Source: Eurostat: Statistics on Science and Technology in

Project no. 

015942 

Project acronym 

CEEC IST NET 

Project title 

SUPPORT TO ORGANISATIONS FROM THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN 

COUNTRIES 

Instrument Specific Support Action 

Thematic Priority Information Society Technologies 

Deliverable D 4.1.8 : NATIONAL MAPPING REPORT for ROMANIA 

Due date of deliverable: 31st December 2005 

Actual submission date: 31st January 2006 

Start date of project: 01.02.2005 Duration: 24 months 

Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable: EFPConsulting 

Revision: v1.1 

Authors: FIMAN Development Services, Michael Remes (EFPConsulting Ltd) 

Date: 20 April 2006 

Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme 

(2002-2006) 

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Services) 

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CEEC-IST-NET D4.1.8 Romanian national mapping report 

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DOCUMENT HISTORY 

Version Date Change History Author Organisation 

0.1 01.05.05 Draft Mariana Chintoiu FIMAN 






0.61 08.01.06 QA Michael Remes EFPConsulting Ltd 

0.62 08.01.06 QA Dana Remes EFPConsulting Ltd 

0.63 08.01.06 QA Myer Morron EFPConsulting Ltd 

0.7 15.01.06 Updated with IST- 

Mentor Comparison 

Michael Remes EFPConsulting Ltd 

1.0 22.01.06 Final Michael Remes EFPConsulting Ltd 

1.1 30.03.06 Final Mariana Chintoiu FIMAN 

1.1v1 20.04.06 Final QA’d Michael Remes EFPConsulting Ltd 

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Introduction 

This report is one in a series of country reports that makes up deliverable D4.1 of the CEEC-IST-NET 

Project. All the country reports have been produced as separate documents as indicated by the table 

below: 

Country Report Number 

Bulgaria 4.1.1 

Czech Republic 4.1.2 

Estonia 4.1.3 

Hungary 4.1.4 

Latvia 4.1.5 

Lithuania 4.1.6 

Poland 4.1.7 

Romania 4.1.8 

Slovakia 4.1.9 

Turkey 4.1.10 

This report is restricted for review by the consortium and the commission. The report will be 

converted to HTML format and will be published for use by the general public in a format 

which will be user friendly and can be accessed from a user’s browser. 



Summary 

Summary.................................................................................................................................................................................4 

Executive Summary...............................................................................................................................................................5 

A1 – General Information regarding ICT in Romania.......................................................................................................8 

A1.1 Summary of key country facts and figures............................................................................................................8 

A1.2 Country SWOT Analysis........................................................................................................................................28 

A1.3 Structure of Knowledge Map for National Mapping Reports............................................................................39 

A2 – Themes ........................................................................................................................................................................41 

A2.1 – Technology Pillars...............................................................................................................................................41 

A2.2 – Multi-Technology, Multi-disciplinary Integration..............................................................................................63 

A2.3 – Application Poles.................................................................................................................................................71 

A3 – Activities.......................................................................................................................................................................78 

A3.1 Technology Pillars ..................................................................................................................................................78 

A3.1.1 – Nano-electronics, photonics and integrated micro/nano-systems........................................................78 

A3.1.1.1 – Micro/Nano Systems ............................................................................................................................84 

A3.1.1.2 – Nano-Electronics ..................................................................................................................................90 

A3.1.1.3 – Photonics ...............................................................................................................................................94 

A3.1.2 – Unbiquitous and unlimited capacity communication networks..............................................................95 

A 3.1.2.1 – Broadband ..........................................................................................................................................108 

A3.1.2.2 – Mobile & Wireless...............................................................................................................................121 

A3.1.2.3 – NW Test beds......................................................................................................................................129 

A3.1.3 – Embedded systems, computing and control..........................................................................................129 

A 3.1.4 – Software, Grids, trust and dependability ...............................................................................................138 

A3.1.4.1 – Software & Services...........................................................................................................................143 

A3.1.4.2 – Grid .......................................................................................................................................................148 

A3.1.4.3 – Dependability & Security ...................................................................................................................150 

A3.1.5 – Knowledge, Learning and Cognitive Systems .......................................................................................153 

A3.1.5.1 – Cognitive Systems..............................................................................................................................156 

A3.1.5.2 – Semantic Systems..............................................................................................................................160 

A 3.1.6 – Interaction, visualisation, simulation and mixed realities ....................................................................162 

A3.2 Multi-technology, Multi-disciplinary Integration ................................................................................................166 

A3.2.1 - Personal environments ..............................................................................................................................166 

A3.2.2 – Home environments ..................................................................................................................................166 

A3.2.3 - Robotic Systems .........................................................................................................................................168 

A3.2.4 - Intelligent infrastructures............................................................................................................................170 

A3.3 Application Poles ..................................................................................................................................................174 

A3.3.1 – ICT for health..............................................................................................................................................174 

A3.3.2 – ICT for inclusion .........................................................................................................................................182 

A3.3.3 – ICT for mobility ...........................................................................................................................................184 

A3.3.4 – ICT for the environment ............................................................................................................................187 

A3.3.5 – ICT for organisations and work................................................................................................................193 

A3.3.6 – ICT for manufacturing................................................................................................................................213 

A3.3.7 – ICT for media, culture and entertainment...............................................................................................220 

A3.3.8 – ICT for learning...........................................................................................................................................222 

A3.3.9 – e-Government.............................................................................................................................................232 

Comparative Analysis with IST-Mentor Reports ...........................................................................................................243 

List of references ...............................................................................................................................................................244 



Executive Summary 

The transition to Information Society is one of the strategic objectives of the Romanian Government 

for current period and one of the EU pre-adhering conditions. 

The actual government policies is in favour of the development of ICT and Information Society and for 

the creation of the institutional framework (setting up of the Ministry of Communication and 

Information Technology, setting up of the Advanced Technologies, Communications, and Information 

Technology Commission at the level of the Romanian Parliament, setting up of the Information 

Technology Promotion Group), of the regulatory framework (adoption of a series of regulations 

specific to the field and in accordance with Acquis requirements), as well for the active presence of 

the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) field in international co-operation development 

and for the promotion of some facilities for ICT development. 

Romania has resources and human potential of high quality, recognised at the international level 

(general knowledge, creativity, foreign languages). 

Relating consolidation and enhancement of the ICT community that can be noticed by a higher 

involvement of the companies, experts and professional associations in the transition towards the 

Information Society. 

There are an increased rates of PC Acquisitions and increased number of mobile phone users during 

the last 2-3 years, comparable or superior to the candidate countries. The average development of 

ICT in Romania is of 15% in comparison with the world rate of 8%. 

In the same time, exists the possibility of extending Internet access due to the large number of TV 

cable subscribers (71%) and of the mobile telephony users. 

Other important facts concerning current status of R&D and innovation in Romania are the 

consolidation of the telecommunications operator market, the development of a national infrastructure 

on optic fibre and the support granted by the state authorities for the investments in ICT field. 

The evolution of governmental policies to develop the Knowledge Society in Romania has been 

strongly influenced by the accession to EU in 2007. A significant body of legislation and initiatives 

has been developed during 2001-2004 to stimulate and sustain the development of ICT sector. 

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has elaborated a series of 

strategies closely mirroring the ones set by the eEurope/+/2005 programmes. To satisfy the 

requirements of the EU accession, between 2001 and 2004 the Group for Promoting the Information 

Technology (GPIT) approved over 180 projects worth over 700 million Euros. 

In the context of the Lisbon strategy and of the European regulation framework, the government 

program mentions the following objectives concerning the development of KS over the period 2005 – 

2008: 

• Increase of the competitiveness of the Romanian economy by stimulating the use of the most 

innovative information technologies; 

• Consolidation of ICT industry; 

• Increase of the public administration’s institutional performance by coherent and generalized 

implementation of integrated informational systems; 

• Improvement of the citizens’ living conditions. 

The newly adopted Government Programme gives an increased interest to the RDI sector. Over the 

period 2005 – 2008 the Romanian Government has the following strategic objectives: 

• Elaboration and regulation of mechanisms that ensure the technological transfer to the industry 

and to establish the long term connection between the RDI and economic sectors; 

• Increase of the public expenditure for the RDI sector up to 1 % from GDP by 2007, complying 

with the objectives established within Chapter 17 Science and Research negotiated with the EU; 

• Stimulating the participation of the private sector in the RDI activities; 

• Strengthening the institutional capacity for restructuring the RDI sector; and 

• Strengthening the institutional capacity of public authorities to elaborate and implement the RDI 

policies. 



Liberalization of the telecommunications market, preparations for EU accession, and improved 

macroeconomic indicators are drivers that will influence the initiation of large IT services projects in 

the telecommunications, utilities, banking, manufacturing, and government administration sectors of 

the market. 

Other important indicators could be: 

1. High growth rate of the IT industry 

2. Fast developing software industry 

3. Initiation of e-government 

4. Faster adoption of technologies based on mobile communications and cable TV 

5. The ICT average growth rate of 19 percent in Romania (as against 8 percent in the world. The 

total IT&C expenses in Romania have increased in the last years by an average annual rate of 

18.8 per cent, being estimated at USD 1.9 bln in 2004, according to a survey drafted by Global 

Insight for World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)). 

Romanian ICT sector offers a wide range of IT products and services whose potential has only 

recently begun to be noticed by the world market. There are also important Romanian brands that 

have acquired recognition at both national and regional level. 

The ICT sector was growing at a rate faster than GDP and is expected to continue growing at this rate 

for the near future. The Romanian software industry is one of the region’s fastest growing sectors, 

with an average increase of 18.8% yearly during the period 2001-2004. 

The Romanian ICT market features a good dynamic and high growth potential. For the period 2005- 

2007, ICT spending in Romania is expected to grow at 12,2% yearly. The EU enlargement process 

constitutes a strong driver for this development pattern of the Romanian ICT sector since, on the one 

hand, it increases political participation in the EU technology and communications policy debate and, 

on the other hand, it requires adopting and implementing the EU regulations concerning the ICT 

sector. 

In terms of market share, the Romanian ICT market is still largely hardware oriented, but feature an 

increasing share of spending on markets with the most added-value: software products and IT 

services. The software market was worth 68 million EUR in 2004 and is estimated to double in 2008. 

This trend is reflected in the recently launched report by the World Economic Forum where Romania, 

“driven by strong across-the-board improvements, especially in the area of company sophistication”, 

jumped 22 ranks in the Business Competitiveness Index. 

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCTI) is the authority for developing a 

strategic orientation framework for guiding the ICT sector in Romania. The emerging ICT sector holds 

substantial promise for expansion into the global marketplace. The MCTI is also developing the use 

of ICT in the government and private sectors. Towards this end, a new organizational structure, the 

role of various players and their relationships has been evolved. The policies are developed through 

an industry-government consultative mechanism where the views of industry are taken into account. 

The mechanism involves representatives of the government, academic institutions, industry and 

trade. In Romania there are five main associations in the ICT sector, as well as a number of other 

smaller associations. 

The mission of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is to create solid 

premises that will ensure the transition to the Information Society in Romania. 

With a view towards developing the ICT sector, the MCTI proposes to initiate the following measures: 

• Stimulation of supply and demand of ITC products in accordance with the Information Technology 

Agreement of the WTO 1 ; 

• Promotion and support of an open and competitive market for communication and IT services to 

secure quality services at lower tariffs; 

1 WTO – World Trade Organization 



• Elimination of the legislative differences, in comparison with European Union requirements; 

• Reduction of the technological gulf through the development of new technologies and services; 

• Setting up a national telecommunications regulatory authority, so that consumers and operators 

can enjoy homogenous, undiscriminating and equal treatment; 

• Development of “Internet” platforms and technologies to assist in building a digital economy at a 

national level; 

• Improve the quality of ICT products and services by harmonizing standards with those of the EU 

in order to increase exports; 

• To utilize IT to increase productivity and efficiency in the economy, particularly in SMEs; 

• Establish technology parks to facilitate the development of a modern infrastructure for 

communications, computers, regulated power supply, and software development skills; 

• To ensure priority for electronic governance; 

• Locating Internet Kiosks in rural areas in order to integrate the rural economy with the national 

economy and to bring the benefits of IT to the rural population. 

The IT policy would aim to retain IT experts in Romania to deliver IT programs and services. To 

achieve this objective, the government passed a law in July 2001 exempting IT Programmers from 

income tax. 

The National RTD Plan represents the major tool for the implementation of the national RTD and 

innovation policies. It has 14 specific programmes but the most significant is INFOSOC – Information 

Society Programme. 

The organisation responsible for the administration of the programme is the National Institute for 

Research and Development in Informatics-ICI Bucharest (programme duration: 2001-2006). 

The main ICT technology areas in this programme are: 

- Technologies and tools / equipments for new types of distance and network activities, specialized in 

working in virtual spaces: 

- Technologies and tools / equipments for advanced information and communication electronic 

services; 

- Technologies and standards for knowledge representation and administration based on context, 

semantics and intelligent agents; instruments for creating, arranging, diving and disseminating the 

digital content; 

- Multimedia technologies, standards and equipments; 

- Multisensors interfaces capable to understand and to perform natural human expression; the 

development of virtual environments for the advanced human – machine interaction; 

- Networks: structures and models. Technologies, equipments, systems and advanced 

communication services. 

- Technologies and equipments for the security of networks and electronic transactions, for the 

improvement of the quality, accessibility, viability and security of the information and communication 

technology systems; 

- Technologies for the management and development of the software systems, of the technologies 

based on components and adjustable dynamic 

- Technologies and applications based on high performance calcul 

- Technologies, models and equipments for management of information, knowledge and processes at 

the company level; 

- Architectures / structures for designing and implementing the open and interoperapable systems, 

specialized technologies for databases for administration of distributed and heterogeneous 

information. 

<strong>Source</strong>: Survey on national public funding for Research in Information and Communication Technologies – 

CISTRANA Project 



A1 – General Information regarding ICT in Romania 

A1.1 Summary of key country facts and figures 

The importance of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in Romania 

� In the context of the Lisbon strategy and of the European regulation framework, the government 

program mentions the following objectives concerning the development of KS over the period 2005 – 

2008: 







� Starting from July 2001, the Romanian Government approved the income tax exception for the 

software developers, which, in about a year had as effect an average increase of 40% of the 

personnel engaged in these activities. 

� The personnel migration decreased during this period from 15% to 2% and were registered 

numerous cases of Romanian specialists who came back after few years spent abroad. 

� The number of ICT specialists working in the private sector has increased during the last two 

years with 82%. 

� The newly adopted Government Programme gives an increased interest to the RDI sector. Over 

the period 2005 – 2008 the Romanian Government has the following strategic objectives: 

• Elaboration and regulation of mechanisms that ensure the technological transfer to the industry 

and to establish the long term connection between the RDI and economic sectors; 

• Increase of the public expenditure for the RDI sector up to 1 % from GDP by 2007, complying 

with the objectives established within Chapter 17 Science and Research negotiated with the EU; 



• Strengthening the institutional capacity of public authorities to elaborate and implement the RDI 

policies. 

<strong>Source</strong>: Future Prospects in Romania: Scenarios for the Development of the Knowledge Society in Romania – 

Constantin Zamfirescu, Florin Filip, Boldur Barbat 

Romanian ICT relevant statistics 

Back to Technology Sector Map 

� After the severe reduction suffered after 1989, the hardware industry in Romania managed to 

restructure through the presence in the market of new producers which are currently dealing mainly 

with the assembly of equipment imported from Asia. Foreign companies have an active presence, 

with approximately 50% of the market share. 

� The software industry had a remarkable development. There are over 4800 companies which 

state software development as main activity. 

� There are over 8.100 ICT companies with over 86.000 employees. Mainly due to the favourable 

tax system for very small companies (profits tax of 25% is replaced with an income tax of 1.5%) 

their number has increased representing 92% of the total number of companies in the sector. 

� The sector has an important contribution to the national economy as its contribution to the 

turnover of all businesses exceeds 4% and 7.6% to their profit, despite the fact that ICT companies 

represent only 2% of the total number of active companies. 



� The Romanian IT market is in a continuous developing process. With a level of growth more than 

12% in 2003, one of the highest in the Central and Eastern European countries becomes one of the 

most attractive in the region. 

� With a market value of a € 3.3 billion the Romanian ICT market remains small in comparison to 

many other Central and Eastern European countries, but it is exhibiting some of the highest levels 

of growth across the region. 

� Due to the measures undertaken by the Romanian government such as the liberalization of 

telecommunications market and also to the growth trend of the market for mobile and internet the 

forecasts for the next few years indicate some of highest level of growth in CEE countries. 

� In 2003 the Romanian IT market reaches a value of € 719 million. Even if the hardware 

expenditure remains the main segment of IT Romanian market, the software and services become 

to be more and more important. The estimations show an IT services market shared among: 

project services (51%), hardware maintenance (35%) and outsourcing services (only 14%). The 

main reason for this structure is referring to the fact that most of IT services will be provided in the 

public sector which is targeted to hardware acquisition and to complex projects for systems 

implementation for telecommunications, utilities, banking, manufacturing and government 

administration. 

� The rate of penetration for mobile communication is one of the greatest in the region in spite of 

the fact that, quantitative speaking, the business lags behind other countries in the region. 

�The liberalization of the telecommunication sector was finalized in 2003 and the full 

harmonization with the EU regulatory framework was finished by the end of 2004. 

� Liberalization of the telecommunications market, preparations for EU accession, and improved 

macroeconomic indicators are drivers that will influence the initiation of large IT services projects in 

the telecommunications, utilities, banking, manufacturing, and government administration sectors of 

the market. 

Number of employees in the IT&C domain in Romania 

� The total number of engineers working at the present time in Romania exceeds 70.000. 

According to official statistics, at the end of the year 2002, Romania had approximately 68.000 

IT&C specialists, approximately 5.000 more than at the end of the year 2001. 

� At the end of the year 2002, from a total of 68.050 IT&C specialists, 10.770 specialists worked in 

the Romanian IT industry (the rest worked in companies and institutions from the 

telecommunication domain or in other domains of activity, other than IT), according to a recent 

study by the ITC Institute from Bucharest. 

� The numbers refer to “IT&C specialists” defined, according to the questionnaires from the 

National Institute of <strong>Statistics</strong> from Romania (INS), as graduates of a higher education institutions 

in a specialty like Automatics, Computers, Electronics, Telecommunications, Mathematics, 

Cybernetics or Informatics and having “IT&C” activities defines themselves as one of the “activities 

of programming, analysis and projecting systems, administration, consultancy, informatics project 

management, telecommunications maintenance, etc.” or they correspond to activities of the 

divisions CAEN: 72 (informatics), 30 (IT equipments), 32 (electronic equipments), 642 

(telecommunication services). 

ICT sector 

� Romanian ICT sector offers a wide range of IT products and services whose potential has only 

recently begun to be noticed by the world market. There are also important Romanian brands that 

have acquired recognition at both national and regional level. The ICT sector was growing at a rate 

faster than GDP and is expected to continue growing at this rate for the near future. Conversely, 

the effort made to reform the RDI system was very weak. Due to a poor implementation of RDI 

policies, the RDI system is at a very basic development stage. Institutional financing with its 



outdated structure is dominant, and only very recently there seems to be systematic attempts to 

restructure the RDI system. 

� According to WITSA’s study, global ICT spending is expected to grow faster than the global 

economy at approximately 7.6 % yearly. Among world regions, Eastern Europe will grow fastest at 

a pace of 11.9 % yearly. The Romanian software industry is one of the region’s fastest growing 

sectors, with an average increase of 18.8% yearly during the period 2001-2004. 

� The Romanian ICT market features a good dynamic and high growth potential. For the period 

2005-2007, ICT spending in Romania is expected to grow at 12,2% yearly. The EU enlargement 

process constitutes a strong driver for this development pattern of the Romanian ICT sector since, 

on the one hand, it increases political participation in the EU technology and communications policy 

debate and, on the other hand, it requires adopting and implementing the EU regulations 

concerning the ICT sector. 

� In terms of market share, the Romanian ICT market is still largely hardware oriented, but feature 

an increasing share of spending on markets with the most added-value: software products and IT 

services. The software market was worth 68 million EUR in 2004 and is estimated to double in 

2008. This trend is reflected in the recently launched report by the World Economic Forum where 

Romania, “driven by strong across-the-board improvements, especially in the area of company 

sophistication”, jumped 22 ranks in the Business Competitiveness Index. 

�The ICT services market grew by 22.7% in 2004 to reach €2,202 million, led by a 39.0% growth in 

mobile telephone services, a market that was worth €1,140 million in 2004. Forecasts for 2005 and 

2006 indicate more modest, but still strong, growth rates, at 20.4% in 2005 (when the market will be 

worth €2,651 million) and 15.3% in 2006 (when the market will be worth €3,056 million). 

� Unlike the equipment market, the EITO 2 forecasts growth prospects for all ICT services. The 

traditional fixed-line telephony services market is expected to show small rates of growth, with 2.5% 

forecast for 2005 and 2.2% in 2006; less than the 3.7% growth in 2004 and far stronger 6.2% 

increase that had been witnessed in 2003. Growth in the mobile sector will still lead the services 

market as a whole, but will slow to 33.4% in 2005 and 22.0% in 2006, when the market is expected 

to have a value of €1,856 million. The fixed data market is expected to grow by 11.7% in 2005 and 

9.4% in 2006, raising the market value to €82 million. Unlike in many other markets, the cable TV 

sector has also seen, and is expected to continue to witness, relatively strong growth. The EITO 

believes that Romania’s cable TV market rose by 11.1% in 2004 and will growth by a respectable 

10.0% in 2005 and 8.9% in 2006, when it will be worth €289 million. 

� In July 2005, Romania’s regulator, the ANRC 3 , announced that the turnover of the 987 providers 

of public electronic communications networks and/or publicly available electronic communications 

services which had provided their financial statements for 2004 amounted to €2,773 million. This 

was an increase of 14.2% on the turnover of €2,428 million reported to the ANRC for 2003. The 

total increase for 2004 is likely to be higher as an unknown number of providers had not submitted 

their 2004 financial statements to the ANRC by June 30, 2005. 

Software & Services Integrators 

� Software companies such as Microsoft, Novell, SCO Unix and Oracle are all represented in 

Romania. They utilize the services of local firms, as well as authorized resellers and distributors, for 

marketing and application development based on their standard software. The local companies 

develop applications using the standard packages to meet the requirements of their customers. 

Localization and content creation are the main service areas for the local companies. 

2 EITO – European Information Technology Observatory 

3 ANRC – Romanian National Regulatory Authority for Communications 



� The Romanian IT market will increase by 12% in 2005 compared with last year, according to 

officials from US software giant Microsoft, who quoted data from a recent survey by researcher 

IDC. The same survey shows that the software market will double in size by 2008. 

� The Romanian software market was worth 84 million dollars last year (68 million euros at the 

average annual exchange rate), and will amount to 134 million dollars (103.7 million euros) by 

2008, says IDC. It is expected to reach 95 million dollars (73 million euros) in 2005. 

� Growth of the software market will also lead to an increase in the number of jobs in this sector, 

Microsoft officials say. Software specialists will account for around 43% of total IT sector 

employees in Romania in 2008. 

Future Forecasts and Trends 

� The future in software seems somewhat brighter and offers greater opportunities for the country. 

Compared to hardware, Romania has built up and retained a greater depth and volume of software 

production capabilities. Development of new capabilities is also easier since software has much 

lower entry barriers than hardware production because it is less capital-intensive, more laborintensive, 

with a lower rate of obsolescence, and (at least for certain types of software) it has far 

fewer economies of scale. All of these factors work in Romania's favor given its particular 

macroeconomic circumstances. In addition, software has long been forming an increasing 

component of overall value within information technologies and has become the "lifeblood" of 

business, industry, and government. 

Computer Software Industry 

�The computer software sector in Romania is vibrant, employing about 25,000 skilled software 

professionals. The industry is delivering software and services worth about US$150 million per 

year. There are a couple of large companies employing about 400 employees and many small 

companies. But as a rule, a very large number of one- and two-person software firms with low 

turnover typify the market. These are often set up by IT professionals who have left R&D 

institutions, or by recent IT graduates. 

� Larger Romanian companies offer services in all typical software development processes, 

including consulting, modelling, development, implementation, integration, testing, re-engineering 

and maintenance; web-based applications and tools; e-commerce / e-business applications; 

design, development and deployment of distributed architecture applications; custom XML 

application development; and SM/SGM standard implementation. These companies concentrate 

on the major segment of software product development, IT services and IT-enabled services. 

� In the last 4-5 years, a spectacular evolution had the development of applications for domains 

with high growth rates, like the banking sector, mobile telecommunications and data security. 

�The development of e-government and e-administration applications represented an important 

niche for many Romanian software producers and it is due to a very big investment program that 

the public administration started in the year 2000. 

�The software industry in Romania is poised for exponential growth as many large corporations 

are considering Romania as their offshore software development base. Microsoft, Cisco, Motorola, 

Ericsson etc. are a few large corporations, which have established their subsidiaries in Romania to 

take advantage of the low cost skilled software professionals. 

� Official data offered by Ministry of Economy and Commerce indicate rates of annual growth of 

over 30 %, much more than the rate of growth of the GDP (around 5%). 

� Sector analysis show that the IT&C firms represent a percent of 1.96% out of the number of firms 

from Romania, and they realize over 4 % of the turnover and 7.68 % of the total profit of the 

economy. 

� The number of Romanian companies which carry on activities in the software domain was, at 

the end of the year 2003 (according to ARIES estimation) of about 6.500, 95 % of them being 

companies of small and very small dimensions. 



