The Government approved on Thursday Romania's participation in the second cycle of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
According to the government, Romania will participate in a new educational program of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an international forum which the country aims to join in 2026, in order to "have a clear image of the level of skills of adults and the quality of the educational system."
The participation costs for the five years (2025-2029) run into EUR 600,000, and they will be partially covered by support from the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme and from the national budget, for the first three years. For the next two years, the necessary amounts will be covered only from the national budget.
Also, for the implementation of the study in Romania, a consortium of three organisation is proposed: the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), the Executive Unit for the Financing of Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation and the Institute for Labour Market Research.
"Participation in this study will assess, among other things, problem-solving skills among adults aged 16 to 65, how the education and training system respond to the demands of the labour market, as well as the identification of population categories at risk of social exclusion or in need of support for reskilling," according to the government.
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