Challenges of the Knowledge Society (May 2018)
EVALUATION MODELS APPLIED TO PUBLIC POLICIES IN ROMANIA ON THE INTEGRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE LABOR MARKET
Abstract
Due to the changes imposed by the national public institutions in the field of labor market, the public policies in the field need to be correlated with the new socio-economic context. This necessity is particularly necessary in relation to those public policies aimed at integrating young people into the labor market. The integration of young people into the labor market is a national problem, for which no solution has yet been found, concrete, effective and correlated with its causes. Since 2005, Romania has taken measures to integrate young people into the labor market, but these measures do not have the desired result in practice. An effective evaluation of public policies on the integration of young people into the labor market is necessary due to the increase of their efficiency. Another argument for improving the quality of these policies is also the identification of a new policy that is appropriate to current economic and social requirements, but also to identify the possible problems encountered in their implementation. The main purpose of this article is to apply the CIPP model for evaluating public policies on the integration of young people into the labor market, but also to develop it in the light of changes and requirements at national level. As main objectives, the article seeks to identify and analyze the most important public policies and programs regarding the integration of young people into the labor market,evaluating them according to a framework model and drafting an evaluation report and policy proposals. This article presents as novelty elements: analysis of public policy assessment models at national level, evaluation of public policies on the integration of young people into the labor market and drafting an evaluation report in this area. The article presents both theoretical and practical importance - it can be used for other researches in the field, but also used for better implementation of public policies on the integration of young people into the labor market at national level.