� Still, the medium and large companies have a significant weight in the total turnover of the 

sector, of over 30 %. In comparison to the year 2002, the total number of companies rose by more 

then 1.000 new companies, the vast majority from them being named by the Romanian legislation 

as “micro-enterprises” (companies with less then 10 employees and with an annual turnover of 

less than 100.00 Euros). 

� The cause of this growth is linked to the modifications of the Romanian legislation in the latest 

years, which provide significant fiscal facilities for this type of companies (their income tax is only 

of 1.5 % from their turnover and they don’t have tax for their profit in that period of time. We have 

to say that in Romania the profit tax applied to all the other companies is 25 %). 

� According to the Romanian legislation, the branch “Informatics and related activities – Division 

CAEN 72” includes activities of consultancy in the hardware products domain, consultancy and 

providing of software products, data processing, database linked activities, maintenance and 

repairing of computers and other electronic bureau devices. 

� There are over 8.100 ITC companies with over 86.000 employees. Mainly due to the favourable 

tax system for very small companies (profits tax of 25% is replaced with an income tax of 1.5%) 

their number has increased representing 92% of the total number of companies in the sector. 

However their contribution is less than 10% of the sector turnover. 

� After the severe reduction suffered after 1989, the hardware industry in Romania managed to 

restructure through the presence in the market of new producers, which are currently dealing 

mainly with the assembly of equipment imported from Asia. Foreign companies have an active 

presence, with approximately 50% of the market share. 

� The software industry had a remarkable development. There are over 4800 companies, which 


� The IT&C sector has an important contribution to the national economy as its contribution to the 

turnover of all businesses exceeds 4% and 7.6% to their profit, despite the fact that ITC companies 


� The hardware production has a limited contribution to the sector performance. This can be 

explained by the low appeal of the Romanian business environment, especially during the period 

when such investment took place in other CEE countries (1994 – 1998), but also by the important 

investment needed to start such an activity, beyond the possibilities of local investors. 

� Such investments are intended for significantly larger markets (in terms of units sold) than 

Romania, which requires the existence of export markets. A success story in this branch is the 

investment of around USD 100 million of the US Company SOLECTRON, which, even if it deals 

only with the assembly of equipment (mobile phones and IT hardware) has over 2,500 employees, 

and exports the entire production to the European branches of the holding company. 

The main local investments in assembly of PC’s are Flamingo, Ktech, Best Computers and 

Comrace. 

� Software has a more significant weight within the sector and is mostly represented by a large 

number of very small businesses, due mainly to the tax advantages. The law in force at the end of 

2003 allows tax exemptions only to the IT specialist employees that are graduates of at least one of 

the four specialized universities (electronics and telecommunication, automatics and computers, 

informatics, mathematics, cybernetics) and not to all people active in the field that have attended 

specialized postgraduate courses. 


� German software producer SAP will bring applications for the SME segment to the Romanian 

market, through its partner on the local market, Business Consulting Services (BCS). The ALL-inone 

package provided by SAP is directed to the SME segment and its launch is part of SAP’s 

strategy to address this segment as well. As a first step, the software package will be targeted to 

the distribution segment and to production companies. German software producer SAP will bring 

applications for the SME segment to the Romanian market, through its partner on the local market, 

Business Consulting Services (BCS). The ALL-in-one package provided by SAP is directed to the 

SME segment and its launch is part of SAP’s strategy to address this segment as well. As a first 

step, the software package will be targeted to the distribution segment and to production 

companies. 



� Romanian software developer, Akela Informatique, opened a representative office in New York. 

The company is specialised in the development of software for company management and an 

outsourcing provider. The first contracts were already signed. Akela's customers include France 

Telecom, Paris City Hall, National Bank of Paris, Ubisoft, Danone, M6 television station, Lukoil and 

Orange. 

� Alcatel Romania expects an increase in its revenues by 12% this year, while the results 

registered for the first quarter are in line with the company’s target for the year. The company has 

recently signed two contracts for supply of communications equipment to two main electricity 

retailers in Bulgaria and Macedonia, namely NEC and ESM. The value of the contracts was not 

disclosed. 

� In Romania, Alcatel has as clients Romtelecom, Orange Romania and Atlas Telecom. Lately, it 

started to diversify its activity by contracting projects for development of telecom infrastructure in 

fields like transportation and electricity. 

Communication 

�The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) 2005 estimated the information and 

communications technology (ICT) market in Romania to have grown in value by 20.2%% to €3,637 

million in 2004, following growth of 13.2% the previous year. The EITO expects the growth rate to 

slow to a still respectable 14.2% in 2005 and 13.1% in 2006. Thus, Romania's ICT market should 

be worth approximately €4,697 million by the end of 2006. 

� The market for ICT equipment surged by 18.4% in 2004, but growth is expected to slow in 2005, 

to 4.2%, before picking up again in 2006, at 9.1%. The two equipment sub-markets that witnessed 

the highest rates of growth in 2004 were mobile phones, which rose by 50.6% after strong growth 

of 28.0% in 2003, and the LAN hardware market, which increased by 43.9% in 2004 after growing 

by 18.9% in 2003. Growth in both sectors is expected to fall off in 2005. The mobile phone submarket 

is expected to grow by only 1.5% in 2005, before picking up again in 2006 to grow by 21.7% 

to €365 million. Two sectors of the ICT equipment market declined during 2004, ‘other’ end-user 

equipment (which fell 2.0% to €82 million) and PBX, key systems, and circuit switching equipment 

(which fell by 5.1% to €132 million). Both sectors are expected to continue to decline through to 

2006. 

�The last stage of the telecommunications market liberalization took place in 2003, when, 

starting January 1st, the fixed line telephony monopoly ended. The liberalization process started in 

1991 and has covered the following markets: 

• Terminal equipment (liberalization in 1991; the devices have to gain a type authorisation); 

• Data transmission (liberalization in 1992; local loop belongs mainly to the incumbent operator); 

• Mobile radio-communication (liberalization in 1992; licensing are awarded based on the 

available radio spectrum); 

• Satellite communication services (partially liberalized in 1992 for VSAT equipment and various 

types of services and later on extended in 1996); 

• Broadcast of radio and TV programmes; (liberalized in 1992; the National Radio 

communication Company provides services of transport of national radio and TV programs 

produced by the Romanian Radio and Television Broadcasting Company an the Romanian 

Television Company) 

Telecommunications Policy 

�Romania is a signatory to the WTO’s Basic Telecommunications Services Agreement. Under the 

WTO obligation, competitive regulatory principles were expected to be in place by 1 st January 



1998. International services were to be open for international competition by 1 st January 2003. 

Romania, however, has yet to ratify the Basic Telecommunications Agreement. Administrative 

reasons, according to MCTI, were the cause for the delay and these are now being gradually 

removed. 

�The institutional framework necessary for the development of the telecommunications sector has 

been evolved. Foremost amongst its features are the following: 

� Setting up a National Regulating Authority in Communications as a politically independent and 

technologically neutral body, with responsibilities in the management of the spectrum, standards, 

licensing, control and monitoring; 

� Securing the necessary legislative and organizational framework for the full liberalization of 

telecommunications and postal services; 

� Preparing the operators for the full liberalization of communication services and to adapt the 

existing licences of the national operators; 

� Creating an adequate legal framework for a free circulation of information and to define the legal 

statute of the electronic document, the digital signature, electronic data bases and electronic 

trade; 

� Promoting and supporting an open and competitive market for communication and IT services; 

� Defining a coherent and realistic tariffs policy, based on costs at national operator level; 

� Assuming responsibility for the privatisation of the commercial companies in the IT field, as well as 

the acceleration of these processes by the Ministry of Communications and Information 

Technology; 

� Creating a unified emergency call system - one of the measures necessary to increase the 

security and protection of citizens and property; 

� Establishing a legislative and institutional framework to fight against electronic fraud and 

unauthorized access to electronic information. 

�Implementation of the telecommunications policy was expected to lead to the improvement of 

quality, the universal availability of services, tariff reductions, the upgrading of technology etc. 

The policy will ultimately achieve the following: 

• Accelerated development of the public telephone network by securing an annual rate of at least 

500,000 new telephone subscribers; 

• The introduction of new and state-of-the-art technologies to meet the challenge of globalization; 

• Securing universal coverage and an improvement in the quality of telecommunications services; 

• The promotion of multi-service technologies in a wide range of communications; 

• Harmonizing the use of the FM terrestrial radio broadcasting band, the VHF television bands and 

harmonizing Romania’s radio spectrum with the European Allotment Table; 

• The stimulation of the local production of components and spare parts for the telecommunications 

sector for a limited period, in order to nurture the SME sector by way of providing incentives; 

• The involvement of local private capital in the privatisation and licensing process. 

�The government is faced with the problem of a lack of telephone facilities in about three 

thousand villages. This necessitates the development of an affordable telecommunications 

infrastructure in order to facilitate Romania’s links with the emerging global economy in the future. 

The Romanian telecommunications environment is characterized as being at the initial phase of 

market liberalization, with some level of competition in place for mobile telephony and data 

services, but with basic services still provided by a single monopoly. 

The Fixed Telephony Sector 

� With Romania's fixed-line telecommunications services market having been fully-liberalised only 

in January 2003, there is - as yet - no substantial competition to incumbent operator ROM 



Telecom. Most of the companies that provide services in Romania make use of small privatelyowned 

networks (in the case of utilities) or ROM Telecom's own local loop and national backbone 

(in the case of value-added service providers). 

� The most significant threat to ROM Telecom is likely to come from the cable TV sector, which 

has seen a large degree of consolidation in recent times leading to three large multiple-system 

operators (MSOs): Astral Telecom, RCS & RDS, and UPC Romania. Astral and RCS & RDS 

jointly acquired FX Communications in April 2004 although it is not known whether the company 

continues to be operated independently or whether the operator’s 110,000 subscribers (at the end 

of 2003) have been split between the two rivals. Astral consolidated its position as the largest 

player in Romania through its January 2005 acquisition of Cable Vision of Romania (CVR), 

majority owned by ROM Telecom. The latest subscriber figures available for CVR indicate a 

customer base of nearly 41,000 at the end of 2001. 

� However, in June 2005, Astral itself became the acquisition target of Liberty Media, the ultimate 

parent company of UPC Romania. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 

will create a MSO with 1,250,000 customers. 

� The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) reported in November 

2004 that over half of Romania’s 7.3 million households were connected to cable TV networks - a 

captive audience of some 3.75 million households for the cable operators. Most households 

connected to cable TV were in urban areas, where the penetration rate is four times higher than in 

rural areas. 

� ANRC data shows that there were 4,389,082 fixed telephony subscribers at the end of 2004, 

giving a penetration rate of 20.24%. At that time, there were 424,825 requests for telephone 

service where the technical conditions for installation had not been met, down from 464,966 at the 

end of 2003. 

� ANRC data indicates that total voice traffic originated in public telephone networks rose by was 

voice traffic originated in the fixed public network sand 42.6% originated in mobile public 

networks, including roaming. Of the total traffic volume of 11,083 million minutes in the fixed public 

networks in 2004, 79.6% was voice traffic and 20.4% was Internet traffic. 

� Nevertheless, it is expected that, within a short period, the number of the local fixed telephony 

suppliers will increase significantly, considering that ANRC granted, after the 1st of January 2003, 

over 40 licences for using the numbering resources. The stated objective of the authorities is 

increasing the degree of fixed telephony penetration considering that the average rate of 21% of 

the population recorded until December 2003 is quite low compared to the 36% rate in CEE 

countries. 

The Mobile Telephony Sector 

� Mobile telephony has experienced an enormous development since 1995. Romania's mobile 

communications market is now well-established, with four players providing services to some 11.4 

million customers as of June 30, 2005. However, the two largest operators, Orange Romania and 

MobiFon, account for approximately 96% of the market. Although the fortunes of the two smaller 

operators, Cosmorom and Telemobil, are being turned around, it is unlikely that they will ever be 

able to compete on an equal basis with their two established rivals. 

� Orange Romania and MobiFon, which operates under the Connex brand, were both licensed in 

November 1996 and launched GSM services in April 1997. In March 2001, MobiFon and Orange 

Romania were authorised to use the 1800MHz range of the spectrum from January 1, 2003. The 

two companies were the only bidders for the four 3G mobile licences made available in November 

2004. 



� Despite the early launch of 3G services, MobiFon is beginning to lose market share to Orange 

Romania. ITI estimated Orange’s market share at 47.1% at the end of 2003, with MobiFon 

accounting for 49.1% of the market. By the end of 2004, according to their reported subscriber 

figures, Orange Romania had some 28,000 subscribers more than its nearest rival. This trend 

continued through the first half of 2005, with Orange signing up more than twice as many new 

subscribers by June 30, 2005 than MobiFon, giving it a subscriber base of 5,724,000 and an 

estimated market share of 50.4%. 


� Mobile telephony will continue to be the engine of Romanian telecommunications. The 

GSM900 operators, where Romanian state is not a shareholder, will continue to consolidate their 

market positions, increasingly providing their clients with bundled services (voice, data, Internet - 

fixed and mobile) to RomTelecom’s detriment, being in a better position for convergence. 

� In 2004 mobile telephony will continue to have a two-digit growth - 15% - 25%, thus by the end 

of the year the number of subscribers will be over 8m, while tariffs are expected to continuously 

decrease. However, without a special interest in 3G, it is possible that in 2004 four 3G licenses 

will be awarded. It is most probably that this will happen after the revitalization of CosmoRom in 

order to have four mobile operators for the four licenses. In all likelihood GSM900 operators will 

buy 3G licenses using UMTS technology, a technology without special results in region. Before 

December 2003, Hungary postponed the award of 3G licenses for 2005. The reasons consisted in 

lack of interest, unprepared market, and technological problems. Romania could also learn from 

this experience. The electoral year could be a chance for the rescue of CosmoRom, but a 

decision should be taken rapidly. 

� Fixed telephony will continue its modest evolution with slight (


market. Prior to privatization, Radio communication should be reorganized separating state 

interests (TV and radio broadcasting) from the ones addressing the market. 

� Atlas Telecom, Astral Telecom and RCS/RDS have commercially launched their services, thus 

users have now the chance of an alternative to RomTelecom’s services and of comparing service 

quality. Romanians have the opportunity to see how these technologies work, while Romania 

could continue to be a trial field for new technologies (wireless/WLL mainly). So, new players 

could enter the market using cheap access technologies (WLL), providing telephony with limited 

mobility. In 2004 one could expect the boom of limited mobility telephony, a service placed 

between fixed and mobile telephony, and which had a huge success in India. There, it was 

launched as mobile telephony for poor population and thus it could be a solution for Romanians, 

which also are not too rich. 

� POSTelecom might enter the market this year too, the last announced deadline for commercial 

launch being autumn 2004. POSTelecom could benefit from the presence of China Unicom in its 

shareholders structure, having the advantage of a business built from scratch: using latest 

technologies (IP centric network, lower investment/line comparing to classical telephony, lower 

operational costs, etc.), hiring necessary personnel (number, skills, etc.), and building a marketoriented 

organization. POSTelecom has the disadvantage to have the Romanian state as a 

(majority) shareholder. It is also interesting to see the impact of a Chinese product, 29% at the 

beginning, on a price sensitive market using western products. Very important will be the 

cooperation among shareholders. Success is also depending on the speed of network deployment 

and business development, as well as on the package of provided services, quality, and tariffs, 

but, for time being. 

� In the conditions in which RomTelecom will not have permission to rebalance its tariffs its 

revenues will continue to decrease. RomTelecom operates a ‘capital-intensive’ and ‘laborintensive’ 

network, a voice-centric network, with expensive operation and providing only a limited 

package of services. This is a reason for RomTelecom to lose ground in favor of its competitors 

using modern technologies. 

� Another problem is a modest evolution of its mobile arm, CosmoRom, more precisely a too 

much delayed restructuring. RomTelecom is a unique case in Europe, being the only national 

operator without a strong mobile telephony arm - mobile telephony representing less than 2% in 

total group turnover, compared to 40% in Hungary’s Matav, or OTE. CosmoRom needs a strategic 

partner, a mobile telephony operator with at least a regional strategy, able to build a new business 

model; an operator able to compete with Orange, Vodafone, TIW and to provide easy access to 

international financing. The partner should bring affiliation to a strong telecommunications group. 

The decrease in RomTelecom revenues could be compensated by costs cuts, as a result of 

company’s restructuring, so an increase in company’s efficiency is expected. 

� Due to delayed reform and lack of understanding of the telecommunications economics, 

Romania has today one of the lowest fixed line penetration rates (20%) in Central Europe, even if 

in 1998 it was ranked ahead of Hungary and Poland. In the rural areas, where 47% of the 

population lives, the density is even lower – 10%. 

� Romania’s main problem remains the local network. For bridging this digital divide large 

investments are needed to be attracted from outside the industry. 

� The fixed telephony must be regarded as business and not a social service. Political pressures 

to reduce tariffs lead to a low quality of the service, waiting lists and a slower development of the 

fixed local infrastructure – gradually placing Romania on the lowest rank, in what penetration rate 

is concerned, among Central European countries. Liberalization, on January 1, 2003, lead only to 

deregulation of the long distance tariffs. The local tariffs must also be freely established by the 

market. This can act as means to unblock the local market and reduce the gap between 

Romanian and the rest of Europe, while RomTelecom could rebalance its tariffs. The Law for 

universal Service represents and excessive regulation for Romania, being in contradiction with the 

practice of market liberalization. 



�Legal framework for a fair competition. (1) In the competition with the mobile telephony, the fixed 

telephony is technologically disadvantaged and also overregulated. Liberalizing the fixed phone 

services could lead to a fair competition. (2) Placing the mobile tariffs on costs (following the LRIC 

model, for example) will eliminate a barrier in the way of competition. 

� Encouraging competition in mobile telephony. (1) Today the GSM900 operators have some 

96% market share, which is a unique situation in Europe. Competition is absent in the presence of 

a duopoly. (2) Even if investments in the mobile telephony are smaller than those in fixed 

telephony, the services in the mobile network have much higher prices. High termination tariffs in 

mobile networks discourage competition, and on a medium term, prevent small companies from 

growing. In this direction, the mobile telephony tariffs should be put on costs. Also, until this is 

attained, the tariffs for termination in mobile networks should be equal with those from the fixed 

network: €cents2.55/minute, instead of US$ 0.10, as it is now. (3) CosmoRom needs a strategic 

partner, one with at least regional ambitions, to rapidly construct a new business model; otherwise 

we will make the Guiness Book of Records with the first bankrupcy of a GSM operator. 

�In the process of adopting EU laws in telecommunications, these should be adapted to the 

national context, too – the macroeconomic and telecommunication ones. (1) The Universal 

service was applied by prosperous nations to help minority groups (very few of citizens!) while in 

Romania poverty is a mass phenomenon. Also, the amount proposed for financing the Universal 

Service (1% of the turnover) is insufficient for Romania’s needs and it should not be taken from an 

industry which, despite of its evolution much over the national economy, was not able to keep the 

pace with the rest of Europe. Excessive regulations imposed by the law can make its 

implementation difficult. (2) 20 years ago, when no alternative was available, the access to the 

local loop of the incumbents was mean to spur competition. Today even the promoters of LLU are 

reconsidering their position. LLU did not lead to competition even in the presence of a strong 

infrastructure - 52%, the average of EU penetration rate. Romania’s penetration rate is at 20%, 

thus the newly entered on the market do not have much to access. The rigurous implementation 

of the LLU law in Romania can misdirect investment form increasing penetration. 

�For increasing penetration in rural areas other funding sources must be attracted, such as: (1) 

Funding from telecommunications resulted after: awarding the 3G licenses (approx. US$140m), 

selling shares of RomTelecom (IPO!), Radio communication, POSTelecom, or Telecommunication 

CFR and Teletrans (over US$500m), taxes raised (frequencies usage, etc.), or privatizing the 

operators Radio communication, Telecommunication CFR, Teletrans by raising their share capital; 

(2) Funds from the state budget; (3) Funding from the European Union through ISPA, SAPARD, 

PHARE or other specific programs for rural areas. 

�It is also necessary to raise the competitiveness of state companies Radio communication, 

POSTelecom, or Telecommunication CFR and Teletrans, namely (1) emergency privatization 

through attracting a strategic partner and investment funds, and (2) privatization through raising 

the share capital. (<strong>Source</strong>: Policy Warning Report, June 2004) 

Investments in the Electronic Communications Sector 

� Starting 1990, investments attracted by the telecommunications sector recorded a boost 

compared to the amount of investments driven by other sectors during the same period. The total 

investments in the electronic communications market in 2002 amounted to USD 301.7 million, out 

of which 36% were in the mobile telephony sector. Investments in the fixed telephony reached 

USD 130 million. 

� In 2002, foreign investments in Romania represented 2.4% of the GDP and the electronic 

communications (especially the radio/mobile telephony networks segments) ranked among the 

main beneficiary sectors, such as natural gas, transport, commerce, automotive industry, etc. 

� Currently, the percentage of the private sector in the electronic communications sector is 70% 

compared to 45.3% in 1995. The structure of the market is similar to that of other Candidate 



Countries and one of the common features is the larger market share of mobile telephony 

compared to fixed telephony. 

Authorised Providers 

� The liberalisation of the electronic communications market and the rapid evolution of the 

electronic communications sector generated a high level of optimism, leading to a boom of the 

number of providers of electronic communications networks and services who are active in the 

market. By December 31 st , 2003, from the total of 1,809 companies that notified ANRC in order to 

obtain the general authorisation for the provision of electronic communications networks or 

services, 1,560 were authorised. A number of 905 companies were authorised to provide public 

electronic communications networks. 

� Among the companies authorised to provide telephony services through fixed public networks: 

141 companies – provide local calls 

149 companies – provide long distance calls 

167 companies – provide international calls 

75 companies – will install public payphones 

67 companies – provide ISDN services. 

� As regards the provision of other electronic communications services, ANRC authorised a total 

number of 493 companies out of which 71% provide data transmissions services and 73% 

Internet access services (Chart 5.6). Also, a large number of companies notified in order to obtain 

the general authorisation for the provision of professional mobile radio communications and radiopaging 

services. 

� By December 31, 2003, 905 companies were authorised to provide fixed public telephony 

networks and 178 companies to provide telephony services through fixed public networks. 

� The largest part of the providers newly entered in the market of telephony services provided 

through fixed public networks started to offer telephony services on the international calls 

segment. By the end of December 2003, over 30 operators were providing telephony services 

through prepaid cards in the Romanian market. 

Broadband Internet Access 

� Between 2001 and 2002, the number of broadband Internet connections increased 21.8 times, 

mainly due to the increase of the number of coaxial cable connections provided to residential 

users. 

� The percentage of broadband connections from the total number of Internet access connections 

therefore increased from 10.48% in 2001 to 62.68% in 2002. 

Narrowband Internet Access 

� Even though the increase of dial-up connections is limited by the reduced number of personal 

computers, a rapid development is estimated to take place during the next years. Also, the 

growing Internet usage for a multitude of services creates the prerequisites for the development of 

the Internet access services market. Thus, the percentage of Internet users from the total 

population, 9% in 2001, even though reduced compared to other European countries, is estimated 

to reach the level of 16% in 2003 according to data made available by the Ministry of 

Communications and Information Technology. 



� As regards the prices, the level of tariffs for the dial-up access services provided through 

metallic wires remains the smallest among the Candidate Countries and is ranked at the lowest 

level among the EU Members States. 

ICT for health 

� The low penetration rate of ICT in the health sector creates an important potential for the 

development of e-health applications. There are also some notable success stories of ICT 

implementations in hospitals. The ambulance management system put into service in Bucharest 

in 1996 has been extended later on in other seven cities. The system is covering a wide range of 

ambulance activities from call centre activities to cost calculation. Developments of specialized 

ERP systems - for the management of patients, observation sheets, medical investigations and 

treatments, management of drug consumption, human resources, admin activities and accounting 

etc. - exists in 60 out of 446 hospitals in Romania. In the past, the Ministry of Health had the 

initiative to start ICT projects for the health sector. Currently, there are a high number of ERP 

solutions for hospitals available on the market. 

� Some projects dealt with standardization issues in order to assure a coherent integration of eservices. 

Under the VIASAN programme a database with national and international standards has 

been developed in order to ensure compatibility with the integration process of statistical reporting 

systems and healthcare services system65. In the international project EUPHIN – EAST, 

Romania contributed to a statistical reporting system for medical indicators of the countries in the 

European zone of World Health Organisation. The system maintains hundreds of health indicators 

available for all the WHO European countries66. Romania also is involved in 2 projects within 

eTEN framework programme aiming to provide e-services in the e-health field. 

� The negative feature as regards the e-health development is, besides a somehow chaotic 

development, the lack of a real market and the use of all kinds of software products (some 

obtained through donations and not customized). In spite of the fact that many researchers are 

partners in EU R&D projects, the developed products are not adopted by industry. Even projects 

financed from EU funds “are forgetting” their existence. What is missing is a coherent strategy 

between all stakeholders responsible for the development of e-health services in Romania (the 

opinion of the author of the report on Romania in the “Telemedicine Glossary” IST EC). 

<strong>Source</strong>: Future Prospects in Romania: Scenarios for the Development of the Knowledge Society in Romania, 

EFFECTIVE DECISIONS 

� Romania has the lowest percentage of GPs that have Internet access in their consulting rooms 

in the CEE 10. However, 43% of hospitals have Internet access and 33% of health clinics (2002, 

NRA and ITU). (2) 

There are some achievements of the Ministry of Health and Family in the Information Society 

implementation process: 

- a database with national and international standards and regulations (definitions, 

classifications, codifications etc.) was developed in order to ensure coherently statistical 

reporting systems and healthcare services system. Public access to this database is provided 

through the internet; 

- IT systems for hospitals - development of IT systems for the management of patients, 

observation sheets, medical investigations and treatments, management of drug consumption, 

human resources, admin activities and accounting etc.; 

- National Health Insurance Agency Information System, was implemented in 2000; 

- The IT system for healthcare management - Ministry of Health, CNAS, Medical College. 

