The main indicators that we selected are: employment rates of graduates aged 20-34, 1-3 years since graduation, but also the reverse of integration, young people aged 15-34 neither in employment nor in education and training. Both indicators are important, reflecting to what degree the educational system has real results in integrating graduates on the labour market, transitioning towards adult life.

Regarding secondary indicators, three of them refer to lifelong learning: participation rates of adults (aged 25-64) in education and training, participation rates of employed adults (aged 25-64) in lifelong training (by regions) and the labour market insertion rates of the unemployed participating in lifelong training.

Among secondary indicators are two indicators that refer to mobility as an important part of training, outbound and inbound internationally mobile students and the net flow of internationally mobile students.

The main tendencies identified are: since 2008 the labour market insertion rates of young graduates have dropped from a position where Romania’s mean was similar to the EU’s (78%). In what regards lifelong learning in adult population, official data places Romania last in the EU. Finally, the tendencies of temporary migration for studying demonstrate a positive evolution: since 2000, the number of internationally mobile students has tripled.