Impact assessment of human resources development programs funded by the European Union on improving beneficiaries' quality of life

• Author: Tecau A.S.
• Pages: 443-450

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series V: Economic Sciences • Vol. 8 (57) No. 2 - 2015

Impact assessment of human resources development

programs funded by the European Union on

improving beneficiaries’ quality of life

Alina Simona TECU1

Abstract: The European Union has invested over 3.3 billion euros in Romania in human

resource development programs that took over 1,200,000 beneficiaries. So far, no studies

have been published that capture their actual impact on increasing the quality of their lifes

or there were very few published studies. In this paper are shown the results of some

qualitative research carried out by the method of focus group research that captures those

aspects.

Key-words: human resource development programs, quality of life, Sectoral Operational

Program for Human Resources Development, focus grou.

1. Introduction

Human resource programs have addressed a variety of categories of beneficiaries,

including disadvantaged, unemployed, employees, students, teachers, public

administration staff, contractors etc. Some of these categories have a greater ability

to harness "investment" made for them through these programs.

To measure the effectiveness of these funding programs it is important to

identify categories of beneficiaries with the best chances to capitalize effort for their

personal development.

Also, from the wide range of activities eligible for funding under these

programs it would be beneficial to identify the most effective activities in enhancing

the quality of life of the final beneficiaries and to enhance their career development

opportunities.

The results might constitute the basis of a strategy to improve future funding

programs in human resources in such a manner that the investments to have

maximum impact.

1 Transilvania University of Braşov, alina_tecau@unitbv.ro