Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Knowledge ...

Adriana Schiopoiu Burlea
There were also beneficiaries who have assumed <strong>the</strong> risk to be involved in a project with teaching
staff displaying valuable teaching expertise and solid scientific research work even if <strong>the</strong>y did not
hold any trainer certificates.
To avoid <strong>the</strong> possibility that, at a certain point, <strong>the</strong> project will not be funded, many beneficiaries
have agreed to engage in <strong>the</strong> project only people who have trainer certificates.
Table 1: Project approved on 30 September 2010 at <strong>the</strong> national level according to <strong>the</strong> priority axis
and category <strong>of</strong> beneficiaries - Universities:
Priority Axis Number <strong>of</strong> projects Value (RON)
1 2 2
Priority Axis 1 Education and training in
support for growth and development <strong>of</strong> a
knowledge based society
194 2,000,402,440
Priority Axis 2 Linking lifelong learning and
labor market
54 425,570,273
Priority Axis 3 Increasing adaptability <strong>of</strong>
workers and enterprises
51 267,953,507
Priority Axis 5: Promoting active employment
measures
4 31,923,539
Priority Axis 6: Promoting social inclusion 8 98,685,433
Total
* Source: Adaptation from:
311 2,825,535,192
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From Table 1 we can notice that 194 projects are approved on Priority Axis 1 Education and training
in support for growth and development <strong>of</strong> a knowledge based society. The lack <strong>of</strong> Human Resources
strategy at <strong>the</strong> national level is also visible in <strong>the</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se projects to universities located in
different regions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country. The three-dimensional relationship between beneficiaries - value <strong>of</strong>
<strong>the</strong> project - knowledge management outputs is disproportionate and inequitable.
By analyzing <strong>the</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong> 194 projects from Priority Axis 1 to <strong>the</strong> beneficiaries <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> various
regions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country (universities and research institutes), <strong>the</strong> following conclusions are drawn:
The universities and research institutes from Bucharest benefited from 84 projects (43.3%) –
amounting to a total value <strong>of</strong> 1,019,282,375 RON (36 %).
1. The academic centre <strong>of</strong> Cluj Napoca – 30 projects (15.5%).
2. The academic centre <strong>of</strong> Iasi – 21 projects (10.8%).
3. The academic centre <strong>of</strong> Timisoara – 13 projects (6.7%).
4. The academic centre <strong>of</strong> Craiova – 9 projects (4.6%).
5. O<strong>the</strong>r universities and research institutes– 37 projects (19.1%).
Computing <strong>the</strong> above data, we noticed that large academic centres - Bucharest, Cluj Napoca, Iasi,
Timisoara and Craiova “captured” an important number <strong>of</strong> projects – 157 projects (80.9%).
If academic teaching staff involvement in <strong>the</strong> process <strong>of</strong> creating and sharing knowledge is limited,
<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> likelihood <strong>of</strong> a barrier in knowledge achievement by students and, accordingly, <strong>the</strong> waste <strong>of</strong>
knowledge are very high.
We argue that <strong>the</strong> trainer has <strong>the</strong> mission to transform implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge,
based on his pedagogical and <strong>the</strong>oretical expertise and experience, not only on <strong>the</strong> certificate that is
almost readily available.
If this trainer certificate is not supported by real <strong>the</strong>oretical and practical competencies, it has no value
and, in this case, it becomes a demotivating factor for <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r trainers that consider this legal abuse
an instrument for dissipation <strong>of</strong> responsibilities and waste <strong>of</strong> knowledge.
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