On Friday, the government adopted an emergency decree that standardizes the provision of allowances for the entire administrative sector that works with European funds, including the budgets that deal with the PNRR. “It’s not about incremental increases, it’s about uniformity,” Chuke said.

Budget officers of state institutions and authorities involved in the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism will receive benefits basic salary increase up to 50%regardless of the number of projects in which they participate, as well as public servants who participate in project teams financed from EU grant funds.

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This salary increase for state employees who implement projects with EU funds was already in the law, the difference is that now those responsible for the implementation of the PNRR have also been introduced, as HotNews.ro previously wrote.

Officials do not benefit from salary increases, except for the positions of president and vice president of the county council and mayor and vice mayor

The government announced on Friday that the adopted act harmonises the legal framework regarding the salary rights enjoyed by employees of public institutions and authorities assigned to project teams financed by non-repayable European funds and/or on the basis of laws for ratification or loan approval agreements adopted by the Romanian Parliament, as well as for personnel involved in the implementation of the PNRR.

This legislative harmonization is established in view of the activities to be carried out by employees involved in the implementation of PNRR reforms.

This activity involves responsibilities and skills at least similar to those required for the implementation of projects financed from European funds, and the activities specific to the coordinator of reforms or investments are particularly difficult.

This measure is also taken in the context of an increasingly reduced number of staff to manage both the operational programs related to the 2021-2027 programming period and the PNRR.

In addition, in order to attract and retain highly qualified personnel, to ensure the implementation of reforms and investments on time, it is necessary that the remuneration is carried out on the same terms for all institutions with similar powers and specificities of PNRR management.

Officials do not benefit from salary increases, except for the positions of president and vice president of the county council and mayor and vice mayor.

Salary increases will be implemented as part of the personnel expenses approved by the budget for each main credit manager.

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