� The IT pilot project for the sanitary sector has been achieved with World Bank support and was 

implemented between 1997 and 1999. It has been installed over 1000 servers and computers, 



other equipment and the related software. The information systems has been installed to the 

Ministry of Health, all the Public Health Services, 34 ambulance stations, 95 rural health. 

ICT for organizations and works 

� As part of the National Electronic System, launched in 2003, there is functioning the Electronic 

Systems for the payment of local taxes. 

� Current stage: 59 cities have implemented electronic payment systems, another 17 having 

functional information systems and payment systems in process. These systems are presently 

reaching the 4th level of e-government interaction, which allows the connection/integration 

between information systems from the banks and city hall. 

� Based on the National strategy for passing to the New Economy and implementing of the 

NationalElectronic System, drawn up by the Ministry of Communication and Information 

Technology, there have launched some e-government projects which offers public services 

through electronic means. 

These projects are available for public in the frame of e-government Centre inside of Ministry of 

Communication and Information Technology. The projects e-government are: 

The National Electronic System 

Electronic system for public procurement - This project assures the transparency of the 

procedures for the participants to the auctions, it offers the efficiency of the public funds 

expenditure, the simplifying of the participation procedure to the auctions, it offers standard 

working procedures for procuring agencies, it deliver public information about the public 

procurement processes, it sets up fast auditing mechanisms of the public procurement processes, 

it encourages the development of e-commerce. Otherwise, site www.e-licitatie.ro has an 

international recognition, being considered best practice in the field of e-government. 

� Present stage: 

• saving medium percentage of: 22% 

• saving achieved until now: 80 mil Euro 

• transactions concluded in system of e-licitatie: 280000 

• 10000 applications for registered in system; 

• 1068 contracting authorities; 

• over 80 categories of dealing products; 

• 10 National Health Programmes unfolded through SEAP; 

• 496 auctions finalized in the health field. 

ICT for mobility 

� The current use of telematic systems can be described as poor and the improvement of the 

framework conditions for the use of ITC systems is urgently needed. 

Telematics applications for traffic management, not widespread, but partly used exist in the 

following areas: 

• Centralized traffic control; 

• Flexible signal plans; 

• Public transport priority and traffic sensors; 

• Variable message signs. 

� Weaknesses 

• low level of expertise in applying telematics in the transport field; 

• insufficient public funds; 



• the lack of data or information for new services; 

• internal problems such as institutional and inter-departmental co-operation. 

ICT for manufacturing 

Manufacturing - Facts & Figures 

� About 50% of GDP; 

� +0.4% Y/Y; 

� CAGR 4% (2000-2003); 

� Growth above average: means of transport on road and non-food goods; 

� Low degree of processing (intermediate products make 41% of overall production and 46% of 

direct exports). 

ICT for media, culture and entertainment 

� The number of Internet cafes has exploded since early 1999, particularly in Bucharest. Despite 

the explosion, it is believed that the increased number of internet users resulted from increased 

business investment in technology rather than the greater internet availability offered by the 

increased number of internet cafes. The fact that less than one-third of the Internet users go 

online from homes, while the majority surf at work supports this hypothesis. 

� While Internet Cafes have already become a familiar presence in the big cities, it will be some 

time before telecenters will be fully accepted and used by the rural population. Affordable prices 

are important for strengthening the client base. As mentioned previously, WESTERN IQ - 

Romanian Telework Informations, which offered the necessary equipment and space for individual 

teleworkers and companies, failed because of a faulty pricing policy. 

� Some of the websites are updated regularly, especially the news sites. Yet the vast majority is 

static and rarely updated. Only around 3 websites out of 10 seem to carry updated information 

relevant to various user groups. A certain degree of competition in building interactive and 

updated websites was stimulated by the launch of the Romanian website Top100.com, which 

offers the users the opportunity to vote for the website they consider useful. 

� This has encouraged a large part of the organizations present in the Romanian virtual 

environment to change their Internet website projects, in the sense of making them simpler, more 

user-friendly, and more practical. This change in strategy has also significantly increased the 

interactivity and design quality of the websites. 

� The use of the Internet for the business sector revolves around its marketing needs. Internet 

until recently was used only for displaying information about products or services, new product 

developments, schedules, or information for finding new clients and/or suppliers (usually called 

brochureware). E-mail is also used by businesses to formulate agreements with American and/or 

European firms. On a national level, however, the fax and telephone are still the preferred medium 

given the low penetration level of computers and Internet users in Romania. The business 

community is still likely to be the first to adapt to new technological advancements, such as 

videoconferencing, IP telephony, and Intranets. 

� Two advertising agencies studied the emerging Internet businesses in Romania and tried to 

discover Internet users and their receptivity to on-line advertising. Regardless of low penetration 

of users, the Internet seems viable for selected upmarket audiences. For expensive products such 

as cars, financial services, electronics or computers, the Internet is viewed as an attractive way to 

obtain a link with potential customers. 



� Regarding advertising strategies, websites and online banner ads are treated as organic 

extensions of a company's traditional advertising campaign (newspaper/radio/TV), using the same 

concept and executed along similar lines, but tailored to the web environment. The report states 

that the instant reaction from customers makes it possible to tailor advertising to suit the market. 

� The popular local websites, mostly built as portals, contain entertainment information and news, 

as well as choices for shopping online. They offer forum applications, free e-mail and chat rooms. 

They also include directories with resources in any issue of interest, attracting a very diverse 

group of users to their website. Often times, though, they are not continuously updated, and a 

large part of the links to other organizations either cannot be opened or referred organizations are 

no longer in existence. Other features like currency converters or banking information, weather 

forecasts and news briefs, are typically updated daily. 

<strong>Source</strong>: Harvard E-readiness Report 

� Internet is mainly used for finding/posting information, communication, and downloading 

software. The key factor seems to be the need for communication. E-mail and communication 

services (chat, for example) seem to be widely popular. Recent research shows that Romanians 

access the Internet mainly at the office (53%) or from school (28 %). 

� As in most of the emerging markets, the profile of the first people to use the Internet in Romania 

was those with high income and education. However, the situation was slightly changed in 1999. 

Market analyses show that Internet users have become more diversified recently, with an increase 

in, for example, the number of mid-educated users. The research profiled 300,000 Internet users 

in Romania in 1999 with the following characteristics: 75% male, high income, aged 18-34, 

graduates, living in urban areas. Women count not more than 30% of the market. 

ICT for learning 

� Enhancing education with information and communication technologies is a priority of the 

Romanian Ministry of Education and Research. 

� Due to several funding programs there are schools with hundreds of users at the moment. 

Every high school in the country – numbering 1.500, except for the vocational ones -, have been 

equipped with computers during the program called “Acceleration of Introduction of Computers 

and of Internet Access in the Schools of Romania”, approved by the Government in September 

2001, within the program “The e-Learning System” (SEI). 

� The primary and vocational schools are less equipped. Even if the school has PCs, many of 

them are not connected to the Internet and the access of pupils is restricted at the computer 

usage lessons. 

As a direct consequences, a lot of software applications and integrated systems are implemented 

in the learning field and related areas. 

� Financing sources: 

- Romanian Government program SEI (The e-Learning System); 

- Phare funds; 

- EU Community programmes dedicated to learning (YOUTH, Leonardo da Vinci, 

SOCRATES) 

- Word Bank loans; 

Other values regarding the number of employees and education 

•250 research centres (universities and institutes) 

•ROEDUNET - National Education Network 

•ORACLE, CYSCO, IBM, Microsoft academic initiatives 



•30.000 engineering graduates yearly, of whom 5.000 graduates/year specialize in ICT 

•The Brain Bench Global IT IQ Report 2001 places Romania on the 1st place in Europe, and 

the 6th worldwide, in the classification of geographical areas with the highest concentration of 

certified professionals in 30 of the most critical IT skill areas. 

•100% income tax exemption for IT specialists – in force since the summer of 2001stimulates 

young specialists to work in their own country & incentive for companies who 

employ highly qualified professionals 

E-learning and distance learning (DE) 

Several distance learning and e-learning projects have been undertaken in Romania. Since 1997, 

through Socrates, Tempus and PHARE programs, together with the Ministry of Education, many 

DE Centers exist in the important universities, within Erasmus-Socrates European-funded 

projects. One of the most active is the Center for Multimedia and Distance Education from the 

Technical University of Cluj. 

Educational software 

� Although major IT companies offer or sell to the software needed for equipping IT laboratories 

to universities and schools educational software is only now starting to be in demand by the local 

market, due to the general lack of presence of IT in the Romanian educational system. 

� Smaller Romanian companies staffed with as little as 2-3 persons, have created educational 

software especially for high schools, such as a tool designed for learning epidemiology and 

biostatistics, or Mathematics on PC 1.0, designed to help high school students improve their math 

scores. The administrative staff of schools is another group for which IT specialists design special 

programs like Admission and Baccalaureate in high schools and vocational schools. 

� Most educational packages offer foreign language courses: French, English, German, 

Japanese, Spanish, etc, as well as meta-language courses: business English, super success for 

the TOEFL test (Test of English as a Foreign Language), etc. 

� GIS is imported and customized software, having had a successful penetration in the 

educational software market within an Erasmus program for higher education funded by European 

Union. The GIS programs can be downloaded by the students directly from the server. 


� The Leonie Delphi survey confirms that the majority of the trends which effect the present and 

future development of education and training in EU are present in Romania too. Among the trends 

considered to have a strong influence on the development of elearning services in Romania are 

the rise of knowledge economy, diffusion of new forms of media and the shift from a teachercentred 

to a learner-centred paradigm. 

� During the past years e-Learning services have been developing in Romania at a swift pace. 

There are already a large number of domestic e-learning solutions available on the market. Some 

examples follow. AEL e-learning is a complex platform developed by SIVECO and offers support 

for teaching and learning. AEL can be used for the learning process either assisted by the teacher 

or for individual education. AEL is implemented in primary/secondary education system and in 

some corporations for internal training. AEL received various international awards, among which 

“The European IST Prize Nominee” from Eurocase. SOFTWIN is a very active company in 

providing e-learning content for interactive courses, virtual libraries and electronic dictionaries. 

MCIT reported that in Romania exist around 530 interactive learning materials. Together with an 

American partner, SOFTWIN developed a complex mobile learning system for American students. 

In 2003 the company lunched two educational portals for secondary school and currently is 

participating in a consortium to implement the BBC's “digital curriculum service”. 



(<strong>Source</strong>: Harvard E-readiness Report) 

e-Government 

� Real e-government is not yet a reality in Romania, but initial progress has been made. Most of 

the governmental institutions have a website and some of them regularly use communication tools 

like e-mail. 

� The type of information that can be found on governmental websites varies - ranging from 

background information about the country (population, territorial -administrative units, economic 

agents), to transportation maps (traffic networks), to history, organizational structure, or legislation 

. As part of an institutional reform program, a gradual transition towards the electronic 

transmission of documents between ministries/departments should be taking place in the near 

future. 

Internet based interaction between citizens or companies and the public sector is negligible. The 

Ministry of National Education, for example, has its own website serving as a resource center for 

students and parents. Relevant information about exams and admission procedures to public 

schools can be found on the web. Yet the application forms must be collected and submitted in 

person. 

� Government entities may receive e-mails, but the communication usually takes place in a 

traditional manner - via telephone, fax, or direct contact. No other on-line interaction takes place 

between citizens and the government. However, in Bucharest a district mayor has the intention of 

starting an e-government project, but at this point the most users can do is download various 

documents. In the future, as a result of a partnership with a country portal (Romania Development 

Gateway), users would be able to use real electronic government applications. 

� A division of the Private Sector Institutional Development Program (PIBL) of the World Bank 

(WB), negotiated a loan with the government for developing the Romania Gateway project, a 

country portal designed to develop e-government applications. The website will facilitate access to 

a series of directories and online resource collections. One of the goals of this project is to inform 

and involve the public in main development issues like pension reform, social safety nets, 

privatization, etc. Informational services dedicated to this program will include news, forums, 

transaction centers, possibilities for professional orientation, and other necessary information. 


� In the last years (especially after year 2000) was created the entire legislative framework 

concerning the implementation of e-Government in Romania, but also, generally, for encouraging 

the ICT, the use of Internet or e-commerce. 

� Beside those regulations, the Government (the Ministry of Communications and Information 

Technology) is preparing two very important projects of law, from the public administration’s point 

of view: a standard for the public institutions’ web pages (design) and the framework for the 

interoperability. 

� Unfortunately, some of these regulations, that stipulated compulsory measures for local public 

administration institutions did not included at the beginning also sanctions for not complying it. 

� Several months after the deadline, a lot of local authorities did not complied the law and not 

implemented the system. Only very recently, after repeated press signals, the Government issued 

a new regulation, which included sanctions (fines) for the authorities that are not respecting the 

law and does not offer fully functional e-tax systems. 



� As answer to eEurope+, Romania approved through Government Decision no. 1440/2002, 

National Strategy for Promoting of New Economy and implementing of Information Society. This 

document contains measures related to e-government, component that represents the offering of 

public services in electronic form. Strategy for passing to e-government includes a combination of 

the following elements: encouraging the competition on the telecommunication market, reform and 

modernizing of central and local administration through information technology methods and also 

through eadministratie sectoral strategy application and application of e-business and ecommerce 

principles. 

� Through collecting statistic data electronic system (SIGMA), accessing to address www.estatistica.ro 

and http://e-statistica.e-licitatie.ro, it was launched 4 surveys having in view to 

establish how many SMEs use PC, have Internet connection, have their web pages, how many 

SMEs participate to on-line procurement, as well as the amount of the procurements or how many 

SMEs make e-commerce operations. Romania signed the Action Plan eEurope+, assuming the 

implementing of it. 

� Beside the normative regulations, the National Trade Register Office initiated and collaborated 

with the representatives of Ministry of Justice for the elaboration of: draft law regarding the 

simplifying of the formalities at the registration in the trade register of natural persons, family 

associations and legal persons, fiscal registration as well as legal persons licensing, approved by 

Parliament, through which exist a separation between registration to the trade register and 

traders’ licensing, the terms of registration will be diminished and will be regulated precisely and 

detailed the proceedings that must be followed, therefore to facilitate the applicants access to the 

offered services and to create the premises for transmitting the petitions by correspondence or by 

electronic way. 

� At the same time, the separation of responsibility in the administrative level of the trade register 

offices to the one of licensing public institutions maintained. 

Also, taking in consideration the large number of firms that does not need functioning licences at 

the setting-up or by case during their life time, the licensing of functioning its made in the base of 

applicant statement on own liability, although the legal term of emitting the annex that contains 

these confirmations of the licensing institutions have not been modified. 

� At the same time with the reason of simplifying the taxes and duties, the National Trade 

Register Office created the possibility of using as payment method of the cards emitted by Visa or 

Mastercard. 

<strong>Source</strong> - European Charter For Small Enterprizes 2004 National Report – Romania 

e-Procurement 

� The Electronic System of Public Procurement (www.e-licitatie.ro), functional since 4th of March, 

2002 based on Government Ordinance 20/2002 (public acquisitions through e-procurement) is the 

most successful and most known Romanian e-Government project, appreciated not only by the 

users, but also at international level.4 e-Procurement contributed at the simplification of the 

contact between the business environment and the administration and allowed an efficient public 

funds management. 

Initiatives of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology: 

- Since 16th of October 2003 the Academy of Economic Study hosts the Romanian-Korean 

Internet Access Centre (IAC). 

- On 22 October 2003 in the University Polytechnic of Bucharest was opened the Centre of 

Competency Linux, destined to the students, business and governmental society. In October 

2003 4 access centres to communication services, Internet and PC (located in Balasesti, 

Frecatei, Iana and Rebricea villages) were opened. 

- On 24 February 2004 was signed by MCTI, MEC and Microsoft the Memorandum regarding to 

implementation of the Program “Partners for Education” as a part of the global program developed 

by Microsoft Romania. 



- Another initiative is software parks that must be part of the Romanian even-tempered 

development strategy. 

- As priorities and initiatives to support the SMEs development we take into consideration the 

change of the training sessions for the economic agents who put on-line the obligation to the 

state, organised in common with Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and 

National Agency of Fiscal Management from the Ministry of Public Finances and which were 

carried on in a classic way, face to face, with remote training sessions from, e-learning type. 

� Concerning e-Content, Romania is part of the last year eContent program, which gives the 

Romanian companies the opportunity to submit projects in order to obtain part of the 

approximately 27 millions euros offered by the European Union. Romania participates in the e- 

Content Community program in the following fields: 

- improving the access to information and extending the use of information in the public sector; 

- stimulating the digital content production in a multicultural and multilinquistic environment; 

- increasing the dynamism of the digital content market. 

<strong>Source</strong> - European Charter for Small Enterprizes 2004 National Report – Romania 



A1.2 Country SWOT Analysis 

Romanian ICT sector: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 

The Information Society is an objective of the development and not a desideratum in itself; it is an 

essential component of the politic and economic programme for development and a major condition 

for integration of Romania in the Euro-Atlantic structures. The transition to Information Society is one 

of the strategic objectives of the Romanian Government for the 2001-2004 periods and one of the EU 

pre-adhering conditions. 

Based on SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis concerning the 

Information Society in Romania, the following results were obtained: 

• Strengths 

1. The actual government policies in favour of the development of ICT and Information 

Society: the creation of the institutional framework (setting up of the Ministry of Communication 

and Information Technology, setting up of the Advanced Technologies, Communications, and 

Information Technology Commission at the level of the Romanian Parliament, setting up of the 

Information Technology Promotion Group), of the regulatory framework (adoption of a series of 

regulations specific to the field and in accordance with Acquis requirements), the active presence of 

the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) field in international co-operation 

development, the promotion of some facilities for ICT development. 

2. Resources and human potential of high quality, recognised at the international level (general 

knowledge, creativity, foreign languages). 

3. Consolidation and enhancement of the ICT community that can be noticed by a higher 

involvement of the companies, experts and professional associations in the transition towards the 

Information Society. 

4. Increased rates of PC Acquisitions and increased number of mobile phone users during the last 2- 

3 years, comparable or superior to the candidate countries. The average development of ICT in 

Romania is of 15% in comparison with the world rate of 8%. 

5. The possibility of extending Internet access due to the large number of TV cable subscribers 

(71%) and of the mobile telephony users. 

6. Consolidation of the telecommunications operator market and development of a national 

infrastructure on optic fibre (16.500 km in 2001 and predicted 19.570 km. in 2002) 

7. Support granted by the state authorities for the investments in ICT field. 

• Weaknesses 

1. Low level of the access to the communications and Internet services, due to price policies and to 

the reduced level of the infrastructure investments. 

2. Low level of the Gross Domestic Product indicator, that does not permit reaching high levels of 

endowment (hardware, software, communication devices) to assure services and applications specific 

to IS. 

3. Business environment has insufficient incentive for using new information and communications 

technologies and for opening to e-business. 

4. Slow implementation of the legislation concerning copyright in ICT field, with consequences 

on the level, still high, of software piracy. 



5. The average salary of ICT specialists is reduced, in comparison with developed countries. 

6. The number of PCs and the penetration of the Internet in secondary and high schools are 

still maintained at a low level in comparison with the average of the candidate countries. 

7. Penetration rate of public telephony system is under 20% in comparison with an average of 

36% for Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, placing Romania last but one in the 

2001statistics. 

8. The number of 4.5 Internet users/100 inhabitants in Romania at the end of 2001, in comparison 

with an average of 14.5 in CEE countries. 

• Opportunities 

1. The existence of a human, cultural potential and of a political decision to leverage the 

opportunities offered by passing to the Information Society – a knowledge-based one - and to the new 


2. The possibility to assure a sustainable economic growth, based on the new technologies, by 

producing value-added products and services. 

3. Obtaining external funds from the international organisms (mainly EU) for projects that will assure 

the modernisation of public administration, citizens’ access to public information, development of 

business environment and life quality improvement. 

4. The possibility to attain the IS development pace requested by the integration in EU, based on 

adopted action plans and policies (e-Europe 2002, e-Europe+, e-Europe2005). 

5. Accelerated growth of the worldwide demand for ICT products and services. 

• Threats 

1. The job market in the field, in the developed countries, leads to young specialists’ migration 

towards these countries. 

2. The reduced number of policies for the attraction of strategic partners and investors (with 

capital, technology, market), to allow for the development of Romanian competence in the 

implementation of systems and complex software packages and for the development of information 

infrastructure, based on advanced technologies. 

3. The existing technological discrepancy in comparison with developed countries in the 

research and innovation field. 



<strong>Source</strong>: IT Opportunities in Romania – ITProvision Belgium/Romania 



� The importance of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in Romania 

Romania has a high potential for developing the Information Society, based on the existence of a pool 

of highly qualified experts in the IT field and on a software industry in full growth and supported by a 

consistent governmental effort. The main condition in the process of capitalizing on this potential is to 

continuously develop the information and communications infrastructure, together with increasing the 

population skills in this field. 

The evolution of the Knowledge System (KS) in Romania has been mostly influenced by four main 

actors: public authorities, public and private consultative bodies, private companies and EU 

institutions. Since 2001, the Romanian government has declared the development of the Information 

and Communication Technology (ICT) sector as a strategic priority for the national economy. As a 

result the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has been invested with the 

authority for developing the strategic policy for the ICT sector. It becomes the main actor in 

implementing the Action Plan for the ICT sector in Romania. 

The evolution of governmental policies to develop the KS in Romania has been strongly influenced by 

the accession to EU in 2007. A significant body of legislation and initiatives has been developed 

during 2001-2004 to stimulate and sustain the development of ICT sector. The Ministry of 

Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has elaborated a series of strategies closely 

mirroring the ones set by the eEurope/+/2005 programmes. To satisfy the requirements of the EU 

accession, between 2001 and 2004 the Group for Promoting the Information Technology (GPIT) 

approved over 180 projects worth over 700 million Euros. In the context of the Lisbon strategy and of 

the European regulation framework, the government program mentions the following objectives 

concerning the development of KS over the period 2005 – 2008: 







Starting from July 2001, the Romanian Government approved the income tax exception for the 

software developers, which, in about a year had as effect an average increase of 40% of the 

personnel engaged in these activities. The personnel migration decreased during this period from 

15% to 2% and were registered numerous cases of Romanian specialists who came back after few 

years spent abroad. The number of ICT specialists working in the private sector has increased during 

the last two years with 82%. 

The newly adopted Government Programme16 gives an increased interest to the RDI sector. The 

primary objective is to help the Romanian economy obtain a durable competitive advantage as well as 

to decrease the development gaps existing among Romanian regions. Over the period 2005 – 2008 

the Romanian Government has the following strategic objectives: 

• Elaboration and regulation of mechanisms that ensure the technological transfer to the 

industry and to establish the long term connection between the RDI and economic sectors; 

• Increase of the public expenditure for the RDI sector up to 1 % from GDP by 2007, 

complying with the objectives established within Chapter 17 Science and Research negotiated 

with the EU; 



• Strengthening the institutional capacity of public authorities to elaborate and implement the RDI policies. 

<strong>Source</strong>: Future Prospects in Romania: Scenarios for the Development of the Knowledge Society in Romania – 

Constantin Zamfirescu, Florin Filip, Boldur Barbat 



� The influence of ICT on Romania’s economy 

In Romania, the ICT market must be evaluated in a 3-4 years perspective, in order to define the 

orientations and strategic options associated with the action lines necessary to reach priority 

objectives concerning the development of this field. 

In 2001, the Romanian ICT market is evaluated (EITO-2002) at 2 627 million EURO and the Internet 

services market is evaluated at 37.2 million EURO, with a trend to reach 38 million EURO in 2002. 

Assuming 20% and, respectively 50% annual growth rates the figures are the following: 

(no. /1000 inhabitants) 

Growth rate 20% 50% 

Indicators 

Registered Internet 

addresses (Web sites) 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004 

1,2 1,44 1,73 2,08 1,2 1,8 2,7 4,05 

Internet users 33 39,6 47,52 57,03 33 49,5 74,25 111,4 

PCs 39 46,8 56,16 67,4 39 58,5 87,75 131,6 

Telephone lines 177 212,4 254,9 305,9 177 265,5 398,2 597,3 

Mobile telephones 162 194,4 233,3 279,96 162 243 364,5 546,8 

<strong>Source</strong>: IDC, World Bank, ANISP, and Roland Berger Study 

(thousands of PCs) 

Year 

Growth rate 

2001 2002 2003 2004 

20% 880 1056 1237,2 1485 

50% 880 1056 1980 2970 

<strong>Source</strong>: IDC, World Bank, ANISP, and Roland Berger Study 

The Government projects launched in 2001, associated with the foreseen legal and regulatory 

framework and the economic growth for sectors that are big ICT consumers (industry, including 

SMEs, finances - banks, trade etc.) can ensure high catch-up speed for most of the indicators. It can 

be stated that electronic commerce will represent an important segment of domestic and international 

market; firm action and concrete steps are recquired to support and stimulate this field. 

