Ministry of Communications and
Information Society - Romania
Our Challenge:
Can Europe Turn Into a Truly Connected
Continent?
Sofia, September 20th, 2012
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society - Romania
Albert Einstein’s Imaginary Answers to This Question:
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything
new”
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
The important thing is not to stop questioning”
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we
used when we created them”
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Romania’s Approach & Solutions Over the Years
Beginning Times
• Pioneering
• Pilots
• Research
Present Times
• The most relevant projects for the European Union are also our priorities: broadband,
security, innovation and public services.
• Romanian relevant examples: PSC (Point of Single Contact), Electronic Procurement
System, eCodex, Broadband National Infrastructure, Knowledge Based Economy
Future
• We are ready to take leadership in replicating KEP in European Union.
• We have acquired during the last 8 years the necessary knowledge to replicate the
Knowledge Based Economy Project that we successfully developed in Romania,
European and International multi-awarded program.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
PSC ROLE
ePSC Platform:
• the need to increase efficiency, access and trust
in eGovernment
• the need to implement the Services Directive (EC
/ 123/2006) with regard to the electronic Point of
Single Contact and the electronic procedures
• the need to increase the performance of public
administration, by reducing administrative barriers
and improving business
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
AVAILABLE SERVICES AND PROCEDURES
After signing the protocols for the inter-institutional collaboration, the figures indicate the
following progress:
-36 Competent Authorities, including ministries and the majority of the central competent
authorities
-217 administrative procedures identified in the working groups, out of which 78
procedures have been configured within the Platform, and became operational through
ePSC
-74 people have participated in training sessions and received operator and administration
certificates
The platform is available at:
www. edirect.e-guvernare.ro
www.edirect.gov.ro
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Prioritization of Services as recommended by the European Commission
MCIS has set-up working groups in order to simplify the administrative procedures, and to
facilitate the issuing of permits and licenses exclusively on-line, especially for the following
priority sectors:
• services for the establishment of a legal entity in Romania through integration with
Trade Register’s portal
• real estate;
• veterinary services;
• travel services;
• health services;
• financial services.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF ePSC
ePSC = interface between the citizen / business environment and the public institutions providing services
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
FEATURES OF PSC
Identification/ authentication based on a qualified digital certificate of the issuing
competent authorities in Romania and time-stamped in accordance with Law no.
451/2004 on timestamp
The use of the electronic signature - during the configuration, the competent authorities
may decide if documents should be requested or issued by means of the electronic PSC, as
document signed with extended electronic signature, based on a qualified digital
certificate of the issuing competent authorities and time-stamped.
The possibility of accepting electronic payments; PSC is interconnected with the National
Electronic Online Payment System with credit card (www.ghiseul.ro)
Multilingual support: PSC receives multilingual support, thereby any procedure, formality
or published information can be versioned and available in many languages
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
CERTs Structure – Cross-borders Connection
Country A
Different
CERT
Different
CERT
Country B
• We daily change information cyber security related with our partners all over the
world.
• We usually receive about 50.000 to 100 .000 incident records regarding to suspect
IP. The majority of them are suspected to part of botnets, this kind of networks being
on growing.
• We registered in our data base almost 380.000 IPs with suspicious activity from
Romanian networks.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
CERT’s Current Services
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
CERT’s Future Projects
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National Early Warning System
Cyber-security Portal
Cyber-Security Training Center
Workgroups regarding national legislation and
regulations:
• National CyberSecurity Strategy.
• Public online services security standards
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
WHAT IS THE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM?
SEAP, the electronic system for public acquisitions, was launched on 4 March 2002 in a
pilot version named “e-market”, with the support of MCIT. In 2006 the Government
Ordinance harmonizing national and European legislation was issued in the field of public
procurement. Following the harmonization of legislation, SEAP, in its current form, was
developed to accommodate all new regulations imposed by the Ordinance to all actors in
public procurement.
www.e-licitatie.ro
Statistics (17.09.2012)
Registered Contracting Authorities
Suppliers
Published Catalog Products
Awarded Acquisitions Total:
13,400
42,334
371,789
55,573,696,272.07 RON (~12, 4 billion €)
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
SEAP is also the single point of sending notices to the Official Journal of the European Union, in
electronic format.
