Background information

The emergency ordinance establishes exceptional measures in the fields of health, education, employment, housing, vulnerable persons and children and young people, in order to facilitate the inclusion of displaced persons from Ukraine into Romanian society. The National Plan of Measures for the Protection and Inclusion of Displaced Persons from Ukraine, Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in Romania includes:

• Cross-cutting measures to address the need for information, identification and facilitation of access to services for displaced persons from Ukraine - beneficiaries of temporary protection in Romania,
• Measures aimed to develop mechanisms to prevent the risks associated with human trafficking, given the context of vulnerability in which these persons find themselves and the fact that approximately 70% of them are women and mothers with minor children.

The Emergency Ordinance also aims to amend Law No. 678/2001 9 (on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings), the measure being motivated by the need to improve the National Mechanism for the Identification and Referral of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings, thus making it more effective and legally binding.

Content of measure

The measure includes specific activities such as:

• Fixed-term employment of retired or associated teachers and students with knowledge of Ukrainian language in schools where Ukrainian children/students are enrolled as auditors.
• Training of teachers to teach the intensive preparatory Romanian language course for Ukrainian children.
• Continuous training of teachers on socio-emotional support of Ukrainian children/pupils and communication with their parents to facilitate integration.
• Qualifications recognition of persons from Ukraine who have acquired a form of protection and who can be documented, including bachelor's, master's, doctoral level qualifications, which can lead to the exercise of the teaching profession.

Use of measure

Monthly, at least 50 teachers will be involved in teaching Ukrainian language and 100 teachers will be trained. According to the figures provided by the Romanian Government on 13 January 2023:

• 3,087 children registered as listeners (1,092 preschoolers and 1,995 students).
• 882 children enrolled in schools in Romania (288 preschoolers and 594 students).
• 4,060 children and youth participating in bridge courses/remedial/catch up classes and extracurricular activities including language courses.
• 6,516 children and youth have received recreational and basic learning materials and recreational kits.
• 262 educators trained on quality, safe, and inclusive education and mental health and psychosocial support.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Particular professions Migrants or refugees in employment	Does not apply to businesses	Children (minors) Migrants or refugees Students

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	European Funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

The only public information is that working groups were established at the level of the Ministries but there is no information about the members of the working groups.

Views and reactions

There is no publicly available information about the social partners' views or reaction on the measure.

Sectors and occupations

Sources

• 29 June 2022: Ordonanţă de urgenţă nr. 100 din 29 iunie 2022 (legislatie.just.ro)
• 13 January 2023: Romania's Response to the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis (Răspunsul României la criza umanitară a refugiaților ucraineni) (www.gov.ro)