If one takes into consideration the data included in Yearbook of World Electronic and those provided 

by the Ministry of Industry and Resources for 2000 as well as the estimations for 2001, the following 

dimensions of the offer in ICT field can be evaluated: 

ICT products and services (mil. EURO) 

Year and growth rate 2001 2002 2003 2004 

20% 50% 20% 50% 20% 50% 

Products and services 

Computing equipment 460 552 690 662,4 1035 794,9 1242 

Active components 16 19,2 24 23,4 28,8 28 34,56 

Telecommunications equipment 570 684 855 820,8 1282,5 984,9 1923,7 

Components and subsystems 711 853,2 1066,5 1023,8 1605 1228,6 1867,4 

Office equipment 24 28,8 36 34,56 54 41,5 81 

Measure and control devices 132 396 198 475,2 297 570,2 445,5 

Software and ICT services 200 240 300 288 450 345,6 675 

TOTAL 2119 2773,2 3169,5 3328,2 4752,3 3993,7 6269,16 



Taking into account a 50% annual growth rate and starting from the volume of products and services 

estimated in 2001 at 2119 million EURO, in 2004 a total amount of 6269 million EURO will be 

reached. For this domestic market size (about 6 300 million EURO) the value of exported products 

and services, especially in the applications and software fields, must be of minimum 3 000 million 

EURO (≈ 50%), in order to cover expenses made to develop the information and communications 

infrastructure and to train EU level specialists. 

� Romanian ICT relevant statistics 

After the severe reduction suffered after 1989, the hardware industry in Romania managed to 

restructure through the presence in the market of new producers which are currently dealing mainly 

with the assembly of equipment imported from Asia. Foreign companies have an active presence, 

with approximately 50% of the market share. 

The software industry had a remarkable development. There are over 4800 companies which 


There are over 8.100 ICT companies with over 86.000 employees. Mainly due to the favourable 

tax system for very small companies (profits tax of 25% is replaced with an income tax of 1.5%) their 

number has increased representing 92% of the total number of companies in the sector. 

The sector has an important contribution to the national economy as its contribution to the 

turnover of all businesses exceeds 4% and 7.6% to their profit, despite the fact that ICT companies 


Table: ICT sector analysis 

Total ICT Very Small Medium Large Total % of total 

small 

business 

No of 

companies 

7,455 550 88 24 8,117 1.96% 

No of 

9,030 11,156 8,453 57,473 86,112 2.32% 

employees 

Turnover Million Euro 286 406 311 2,367 3,370 4.02% 

Net profit Million Euro 63 40 28 205 335 7.68% 

The Romanian IT market is in a continuous developing process. With a level of growth more than 

12% in 2003, one of the highest in the Central and Eastern European countries becomes one of the 

most attractive in the region. 

With a market value of a € 3.3 billion the Romanian ICT market remains small in comparison to many 

other Central and Eastern European countries, but it is exhibiting some of the highest levels of growth 

across the region. 

Table: Overview of IT spending for CEE in 2003 

IT spending (in € million) Share in % 

Bulgaria 1.764 4.6 

Czech Republic 6.549 17.0 

Estonia 740 1.9 

Hungary 5.957 15.4 

Latvia 890 2.3 

Lithuania 1.044 2.7 

Poland 14.808 38.4 

Romania 3.364 8.7 

Slovakia 2.011 5.2 

Slovenia 1.485 3.8 

Total CEE 38.613 100.0 

<strong>Source</strong>: Assessment of the situation and development prospects of the IT sector, 2004 – ARIES 



Due to the measures undertaken by the Romanian government such as the liberalization of 

telecommunications market and also to the growth trend of the market for mobile and internet the 

forecasts for the next few years indicate some of highest level of growth in CEE countries. 

In 2003 the Romanian IT market reaches a value of € 719 million. Even if the hardware expenditure 

remains the main segment of IT Romanian market, the software and services become to be more and 

more important. The estimations show an IT services market shared among: project services (51%), 

hardware maintenance (35%) and outsourcing services (only 14%). The main reason for this structure 

is referring to the fact that most of IT services will be provided in the public sector which is targeted to 

hardware acquisition and to complex projects for systems implementation for telecommunications, 

utilities, banking, manufacturing and government administration. 

The rate of penetration for mobile communication is one of the greatest in the region in spite of the 

fact that, quantitative speaking, the business lags behind other countries in the region. The 

liberalization of the telecommunication sector was finalized in 2003 and the full harmonization with the 

EU regulatory framework will be finished by the end of 2004. Liberalization of the telecommunications 

market, preparations for EU accession, and improved macroeconomic indicators are drivers that will 

influence the initiation of large IT services projects in the telecommunications, utilities, banking, 

manufacturing, and government administration sectors of the market. 

Table: Romania, ICT market value, € mill (EITO estimations for the rates of growth from the years to come) 

Romania 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002/01 2003/02 2004/03 2005/04 

% % % % 

Server systems 51 65 70 75 92 26.7 7.8 7.0 22.9 

Workstations 1 0 0 0 0 -20.4 -18.6 -11.4 -12.9 

PCs 160 194 219 232 256 21.5 12.9 5.7 5.6 

Add-ons 68 77 84 93 100 12.7 9.7 9.5 8.1 

Computer hardware 280 336 374 399 437 20.2 11.2 6.8 9.4 

Copiers 23 23 22 23 24 -3.6 -0.4 3.8 4.6 

Other office 

equipment 

26 28 30 32 35 7.2 8.2 7.6 7.3 

Office equipment 49 50 52 55 59 2.1 4.4 6.0 6.2 

Mobile telephone 

sets 

147 161 172 179 182 9.9 6.4 4.6 1.3 

Other endcommunications 

equipment 

100 101 100 98 97 1.2 -0.5 -2.0 -1.6 

End user 

communication 

equipment 

246 262 272 278 278 6.4 3.7 2.1 0.3 

LAN hardware 20 24 25 26 28 19.8 5.6 5.4 4.7 

PBX, key systems 

and circuit switching 

equipment 

153 174 167 159 150 13.7 -3.8 -5.1 -5.1 

Cellular mobile radio 

infrastructure 

235 257 263 269 273 9.5 2.3 2.1 1.6 

Packet switching & 

routine equipment 

38 50 56 63 70 31.6 12.5 11.7 11.7 

Other dotcoms and 

network equipment 

13 16 17 18 18 19.8 5.6 5.4 4.7 

Datacom and 

network equipment 

458 520 528 534 539 13.5 1.5 1.1 1.0 

Total ICT equipment 1.033 1.169 1.226 1.266 1.313 13.1 4.9 3.3 3.7 

System software 29 33 37 41 45 14.9 12.1 10.4 9.3 

Application software 31 336 42 46 52 17.5 16.0 8.5 14.2 



Software products 60 70 79 87 97 16.2 14.2 9.4 11.9 

IT services 101 105 124 143 171 4.0 18.8 15.1 19.2 

Fixed voice 

telephone services 

591 65 679 694 701 12.5 2.2 2.1 1.1 

Fixed data services 87 120 161 203 257 37.7 34.0 25.7 26.8 

Mobile telephone 

services 

663 774 834 1.011 1.175 16.7 7.8 21.2 16.2 

CaTV services 208 232 260 289 318 11.3 12.1 11.1 10.0 

Carrier services 1.549 1.790 1.934 2.196 2.451 15.6 8.0 13.5 11.6 

Total ICT 2.743 3.133 3.364 3.692 4.032 14.2 7.4 9.7 9.2 

Total IT 553 642 719 782 870 16.0 12.0 8.8 11.2 

Total 

telecommunications 

2.190 2.491 2.645 2.909 3.162 13.8 6.2 10.0 8.7 

<strong>Source</strong>: Assessment of the situation and development prospects of the IT sector, 2004 – ARIES 

Other important indicators could be: 

6. High growth rate of the IT industry (the Romanian IT industry rose by 10.7% to $109.27 million 

in 2003 – according to a new IDC study, the continued economic expansion in the country should 

result in a near doubling of the growth rate in 2004) 

7. Fast developing software industry (in 2002, Romanian software exports went up to 130-140 

million USD. ANIS estimates for 2003 indicate 160-180 million USD) 

8. Initiation of e-government (in four areas: G2C, government - citizen interaction; G2B, 

government - business interaction; G2E, government - civil servants interaction; G2G, government 

- governmental institutions interaction) and especially the adoption of e-administration strategy in 

September 2001) 

9. Faster adoption of technologies based on mobile communications and cable TV (while the 

mobile telephony growth rate of 108 percent exceeds the 73 percent average for EEC, the share 

of mobile telephones in the number of conventional lines is 38 percent, similarly to EEC; Romania 

is sixth in Europe in terms of cable TV subscribers i.e. 71 percent of TV set owners, adding to 

whom are satellite aerial users that make up a further 9 percent ) 

10. The ICT average growth rate of 19 percent in Romania (as against 8 percent in the world The 

total IT&C expenses in Romania have increased in the last 4 years by an average annual rate of 

18.8 per cent, being estimated at USD 1.9 bln in2004, according to a survey drafted by Global 

Insight for World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)). Among the total 

expenditures estimated for the period 2001-2004, those for IT are expected to grow by an average 

rate of 8.4 per cent, while those for communication by 22.3 per cent. Communications will attract, 

this year as well, the biggest share of the expenditures, meaning 79 per cent (USD 1.509 bln) 

The turnover of companies in the communications branch is larger, showing that the sector is in full 

growth, even if the consumption of individuals and businesses are still reduced. The significant 

investments needed were performed by large international companies who have built the necessary 

infrastructure and have employed a considerably larger number of people that the other two branches 

of ICT. 

The regional distribution of the companies’ active in the ITC sector shows that, in terms of turnover, 

Bucharest owns the highest share in the country. This can be explained by the fact that the 

headquarters of the main companies and especially those in the communications business are 

located in the capital. The following graph is suggestive of this state of facts: 

� Romanian ICT relevant statistics 

The total number of engineers working at the present time in Romania exceeds 70.000. According to 

official statistics, at the end of the year 2002, Romania had approximately 68.000 IT&C specialists, 

approximately 5.000 more than at the end of the year 2001. 



Table: The evolution of personnel from the IT&C industry in Romania 

Thousands of 

persons 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

11 

1.7 

16.5 

Software and IT 

services (CAEN 72) 

<strong>Source</strong>: Assessment of the situation and development 

prospects of the IT sector, 2004 – ARIES 

At the end of the year 2002, from a total of 68.050 IT&C specialists, 10.770 specialists worked in the 

Romanian IT industry (the rest worked in companies and institutions from the telecommunication 

domain or in other domains of activity, other than IT), according to a recent study by the ITC Institute 

from Bucharest. 

The numbers refer to “IT&C specialists” defined, according to the questionnaires from the National 

Institute of <strong>Statistics</strong> from Romania (INS), as graduates of a higher education institutions in a specialty 

like Automatics, Computers, Electronics, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Cybernetics or 

Informatics and having “IT&C” activities defines themselves as one of the “activities of programming, 

analysis and projecting systems, administration, consultancy, informatics project management, 

telecommunications maintenance, etc.” or they correspond to activities of the divisions CAEN: 72 

(informatics), 30 (IT equipments), 32 (electronic equipments), 642 (telecommunication services). 

• Specialties structure 

Number of Personnel 

13 

18 

16 

4.2 4.4 

19 

2001 2002 

Year 

2003 

Electronics/Telecom 

Equipments(CAEN 

32) 

Hardware (CAEN 30) 

The analysis of the type of activities from the whole economy and administration shows the fact that 

over half of the IT&C specialists (53%, 33.650 in 2001) are involved in software development 

(products and services), while a quarter of them are involved in administration (system, data base, 

network, Web), also shown in the ITC study. Hardware activities have 17 % of the specialists, while in 

telecommunications only 6%. 

It is also intereresting the detailed structure of software specialties. So, in 2001 there were 20.700 

programmers (33% of the total), 9.320 analysts and system designers (15%) and 3.635 project 

managers and consultants (6%). 

All this data refer to the year 2001 because, unfortunately, the next year INS used another way of 

classification for the activities, which doesn’t emphisise the specialties which we have refered to. Still, 

if we try a comparisson between the two classifications, we can see that in the big categories 

(software/administration, hardware, telecommunications), the structure from the year 2001 didn’t 

change. 

• Specialties (IT Industry) 

Hardware Software and services 

Programming 18% 52% 

Analysis/ System design 19% 18% 

Project management/ Consultancy 7% 8% 

Administration 14% 11% 

Other activities.(Hw) 32% 9% 

Telecom 10% 3% 

Total 100% 100% 



<strong>Source</strong>: ITC 4 

• Other statistics 

As shown in above table, science and engineering courses together accounted for just over a quarter 

of all tertiary studies in the EU in 2001, though engineering was marginally more popular at 14.5% of 

all courses than science (11.8 %). 

<strong>Source</strong>: <strong>Eurostat</strong>: <strong>Statistics</strong> on Science and Technology in Europe; Data 1991-2002. Part1 

4 ITC – Romanian Institute for Computers 



In the Acceding Countries, though four in ten science students were women in 2001, nearly half of all 

science graduates were women (48%). In engineering, women represented 23% of Acceding Country 

students yet 26% of graduates. 




A1.3 Structure of Knowledge Map for National Mapping Reports 

On the next page, there is the Romanian Technology sector map. 

Please click on the different technology sectors represented in the knowledge diagram to reach the 

parts of the report that interest you. 

Please click the button at any point to get back to the Map. 




Mobile & 

Wireless 

Micro/Nano 

Systems 

Nano-Electronics 

Photonics 

Software & 

services 

Broadband 

NW Test beds 

NW Audio 

Visual 

Grid 

Software, Grids, Trust and 

Dependability 

Ubiquitous and 

Unlimited Capacity 


Networks 

Personal 

Environments 

Nano-Electronics, 

Photonics and 

Integrated 

micro/nano-systems 

Home 

Environments 

Dependability 

& security 

Robotic Systems 

Cognitive 

Systems 

Technology Pillars 

Multi-technology, 

Multi-disciplinary 

Integration 

Knowledge, Learning and 

Cognitive Systems 

Romania 

ICT 

Intelligent 

Infrastructures 

Semantic 

Systems 

e-Government 

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Application Poles 

ICT for Learning 

Interactive, visualisation, 

simulation and mixed 

realities 

ICT for 

Health 

ICT for Media, 

Culture and 

Entertainment 

Embedded Systems, 

Computing and Control 

ICT for 

Inclusion 

ICT for 

Mobility 

ICT for the 

Environment 

ICT for 

organisations 

and work 

ICT for 

Manufacturing


A2 – Themes 

A2.1 – Technology Pillars 

These include the following activities: 

� Nano-electronics, photonics and integrated micro/nano-systems; 

� Unbiquitous and unlimited capacity communication networks; 

� Embedded systems, computing and control; 

� Software, Grids, trust and dependability; 

� Knowledge, Learning and Cognitive Systems; 

� Interaction, visualisation, simulation and mixed realities 

• The importance and relevance of “Technology Pillars” to Romania’s economy; relevant 

statistics 

The ICT industry 

Romanian ICT sector offers a wide range of IT products and services whose potential has only recently 

begun to be noticed by the world market. There are also important Romanian brands that have acquired 

recognition at both national and regional level. The ICT sector was growing at a rate faster than GDP and is 

expected to continue growing at this rate for the near future. Conversely, the effort made to reform the RDI 

system was very weak. Due to a poor implementation of RDI policies, the RDI system is at a very basic 

development stage. Institutional financing with its outdated structure is dominant, and only very recently 

there seems to be systematic attempts to restructure the RDI system. 

• ICT sector 

According to WITSA’s study, global ICT spending is expected to grow faster than the global economy at 

approximately 7.6 % yearly. Among world regions, Eastern Europe will grow fastest at a pace of 11.9 % 

yearly. The Romanian software industry is one of the region’s fastest growing sectors, with an average 

increase of 18.8% yearly during the period 2001-2004. 

ICT spending (millions USD) 

<strong>Source</strong>: WITSA/IDC – “Digital Planet 2004- The Global Information Economy” 




The Romanian ICT market features a good dynamic and high growth potential. For the period 2005-2007, 

ICT spending in Romania is expected to grow at 12,2% yearly. The EU enlargement process constitutes a 

strong driver for this development pattern of the Romanian ICT sector since, on the one hand, it increases 

political participation in the EU technology and communications policy debate and, on the other hand, it 

requires adopting and implementing the EU regulations concerning the ICT sector. 

In terms of market share, the Romanian ICT market is still largely hardware oriented, but feature an 

increasing share of spending on markets with the most added-value: software products and IT services. 

The software market was worth 68 million EUR in 2004 and is estimated to double in 2008. This trend is 

reflected in the recently launched report by the World Economic Forum where Romania, “driven by strong 

across-the-board improvements, especially in the area of company sophistication”, jumped 22 ranks in the 

Business Competitiveness Index. 

ICT spending (millions USD) 




The ICT services market grew by 22.7% in 2004 to reach €2,202 million, led by a 39.0% growth in mobile 

telephone services, a market that was worth €1,140 million in 2004. Forecasts for 2005 and 2006 indicate 

more modest, but still strong, growth rates, at 20.4% in 2005 (when the market will be worth €2,651 million) 

and 15.3% in 2006 (when the market will be worth €3,056 million). 

Unlike the equipment market, the EITO 5 forecasts growth prospects for all ICT services. The traditional 

fixed-line telephony services market is expected to show small rates of growth, with 2.5% forecast for 2005 

and 2.2% in 2006; less than the 3.7% growth in 2004 and far stronger 6.2% increase that had been 

witnessed in 2003. Growth in the mobile sector will still lead the services market as a whole, but will slow to 

33.4% in 2005 and 22.0% in 2006, when the market is expected to have a value of €1,856 million. The 

fixed data market is expected to grow by 11.7% in 2005 and 9.4% in 2006, raising the market value to €82 

million. Unlike in many other markets, the cable TV sector has also seen, and is expected to continue to 

witness, relatively strong growth. The EITO believes that Romania’s cable TV market rose by 11.1% in 

2004 and will growth by a respectable 10.0% in 2005 and 8.9% in 2006, when it will be worth €289 million. 

5 EITO – European Information Technology Observatory 



In July 2005, Romania’s regulator, the ANRC 6 , announced that the turnover of the 987 providers of public 

electronic communications networks and/or publicly available electronic communications services which 

had provided their financial statements for 2004 amounted to €2,773 million. This was an increase of 

14.2% on the turnover of €2,428 million reported to the ANRC for 2003. The total increase for 2004 is likely 

to be higher as an unknown number of providers had not submitted their 2004 financial statements to the 

ANRC by June 30, 2005. 

• Innovativeness 

With few exceptions, the current economic competitiveness of ICT sector in Romania is rather determined 

by low wages than by innovation. There are many factors which could explain to a certain degree the low 

interest of industry in RDI activities: absence of a competitive environment, lack of an innovation culture in 

SME sector, absence of financial instruments etc. 

6 ANRC – Romanian National Regulatory Authority for Communications 



The lack of a consistent policy to promote an innovative culture is acknowledged in the EC’s last regular 

report on Romania, and recommends that “the effort should now focus on reinforcing research-related 

administrative capacity and infrastructures”. EU accession may slowly change this situation due to an 

increase of competition and larger foreign investments. The increase in the state budget for research is 

included in the current legislation, and Romania intends to achieve the target of 1% of GDP for research in 

2007 and 3% by 2010. 

While spending on ICT has grown remarkably over the last years, the relationship of IT expenditures to 

GDP per-capita is still considerably lower than the EU25 average. In 2004 the gross domestic expenditure 

on R&D (GERD) was 0.4% of the national GDP, much lower than in the EU25 (1.95%) or the other 

countries. Business-financed R&D as a percentage of industrial output is the lowest in the EU and unable 

to sustain competitive research projects. The situation is similar with regard to the number of researchers 

and scientific publications and patents. Nevertheless, the share of the business sector in financing GERD is 

close to the EU25 average. 

RDI indicators 


Electronic Data Processing 

Hardware manufacturers fared badly during the transition from the COMECON regime to the free market. 

As Romanian hardware was slower, had lower capacity, was harder to maintain, energy-inefficient, costlier 

and generally out-of-date compared with Western hardware, which had suddenly become widely available, 

the state companies came to the brink of closure. As state funding for mainstream computers also dried up, 

demand for local hardware consequently imploded and local firms were forced to diversify or shut down. 

There were three major players (Flamingo, K-Tech, Comrace) and a number of other small players in the 

market. The quality products, efficient assembly process, smart thinking and design, resulted in reliable 

and high performing machines and in a huge awareness on the Romanian market for these local brand 

PCs. Many companies received ISO 9001 certification for their assembly activity including design. Local 

manufacturing accounted for 48-50% of the EDP market and produced about 50,000 PCs annually. 

System Integrators 

There are a number of private sector system integration firms; the larger ones typically employ 30-60 staff. 

These system integrators source hardware and related software from various vendors and provide total 

service and support to customers. The activities of system integrators include: 

• Purchase of hardware; 

• Purchase of retail software packages covering accounts, purchasing, inventory, sales and MIS 

reporting functions; 

• Installation of hardware systems; 

• Creation of customized links and a Romanian interface for software packages; 



• Installation of software systems; 

• Client staff training; and 

• Continuing support. 

The work of such firms tends to be more software than hardware focused, and they represent an important 

pool of Romania's current software capabilities. As the IT sector has grown, many existing companies have 

been converting themselves into service providers for large corporations such as IBM, Compaq, Hewlett- 

Packard, Dell, Acer, Cisco, 3COM etc. 


Software companies such as Microsoft, Novell, SCO Unix and Oracle are all represented in Romania. They 

utilize the services of local firms, as well as authorized resellers and distributors, for marketing and 

application development based on their standard software. The local companies develop applications using 

the standard packages to meet the requirements of their customers. Localization and content creation are 

the main service areas for the local companies. 

The Romanian IT market will increase by 12% in 2005 compared with last year, according to officials from 

US software giant Microsoft, who quoted data from a recent survey by researcher IDC. The same survey 

shows that the software market will double in size by 2008. 

The Romanian software market was worth 84 million dollars last year (68 million euros at the average 

annual exchange rate), and will amount to 134 million dollars (103.7 million euros) by 2008, says IDC. It is 

expected to reach 95 million dollars (73 million euros) in 2005. 

Growth of the software market will also lead to an increase in the number of jobs in this sector, Microsoft 

officials say. Software specialists will account for around 43% of total IT sector employees in Romania in 

2008. 


The computer software sector in Romania is vibrant, employing about 25,000 skilled software 

professionals. The industry is delivering software and services worth about US$150 million per year. There 

are a couple of large companies employing about 400 employees and many small companies. But as a 

rule, a very large number of one- and two-person software firms with low turnover typify the market. These 

are often set up by IT professionals who have left R&D institutions, or by recent IT graduates. 

The Romanian language and the specific requirements of Romanian legal, government and business 

practices have enabled the industry to develop local solutions or adapt standard software packages to 

meet the demand. 

The work of the smaller companies is related to: 

- Custom-built software for SMEs and the SoHo segment. 

- Through customizing existing software packages for SMEs and SoHo (building databases and 

spreadsheets, using application programming languages like Visual Basic, and/or adding a Romanian 

interface to the package), 

- Trading imported software packages. 

Larger Romanian companies offer services in all typical software development processes, including 

consulting, modelling, development, implementation, integration, testing, re-engineering and maintenance; 

web-based applications and tools; e-commerce / e-business applications; design, development and 

deployment of distributed architecture applications; custom XML application development; and SM/SGM 

standard implementation. These companies concentrate on the major segment of software product 

development, IT services and IT-enabled services. 

In the last 4-5 years, a spectacular evolution had the development of applications for domains with high 

growth rates, like the banking sector, mobile telecommunications and data security. 



The development of e-government and e-administration applications represented an important niche for 

many Romanian software producers and it is due to a very big investment program that the public 

administration started in the year 2000. 

The software industry in Romania is poised for exponential growth as many large corporations are 

considering Romania as their offshore software development base. Microsoft, Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson 

etc. are a few large corporations, which have established their subsidiaries in Romania to take advantage 

of the low cost skilled software professionals. 

Official data offered by Ministry of Economy and Commerce indicate rates of annual growth of over 30 %, 

much more than the rate of growth of the GDP (around 5%). 

Sector analysis show that the IT&C firms represent a percent of 1.96% out of the number of firms from 

Romania, and they realize over 4 % of the turnover and 7.68 % of the total profit of the economy. 

Mil USD 

1000 

800 

600 

400 

200 

0 

576 

50 

<strong>Source</strong>: MEC 7 , 2004 

232 

Industrial Production 

686 

110 

317 

890 

130 

430 

2001 2002 

Year 

2003 

Electronics/Telecom 

Equipments(CAEN 32) 

Hardware (CAEN 30) 

Software and IT 

services (CAEN 72) 

The table below shows that the hardware production has a limited contribution to the sector performance. 

This can be explained by the low appeal of the Romanian business environment, especially during the 

period when such investment took place in other CEE countries (1994 – 1998), but also by the important 

investment needed to start such an activity, beyond the possibilities of local investors. Such investments 

are intended for significantly larger markets (in terms of units sold) than Romania, which requires the 

existence of export markets. A success story in this branch is the investment of around USD 100 million of 

the US Company Solectron, which, even if it deals only with the assembly of equipment (mobile phones 

and IT hardware) has over 2,500 employees, and exports the entire production to the European branches 

of the holding company. The main local investments in assembly of PC’s are Flamingo, Ktech and Best 

Computers. 

Software has a more significant weight within the sector and is mostly represented by a large number of 

very small businesses, due mainly to the tax advantages. The law in force at the end of 2003 allows tax 

exemptions only to the IT specialist employees that are graduates of at least one of the four specialized 

universities and not to all people active in the field that have attended specialized postgraduate courses. 

The turnover of companies in the communications branch is larger, showing that the sector is in full growth, 

even if the consumption of individuals and businesses are still reduced. The significant investments needed 

were performed by large international companies who have built the necessary infrastructure and have 

employed a considerably larger number of people that the other two branches of ICT. 