From its launch as pilot project, SEAP has become one of the most important e-government system in
Romania. The system development implies standardized mechanisms of interoperability at European
level.
SEAP has played an important role in promoting information society technologies, Digital Agenda, such
as using Internet tools and broadband networks, including in remote areas.
The e-procurement transaction solution offers benefits for both the public institutions, and the private
sector interested in this service, encouraging the investments of the communications providers in rural
areas and the suppliers of digital literacy trainings.
SEAP has opened the public procurement market for the national and European private sector, thereby
creating and promoting a Single European Market, where a company may act independently of the
Member State of origin.
Continuous reduction of the procurement costs and significant savings to the state budget - in 2011 the
acquisition costs were decreased with a total amount of over 3 billion €, based on a total of
approximately 36,500 online and offline procurement procedures.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Future improvements of SEAP
Romania’s experience in electronic procurement recommends SEAP as an example of best
practice at regional level, both in terms of achievements and future directions of the
system (PPP, DPS, interoperability etc.).
• Permanent implementation of legislative changes with impact on public procurement
• Development of PPP mechanisms in SEAP
• Developing of the interoperability mechanisms of SEAP, according to the European
standards
• Implementation of the Dynamic Purchasing System
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
What is e-CODEX about?
The e-CODEX project will aim at…
 Fostering the implementation of the EU legal framework and the e-Justice action plan, in
accordance with the national implementation of that plan
 Achieving interoperability between existing national judicial systems
 Enabling all Member States to work together towards a more effective judicial system in Europe,
avoiding the development of non interoperable e-Justice solutions,
 Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the processing of the increasing number of cross
border civil proceedings
 Contributing to a safer environment inside the EU for citizens
 Modernizing the judicial systems in Europe while at the same time to increase collaboration and
exchange between judicial systems of the Member States
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Expected Societal Challenges / e-Codex
(18!) Partners + 5 new Member States
versus
Legal Community
e-CODEX:
pilots
experiment
(Social) Media
IT Industry
“Improved efficiency of
cross – border judicial
processes”.
End Users
“Easy and secure access
to legal information and
procedures”.
“Greater cross-border
effectiveness of legal
processes”.
Audience
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Broadband – Core of the e-Development
The purpose of the Ro-NET project:
Developing an electronic network infrastructure (backhaul infrastructure) offering wholesale
broadband services in all rural areas of Romania which are currently not served and where
there are no plans for coverage in the next three years. Given the strong growth in demand
for broadband services and the economics of public spending, the goal of intervention
should support the adoption of basic broadband infrastructure, planned in such a way to
allow and encourage the development of NGA networks in the future.
The basic principles are:
• Make interventions at the appropriate stage of market development;
• Create a network with open access for all telecommunications companies (technically
and organizationally);
• Considerations of social development, consisting of accelerating deployment of new
services to the public, provided by the public sector and requiring a broadband network;
• Minimize entry barriers;
• Stimulate and aggregate demand;
• Compliance with state aid rules.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Broadband – Core of the e-Development
Fixed Broadband Penetration
Romania has 14% fixed broadband penetration rate in 2010, compared with 26,5% at
EU27 level. As regards the total fixed broadband coverage Romania was ranked the
second lowest in 2010, with 82% compared to 95% for EU27.
Mobile Broadband Penetration
Romania has a 4,3% mobile penetration rate in Romania compared to 7,2% for EU27.
Internet Usage
Despite a gradual increase over the past few years, Romania has the lowest rates of
regular and frequent Internet use in the EU with 34% and 21%. In addition, 58% of
Romanian citizens have never used the Internet, although this number has already
decreased by 5 percentage points since 2009. On the whole, most Internet services are
used to a significantly lesser degree than on average in the EU.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Broadband
ROMANIA of the
Knowledge based Economy Program
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Knowledge Based Economy Program
Knowledge Based Economy Project (KEP) is a strategic pioneering project for the Romanian knowledge society,
the most extensive IT&C based project for rural Romania.
Primary objective – ensuring social development by supporting digital access to information for creating
knowledge capital with the help of IT&C.
Beneficiaries - 255 knowledge-disadvantaged Romanian communities, 1.8 million citizens, 20% of rural
Romanian population.
