Beneficiary: National Institute of Administration (NIA)

Partner: National Agency of Civil Servants (NACS)

Funding source: European Commission through the 2025 Technical Support Instrument

Technical assistance: World Bank

The objective of the project is to support the National Institute of Administration of Romania (NIA) and the National Agency of Civil Servants (NACS) in implementing a comprehensive competency-based human resources management system. The project develops training activities based on the outcomes of NACS projects for competency-based human resources management, using general and specific competency frameworks, funded under Milestones 418 and 419 of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), as well as the project for developing a general digital competency framework for civil servants (TSI 2024), implemented by NACS in partnership with NIA and the Authority for Digitalization of Romania (ADR).

Planned Activities:

Activity 1: Designing and piloting a learning package for human resources personnel to strengthen digital and analytical skills for competency-based workforce planning and staff development. The programme will also aim to improve the digital skills of HR specialists to enable better use of data and HR tools.

Activity 2: Developing and piloting a learning package for human resources personnel on the application of competency-based performance management policies and guidelines in the central public administration.

Activity 3: Conducting a stocktaking exercise and developing recommendations and an action plan on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in human resources management within Romania’s central public administration.

Activity 4: Developing and piloting a learning programme for managers based on strategic competencies in human resources management. The development of the training package will build on the results achieved through the NRRP projects.

Activity 5: Developing a dedicated learning programme for digital transformation leaders in public administration, based on the general digital competency framework for civil servants (developed through the 2024 TSI project).