7 MEC – Romanian Ministry of Education and Research 



Table: ICT sector analysis 

Equipments Very small Small Medium Large Total 

No of 

companies 

348 51 11 3 413 

No of 

employees 

418 993 1,272 1,506 4,189 

Turnover Million Euro 31 90 61 98 280 

Net profit Million Euro 3 4 1 7 15 

Software Very small Small Medium Large Total 

No of 

companies 

5,683 339 46 2 6,070 

No of 

employees 

6,449 6,711 4,005 732 17,897 

Turnover Million Euro 173 202 173 16 564 

Net profit Million Euro 44 28 19 2 92 

<strong>Source</strong>: adapted from World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 


The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) 2005 estimated the information and 

communications technology (ICT) market in Romania to have grown in value by 20.2%% to €3,637 million 

in 2004, following growth of 13.2% the previous year. The EITO expects the growth rate to slow to a still 

respectable 14.2% in 2005 and 13.1% in 2006. Thus, Romania's ICT market should be worth 

approximately €4,697 million by the end of 2006. 

The market for ICT equipment surged by 18.4% in 2004, but growth is expected to slow in 2005, to 4.2%, 

before picking up again in 2006, at 9.1%. The two equipment sub-markets that witnessed the highest rates 

of growth in 2004 were mobile phones, which rose by 50.6% after strong growth of 28.0% in 2003, and the 

LAN hardware market, which increased by 43.9% in 2004 after growing by 18.9% in 2003. Growth in both 

sectors is expected to fall off in 2005. The mobile phone sub-market is expected to grow by only 1.5% in 

2005, before picking up again in 2006 to grow by 21.7% to €365 million. Two sectors of the ICT equipment 

market declined during 2004, ‘other’ end-user equipment (which fell 2.0% to €82 million) and PBX, key 

systems, and circuit switching equipment (which fell by 5.1% to €132 million). Both sectors are expected to 

continue to decline through to 2006. 

The last stage of the telecommunications market liberalization took place in 2003, when, starting January 

1st, the fixed line telephony monopoly ended. The liberalization process started in 1991 and has covered 

the following markets: 

• Terminal equipment (liberalization in 1991; the devices have to gain a type authorisation); 

• Data transmission (liberalization in 1992; local loop belongs mainly to the incumbent operator); 

• Mobile radio-communication (liberalization in 1992; licensing are awarded based on the available 

radio spectrum); 

• Satellite communication services (partially liberalized in 1992 for VSAT equipment and various 

types of services and later on extended in 1996); 

• Broadcast of radio and TV programmes; (liberalized in 1992; the National Radio communication 

Company provides services of transport of national radio and TV programs produced by the 

Romanian Radio and Television Broadcasting Company an the Romanian Television Company) 




With Romania's fixed-line telecommunications services market having been fully-liberalised only in January 

2003, there is - as yet - no substantial competition to incumbent operator ROM Telecom. Most of the 

companies that provide services in Romania make use of small privately-owned networks (in the case of 

utilities) or ROM Telecom's own local loop and national backbone (in the case of value-added service 

providers). The most significant threat to ROM Telecom is likely to come from the cable TV sector, which 

has seen a large degree of consolidation in recent times leading to three large multiple-system operators 

(MSOs): Astral Telecom, RCS & RDS, and UPC Romania. Astral and RCS & RDS jointly acquired FX 

Communications in April 2004 although it is not known whether the company continues to be operated 

independently or whether the operator’s 110,000 subscribers (at the end of 2003) have been split between 

the two rivals. Astral consolidated its position as the largest player in Romania through its January 2005 

acquisition of Cable Vision of Romania (CVR), majority owned by ROM Telecom. The latest subscriber 

figures available for CVR indicate a customer base of nearly 41,000 at the end of 2001. However, in June 

2005, Astral itself became the acquisition target of Liberty Media, the ultimate parent company of UPC 

Romania. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2005 and will create a MSO with 1,250,000 

customers. 

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) reported in November 2004 that over 

half of Romania’s 7.3 million households were connected to cable TV networks - a captive audience of 

some 3.75 million households for the cable operators. Most households connected to cable TV were in 

urban areas, where the penetration rate is four times higher than in rural areas. 

ANRC data shows that there were 4,389,082 fixed telephony subscribers at the end of 2004, giving a 

penetration rate of 20.24%. At that time, there were 424,825 requests for telephone service where the 

technical conditions for installation had not been met, down from 464,966 at the end of 2003. 

ANRC data indicates that total voice traffic originated in public telephone networks rose by over 50% 

between 2002 and 2004, with 15,530 million minutes recorded in 2004. Of the total, 57.4% was voice traffic 

originated in the fixed public network sand 42.6% originated in mobile public networks, including roaming. 

Of the total traffic volume of 11,083 million minutes in the fixed public networks in 2004, 79.6% was voice 

traffic and 20.4% was Internet traffic. 

Nevertheless, it is expected that, within a short period, the number of the local fixed telephony suppliers will 

increase significantly, considering that ANRC granted, after the 1st of January 2003, over 40 licences for 

using the numbering resources. The stated objective of the authorities is increasing the degree of fixed 

telephony penetration considering that the average rate of 21% of the population recorded until December 

2003 is quite low compared to the 36% rate in CEE countries. 


Mobile telephony has experienced an enormous development since 1995. Romania's mobile 

communications market is now well-established, with four players providing services to some 11.4 million 

customers as of June 30, 2005. However, the two largest operators, Orange Romania and MobiFon, 

account for approximately 96% of the market. Although the fortunes of the two smaller operators, 

Cosmorom and Telemobil, are being turned around, it is unlikely that they will ever be able to compete on 

an equal basis with their two established rivals. 

Orange Romania and MobiFon, which operates under the Connex brand, were both licensed in November 

1996 and launched GSM services in April 1997. In March 2001, MobiFon and Orange Romania were 

authorised to use the 1800MHz range of the spectrum from January 1, 2003. The two companies were the 

only bidders for the four 3G mobile licences made available in November 2004. 



Despite the early launch of 3G services, MobiFon is beginning to lose market share to Orange Romania. 

ITI estimated Orange’s market share at 47.1% at the end of 2003, with MobiFon accounting for 49.1% of 

the market. By the end of 2004, according to their reported subscriber figures, Orange Romania had some 

28,000 subscribers more than its nearest rival. This trend continued through the first half of 2005, with 

Orange signing up more than twice as many new subscribers by June 30, 2005 than MobiFon, giving it a 

subscriber base of 5,724,000 and an estimated market share of 50.4%. 

Data Transmissions, Internet Access and Leased Lines Services 

As of mid-August 2005, 1,063 companies were authorized to operate provide Internet access, nearly 

double the number of ISPs a year earlier. A further 648 companies were authorized to offer data 

transmission services, up from 494 a year earlier. It is not known how many of these companies were 

actually providing services. According to the ANRC, 28.0% of Romania's ISPs (or 296 companies) were 

providing access services via dial-up connections as of August 2005, while another 28.0% (295 

companies) provided access via coaxial cable connections, 22.3% (236 companies) offered services via 

leased lines, and 54.8% (579 companies) used radio access connections. The vast majority (91.0%) of 

Internet companies had indirect access to international networks as of August 2005, while 5.6% (59 

companies) had direct optical fiber connections, 4.4% (46 companies) used leased lines, and 2.3% (24 

companies) used satellite connections. 

Cable television 

This market is in full consolidation, concentration and diversification of services process.The network 

operators gradually changing their offer to the provision of data transport and internet services. The main 6 

cable TV companies accounted for over 75% of the market in December 2003, the most important such 

operators being: Astral Telecom Romania, Romanian Cable Systems (RCS), UPC and FX. 

The cable operators are currently upgrading their networks, using fibre optics, in order to be able to provide 

integrated communication services: TV broadcasts, data and voice transmission. 



Discussing on the cable TV market, the ministry of telecommunications indicated that the penetration 

degree of cable TV in urban area is 78.5%, and of 17% in rural area. The cable TV is close to saturation in 

the urban area. Besides the specific services, the mentioned companies have also provided Internet 

access services for several years and, since H2, 2003, VoIP services (voice over Internet Protocol). 

Postal Services Sector 

The Romanian regulatory framework for postal services went through important changes during 2002 and 

2003. The development of the economy as a whole resulted in the increase of the number of postal 

services providers as well as in the appearance of new value-added services. Many of the postal services 

providers operating in this market also carry out other economic activities, e.g. offering transport services. 

Nevertheless, National Company “Posta Romana S.A.” is still the provider with the largest turnover, the 

only company that offers a complete range of postal services. 

Other services 

The National Radio communication Company (SNR) operates a 2,500 km digital radio network, used for 

the broadcast of the public national radio and TV programmes, for internet services and data transmission. 

Until December 31st 2002, SNR was the sole provider of leased radio transmission for capacities over 2 

Mbps. 

SNR also operates a satellite communication centre and is part in the operational agreements for Eutelsat, 

IMSO and ITSO. In 1999, the company has completed the digitisation process, and is therefore able to 

provide higher quality satellite communication (TV, phone, VSAT services). In June 1999, SNR has 

launched the largest national SDH network, with a capacity of 622 Mbps, with links in the 4, 6, 7 and 11 

GHz frequencies, one of the most advanced networks in CEE in length and capacity. 

During 2001 - 2002 SNR has extended the services offered, becoming from a carrier an end to- end 

services provider. The company has obtained a licence for data services for end-users and a licence to 

install and operate a national digital point-multipoint radio communication network in the 24.5 – 26.5 GHz 

frequency bands. Using this network, SNR intends to build a national network by means of which it will 

have direct access to consumers. The network will allow a direct digital connection with a band width 

between 64 Kbps and 34 Kbps. The types of services that can be offered after implementing the radio 



access network for the local loop are: leased lines/broadband access and voice services, Internet, video 

services, VPNs, added value services. 

• Key players 

The key players on this sector are represented by research institutes and SMEs. Please find below a list 

with relevant organisations: 

1. National Institute For Research And Development In Microtechnologies (IMT- Bucharest) 

2. National Institute For Lasers, Plasma And Radiation Physics 

3. National Institute Of Materials Physics, Laboratory Of Low-Dimensional Systems 

4. NATIONAL INSTITUTE for COMMUNICATION RESEARCHES and STUDIES - INSCC - Bucharest 

5. The National Institute for Design in Telecommunications – TELEROM PROIECT S.A. – Bucharest 

6. SIAT S.A. - Bucharest 

7. ASTRAL TELECOM 

8. ICI – National Institute for R&D in Informatics, Bucharest, Romania 

9. Institute for Computation Technique Networks 

10. NEW ELECTRONIC ARHITECTURES CENTER – Bucharest 

11. ALCATEL ROMANIA - The Software Development Center 

12. SIVECO Romania SA 

13. SOFTWIN SA 

14. GeCAD Software 

15. FINSIEL Romania 

16. CENTER for ADVANCED RESEARCH in AUTOMATIC LEARNING, NATURAL LANGUAGE 

PROCESSING and CONCEPTUAL MODULATION - Bucharest 

17. Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence 

18. Centre for Education and Research in Fuzzy Systems and Artificial Intelligence, Iasi, Romania, 

19. INSTITUTE of THEORETICAL INFORMATICS – Iaşi 

20. DEUROMEDIA - Development Division Brasov, Romania 

• Educational institutions 

The main institution governing the field of education in Romania is the Ministry of Education, Research and 

Youth, that also has the responsibility of ensuring new and efficient structures and mechanisms as 

framework for implementing the acquis communitaire in the Romanian education system. 

The Romanian educational system comprised five main levels in December 2004, as follows: 

� Pre-school – for children aged 3 to 6/7; 

� Primary school – grades 1 thru 4; 

� Secondary school: 

o Inferior secondary school – grades 5 thru 8; 

o Superior secondary school (high-school, professional schools, apprentice schools etc.) – 

grades 9 thru 12/13; 

� College (1- 3 years, for specializations established by the Ministry of Education, Research and 

Youth in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Social Solidarity and Family); 

� High education: university and post-graduate education (DEA 8 , master’s, postgraduate academic 

studies, doctorate, postgraduate specialist courses, specific forms of postgraduate medical 

education). 



ICT in the Romanian Education System 

When assessing e-readiness in the Romanian Education system, there are a number of specific aspects to 

consider, such as: the number and training level of ICT specialists that the education system is able to 

generate, the mobility of labour in the field of ICT, ICT education programs conducted, the level of access 

to ICT in the education system. 

• ICT at primary school level 

ICT disciplines are not compulsory in the Romanian Syllabus at primary school level. However, statistics 

show a number of schools connected to the Internet, which proves that, although ICT related subjects are 

not taught as distinct curricular disciplines in all primary schools, there are a number of such institutions 

where IT Laboratories are in place and pupils are offered access to computers as well as some basic IT 

knowledge. 

• ICT at secondary school level 

According to the Curriculum for superior secondary schools established by Order of the Ministry of 

Education and Research no. 3670/2001, IT is a compulsory distinct discipline for all the categories of such 

institutions in the Romanian education system. Generally, there is a tradition of excellence in the ICT 

education among Romanian high-school students confirmed by the remarkable results in the international 

IT competitions. However, many students with aptitudes in the field are recruited by foreign universities that 

offer a far more stimulating academic environment and, after graduation, more attractive employment 

opportunities in the respective countries than could be found in Romania. 

• ICT at higher education level 

One of the most important transformations that occurred after 1990 impacted mostly the higher education 

system and referred to the introduction of private education, which has led to a gradual and significant 

increase in the number of universities in Romania. Thus, according to the Ministry of Education, Research 

and Youth, there are currently 49 civil public universities in Romania, 18 licensed private universities and 8 

military universities. 

The explosion in the number of academic centres has implicitly led to an increase in the number of 

universities offering ICT specialization and to a more uniform geographical distribution of such universities. 

Thus, academic centres located in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Brasov, Constanta, Iasi, Alba-Iulia, Bacau, 

Craiova, Pitesti, Galati, Arad, Baia Mare, Oradea, Petrosani, Ploiesti, Sibiu, Suceava, Targoviste, 

Timisoara etc. ensure an almost complete and uniform territorial coverage of Romania in terms of high 

education institutions providing ICT specialization. 

There are several approaches as to which universities are capable of generating ICT specialists. Thus, 

Order no. 132/2002 of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity, Order no. 76/2002 of the Ministry of 

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Order no. 352/2002 of the Ministry of Public 

Finance regarding the inclusion in the computer programming activities mentions the following universities 

that the graduates of which can benefit from the salary tax facilities provided by law: 

• Automatics and Industrial Informatics 

• Computers, Electrican Engineering and Computers 

• Electronics, Applied Electronics, Electronics and Telecommunications, Communications 

• Mathematics, Informatic Mathematics 

• Informatics, Economics Informatics and Applied Informatics 

• Cybernetics and Economic IT, Cybernetics and Economic Forecast, Accounting and 

Bookkeeping Information Systems. 



At the same time, although the quantitative aspect of ICT work force is adapted to the current needs of the 

economy, the main concern in the process of harmonization to EU directives in this field is related to the 

qualitative aspect of the academic and professional training of ICT specialists. Within this context, Romania 

undertook the engagement of harmonizing the Romanian curricular content in order to achieve the 

recognition of Romanian university degrees and diplomas by 2007, which is the expected accession date 

for this country. At the same time, Romania has adhered to the principles of the “Joint Declaration of the 

European Ministers of Education Convened in Bologna in the 19 th of June 1999”, aimed at achieving a 

unique European space in the field of higher education by the year 2010. 

Thus, one of the important steps in the process of harmonization in the education system was the 

introduction of the transferable credit system in Romanian high education institutions starting with the 

academic year 1998/1999. Since its introduction, the European Community Course Credit Transfer System 

(ECTS) has been the base of all student exchange programs. 

ECTS is a decentralized system based on mutual trust and confidence between the participating high 

education institutions, as well as on unitary assessment of student workload. Its rules are defined in terms 

of Information (syllabus courses available), Agreement (between host and home institutions) and Use of 

Credit Points (to indicate the student’s workload). 

The Council of each faculty sets the maximum number of transferable credit points. If a student follows 

study periods in other universities/faculties (domestic and/or abroad), the credits obtained will be 

recognized by the home faculty. The total number of credits associated to a university education 

programme in Romania is set by Government Decision no. 693/2003 to 180 for short-term university study 

programmes, and 240, 300 or 360 for long-term university study programmes such that, one year of day 

course study receives an average of 60 credit points. 

Thus, ECTS is a tool of validation for each university when comparing its activity to the education process 

in other universities from Romania and abroad and it ensures a certain level of comparability to European 

universities. However, the system is still in the process of improvement in order to achieve full 

comparability of the national and European credit systems. 

The participation of Romanian students and members of the teaching staff in international mobility 

programs starting with the academic year 1990/1991 has also brought an important contribution to the 

improvement, harmonization and increase in comparability of the Romanian education system in the field of 

ICT. Mobility programs as TEMPUS, SOCRATES, Leonardo da Vinci, ERASMUS have brought significant 

benefits to the Romanian education system, both through students and teaching staff that have been part 

of study programs abroad and through foreign students and teaching staff that have come to Romania. 

However, the ultimate quality certification regarding the ability of the Romanian education system to 

generate ICT specialists would be represented by the recognition of Romanian ICT diplomas abroad, which 

should represent, at the moment, one of the most important objectives of the reform and harmonisation 

process in the education system. 

In practice, ICT Romanian diplomas currently have limited recognition among foreign universities. The main 

issues regarding the achievement of harmonization in the field of diploma recognition are related to the 

structure and content of the ICT university syllabus. More specific, the structure still differs from that of 

most universities abroad in that the five compulsory years of university for technical specializations in 

Romania, followed by a large variety of post-graduate forms of study should be adapted to the structure 

stipulated in the Bologna Declaration i.e., a “three cycle” system (the sequence of degrees being Bachelor, 

Master, Doctor in Science), in which the fist cycle would only represent 180 – 240 credit points (3 to 4 

years) and the main postgraduate education forms would be: DEA, master’s, postgraduate academic 

studies and doctoral programs. 



As far as content of the ICT syllabus is concerned, the main difference between the Romania and EU 

countries is the balance between theoretical and practical curricular activities. Thus, in Romania, most 

University Councils set an approximate number of 28 – 30 hours of lecture per week, leaving little room for 

practical classes, laboratory hours and study cases, whereas in most European countries, theoretical 

classes are limited to a maximum of 20 hours, the rest being dedicated to practical application and 

individual study. 

This situation is mainly caused by the reduced financial sources available for the technical endowment of IT 

laboratories in most universities, as compared to higher education institutions in developed countries. 

Moreover, there are still significant differences in terms of content of the ICT curricula in Romanian 

universities and universities abroad. Romanian curricula tend to be much broader in terms of 

encompassing disciplines auxiliary to ICT (such as Physics, Special Mathematics etc.), whereas 

universities abroad tend to be more focused on the strict scope of ICT achieving a higher degree of 

specialization of their graduates in various niches of the ICT field, which allows them to achieve good 

results in a shorter period of time at their future workplaces. 

Practice shows that, due to reasons as the ones mentioned above, there is not a standard approach for the 

recognition of Romanian diplomas, but rather this process takes place on a “case-by-case” basis, within the 

legal framework of ECTS based bilateral agreements between certain universities in Romania and abroad. 

• Government policy 

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCTI) is the authority for developing a 

strategic orientation framework for guiding the ICT sector in Romania. The emerging ICT sector holds 

substantial promise for expansion into the global marketplace. The MCTI is also developing the use of ICT 

in the government and private sectors. Towards this end, a new organizational structure, the role of various 

players and their relationships has been evolved. Details of this are given in the below figure. 

Romania: New organizational structure – Ministry of Communication and Information Technology 

GPTI 

Information Technology Promotion Group Integrator and Co-ordinator 

National Strategy for 

the New Economy and 

the implementation of 

the Information 

Private Sector 

PROGRAM 

CO-ORDINATION 

INTEGRATION 

IMPLEMENTATION 

<strong>Source</strong>: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, 2001 

CITIZEN 

The policies are developed through an industry-government consultative mechanism where the views of 

industry are taken into account. The mechanism involves representatives of the government, academic 


Private Sector 

Report 

Investment 

Recovery 

INVESTORS 

(Public Sector, Private Sector, Civil Society, Investment Societies)


institutions, industry and trade. In Romania there are five main associations in the ICT sector, as well as a 

number of other smaller associations. These five main associations are: 

• Information Technology (IT) Policy 

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCTI) is the authority for 

developing a strategic orientation framework for guiding the ICT sector in Romania. 

The mission of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is to create solid 

premises that will ensure the transition to the Information Society in Romania. 

The transition to the Information Society was a strategic objective for the Romanian Government 

for 2001 - 2004 and one of the conditions for the Romania's accession to the European Union. 

Information Society means an economy and a society in which the access, acquisition, storage, 

process, transmission, propagation and use of knowledge and information plays a capital role. 

In Romania there are five main associations in the ICT sector, as well as a number of other 

smaller associations. These five main associations are: 

· Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industries (ARIES) - www.aries.ro 

· National Association of Internet Providers from Romania (ANISP) - www.anisp.ro 

· National Association for Software Companies (ANIS) - www.anis.ro 

· Association for Information Technology and Communication – Romania (ATIC) - www.atic.org.ro 

· Association for Producers of Electrical and Electronics Industries (APREL) - www.aprel.ro 


The associations provide inputs for policy formulation relating to tariffs, industry competitiveness, the needs 

of the domestic IT industry, participation in fairs and conferences, infrastructure and attracting foreign 

investment. 

The MCTI aims at creating a conducive environment for the implementation of the Information Society by 

launching the privatisation, liberalisation and development process in the ICT sector. 

With a view towards developing the ICT sector, the MCTI proposes to initiate the following measures - 

• Stimulation of supply and demand of ITC products in accordance with the Information Technology 

Agreement of the WTO 9 ; 

• Promotion and support of an open and competitive market for communication and IT services to secure 

quality services at lower tariffs; 

• Elimination of the legislative differences, in comparison with European Union requirements; 

• Reduction of the technological gulf through the development of new technologies and services; 

• Setting up a national telecommunications regulatory authority, so that consumers and operators can 

enjoy homogenous, undiscriminating and equal treatment; 

• Development of “Internet” platforms and technologies to assist in building a digital economy at a 

national level; 

• Improve the quality of ICT products and services by harmonizing standards with those of the EU in 

order to increase exports; 

• To utilize IT to increase productivity and efficiency in the economy, particularly in SMEs; 

• Establish technology parks to facilitate the development of a modern infrastructure for communications, 

computers, regulated power supply, and software development skills; 

• To ensure priority for electronic governance; 

• Locating Internet Kiosks in rural areas in order to integrate the rural economy with the national economy 

and to bring the benefits of IT to the rural population. 

The IT policy would aim to retain IT experts in Romania to deliver IT programs and services. To achieve 

this objective, the government passed a law in July 2001 exempting IT Programmers from income tax. 

9 WTO – World Trade Organization 



The Government funding schemes in Romania 

• The National Plan for R&D and Innovation 

The National RTD Plan represents the major tool for the implementation of the national RTD and 

innovation policies. It has 14 specific programmes but the most significant is INFOSOC – Information 

Society Programme (www.infosoc.ro) 

Organisation responsible for the administration of the programme: 

National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics-ICI Bucharest 

Programme objectives/short summary: 

- The achievement and the consolidation of the necessary condition for the development of the Information 

Society in Romania. 

- The development of the scientific and technological background for the implementation of the specific 

structures and services of the Information Society. 

- The improvement of the usability and of impact of the structure and service specific to the Information 

Society on the economic sectors as well as on the entire society including the citizen level. 

Programme duration: 2001-2006 



Main ICT technology areas in this programme: 

- Technologies and tools / equipments for new types of distance and network activities, specialized in 

working in virtual spaces: 

- Technologies and tools / equipments for advanced information and communication electronic services; 

- Technologies and standards for knowledge representation and administration based on context, 

semantics and intelligent agents; instruments for creating, arranging, diving and disseminating the digital 

content; 

- Multimedia technologies, standards and equipments; 

- Multisensors interfaces capable to understand and to perform natural human expression; the 

development of virtual environments for the advanced human – machine interaction; 

- Networks: structures and models. Technologies, equipments, systems and advanced communication 

services. 

- Technologies and equipments for the security of networks and electronic transactions, for the 

improvement of the quality, accessibility, viability and security of the information and communication 

technology systems; 

- Technologies for the management and development of the software systems, of the technologies based 

on components and adjustable dynamic 

- Technologies and applications based on high performance calcul 

- Technologies, models and equipments for management of information, knowledge and processes at the 

company level; 

- Architectures / structures for designing and implementing the open and interoperapable systems, 

specialized technologies for databases for administration of distributed and heterogeneous information. 





• CORINT Programme - CORINT is dedicated to the stimulation and support of the Romanian 

participation in international S&T cooperation initiative, including the IST Programme; 

• Program of Grants for scientific research (http://www.cncsis.ro/granturi.php); 

• INFRATECH Programme / ITC-related initiatives (www.mct.ro); 

• National Programme "Relansin" (2001-2004); 

• Based Educational System (SEI) (http://portal.edu.ro/) – 500,000 computers in schools with Internet 

access. The program provided: hardware and communication infrastructure; software support; evolution 

of educational curricula and methodology; training for teachers; new teaching instruments. 

