At AHK Romania proposal, an inter-ministerial working group was set up to solve the problems related to the lack of workforce, involving Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Education Ministry.
”The lack of labor force in Romania is a huge problem that hinders our development. (…) It’s about (…) measures to be taken in the short, medium and long term. (…) Measures must lead to a numerical and qualitative increase in the workforce, but also in terms of mentality. Education is on medium and long term. On the short term, we see foreigners as a support. We see it as a support if the students do internships not as they do now, 3 weeks, but a whole semester,” Dragos Anastasiu, President of the German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania) stated at the monthly meeting of members.
In this context, Anastasiu, who is also Eurolines Group President, said that in the tourism industry, if out of six semesters, two would be for practice, it would be helpful.
However, AHK is more concerned now with “extinguishing fires”, Anastasiu referring to the Government decisions taken lately.
”We have an intense activity at the Chamber. The Government keeps us at a fast pace, unfortunately. We are like firefighters: we try to extinguish fires more than proposing constructive measures that will have effects over 2-3 years,” AHK’s Anastasiu stressed.