Forthcoming policy developments

The new Programme for Employment and Education, funded by the European Social Fund+ started its implementation only in 2023, after its approval in December 2022. Several calls for projects were published in 2024 and many projects supporting youth employment and entrepreneurship started at the end of 2024 or are expected to start in 2025. Priority 2 of the Programme – Capitalising on the potential of young people on the labour market (Employment among young people) has a budget of almost 880 million Euros and will support empoyment measures for young NEETs with the participation of youth organisations and the use of youth work methods.

Ongoing debates

Organising a professional association of Romanian youth workers is a debate that started in 2019 and continued during the National Youth Workers' Convention in 2022. The debate on how this organisation can be best managed in order to support the development of quality youth work and the visibility of youth work in Romania.