Other related programmes: 

• Multi-annual funding programmes for SMEs (http://www.mimmc.ro/imm/programe_imm/) 

• TransIno Programme for technology transfer and innovation through public-private partnerships 

(www.mimmc.ro/imm/protocol_apart/) 

Telecommunications Policy 

Romania is a signatory to the WTO’s Basic Telecommunications Services Agreement. Under the WTO 

obligation, competitive regulatory principles were expected to be in place by 1 st January 1998. International 

services were to be open for international competition by 1 st January 2003. Romania, however, has yet to 

ratify the Basic Telecommunications Agreement. Administrative reasons, according to MCTI, were the 

cause for the delay and these are now being gradually removed. 

The institutional framework necessary for the development of the telecommunications sector has been 

evolved. Foremost amongst its features are the following: 

� Setting up a National Regulating Authority in Communications as a politically independent and 

technologically neutral body, with responsibilities in the management of the spectrum, standards, 

licensing, control and monitoring; 

� Securing the necessary legislative and organizational framework for the full liberalization of 

telecommunications and postal services; 

� Preparing the operators for the full liberalization of communication services and to adapt the existing 

licences of the national operators; 

� Creating an adequate legal framework for a free circulation of information and to define the legal statute 

of the electronic document, the digital signature, electronic data bases and electronic trade; 

� Promoting and supporting an open and competitive market for communication and IT services; 

� Defining a coherent and realistic tariffs policy, based on costs at national operator level; 

� Assuming responsibility for the privatisation of the commercial companies in the IT field, as well as the 

acceleration of these processes by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; 

� Creating a unified emergency call system - one of the measures necessary to increase the security and 

protection of citizens and property; 

� Establishing a legislative and institutional framework to fight against electronic fraud and unauthorized 

access to electronic information. 

Implementation of the telecommunications policy was expected to lead to the improvement of quality, the 

universal availability of services, tariff reductions, the upgrading of technology etc. The policy will ultimately 

achieve the following: 

• Accelerated development of the public telephone network by securing an annual rate of at least 

500,000 new telephone subscribers; 

• The introduction of new and state-of-the-art technologies to meet the challenge of globalization; 

• Securing universal coverage and an improvement in the quality of telecommunications services; 

• The promotion of multi-service technologies in a wide range of communications; 

• Harmonizing the use of the FM terrestrial radio broadcasting band, the VHF television bands and 

harmonizing Romania’s radio spectrum with the European Allotment Table; 



• The stimulation of the local production of components and spare parts for the telecommunications 

sector for a limited period, in order to nurture the SME sector by way of providing incentives; 

• The involvement of local private capital in the privatisation and licensing process. 

The government is faced with the problem of a lack of telephone facilities in about three thousand villages. 

This necessitates the development of an affordable telecommunications infrastructure in order to facilitate 

Romania’s links with the emerging global economy in the future. The Romanian telecommunications 

environment is characterized as being at the initial phase of market liberalization, with some level of 

competition in place for mobile telephony and data services, but with basic services still provided by a 

single monopoly. 

• Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 

Romanian ICT sector: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 

The Information Society is an objective of the development and not a desideratum in itself; it is an essential 

component of the politic and economic programme for development and a major condition for integration of 

Romania in the Euro-Atlantic structures. The transition to Information Society is one of the strategic 

objectives of the Romanian Government for the 2001-2004 periods and one of the EU pre-adhering 

conditions. 

Based on SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis concerning the Information 

Society in Romania, the following results were obtained: 

• Strengths 

1. The actual government policies in favour of the development of ICT and Information Society: the 

creation of the institutional framework (setting up of the Ministry of Communication and Information 

Technology, setting up of the Advanced Technologies, Communications, and Information Technology 

Commission at the level of the Romanian Parliament, setting up of the Information Technology Promotion 

Group), of the regulatory framework (adoption of a series of regulations specific to the field and in 

accordance with Acquis requirements), the active presence of the Information and Communications 

Technology (ICT) field in international co-operation development, the promotion of some facilities 

for ICT development. 

2. Resources and human potential of high quality, recognised at the international level (general 

knowledge, creativity, foreign languages). 

3. Consolidation and enhancement of the ICT community that can be noticed by a higher involvement 

of the companies, experts and professional associations in the transition towards the Information Society. 

4. Increased rates of PC Acquisitions and increased number of mobile phone users during the last 2-3 

years, comparable or superior to the candidate countries. The average development of ICT in Romania is 

of 15% in comparison with the world rate of 8%. 

5. The possibility of extending Internet access due to the large number of TV cable subscribers (71%) 

and of the mobile telephony users. 

6. Consolidation of the telecommunications operator market and development of a national 

infrastructure on optic fibre (16.500 km in 2001 and predicted 19.570 km. in 2002) 

7. Support granted by the state authorities for the investments in ICT field. 

• Weaknesses 

1. Low level of the access to the communications and Internet services, due to price policies and to the 

reduced level of the infrastructure investments. 

2. Low level of the Gross Domestic Product indicator, that does not permit reaching high levels of 

endowment (hardware, software, communication devices) to assure services and applications specific to 

IS. 



3. Business environment has insufficient incentive for using new information and communications 

technologies and for opening to e-business. 

4. Slow implementation of the legislation concerning copyright in ICT field, with consequences on the 

level, still high, of software piracy. 

5. The average salary of ICT specialists is reduced, in comparison with developed countries. 

6. The number of PCs and the penetration of the Internet in secondary and high schools are still 

maintained at a low level in comparison with the average of the candidate countries. 

7. Penetration rate of public telephony system is under 20% in comparison with an average of 36% for 

Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, placing Romania last but one in the 2001statistics. 

8. The number of 4.5 Internet users/100 inhabitants in Romania at the end of 2001, in comparison with 

an average of 14.5 in CEE countries. 

• Opportunities 

1. The existence of a human, cultural potential and of a political decision to leverage the opportunities 

offered by passing to the Information Society – a knowledge-based one - and to the new economy. 

2. The possibility to assure a sustainable economic growth, based on the new technologies, by 

producing value-added products and services. 

3. Obtaining external funds from the international organisms (mainly EU) for projects that will assure the 

modernisation of public administration, citizens’ access to public information, development of business 

environment and life quality improvement. 

4. The possibility to attain the IS development pace requested by the integration in EU, based on 

adopted action plans and policies (e-Europe 2002, e-Europe+, e-Europe2005). 

5. Accelerated growth of the worldwide demand for ICT products and services. 

• Threats 

1. The job market in the field, in the developed countries, leads to young specialists’ migration towards 

these countries. 

2. The reduced number of policies for the attraction of strategic partners and investors (with capital, 

technology, market), to allow for the development of Romanian competence in the implementation of 

systems and complex software packages and for the development of information infrastructure, based on 

advanced technologies. 

3. The existing technological discrepancy in comparison with developed countries in the research 

and innovation field. 




• Trade and Industrial Associations 

· Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industries (ARIES) - www.aries.ro 

· National Association of Internet Providers from Romania (ANISP) - www.anisp.ro 

· National Association for Software Companies (ANIS) - www.anis.ro 

· Association for Information Technology and Communication – Romania (ATIC) - www.atic.org.ro 

· Association for Producers of Electrical and Electronics Industries (APREL - www.aprel.ro 

• Summary of research and development activities 

Research and development activities through MATNANTECH Programme – “New materials, micro 

and nanotechnologies”. This is managed and financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and 

Research. 

150 organizations are involved in the researches financed under this programme, out of which: 54 research 

institutes, 16 universities, 13 large enterprises and 42 SMEs. 

Specific research objectives: 

• development of new technologies 

- photonic micro and nanostructures for communication; 



- nanostructured nanoparticles and composite nanostructures with selective properties; 

- nanostructures and nanostructured materials with application in electronics, mechanics, 

metallurgy; 

- nanostructured materials for biomedical use; 

• development of new materials 

- smart materials with application in electronics, biomedicine and building; 

- functional and multifunctional advanced materials; 

- stable and biocompatible materials, useful for diagnose and therapy 

At national level, there are acting the following networks in Nanotechnologies 

1. NANOTECHNET- Network of Research Laboratories in Nanotechnology 

2. BIONANONET – Bionanotechnology Network 

3. CENOBITE - Research Centre in Nanobiotechnologies 

4. 3N - Consultancy Centre in Nanotechnologies, Nanomaterials and Nanostructures 

FP6 support schemes in Romania 

There are also some specific measures co-financed by the European Commission through the 6 th 

Framework Programme in order to support the ICT sector. These measures are running with organisation 

from Romania acting as coordinator or partner within European consortium. Please find below some of 

these: 

• EUROPEAN IST (www.european-ist.net) 

Enhancing the participation of research organizations from New Member States and Candidate 

Countries to the 6th Framework Programme; Project co-financed by DG Research/ IST Thematic 

Priority; Period: 2005 – 2006. This project is coordinated by FIMAN Development Services – Romania 

(www.fimands.ro) 

• CEEC IST NET (www.eu-istcommunity.net) 

Supporting IST organisations from Central & Eastern Europe; Project co-financed by DG Research/ 

IST Thematic Priority; Period: 2005 – 2006. This project has FIMAN Development Services as partner from 

Romania (www.fimands.ro) 

• STARNET (www.project-starnet.com) 

Support to Associated Countries and New Member States; Project co-financed by DG Research/ IST 

Thematic Priority; Period: 2005 – 2006; This project has FIMAN Development Services as partner from 

Romania (www.fimands.ro) 

• IST-MENTOR/IST MENTOR + (www.istmentor.net) 

Mentoring of IST-Multipliers in the NAS. The Romanian partner in this project consortium is Ministry of 

Education and Research. 

• IDEAL-IST (www.ideal-ist.net) 

The IST partner search network. The Romanian partner in this project consortium is ICI – National Institute 

for Research and Development in Informatics. 



A2.2 – Multi-Technology, Multi-disciplinary Integration 


� Personal Environments 

� Home Environments 

� Robotic Systems 

� Intelligent Infrastructures 

• The importance and relevance of “Multi-Technology, Multi-disciplinary Integration” to 

Romania’s economy; relevant statistics 

No available data 

• Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 

Concerning Intelligent Infrastructures, the main problems with inland transport connections among BSEC 10 

countries, including Romania, can be classified as follows: 

Hardware: 

· Differing types of road networks, and national roads of insufficient quality and capacity. 

· Poor transborder connections. 

· Few and poorly located terminals for combined transport. 

· Differing standards of weights and dimensions for goods vehicles. 

· Lack of standardisation of railway traction, signalling and telecommunication devices, 

track gauge, voltages and clearances. 

· Lack of storage equipment at main railway stations. 

· Incompatibility between freight and passenger transport by rail. 

· Insufficient capacity and growing inefficiency on inland waterways. 

· Lack of direct, multimodal links between seaports and the hinterlands. 

· Not enough high capacity, high quality, reliable information and telecommunications 

systems. 

Software: 

· Inadequate route planning systems on road networks. 

· Low level of traffic management and control. 

· Poor railway management and poor service quality. 

· Unsatisfactory and unreliable statistics on trade flows. 

· Lack of informatics in general and EDI systems in particular. 

Institutions: 

· Insufficient communication among participating countries. 

· Too much bureaucracy. 

· Lack of interchange agreements for wagons and other special equipment. 

· Uncertainty on future transport fees. 

Finance: 


10 Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) was signed in Istanbul on June 25, 1992, by the heads of state of Albania, 

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine 



· Insufficient public budgets to finance investments. 

· Lack of private sector investment in infrastructure. 

· Long planning, construction and investment periods. 

Environment: 

· Growing pollution — air, water, noise and visual — caused by transport systems. 

· Resistance to new investment in roads and terminals. 

<strong>Source</strong> - Trends in Transport in the Black Sea Region - Haluk GERÇEK - Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey, 

1998 


Inter-ministerial Council for Road Safety - I.C.R.S. was establish through Government Decision No. 

437/06.20.1995, as a Government consultative body. I.C.R.S. provide the general conception and national 

wide co-ordination, based on a national priority actions plan, of the traffic fluency and road safety 

improving activities, carried on by the public administrations specialized bodies and by the other institutions 

and organizations which have attributions in this field. 

Through Government Decision No. 750 / 14 July 2005 regarding the establishing of permanent interministerial 

councils, ICRS will be coordinated under the frame of Inter-ministerial Council for Regional 

Development, Infrastructure and Turism. 

I.C.R.S.s main fields of activity are: 

� Modernization and development of the road infrastructure, especially of the road marking and 

signalization; 

� Improving traffic flow and road safety on the Romanian public roads including Bucharest and 

adjacent entry and exit capital areas, which constitute a pilot centre for implementing the qualitative 

improvement of transport and road safety measures to the European standards; 

� Development of road vehicles passive and active safety; 

� Traffic participants nurture and education, and public informing; 

� Harmonization of the domain legislation with European regulations especially EU regulations from 

the field. 

I.C.R.S. current activity is managed by the Minister of transportation. 

Minister of transportation is the president of I.C.R.S.. 

In I.C.R.S. structure perform the following specialty commissions: 

1. Commission for Road Traffic Surveillance; 

2. Commission for Road Infrastructure and Signalization; 

3. Commission for Goods Transportation, Passengers Transportation and Combined Road Transport; 

4. Commission for Road Vehicles; 

5. Commission for Human Factor in Road Safety; 



<strong>Source</strong> - Inter-Ministerial Council for road safety - Ministry of transport, construction and tourism, Romanian road 

transport authority, Inter-Ministerial Council for road safety 


ICI – National Institute for R&D in Informatics, Bucharest, Romania is member of NEM technology 

platform. 

Leading European players in the telecom, consumer electronics and media industry launched a joint 

industrial initiative for the accelerated development of Networked and Electronic Media (NEM) technologies 

and services in Europe. The main objective of the NEM initiative is to foster the development and 

introduction of novel audiovisual and multimedia broadband services and applications to the benefit of 

citizen, enterprises and with significant impact on the European economy in the context of the Lisbon 

objectives and bearing in mind the renewed goals as set up by the Commission Communication i2010. 

In relation to NEM field of activity, i2010 specifically identifies one important objective to which NEM can 

contribute and simultaneously benefit from such related European Commission activities. 

i2010 NEM 

Rich media content is becoming available in √√ Rich media content and media formats are assumed by 

new, diverse formats and can be delivered 

independent of location or time, personalised 

NEM as SRA goals 

to individual citizens’ preferences or 

requirements 

In technical terms, communication networks, √√ 

media, content, services and devices are 

undergoing digital convergence 

Improvements in networks, combined with 

new compression techniques, create new and 

faster distribution channels and trigger new 

content formats and services (e.g. Voice over 

IP, Web TV, on-line music). 

New content creation, services and 

business models are driving growth and 

jobs. For example, Western European online 

content markets are expected to triple by 

2008 (with the consumer part growing 

tenfold). 11 √√ 

These developments are expected 

to multiply across the sector, today already 

accounting for 8% of EU GDP 

11 

European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) 2005 

√√ 

NEM assumes convergence at several levels: content, 

services, networks and terminals. 

Services and Applications enabled by new faster 

distribution channels are a significant part of the NEM 

goals. In particular, NEM targets the definition of new 

Multimedia ready broadband networks as well as new 

network architectures suitable to respond to the 

reliability and performances targeted by the new 

services and applications 

NEM is aware on the importance of the Media related 

industries contribution to the European GDP and this is 

why the federation of European media related activities 

around NEM is crucial for Europe. Among targets 

pursued by NEM are: 


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Content adaptation: creation, management, 

indexation, storage 

Identification and foster the availability of new 

business models 

Ensure the availability of services and 

applications for the smooth transition from 

current analogue broadcasting to digital 

broadcasting 

The analysis of the value chains surrounding 

the networked media area initially 

categorised into entertainment, business and


public sector 


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New eServices. The new services 

environment has to be driven by the following 

two scenarios: 

� Personal environments. 

� Home environments 

Gaming and Pervasive gaming 

3D multilingual 

Digital Cinema 

<strong>Source</strong>: The NETWORKED and ELECTRONIC MEDIA technology platform as a tool to achieve the 2010 

ambitions, June 2005 

• Romanian Railway Infrastructure Database Management 

Romanian Railway Infrastructure Database Management - USTDA 12 has approved in 2004 a feasibility 

study in the amount of $194,000 for the Romanian National Railway to support a pilot project that will focus 

on the development and implementation of the Infrastructure Management Database in a problematic 

region of the Romanian railways. The U.S. firm Zeta-Tech Associates of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was 

selected competitively to perform this study. 

Romania Positive Train Control System - USTDA provided a $250,000 grant to the Ministry of 

Transportation for a feasibility study to develop a business case study on the implementation of a Positive 

Train Control (PTC) system for Romania. The Seneca Group LLC of Washington, DC, will conduct this 

study. 

<strong>Source</strong>: USDA by Region&Sector - Working to Promote U.S. Exports in the Rail and Mass Transit Sector – March 

2004 

• G.R.S.P. ROMANIA 

Global Road Safety Partnership is one of the four World Bank Business Partners for Development 

programs and its general secretariat is in Geneva at the Red Cross and Red Crescent International 

Federation headquarter. 

Global Road Safety Partenership is an informal partnership between governmental and non-governmental 

organizations, international organizations (including the financing ones), research field and business 

environment. 

In 2000, G.R.S.P. has selected, at international level, three pilot countries for each continent. For Europa 

Romania, Poland and Hungary were selected. 

G.R.S.P. Romania Secretariat activity was assured by Secretariat of I.C.R.S. 

In 2005, it was decided to transform G.R.S.P. Romania into a NGO 

Activities carried out by Secretariat of I.C.R.S: 

Programs financed with PHARE funds: 

- PHARE 1998 098-0297 Multi-Country Transport Programme PHARE 2001 RO 01.07.11- Twinning 

Component PHARE RO 2001 / IB / TR-01- between Romania and France for road safety reinforcement 

12 U.S. Trade and Development Agency


- PHARE 2001 RO 01.07.11 – Subproject „Traffic and Accidents Database” 

- PHARE 2001 RO 01.07.11- Subproject „Road Safety Audit and Liniar Villages” 

- PHARE 2001 RO 01.07.11 - Subproject „Strenghteneing of the Administrative Capacity of Ministry of 

Transport” 

- PHARE/2003/005-551.04.03 Subproject 3: „Improvement of control activities and procurement of 

mechanical devices for reading and interpreting tachograf disks” (include a Twinning light component for 

inspectors training -RO03/IB/TR/01-TL) 

- Phare 2004 2004/016-772.03.14 Strengthening of A.R.R., I.C.R.S. and Secretariat of I.C.R.S. 

- Phare 2006- Establishing/Strengthening of the National Institute for Research and Development in Road 

Safety 

Involvement in programs financed by World Bank: 

- National Roads Rehabilitations Programes – Map of the black spots on national roads, analysis, design 

and constructing solutions 

- Road Safety Pilot Project, National Road 1 Bucureşti-Braşov 

- Road safety Pilot Project, Linear Village Buşteni 

- Road safety measures implementation in Baloteşti-Săftica sector 

- The Seminar ‘Revising of Road Safety Management Capacity’, seminar organized by I.C.R.S. and World 

Bank in 27 th May 2005 



I.C.R.S. (Inter-Ministerial Council for road safety) Action Plan 

- Negotiations for selecting the road safety projects to be financed from World Bank or other UE 

funds 

- Strengthening the relation between ICRS and local authorities through Romanian Local Authorities 

Federation – F.A.L.R. 

- Establishing of a National Institute for Road Safety Research 

- Strengthening the Romanian Auto Register – R.A.R. technical capacity 

- Enforce the standard registration and signaling of the horse carts by the local administration 

- Reflecting contour marking for all the vehicles with mass over 7,5 tones 

- Setting up a national program for the surveillance of urban road traffic 

TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE 

- Traffic and accidents database - TRADB development and re-enforcement. TRADB affiliation with UE 

traffic and accident database by taking following measures: 

a. TRADB online uploading with basic data from the accident scene.; 

b. TRADB development by adding in local roads digital maps (county, rural and urban); 

c. Allow the access to TRADB of the insurance companies and provide technical assistance for 

implementation of a ‘bonus-malus’ system; 

d. Allow the access of the research sector to TRADB. 



- Mobile office equipment „Remote Office and Dispatch System" - ROADS in order for the road police to be 

able to connect with person-vehicle database. 

- National Road 1 traffic surveillance Section 1- Bucureşti-Ciolpani and 2- Româneşti-Ploieşti interlinking to 

assure a unitary monitoring. 

- Establish a National Traffic Information Center, including Road Police Directorate., Company for 

Motorways and National Roads and mass-media representatives. 

ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIGNALIZATION 

Elaborate new regulations and normative regarding integrated urban development correlated with road 

infrastructure network development so that the urban development does not have any conflict with the road 

category and role, according whith PHARE 2001, sub-project ‘Safety audit and linear villages’ and World 

Bank road safety projects. 

- Create a database with road - railway crossing points and with the accidents produced in these points, 

and that elaborate a complete study. 

- Creating a pilot sector local road parallel with the transit national road, meant to absorb local traffic (farm 

equipment, horse carts and bicycles). 

- Elaborate a road traffic study for Bucharest and metropolitan area. 

- Finalize and implement the road safety audit law project. 

- Setting up speed restriction perimeters in residential areas with high pedestrian traffic and install traffic 

calming devices in important locations (schools, kindergartens, crowded pedestrian crossings, etc). 

ROAD TRANSPORT 

- Inter-institutional coordination of road transport of dangerous goods 

- Strenghtening the control capacity of the Romanian Road Transport Authority-ARR 

- Establishing an MetropolitanTransport Authority 



- About the ISPA Implementing Agency 

Through the Minister’s Order No. 525/2004, the Ministry of Transport, Constructions and Tourism was 

established as ISPA Implementing Agency in order to ensure the preparation, contracting and monitoring of 

the project for the improvement of the navigation conditions on the Danube. 

In the next years, the Ministry of Transport, Constructions and Tourism will act as Implementing Agency for 

all the projects financed by the European Union under the ISPA Facility in the transport field, others than 

road and rail projects or for the projects with more than one Beneficiary. 

In this context, the ISPA Implementing Agency prepares the ISPA Applications in order to obtain the ISPA 

financing from the European Commission, organises the entire tendering process, signs the contract (as 

Contracting Authority) and ensures the proper implementation of the contract. In same cases, the technical 

aspects relted to the contract are delegated to the Final Beneficiary of the project. 

<strong>Source</strong> - Government of Romania, Ministry of Transports, Constructions and Tourism 



Ongoing Projects 

• Technical Assistance for Danube 

In December 2002 the European Commission approved the first ISPA measure to be implemented through 

the new ISPA Implementing Agency: ISPA 2002/RO/16/P/PA/011 “Technical Assistance for the 

Improvement of the Naveigation Conditions on the Danube”. 

- TRACECA Programm (Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia) - Reconstruction of the 

historical Silk Road 

TRACECA Program has been created as an intergovernmental program, as a component of the financing 

program TACIS European Commission program for C.I.S. (Community of Independent States, divided from 

the former U.S.S.R.), equivalent to the financing program PHARE for the states of Central and East 

Europe. 

To date, the European Union (EU) has spent 57.4 million EUR on 39 consulting projects and 52.3 million 

EUR on 14 investment projects for “The New Silk Road” TRACECA program. The focus of attention is road 

and rail networks. A list of technical assistance and investment projects are at the link: 

http://www.tacistm.org/Traceca/Traceca%20table%20of%20projects1.htm 

Romania became member state of the TRACECA program at the Tashkent Conference from 24 – 25 April 

2002. 

<strong>Source</strong> - Government of Romania, Ministry of Transports, Constructions and Tourism 



• R&D unit in information technology (IT) field since 1970 

• Ranked first on a "top-nine" R & D Romanian organizations 

(Coopers & Lybrand, a survey for the European Comission, 1998) 

• "The largest R&D institution for software" and "centre for excellence in IT for this country" 

(Romanian Hardware and Software Industry, Development Informatics, Working Paper Series, 

IPDM, University of Manchester, April 1998, http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm) 

• International Gold Star of Quality 

(awarded by the Business Initiative Directions, Madrid 1998) 

• 9 Romanian Academy Awards since 1972 

• National operator of The Romanian Computer Network for Research and Development (RNC) 

2. Robotic Research Group - Technical University of Cluj-Napoca – 

Faculty of Automation and Computer Science 

Their key research areas are: 

- autonomous mobile robots 

- intelligent software agents 

- world mapping and exploration using various algorithms such as D* 

A list of scientific research projects of the Robotics Research Group at the Faculty of Automation and 

Computer Science, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca follows: 



• Autonomous multirobot cooperating systems. CNCSIS 13 

• Developing nagivation systems for mobile robots in dynamic environments - stage III. CNCSIS 

• Developing nagivation systems for mobile robots in dynamic environments - stage II. CNCSIS 

• Developing nagivation systems for mobile robots in dynamic environments - stage I. CNCSIS 

• Control systems for mobile robots (Space orientation using active/passive beacons. CNCSIS) 

• Vision-based positioning systems. CNCSU 

• Modular architectures and control structures for mobile robots - stage IV (communication protocols. 

CNCSU) 

• Modular architectures and control structures for mobile robots - stage III (MAURO - obstacle 

avoidance module) 

• Modular architectures and control structures for mobile robots - stage II ((locomotion module) 

• Modular architectures and control structures for mobile robots - stage I 

3. Center for Research & Training in Industrial Control, Robotics and Materials Engineering - 

CIMR , Politechnica University Bucharest 

4. Electronics and Telecommunication Faculty of Timisoara, Applied Electronics Department - 

Research Center ESII (Integrated Intelligent Electronic Systems Research Center) 

5. Minister of Transport, Constructions and Tourism 

- PRESIDENT OF I.C.R.S.: Gheorghe Dobre, Minister of M.T.C.T. 