Steps of implementation
 reducing the digital divide between urban and rural
society by developing a Broadband Communications
Infrastructure in 255 Communities
 developing the www.ecomunitate.ro portal, the most
complex content site founded by the Romanian
Government, where users transfer knowledge and
generate digital content using web 2.0 technologies;
promoting and providing local e-government services,
stimulating entrepreneurial initiatives and local
businesses.
 implementation of the ITC tools for
digital literacy, introducing IT&C in the
process of education in local schools and
libraries, along with developing curricula;
designing
cultural
projects
and
activities, in order to achieve a
multiculturality
local
climate
and
addressing the Europeana initiatives.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Which are the main smart services offered by KEP,
in accordance with the Digital Agenda?
By introducing novelty solutions, every 255 KEP community delivers, basic and specific public services
in correspondence with local and cross-over communities needs:
• IT&C training services professionally certified
• Assistance for online submission of files for agricultural funding
• Assistance to local entrepreneurs (consultancy, web design)
• Counseling services for accessing funds
• Tourism information and promotion services
• Online banking services
• Job Club assistance
Intelligent
public service
delivery.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Which are the achievements of KEP that lead to
Digital Agenda for Europe 2020?
Digital content and services shared through ecomunitate.ro
portal, to build up a Digital Single Market.
Interoperability
and Standards
IT&C infrastructure for all 255 k-deprived communities – Very Fast Internet
for fast access to information.
Three waves of sociological Research - strong pillars for identifying
Innovative solutions for bridging the digital divide.
Trainings, seminars, webinaries – 1.8 mil citizens have access to Digital
Competences and e-Skills through national professional certification.
Smart use of IT&C and information sharing through ecomunitate.ro platform
represents a novelty solution facing Social Challenges.
Digital
Single
Market
Very Fast
Internet
Enhancing e-Skills
IT&C for
Social
Challenges
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
What assures KEP’s sustainability and regional European
extension, facing the DA 2020 ?
Over the last few years, KEP Project has proved its impact at community, national and
international level, based on the tailor-made services developed in every Local region.
Curriculums for increasing the
efficiency of IT&C services at
local administrative level.
Counseling Centers & Guides
for attracting funds al local
level.
National cultural incubators for
consolidating the communities’
local patrimony.
Centers of Assistance & Research
in professional training and Job
application.
Tourist Points based on digital
media
content
of
rural
attractions.
Empowering
vulnerable
communities for
an ambitious
strategy plan of
Digital Agenda
implementation.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
What instruments do KEP uses?
A unique initiative in Romania, www.ecomunitate.ro is the most complex
content site founded by the Government. The portal was launched in 2009
as the main communication tool for the Knowledge based Economy Project.
Why Web 2.0 & OER
(open educational resources)?
 ecomunitate.ro facilitates community
interaction, knowledge sharing and
knowledge transferring, for building
community, scholar and business
partnerships using Open Resources.
 Web 2.0 stands as an advanced
technology resource, empowering
deprived users to build up informational
bridges and to generate informational
content via social media.
 2.6 mil visits
 4.6 mil pages visited
 1 mil unique visitors
 4.000 informational resources
(success stories, articles, news &
events, images, blog posts)
 2.000 educational resources
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
What are KEP’s directions in Education?
 Technical Assistance Project for IT&C use in
schools and libraries.
 Targeting 30% of disciplines learned with web
2.0 and OER in schools from 4 curricular areas.
 Counselling and assistance for local schools in
attracting external funds.
 Educational projects generation for building a
higher pedagogical capacity.
 Designing skills incubators among every
community that delivers Digital Agenda tailoredlabels.
Expected results:
- National Guide for integrating IT&C in
schools;
- National Guide for teaching, using Web 2.0
and OER ;
Alignment with
European
educational
policies through
IT&C solutions.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
What is KEP doing for EUROPEANA?
Romanian contributions for European culture
 Delivering grants for deprived communities, in
order to develop cultural projects by the public
libraries and school libraries.
 Designing virtual artifacts based on local
habits, traditions & patrimony and deliver them to
Europeana platform.
 Developing new digital services for the local
libraries towards offering accessibility to eBooks,
audioBooks and eBook Readers.
 Increasing the role of the local librarian from a
provincial citizen, to a culturalized human resource, an
important pillar for the community and its
inhabitants.
Exploring local
cultural backgrounds
for building cultural
knowledge within an
European habitat.
Ministry of Communications and
Information Society
Thank you!