Preliminary assessment of the third payment request of Romania (2024)

transition to industry 4.0.

Analysis:

The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Romanian authorities cover all constitutive elements of the milestone.

The ministerial order of the minister of Labour and the National Institute of Statistics President shall define the new digital occupations at the level of the Romanian Classification of Occupations (COR) equivalent to those existing in the countries of the European Union with good practices in digitalisation.

Article I of the Ministerial Order amends the Romanian Classification of Occupations (COR), complementing it with new occupations within the national economy. The new occupations included in the ministerial order are:

• • blockchain architect
• • digital games designer
• • developer user interface
• • blockchain developer
• • digital game developer
• • expert on search engine optimisation
• • complex data engineer (big data)
• • integration engineer
• • cloud engineer
• • computer vision engineer
• • web Content Manager
• • smart information systems designer for ICT
• • ICT technician

According to the provisions in the Article 12(X) of Law No. 24/2000 on Legislative technique, the Ministerial Order of the Minister of Labour and the National Institute of Statistics President No. 1348/784 entered into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal.

A diagnosis study/analysis shall be carried out to provide a forecasting for the next five years of the labour needs in the context of the digital transformation of the economy and the transition to industry 4.0 including recommendations for defining new digital occupations in the official classification of occupations.

To support the provisions of the Ministerial Order, the Romanian authorities elaborated a diagnosis strategy, based on the most recent market information and on the direct discussions with the relevant stakeholders (industry representatives, academic community members, government representatives etc.). This study was undertaken to provide a forecasting of the labour needs for the following five years (2022-2027), in the context of the digital transformation of the economy and the transition to industry 4.0 (pages 22 – 34), including recommendations to define new digital occupations in the official classification of occupations. The analysis carried out highlighted a number of key needs in the preparation of the Romanian labour market, to embrace the full benefits of the industrial revolution brought about by Industry 4.0 and to enable digital, technological transformation and progress of Romanian society, as a whole (pages 35 – 56).

In light of the particularities of the labour market in Romania and the new information and communication technologies present on the Romanian market, the study recommends thirteen