38. Dinicu Golescu Blvd., sector 1, cod 77113, Bucharest 

Tel: +4021 222 36 36, Fax: +4021 312 07 72 

e-mail: cabmin@mt.ro 

Website:www.mt.ro 

6. Romanian Road Transport Authority 

SECRETARIAT OF I.C.R.S.: Ioan Tătar, General Director of A.R.R. 

38. Dinicu Golescu Blvd., sector 1, cod 77113, Bucharest, 

Tel: +4021 212 64 51, +4021 212 64 52, Fax: +4021 312 10 81 

e-mail: scisr@arr.ro 



• Trade and industrial Associations 


13 The National University Research Council is the main Romanian funding organisation for university and 

postgraduate research programmes.Decided by the Ministry of National Education and approved by the 

Romanian Government, the creation of the National University Research Council in late 1994 represented 

an essential component of the ongoing reform of the higher education reform. 



A2.3 – Application Poles 


� ICT for health 

� ICT for Inclusion 

� ICT for Mobility 

� ICT for the Environment 

� ICT for Organisations and Work 

� ICT for Manufacturing 

� ICT for Media, Culture and Entertainment 

� ICT for Learning 

� e-Government 

• The importance and relevance of “Application Poles” to Romania’s economy; relevant 

statistics 

ICT Education facilities 

When assessing e-readiness in the Romanian Education system, there are a number of specific aspects to 

consider, such as: the number and training level of ICT specialists that the education system is able to 

generate, the mobility of labour in the field of ICT, ICT education programs conducted, the level of 

access to ICT in the education system. 

a. ICT Education and Research Programs 

In order to facilitate the implementation of ICT and to promote the introduction of the IS in the educational 

system, MECT has supported, in recent years, a series of programs, part of which are described below: 

a.1. The SEI (the Computerized Education System) Program 


SEI is a program initiated by MEC in order to offer an alternative of carrying out the educational process in 

high schools. Over 90% of high schools have been endowed with IT laboratories with 25 workstations – 

corresponding to the number of student in a class. For this project, a software application was developed in 

order to support the teaching process and in order to assist in the development of new educational 

modules by assembling the existing modules or by integrating new ones. The project is in process since its 

final purpose is to ensure the endowment of all high schools with such laboratories. 

The SEI program has also ensured educational software, apart from endowment with IT platforms in high 

schools. For this purpose a favourable environment for alternative computer assisted methods of teaching 

was created. At the same time, over 250 lessons have been developed, covering subjects from 8 

disciplines of the high-school syllabus. Communication between MEC and the educational institutions and 

inspectorates is carried out by means of the www.portal.edu.ro portal. 

a.2. Computerized admission into high schools and art and apprentice schools 

Starting 2001, the Ministry of Education and Research (MEC) has developed a computerized system of the 

candidates in high schools and art and apprentice schools. The system has continually been improved and 

has generated good results until present. During 2001 – 2003, the system has been undergoing a 

continuous process of improvement. The personal information of the candidates is introduced at the 

subscription centres, validated and signed through the witness copy by the candidate, parent, coordinating 

professor and principal. A candidate may state up to 350 options of education institutions in the county 

where he or she subscribes. With the assistance of county school inspectorates, the information is sent on 

line to MEC. The distribution of candidates is made according to performance results in order of options. 

Advantages: 



• The possibility for each candidate to reach a place that matches his/her qualification and 

performance; 

• Reduction of waiting time for subscription and ruling out the need for students to make a trip to the 

education institution; 

• Posting results over the Internet; 

• Easy access to statistics regarding the remaining vacancies. 

Application designed for filling out vacancies in primary and secondary schools and high schools. 

During 2003, the application for filling out vacancies was by unique national contest. The distribution 

principle is similar as the one for the admission application. The application is based on web technology. 

The data are introduced in the system by the county inspectorates based on the on-line nomenclatures 

supplied by MEC. In order to ensure data accuracy, the system operators are identified by means of smart 

cards. 

The advantages are similar to the ones of the computerized admission application. 

a.3. Cisco Networking Academy Program 

In 1993, Cisco initiated a project of design and installation of a practical and efficient computer network for 

various institutions in the education system. However, the setting up of such a network soon generated a 

need for network administration specialist, which Cisco attempted to cover by setting up a training program 

in network administration for teaching staff and, later on, for students. The success of these student 

workshops on network administration determined Cisco to develop a training curriculum that was to be 

taught in detail, as a new discipline and thus, in 1999 the Cisco Networking Academy Program came into 

being. 

Current Cisco statistics show that Romania ranks 8 th of the 100 countries where the Cisco Networking 

Academy is in place in terms if number of institutions participating in the program. In Romania there are 

currently 11 regional and 84 local academies in covering a large number of cities and towns as: Bucureşti, 

Alba Iulia, Bacău, Baia Mare, Bârlad, Bistriţa, Braşov, Buftea, Călăraşi, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Cluj- 

Napoca, Constanţa, Craiova, Focşani, Galaţi, Iaşi, Năsăud, Oradea, Piatra Neamţ, Piteşti, Ploieşti, Roşiorii 

de Vede, Sfântu Gheorghe, Sibiu, Sighetu-Marmaţiei, Sighişoara, Sinaia, Suceava, Târgu-Mureş, 

Timişoara şi Valsui. 

Starting 2003, a similar program has been put into place in cooperation with Oracle (Oracle Internet 

Academy), generated by the success of the Cisco program, but also by the remarkable performances of 

the Romanian team during the Work Shops organized in the United States of America. 

Additionally, The Ministry of Education and Research supports a number of programs as ThinkQuest, an 

educational competition in the field of web page design, Info-Educatie, a national competition dedicated to 

students with special aptitudes in the ICT field, as well as programs as EOS (Educating for an Open 

society) or Procter & Gamble 2000, which are mainly sponsorships aimed at increasing the ICT 

infrastructure in educational institutions. 

b. Access to ICT in the Education System 

The adoption by Romania of the eEurope+ represents, among others, an engagement to adopt important 

measures regarding the increase of access to ICT in the education system. Some of the specific actions 

assumed recommended by the eEurope+ program and assumed by Romania refer to: stimulating the use 

of Internet in the institutions of the education system, ensuring cheaper and faster Internet access for 

researchers and students, as well as supporting all Romanians to participate and work in the knowledgebased 


Some of the concrete measures to be undertaken in order to achieve these objectives refer to: 

• Working towards upgrading national research networks to ensure that researchers and students 

benefit from powerful networks; 



• Establishment of high speed Internet access and Intranets in universities and making available 

research networks, where appropriate, for use by schools, museums and libraries; 

Additionally, in response to the eLearning initiative undertaken by EU countries, the Candidate Countries 

established measurable, specific objectives to be attained by 2003, some of which are mentioned below: 

• Provide all schools with convenient access for teachers and students to the Internet and multimedia 

resources; 

• Ensure availability of support services and educational resources on the Internet, as well as elerning 

platforms, for teachers, pupils and parents; 

• Provide trainig for all teachers, in particular adapt teacher curricula and offer incentives to 

teachers to use and apply new technologies for developing innovative, practical teaching 

methods; 

• Ensure that pupils have the possibility to be digitally literate by the time they leave school; 

• Give the labour force the chance to become digitally literate through life-long learning; 

• Significantly increase IT training places and courses; 

• Encourage the dissemination of a European diploma for basic IT skills; 

• Set up public Internet access points in public spaces etc. 

Although during the last 2 years, the pace of endowing educational institutions in Romania with ICT 

infrastructure has recorded a significant increase – currently there are 175,000 PC units reported for the 

Romanian educational institutions, as compared to 38,000 units in 2001 (according to WB statistics) – the 

current level of ICT infrastructure penetration in Romanian schools has only reached a value comparable to 

the 2001 level of this indicator in CEE countries. 

c. eLearning 

eLearning is a teaching method that combines learning with modern technology to facilitate the learning 

process. It generally involves the delivery of learning and training using electronic media, such as 

computers, the Internet and intranets, with learning materials accessed from the Web or from a CD via a 

computer. Typically, tutors and learners communicate with each other using e-mail or discussion forums. 

Practically, one of the most widely spread forms of eLearning is distance learning. 

During the past years, eLearning has also been developing in Romania, as there are currently a number of 

functional applications in the field, as follows: 

• The Virtual Business University (Universitatea Virtuala de Afaceri), available over the Internet at 

www.uva.ro - an application developed by the National School of Political and Administrative 

Studies; 

• www.academiaonline.ro - an eLearning portal build in partnership by the Institute of Educational 

Sciences, InsideMedia SRL and the Association for Career Excellecy. 

Moreover, many higher education institutions have already adapted to the new tendencies of eLearning by 

having opened distance-learning centres in the towns and cities where such courses could be organized in 

an appropriate manner. An example in this field is the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest 

(www.ase.ro) that has already 17,000 students enrolled in Open Economic Distance Learning, which is 

present in 17 towns and cities. 

d. Other values regarding the number of employees and education 

•250 research centres (universities and institutes) 

•ROEDUNET - National Education Network 

•ORACLE, CYSCO, IBM, Microsoft academic initiatives 

•30.000 engineering graduates yearly, of whom 5.000 graduates/year specialize in ICT 

•The Brain Bench Global IT IQ Report 2001 places Romania on the 1st place in Europe, and the 6th 

worldwide, in the classification of geographical areas with the highest concentration of certified 

professionals in 30 of the most critical IT skill areas. 



•100% income tax exemption for IT specialists – in force since the summer of 2001 - stimulates young 

specialists to work in their own country & incentive for companies who employ highly qualified professionals 


There are research institute, SMEs, hospitals, agencies active and interested on ICT sector for various 

applications: 


2. INSTITUTE for COMPUTATION TECHNIQUE - ITC S.A. - Bucharest: 

3. IPA S.A. - Research, Development and Production of Automation Equipment and Installations – 

Bucharest 

4. SIVECO ROMANIA SA 

5. ROMSYS 

6. Romanian Space Agency – ROSA 

7. ALCATEL Romania 

8. Polytechnic University of Bucharest 

9. RASCO 

10. TRANSINFO S.A 

11. INSTITUTE for COMPUTATION TECHNIQUE - ITC S.A. - Bucharest 

12. INCERTRANS 

13. SIAT S.A. 

14. IPA S.A. 

15. ITS ROMANIA 

16. ICE S.A 

17. Danube Delta Institute for Research & Development-Tulcea 

18. ICIM - The National Research-Development Institute for Environmental Protection 

19. IPA CIFATT, Institute for Automation Engineering 

20. BITNET Cluj, Romania 


Currently, the total number of education istitutions connected to the Internet of the total number of such 

institutions is as follows: 

Total No. of Connected Educational Institutions 

Education 

Total number of % of education institutions 

institutions 

education connected to the Internet 

connected to the institutions from the total number of 

Internet 

education institutions 

County inspectorates 47 47 100% 

Universities 75 75 100% 

High-schools 927 1,365 68% 

Schools 1243 12,627 9.8% 

<strong>Source</strong>: the Ministry of Education and Research (latest statistics) 

Additionally, the eEurope and eEurope+ programs recommends that Member and Candidate State quantify 

a set of indicators that can be considered relevant in the process of assessing the access of the 

educational system to ICT (at each educational level), follows: number of computers per 100 pupils, 

number of computers connected to the Internet per 100, number of computers with high speed connections 

to the Internet per 100 pupils. 

The current level of these indicators in Romania is described in the following table: 



No of computers/100 students and no. of connected computers/100 students 

Number 

students 

of computers per 100 

Number of computers connected to 

the Internet pe 100 students 

<strong>Source</strong>: The Ministry of Education and Research (latest statistics) 


Governmental or other financing sources: 

University High-school School 

16.7 11 Estimated to be over 2 

12 7.5 Estimated to be over 1 

a) MENER programme – Environment, energy and resources, part of the National Plan for R&D and 

Innovation, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research; 

b) Romanian Government program SEI (The e-Learning System); 

c) Phare funds; 

d) The National Programme for Research, Development and Innovation funds the Romanian research 

activities. Its components in relation with Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS are: 

– AMTRANS (Land Planning and Transport) http://www.ipa.ro/ 

– INFOSOC (Information Society) http://www.ici.ro/ 

– VIASAN (Life and health) 

– RELANSIN (Economical Re-launching) http://www.amcsit.ro/ 

– CERES (Fundamental and Pre-competition Research) http://alpha1.infim.ro/ifa/ 

� EU Community programmes dedicated to learning (YOUTH, Leonardo da Vinci, SOCRATES) 

� Word Bank loans; 


The RTD system in Romania can be characterized as a predominantly applied research oriented system, 

which: 

- has more than 23,000 researchers, in a total of about 37,000 RTD personnel; 

- has about 600 research organisations, out of which 

• 300 RTD institutes and research centres; 

• 53 public universities; 

• about 250 companies, in both public and private sectors, developing RTD activities. 

The Ministry of Education and Research is the specialized body of the Romanian central public 

administration, whose mission is to formulate, apply, monitor and assess RTD and innovation policies. 

In Romania, public financing sources are still limited, as can be observed from the following table: 

Table: Comparative Values of the Weight of R&D Expenses in GDP 

Romania Bulgaria Poland The Czech Republic Greece Ireland 

Population in 2002 

(million) 

21.8 7.2 38.6 10.2 10.6 3.9 

Research expenses 

(% of GDP) 

0.4 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.7 1.2 

<strong>Source</strong>: The World Bank – ICT at a glance 2003 

Starting 2001, the National Institute for Research – Development in Informatics, in a consortium with the 

University of Bucharest, the Academy of Economic Studies (ASE) – Bucharest and the Center for Training 

in Informatics – SC CPI SA Bucharest, coordinates the National R&D and Innovation Program “INFOSOC – 

the Information Society”, a component of the National R&D and Innovation Plan for the period 2001 – 2005. 

The program represents the framework within which the research units and the businesses in the 

Romanian ITC industry may carry out large-size projects designed to support the IS in Romania. 



The program is meant to be correlated with the Romanian National Economic Development Strategy on 

Medium Term and with the National Strategy for Introducing the IS, on the one hand, and with the recent 

EU documents regarding the eEurope+ program. 

Within this context, the program is set to achieve the following overall objectives: 

1. Achieving and consolidating the conditions necessary for developing the IS in Romania: 

2. Developing the scientific and technological support necessary to achieve the structures and 

services specific for the IS; 

3. Increasing the degree of utilization and the impact of structures and services specific to the IS 

upon the sectors of the economy, as well as upon the society in general, even at citizen level. 

The main results estimated to be obtained by the InfoSoc program are represented by: 

• High quality instruments, information systems and services, based on multimedia technologies, on 

new/improved software methods and models; 

• Network structures, services, systems, equipment, advanced communication models and technical 

prescriptions; 

• Instruments, systems and applications based on high quality calculus; 

• High speed national network for R&D and Technological Transfer. 

The total budget planned for the INFOSOC Program by 2005 is of ROL 350 billion, of which, for the period 

2001 – 2003, projects in the amount of ROL 214 billion have been contracted. 

Research activities within research projects finalized/on-going: 

• ELIAS-HIS system integrate the hospital activities in an working electronic environment that offers a 

high level of security on data, an access in real time and authorised to data and a rapid communication 

in / from its interior / exterior. 

• Telematic Systems for Healthcare Monitoring: Distributed national system for TB monitoring 

• Knowledge Based Systems for Medical Decision, including Expert Systems 

• Telematic Systems as Support for Cooperative Work of Healthcare Professionals 

• Computer-assisted Systems for Medical Decision Making 

• CARDIOCARD - Smart card based interoperable system for healthcare insurance and services with 

applicability in cardiology. 

ASISTASTM - Computer-assisted system for pediatric bronchial asthma 

• ASISTARS - Computer-assisted system for emergency medical activity in plastic and reconstructive 

surgery laboratory. 

• INTOX - Diagnosis and Therapy System for emergency medical situations with regard to toxi-infections 

at children 

• INTERMED - Computerized system for consultancy in the medicine interactions domain 

• SIAMS - Information system for management assisting of The National Neonatal Screening Program 

• TelMed - Internet Based System for Remote Medical Assistance 

• The National Health Insurance House (CNAS) - Integrated Information System for managing the 

activities within CNAS - project achieved by a consortium and HP as an integrator. 

• The Ministry of Health in Croatia (HZZO) - an information system which centralizes the data received 

by all the medical cabinets in Croatia. 

• Nepenthes Group France (Concentrateur Global Nepenthes) - a system for managing the invoice flow 

between the French Health Ministry and the health insurance houses. 

Research projects financed under VIASAN programme: 

• Information system for emergency medical assistance – SATURG 

• TECRON Telematic system for home monitoring of the patient with cronic deseases 

• Tele-diagnose for patients with angiogenesis. 



Research projects in progress: 

• Convergent solutions for limiting the congestion and the traffic pollution in urban 

agglomerations financed under AMTRANS PROGRAMME of National research Agency, project 

coordinator: Polytechnic University of Bucharest 

• Traffic and environment monitoring system – Bucharest, financed under AMTRANS PROGRAMME 

of National Research Agency, partners: P.U.B, I.C.I., RASCO 

• TRANSnet - Virtual Transport Market, an application regarding demand and offer management (ecommerce) 

for inner freight transport (pilot stage), Performed by TRANSINFO S.A. 





A3 – Activities 

A3.1 Technology Pillars 

A3.1.1 – Nano-electronics, photonics and integrated micro/nano-systems 

To push the limits of miniaturisation, integration, variety and density of nano components and systems with 

the aim of increasing performance at lower prices and to facilitate the incorporation of ICT in a wider range 

of products and services. 

• The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 


• Relevant statistics and economic indicators 


• RTDs and SMEs conducting R&D activities 

Key players: 


1) National Institute For Research And Development In Microtechnologies (IMT) 

General manager: Prof. Dan Dascalu (dascalu@imt.ro) 

Address: Erou Iancu Nicolae 32 B, 72996, Bucharest, 

Phone +40-21-4908412 

Fax: 40-21-4908238 

Website:www.imt.ro 

• Centre Of Nanotechnology 

Centre affiliated to the Romanian Academy (of Sciences) and financed by the National Programme 

"Relansin" (2001-2004) as a Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnologies; Head of the centre: Dr. Irina Kleps 

(irinak@imt.ro) 

Main activity: Theoretical studies and experimental technologies in nanomaterials and nanostructures, with 

main areas of expertise: silicon nanoelectrode arrays, low-frequency noise in nanostructured materials; 

porous silicon layers; field emission nanostructures; biofunctional nanostructures and interfaces. 

Partner in national networks: NANOTECHNET and BIONANONET (2001-2004); 

Member of the Virtual centre of research in nanobiotechnologies CENOBITE (2002-2005); 

Contractor of the Consultancy Centre in nanotechnologies, nanostructures and nanomaterials, (2001- 

2004); 

Partner in international networks: "Network of Excellence on Nanoelectronics (Phantoms)"; 

Member of the thematic network entitled S-E Europe Regional "Network of Excellence: Nanosciences and 

Multifunctional Materials". 

• Centre For Microstructures And Microsystem For Bio-Medical And Environmental 

Applications 

Head of the centre: Dr. Carmen Moldovan (cmoldovan@imt.ro) 

Design and manufacturing of micro sensors for biomedical and environmental applications and 

development of new micromachining technological processes for research and optimization of 

micromachining technologies for customers. 

Development of microstructures and Microsystems dedicated to complex determination in vivo, in situ and 

in vitro of biological activity, with regard both to living systems and technological systems using biomimetic 

principles. 



2) National Institute For Lasers, Plasma And Radiation Physics 

Address: PO Box MG-54, RO-76900, Bucharest-Magurele; 

Phone: +40-21-4574491, 

Fax: +40-21-4574243, +40-21-4574467 

• Laser Photochemistry Laboratory (Lpl) 

Deputy General Director: Dr. Ion Morjan (morjan@ifin.nipne.ro) 

Laser pyrolysis technique applied to the synthesis of nanopowders and thin films, produced by induced 

reactions in the gas phase/on a substrate: experimental work, characterization, physical interpretation and 

applications of the obtained nanostructures. Presently, the main interest is focused on iron oxides and 

composites (Ti and Mo doped), iron and titanium carbides and carbonaceous nanostructures (including 

fullerenes). More recently, one of the main research directions of the LPL has been the preparation of 

carbon nanotubes produced by laser irradiation from the gas phase. 

• Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions Laboratory 

Laboratory head: Prof. Ioan N. Mihailescu (mihailes@ifin.nipne.ro) 

The activity is focused on laser-synthesis and deposition of compound thin films of biocompatible and 

bioactive materials, refractory, piezoelectric, ferroelectric and optical coatings. Biomedical implants are 3-D 

nanoscale laser machined. The manufacture of biocompatible structures is aimed to substantially improve 

the quality of existing implants both in orthopaedic and dental surgery. Another purpose is to create new 

advanced functional materials able to trigger and control cells differentiation. 

3) National Institute Of Materials Physics, Laboratory Of Low-Dimensional Systems 

Head of Laboratory: Dr. Magdalena Lidia Ciurea (ciurea@alpha1.infim.ro), Contact person: Dr. Cristian- 

Mihail Teodorescu (teodorescu@alpha2.infim.ro) 

Address: Bucharest-Magurele P.O.Box MG 07, 76900 Romania, 

Phone +40-21-4930047 

Fax +40-21-4930195 

Experimental facilities: thin film growth; melt spinning alloy elaboration; x-ray diffraction; x-ray 

photoelectron spectroscopy; transport measurements; magneto-optical measurements; band structure 

calculations. 

Collaborative facilities: molecular beam epitaxy; CVD and PVD; EXAFS and XANES; high-resolution 

photoemission; x-ray absorption and x-ray magnetic dichroism; electron microscopy. 

Research interests: surfaces and interfaces; nanostructured quasicrystals; metal-fullerene thin films; 

metal-semiconductor interfaces; oxide and nitride layers; nanocrystalline silicon; low-dimensionality 

magnetism and electronic structure. 

4) Advanced Research Institute for Electrical Engineering (SC ICPE-CA) 

General Manager: Dr. Phys.Wilhelm Kappel (kappel@icpe.ro) 

Address: 313 Splaiul Unirii, 74204 Bucharest 3, 

Phone: +40-21-3467231 

Fax: +40-21-3468299 

• Department for Micro And Nano-Structured Materials And Their Applications 

Contact person: Dr. Phys. Jenica Neamtu (jenica_neamtu@icpe-ca.ro) 

• Magnetic Materials and Electrical Engineering Applications Department 

Contact person: Eng. Ion Ivan (magnet@icpe-ca.ro) 

Researches on nanostructured composite magnetic materials of (Nd,Pr)FeB/a Fe for obtaining of 

permanent magnets were developed. For these materials, the magnetic hardening phenomena is 

depending on exchange interactions between hard magnetic phase (Nd2Fe14B) and soft magnetic phase 

(a Fe). 

• Ceramic Department 



Contact person: Dr. Phys. Gheorghe Gavriliu (gavriliu@icpe-ca.ro) 

Researches on nano-materials and nano-ceramics based on alumina and composite. 

• Carbon Materials Laboratory 

Contact person: Phys. Ana Maria Bondar (abondar@icpe-ca.ro) 

5) University “Politehnica” – Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Bucharest 

Post: C.P. 12-134, 78100 Bucharest 1 

Tel: +40-1-650 3298 / 225 

Fax: +40-1-312 9647 

E-mail: info@oxy.pub.ro 

Website:www.oxy.pub.ro 

6) Microelectronics R&D Centre 

P.O. Box 57-112, Bucharest, ROMANIA 

Tel.: +40-1-4024834, Fax: +40-1-4113193 

e-mail: edil@edil.pub.ro 

Contact person: 

Prof. Dr. Eng. Marcel D. Profirescu 

Tel/Fax: +40 21 4113193 

E-mail: profires@edil.pub.ro 

Website:www.edit.pub.ro 

Areas of Expertise 

• e-Learning and e-Training, including courses, applications, virtual laboratory and final examination 

• Applied ICT (Web, OOP, Java) 

• Education in microelectronics, electrical and electronic engineering, numerical methods, information 

sciences, technology computer aided design (TCAD) 

• Modeling, simulation, design and optimization of microelectronic processes, devices and ICs 

• Simulation and design in Microelectromechanical Systems and Nanotechnology 

- Some of the recent projects: 

European Union funding: 

- RSM – SIFP - Optimization of Electronic Devices Using Response Surfaces Constructs with the 

Statistical Interpolation and Fokker-Planck Learning Machines (project partners: IMEC 

Leuven/Belgium, KUL Leuven/Belgium) 

- TRAMIS - Transistor Mismatch for Analog Design from a TCAD Perspective (project partners: IMEC 

Leuven/Belgium, KUL Leuven/Belgium) 

- VLSI – Analysis and Modelling of VLSI 

World Bank funding: 

- MODEH - Modelling, Simulation and Characterization of Advanced Heterostructure System 

- EDIT - Continuing Education Network in Information Technology and Microelectronics 

- INTERNET - International Network for Interdisciplinary PhD Studies 



National funding: 

• BIMOSS - A 2D Device Simulator for Submicron Devices Based on Hydrodynamic Equations 

• IM3C - Integrated Magnetic Micro Sensors Modeling and Characterization (project partner: Lehrstuhl für 

Technische Elektrophysik, Technical University Münich (Germany)) 

• SOLAR - Design of a cheap c-Si solar cell using a combination of SOD Impurity <strong>Source</strong>s and New RTD 

Technique (project partners: Democritos University of Thrace, Greece and INTRACOM Greece) 

• MCN - Particle Transport Modeling in Nanostructures Using Monte Carlo Method (project partner: IEMN 

Villeneuve D'Ascq (France) 

Results 

• BIMOSS - Device simulator based on hydrodynamic model for submicron devices 

• BIMOSS-MAG2D - Module for electromagnetic simulation used in design and optimization of integrated 

magnetic sensors. 

