demands of the modern economy (...) Romania has huge potential, both through the new generations of talented young people and through the possibility of investing in the continuous development of those already employed. It is vital that every employee should acquire not only technical skills, but also transversal skills, such as intercultural, interpersonal and digital skills, which are essential to face the technological and economic challenges," said minister Oprescu.
In his turn, Alfredo Durante Mangoni, Italian Ambassador to Romania, spoke about the need to debate the challenges of the labour market with all the stakeholders involved.
"In Romania, as in Italy, the training and skills of the labour force is one of the main challenges to be tackled in order to strengthen competitiveness and sustainable growth of the business environment. With today's conference, we want to fill a gap in the Embassy's public diplomacy activities and to offer Romanian institutions, as well as our investing companies and international companies operating in Romania, a concrete contribution to an already inevitable debate, thus continuing the Italian support for Romania's accession to the OECD," said the Italian Ambassador to Romania.
Present at the event in Bucharest, the Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD, Stefano Scarpetta, congratulated the team of the Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity for the constructive discussions on Romania's accession to the OECD and spoke about Romania's progress on this path.
The conference was also attended by Luca Niculescu, Romania's Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Cosmin Boiangiu, Executive Director of the European Labour Authority (ELA), Giulio Bertola, President of Confindustria Romania, Roberto Musneci, President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Romania.
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