Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 18th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview VI. WG on Internationalization and Networking of PA Studies Author(s) Mihaela Victorita Carausan National School of Political Studies and Public Administration Bucharest Romania Title The crisis of professional qualifications. Case study – Romania File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Abstract The functions and role of the State have been transformed substantially. The general configuration of its responsibilities has changed and this has introduced important modifications both in the policy arena and in the State’s requirements for high-level skills, qualitatively and quantitatively. In times of crisis the nation-state have to deal with the situation and they call public administration for this. The financial credits of the state are managed by the government, more precisely by public administration. The strength of the administrative capacity in times of crisis consists in the qualification of human resources. Administration should play a unique and important role: to be a stability factor. Although the majority of population opposes to the interference of political actors in administration and thinks that administration should serve all the citizens, in reality is not always so. Legal and practical framework for career development policies are either merit system or spoil system. Even the public administration reformers fight for career system, politicians try to impose the spoil system and through him the lack of qualification. All schools of public administration around the world have tried to instruct the most competent people, professionals in public administration. However, in crisis situations we do not know to what extent they are prepared to act, especially that always transitional countries (such as Romania) have complained of inability to attract the best trained civil servants. Unfortunately, public functions are not included in the category of the most desired, but nevertheless the vast majority of people in times of crisis try to obtain such a job, considering that it provides stability. Turnaround professional qualification is an objective measure of the experience, knowledge, and integrity that is necessary to conduct renewal work. Surveys show that among the civil servants formal barriers hindering the promotion (eg waiting time, professional seniority) and limited development opportunities (flat management structures, lack of visible career paths, inadequate information on vacancies) have a negative impact on the degree of motivation and commitment at work, which of course adversely affect service quality. In the pyramid of professional qualification we must advance step by step, education → training → accreditation. In this regard we will try to undertake a study among students and graduates of schools of public administration in Romania, Bucharest, from which we will determine the worst and the best 10 jobs you can get today in public administration. Moreover, we will seek to find out which are their motivation to have an education in administrative sciences. Also, we will focus our attention to those employed in public institutions to pursue their professional route and especially their professional qualification. Once establish we will endeavor to create the matrix of professional career in public administration. This research will hold a discussion on professional qualification, articulated with the unemployment caused by the present crisis. It will aim to demonstrate the consolidation of the professional (dis)qualification as a tool. We will see that professional qualification in public administration involves several factors which are interconnected in one same process, such as politics, motivation and quality of life.