• PRISM-EM - Module for the simulation of electromigration and stressmigration effects in the metal paths 

from integrated circuits 

• SIFP - Optimization environment for device and circuit design 

• Government Policy 

At national level is acting the National Plan for R&D and Innovation and for “Nano-electronics, photonics 

and integrated micro/nano-systems” is dedicated the sub-programme MATNANTECH – “New materials, 

micro and nanotechnologies”. This is managed and financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and 

Research. Overall budget for 2001-2005: 6,5 M Euro. 

Programme manager: University “Politehnica” – Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Bucharest 

(www.oxy.pub.ro) 

150 organizations are involved in the researches financed under this programme, out of which: 54 research 

institutes, 16 universities, 13 large enterprises and 42 SMEs. 

Specific research objectives: 

• development of new technologies 

- photonic micro and nanostructures for communication; 

- nanostructured nanoparticles and composite nanostructures with selective properties; 

- nanostructures and nanostructured materials with application in electronics, mechanics, 

metallurgy; 

- nanostructured materials for biomedical use; 

• development of new materials 

- smart materials with application in electronics, biomedicine and building; 

- functional and multifunctional advanced materials 

- stable and biocompatible materials, useful for diagnose and therapy 

Networks within MATNANTECH National Programme provide networking opportunities and centres of 

excellence that bring together researchers, business people and investors: 

- Network of research laboratories in the field of micro and nano-bioengineering (14 organizations) 

- Network of research laboratories in the field of nano-technologies (13 organizations) 

- Network of laboratories for characterization of materials and structures for micro and nanoengineering 

(7 organizations) 

- Network of research laboratories in the field of tough materials (6 organizations). 

MATNANTECH components: 

1. Composite material 

- New materials with applications in transport, energy and biomedicine 

- Advanced materials for buildings and environment 



2. Smart materials 

- Smart materials with applications in building, biomedicine and electronics 

- Memory – shape alloys 

- Intelligent composites 

- Chemical and biochemical sensors 

3. Biomaterials and biosubstances 

- New / advanced materials which are stable, biocompatible and useful for diagnose and 

therapy 

- Biomaterials for implants and stomatology 

4. Advanced materials with electrical, optical, magnetic and thermo mechanic properties 

- Functional and multifunctional advanced materials 

5. Micro and nanoelectronics and optoelectronics 

- Photonic micro and nanostructures for communications 

- Microelectronic, microphotonic and microwave integrated subsystems 

- New materials, microsystems and microstructures for communications and radiolocation in 

centimetric, millimetric and submillimetric wave bands. 

6. Micro and nanotechnologies for interfaces, transducers and microsystems 

- New materials and technologies for electrooptical and mechanical microstructures and 

microsystems for intelligent processing 

- Intelligent Microsystems 

- Computational techniques, hardware architectures, biological (biomimetic) microrobotic 

element 

7. Nanostructured materials, micro and nanostructures 

- Nanostructured materials for biomedical use 

- Nanostructured nanoparticles and composite nanostructures with selective properties 

- Nanostructures and nanostructured materials for applications in electronics, mechanics, 

metallurgy 

8. Centres of Excellence, Thematic Networks 

• Related National and EU projects in which your country is participating 

Within the framework of MATNANTECH Programme a total of 108 collaborative projects, 3 single 

beneficiary projects and 7 priority projects, were approved and financed by August 2001 involving 134 

Partners and a funding R&D budget of 6.530 MEuro. About 49 % of the beneficiaries are from the 

institutional sector, 13 % from large enterprises and 38 % from small and medium-sized enterprises. 

At national level, there are acting the following networks in Nanotechnologies: 

1) NANOTECHNET- Network of Research Laboratories in Nanotechnology 

A national (Romanian) network, set-up in October 2001 with 13 partners, as a more focused structure (on 

nanotechnologies) arisen from the existing network Micronanotech. One must know that the network 

Micronanotech was among the 20 European networks selected for the workshop "Networking of 

Nanotechnology in Europe" (Brussels, June 6 th 2001), organized in the context of the "Survey of Networks 

in Nanotechnology" carried out jointly by the EC programmes "Quality of Life", "Information Society 

Technologies" and "Competitive and Sustainable Growth". The workshop follows the first public release of 

survey results, which contains information on 54 European networks. 

The main objectives of Nanotechnet are to stimulate multidisciplinary education and training by research in 

interdisciplinary field and to improve the links between fundamental and engineering science, between 

research, academics and industrial media. to promote and co-ordinate research programmes in micro and 

nanotechnologies. The network Nanotechnet has a truly multidisciplinary character; grouping scientists 

specialized in physics, microelectronics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, etc. Also, multiple forms of 

organizing the research are involved: the participants are national research institutes, research institutes of 

the Romanian Academy, research centers form universities and small companies involved in research 

activities. The representatives of all participants form a virtual steering committee. The activity of 



Nanotechnet is mainly supported by a project (2001-2004) from the national program MATNANTECH. After 

the first year, Nanotechnet already has 18 partners from six Romanian cities. 

Contact persons: Prof. Dan Dascalu, General Manager of IMT-Bucharest (dascalu@imt.ro), Dr. Marius 

Bazu (mbazu@imt.ro). 

2) BIONANONET – Bionanotechnology Network 

It is a national network bringing together R&D, clinics, SMEs groups involved in biomedicine. This approach 

evolves as a result of the decision to take into consideration the main EU RTD (research and technological 

development) trends and to concentrate on specified areas in the national science policy. The network 

focuses on synergistically catalyzing different competences (micro engineering, physics, biology, 

chemistry) in Romania, with a view to integrate the ‘science without borders’ initiative, according to 

European science policy. Starting as an institutional nucleus (R&D institutes, Academy centers, 

universities, administrative and commercial groups), it will constantly develop to create a wide specialized 

database containing scientific research and technological development projects and trends, information on 

new approaching and activities, existing facilities and infrastructure. The mean way to reach the strategic 

goal of integrating the national research groups into the ‘European Research Area’ is represented by the 

ability: i) to join and stir up human resources (mainly youngsters), ii) to develop intensive and 

comprehensive electronic communication among professional groups. The network activity is supported by 

a MATANANTECH project co-ordinated by IMT-Bucharest. 

Contact persons: Prof. Dan Dascalu, General Manager of IMT-Bucharest (dascalu@imt.ro), Biol. Roxana 

Vasilco (roxanav@imt.ro) 

3) CENOBITE - Research Centre in Nanobiotechnologies 

A virtual centre at the national level (a brand-new concept for Romania), based on a network of research 

groups. The model used for conceiving Cenobite is the Excellence Network as planned for the 6 th 

Framework Programme, adapted for Romania by taking into account the strategic lines of the European 

integration. 

A MATNANTECH project initiated in October 2002 will support this centre, the contractor being IMT- 

Bucharest. Almost all members of Cenobite are participants in one or two infrastructure projects (research 

networks and centre of services) financed by MATNANTECH from 2001. Most of them are already 

cooperating in common research projects. Cenobite is financing purchasing of equipments, visits of foreign 

scientists and organization of scientific events. This is complementary to the financing from the 

infrastructure projects, which is focused mainly on multidisciplinary training (courses, short stages), 

exchange of information etc. 

Contact persons: Prof. Dan Dascalu, General manager of IMT-Bucharest (dascalu@imt.ro), Dr. Marius 

Bazu (mbazu@imt.ro). 

4) 3N - Consultance Centre in Nanotechnologies, Nanomaterials and Nanostructures 

The activity of the Consultancy Centre is supported by a MATNANTECH project, with the following 

objectives: 

The Elaboration of "3N" Data Bases for Romanian Activities with the following structure: 

experts groups; 

services on "request-offer" principle; 

jobs announcements; 

on-line courses; 

maps of: groups with "3N" scientific activities; equipment for nanomaterials and nanostructures 

fabrication / characterisation; results: patents, published papers, applied technologies. 

Accumulation of information and technical data from Romanian research institutes, universities and 

SMEs;identifying the end-users in order to apply the research results in industrial area. 

Organisation of a paid services module: 



nanomaterials fabrication and characterisation; 

advanced technological solutions (design, modelling) related to the nanomaterials integration in 

complex microsystems for applications in priority fields: environment, biology, medicine, agriculture. 

Establishing of the multidisciplinary collaboration at national and international level. 

Other projects: 

- ROMNET-ERA (www.romnet.net) 

The estimated results of the project ROMNET-ERA (2004-2006) will be the integration of the target group 

(the Romanian scientific community network organised on FP6) into ERA. 

ROMNET-ERA is supporting four networks made of research centres, which are active in the fields 

corresponding to the four FP6 priorities chosen for this project: 

1) New materials and technologies for health (priority 1) 

2) Micro and nanotehnologies (priorities 2 si 3) 

3) New materials and production processes (priority 3) 

4) Tehnologies for the quality of food and security (priority 5) 

- MINAEAST: Micro and Nanotechnologies going Eastern Europe through Networking (FP6), 

www.minaeast.net ; 

- MINOS: Micro and Nanosystems European Network pursuing the integration of NMS and ACC in ERA 

(FP6) 

• Future Forecasts and Trends 


• Trade Associations and Institutes 


A3.1.1.1 – Micro/Nano Systems 

• The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats 





RTDs (CEEC IST NET data base) 


1) University of Bacau 

University of Bacau has almost 3000 students, the academic staff has more then 200 persons and there 

are 26 research laboratories. The university offer academic programs in engineering, humanities, 

economics and science. 

Contact person: Gheorghe Brabie, Vice - rector 

Address: 157, Marasesti - 600115 Bacau - Romania, 

Phone: + 40234542411 

Fax: +40234545753 

E-mail: g-brabie@ub.ro 

Website: www.ub.ro/ub/ 



2) University of Petrosani 

University of Petrosani has more than 6000 students and the academic staff includes almost 200 persons. 

The university has three faculties and offer 25 long term academic programs and seven short term 

programs in mine engineering, electrical & mechanical engineering, end science. 

Contact person: Emil Pop, research vice-rector 

Address: 20, Universitatii - 332006 Petrosani - Romania, 

Phone: +40254546112 

Fax: +40254543491 

E-mail: prorector@upet.ro 

Website: www.upet.ro 

3) University of Craiova 

University of Craiova has 16 faculties delivering long and short term academic programs. 

The Computational Biomechanics Group at the University of Craiova, Romania is dedicated to develop 

computational, experimental and clinical technology to study the biomechanics behavior of anatomical 

structures and evaluate physiologic responses of the human body under normal, diseased, and surgicallyaltered 

states. 

Contact person: Doina Ungureanu, Head of the Scientific Research Departament 

Address: 13, A.I.CUZA - 200585 Craiova 


Fax: +40251418803 

E-mail: icst@central.ucv.ro 

Website: www.central.ucv.ro 

4) National Institute of materials physics (NIMP) 

The National Institute of Materials Physics (NIMP) Bucharest (Romania) is one of the physics institutes 

belonging to Institute of Atomic Physics (IFA-Bucharest-Magurele), a major research center in Romania. 

The general goal of the NIMP is to conduct high level basic and applied research in some selected areas of 

Solid State Physics and Materials Science. With a high qualified personnel (14 PhD supervisors, 89 

Doctors, 54 PhD students), the NIMP is implied an important number of national and international R &D 

projects. 

Contact person: Florin Vasiliu, Scientific Director 

Address: 105, Atomistilor Str. - 077125 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40214930267 

E-mail: fvasiliu@infim.ro 

Website: www.infim.ro 

5) Politehnica University of Timisoara 

The "Politehnica" University of Timisoara has 9 faculties delivering the academic programmes such as: 

Automation and Computer Science and Engineering; Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering; 

Electrical Engineering; Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering; Civil Engineering and 

Architecture; Hydrotechnical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering. 

In the recent years, the University through its Regional Centre for Open and Distance Learning has begun 

to offer open and distance education in different areas and in different languages, supported by new 

technologies. They also offer continous education in Education Department and through their centers. 

Contact person: Radu Vasiu, Scientific Director 

Address: 2, Pta Victoriei - 300006 Timisoara - Romania, 


Fax: +40256403028 

E-mail: radu.vasiu@rectorat.utt.ro 

Webiste: www.utt.ro 



6) "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia 

University December 1st 1918 was launched in 1991 in Alba Iulia with two long-term and three short-term 

specializations. Beginning with 1998/1999, the credit system is introduced. 

The university has four departments and two research centres: "Iuliu Maniu" Political and Historical 

Research Centre and Excellency Centre in Scientific Research. 

Contact person: Kadar Manuella, Director 

Address: 11, Nicolae Iorga - 510009 Alba Iulia - Romania, 


Fax: +40258806260 

E-mail: mkadar@uab.ro 

Website: www.uab.ro 

7) University Politehnica of Bucharest 

University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (UPB) is the most important technical university in Romania. With 

more than 180 years of existence, UPB represents one of the fundamental and prestigious institutions of 

Romanian higher education, being the main source for the technical specialists of Romania. 

Specializations offered by "Politehnica": Electical & Power Engineering, Automatic Control and Computer 

Science, Electronics and Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering and Management of 

Technological Systems, Biotechnical Systems, Transports Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Material 

Science and Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Engineering Science. 

All faculties are engage in scholarly research, most often in association with graduate students. 

Contact person: Andrei Szuder, Chairman / Dean / Rector 

Address: 313, Splaiul Independentei - 060042 Bucuresti - Romania, 


Fax: +40213169576 

E-mail: szuder@ctanm.pub.ro 

Website: www.pub.ro 

8) Ovidius University of Constanta 

Ovidius University has 9 faculties and 2 colleges with 36 specializations in medicine, engineering, sciences, 

economics. More than 12000 students are included in the academic programs and the academic staff has 

almost 700 persons. 

Contact person: Constantin Popa, Scientific Director 

Address: 124, Blvd. Mamaia - 900527 Constanta - Romania 


Fax: +40241618372 

E-mail : secret.cercetare@univ-ovidius.ro 

Website: www.univ-ovidius.ro/default.htm 

9) Valahia University of Targoviste 

At present VALAHIA University of Targoviste now comprises 8 faculties (long-term courses of 3 or 4 years), 

3 university colleges (short-term 3 - year courses), 40 university specialisations, 6 departements (including 

the University VALAHIA of Targoviste library), postgraduate courses (Master's degree courses), teacher 

training courses and distance learning courses. Contact person: Calin Oros – Rector 

Address: 2, Regele Carol I Blvd., 130024, Targoviste – Romania 

Phone/Fax: +40-245-213382 

E-mail: oros@valahia.ro 

Website: http://www.valahia.ro 

10) University of Pitesti, Faculty of Electronics and Electromechanics 

The University of Pitesti is a young, dynamic, modern and flexible institution of high education. 

It offers large educational possibilities to the young people from Romania and from other regions in the 

world. The priorities of the University of Pitesti are directed towards the development of a high quality 

scientific research activity, the training of the young people as future high specialists, able to find a proper 



job in the Romanian and European labor market, which becomes more and more saturated and 

demanding. 

Contact person: Silviu Ionita – Scientific Director 

Address: 1, Targu din Vale Str., 110040, Pitesti – Romania, 


Fax: +40-248-216448 

E-mail: ionis@upit.ro 

Website: www.upit.ro 

11) Technical University “Gh. Asachi” Iasi 

From among the 56 institutions of higher state education in Romania, The "Gh.Asachi" Technical University 

of Iaşi has the oldest tradition in engineering education and is highly ranked among the Technical 

Universities. 

Contact person: Luminita Saruleanu – University Secretary 

Address: 67, D Mangeron Blvd., 700050, Iasi – Romania, 


Fax: +40-232-211667 

E-mail: lsarulea@staff.tuiasi.ro 

Website: http://www.tuiasi.ro/index.php 

12) Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad 

Faculty of Engineering, Automatisation and Software 

Contact person: Valentina E Balas – Scientific Director 

Address: 41, Aurel Vlaicu Blvd., 310141, Arad – Romania, 


Fax: +40-257-250389 

E-mail: balas@inext.ro 

Website: www.uav.ro 

13) University of Dentistry of Timisoara 

Contact person: Cosmin Sinescu – Scientific Director 

Address: 1, Iuliu Maniu Blvd., 300188, Timisoara – Romania, 


Fax: +40-722-280-132 

E-mail: minosinescu@yahoo.com 

RTD Labs (CEEC IST NET data base) 

1) System Control and Computer Engineering – University of Petrosani 

System Control, software engineering, digital systems, database systems, inteligent control, data 

acquisition, modeling and simulation, robot control, monitoring systems 

Contact person: Nicolae Patrascoiu – Research Group Leader 

Address: 20, Universitatii Str., 332006, Petrosani – Romania 


E-mail: patrascoiu@upet.ro 

2) Physics Department – Faculty of Science – University of Targoviste 

Contact Person: Dr. Claudia Stihi – Head of Physics Department 

Address: 18, Unirii Blvd., 130024, Targoviste – Romania 

Phone: +40-245-213382, Fax: +40-245-213382 

E-mail: stihi@valahia.ro 

Wedsite: http://www.valahia.ro 



3) Electronics and Telecomunications - Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering 

– Politehnica University of Timisoara 

Contact person: Mircea Ciugudean – Research Group Leader 

Address: 2, Vasile Parvan Str., 302223, Timisoara – Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-403333 

E-mail: mircea.ciugudean@etc.utt.ro 

4) Center of Research “Managerial and Technological Engineering” – University of Bacau 

Contact person: Gheorghe Brabie – Dean 

Address: 157, Marasesti, 600115, Bacau – Romania, 

Phone: +40-234-542411, Fax: +40-234-545753 


5) Faculty of Engineering – University of Bacau 

Contact person: Valentin Nedeff – Research Group Leader 



Fax: +40-234-580170 

E-mail: vnedeff@ub.ro 

SMEs (CEEC IST NET data base) 

1) IP Devel 

IP Devel is a leader in the Romanian software outsourcing market IP Devel provide complex and strategic 

outsourcing solutions that stretch from IT services and consultancy to BPO, from remote team to R&D. 

Dynamic and flexible, the company has successfully penetrated challenging markets, such as Japan and 

Hong Kong in Asia, together with traditional ones in Europe and the USA. Since 2000, IP Devel has 

delivered to its clients in Asia, North America, and Europe over 300 customized software solutions, 

registering significant growth yearly. Well established yet seeking to improve its professional practices 

constantly, IP Devel has received a number of internationally recognized certifications and initiated the 

process of being recognized as a CMM Level 3 organization. 

Contact person: Octavian Cristea, Business Development Manager 

Address: 1, Vasile Milea - 061341 Bucharest – Romania, 

Phone: +40-724567470 

Fax: +40212127030 

E-mail: octavian.cristea@ipdevel.ro 

Website: www.ipdevel.net 

RTD user 

2) SC COMMON SRL 

COMMON is a hardware & software provider and offer a range of network services and Internet access. 

Contact person: Nicusor Moise, Managing director 

Address: 15, Barbu Vacarescu - 020271 Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40212103905 

E-mail: common@common.ro 

Website: www.common.ro 

Distributor, Supplier 

3) S.C. OPTOELECTRONICA 2001 S.A. 

S.C. OPTOELECTRONICA 2001 S.A is a stock company. 

The main activity object is research and technological development in physics, advanced electronics, 

optoelectronics, image processing for medical geographical and military applications. 



The Company also has fabrication lines for optoelectronic devices (night vision devices, lasers and laser 

devices, physical protection systems, piezoceramic transducers) 

Quality system ISO 9001 / 2001 is implemented and certified by accredited certification authorities. 

Contact person: Teodor Necsoiu, Managing director 

Address: 409, Atomistilor - 077125 Magurele - Romania, 


Fax: +40214574204 

E-mail: tnecsoiu@optoel.com 

Website: www.optoel.com 

RTD Provider 

4) Mobile Media Company SRL 

Contact person: Ion Vaciu – General Manager 

Address: 9, Magheru Blvd. – 010323 Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3152042 

E-mail: ion.vaciu@comunic.ro 

Supplier 

5) S.C. Industrial Engineering and Technology VTC SRL 

Research, design and execution regarding complex installations with graphic interfaces for: electric, 

electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic industrial automation. Calculus technique, electric drives for low and 

middle tension (flow sheet control and command, process parameters control, weighing / proportioning in 

flux, drives for water supply and water treatment) are developed. 

Contact person: Luigi Vladareanu – Managing Director 

Address: 24 Burla Vasile Str., Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3157478 

E-mail: luigiv@arexim.ro 

RTD user 

6) SC SINTEX45 SRL 

Contact person: Dumitru Ulieru – Managing Director 

Address: 93 Ghica Tei Blvd., 023705, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3468177 

E-mail: sitex45@evomail.ro 

Supplier 

7) Rogers Technologies SRL 

Contact person: Ion Druta – Scientific Director 

Address: 2, Victoriei Plaza, 330085, Deva – Romania, 


Fax : +40-254-235115 

E-mail: office@rogers.ro 

Supplier 


At national level is acting the National Plan for R&D and Innovation and for “Nano-electronics, photonics 

and integrated micro/nano-systems” is dedicated the sub-programme MATNANTECH – “New materials, 

micro and nanotechnologies”. This is managed and financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and 

Research. Overall budget for 2001-2005: 6,5 M Euro. Programme manager: University “Politehnica” – 

Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Bucharest (www.oxy.pub.ro) 






Research. 

Other projects 

- ROMNET-ERA (www.romnet.net) 

- MINAEAST: Micro and Nanotechnologies going Eastern Europe through Networking (FP6), 

www.minaeast.net ; 

- MINOS: Micro and Nanosystems European Network pursuing the integration of NMS and ACC in ERA 

(FP6) 





A3.1.1.2 – Nano-Electronics 

• The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats 










programs in mine engineering, electrical & mechanical engineering and science. 

Contact person: Emil POP, research vice-rector 

Address: 20, Universitatii - 332006 Petrosani – Romania 


Fax: +40254543491 








states. 




Address: 13, Al. I.Cuza - 200585 Craiova, 


Fax: +40251418803 









projects. 




Fax: +40214930267 




The Politehnica University of Timisoara has 9 faculties delivering the academic programmes such as: 






technologies. They also offer continuous education in Education Department and through their centres. 



Phone: +40256403005, 

Fax: +40256403028 


Website: www.utt.ro 

5) Politehnica University of Bucharest 




Specializations offered by "Politehnica": Electrical & Power Engineering, Automatic Control and Computer 





Contact person: Andrei SZUDER, Chairman / Dean / Rector 



Fax: +40213169576 



6) University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr. T. Popa” – Iasi 



The university, located in Iasi, northeast of Romania, is a complex higher education institution with of six 

faculties: Medicine, Pharmacy, Dental Medicine, Medical Bioengineering, Midwifery, Physiokinesitherapy, 

and eight colleges: Nursing, Dental Technique, Audiology, Balneophysiokinesitherapy and Rehabilitation, 

Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical Technique, and Hygiene and Public Health. 

The faculties offer six-year-courses and the colleges organize three-year-courses, the students having to 

take a license examination at the completion of their studies. 

Contact person: Cristian Marius Toma, Director of National and European Programme’s Depart. 

Address: 16, Universitatii - 700115 Iasi - Romania, 


Fax: +40232264670 

E-mail: tomamariuscristian@yahoo.com 

Website: www.umfiasi.ro 

7) Hyperion University 

University Hyperion of Bucharest is functioning with 10 faculties and 21 specialisations authorised or 

accreditated. 

Contact person: Ion Spanulescu – Rector 

Address: 169, Calarasilor Way, 030165, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3216296 

E-mail: rectorat@hyperion.ro 

Website: www.hyperion.ro 






Address: 20, Universitatii Str., 332006, Petrosani – Romania, 



2) Physics Department – Faculty of Science – University of Targoviste 

Contact Person: Dr. Claudia Stihi – Head of Physics Department 

Address: 18, Unirii Blvd., 130024, Targoviste – Romania, 


Fax: +40-245-213382 

E-mail: stihi@valahia.ro 


3) Laboratory of Low Temperature Physics and Superconductivity – National Institute of Materials 

Physics 

Contact person: Lucica Miu – Research Group Leader 

Address: 105, Atomistilor Str., 077125, Magurele – Bucuresti – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-4930267 

E-mail: elmiu@infim.ro 

4) Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics and Complex Heterostructures – National Institute of 

Materials Physics 

Contact person: Dr. Ioana Pintilie – Research Group Leader 

Address: 105, Atomistilor Str., 077125, Magurele – Bucuresti – Romania, 




Fax: +40-21-4930267 

E-mail: ioana@infim.ro 










Fax: +40-21-3157478 


RTD user 





Fax : +40-254-235115 


Supplier 






Research. 

The programme aims to develop and support the research focused on advanced materials, nanomaterials 

and nanotechnologies. Since 2001, when it was created, the programme managed to gather the 

representative Romanian research and to finance interesting projects on new materials, nanomaterials and 

nanotechnologies, being more and more involved in developing the strategy of research in this field. 

The national Programme MATNANTECH is financing projects in nanotechnologies, such as: 

Bionanotechnology network (BIONANONET) – Biol. Roxana Vasilco, IMT-Bucharest 

Characterization of Materials and Structures for Micro and Nanonengineering MINAMAT-NET) – Dr. 

Raluca Muller, IMT-Bucharest 

Network of Research Laboratories in Nanotechnologies (NANOTECHNET) – Dr. Marius Bazu, IMT- 

Bucharest 

Consulting Centre in Nanomaterials, Nanostructured and Nanotechnology (3N) – Dr. Irina Kleps, IMT- 

Bucharest 

Nanostructured silicon matrix for applications in biology and controlled drugs supply – Eng. Anca 

Angelescu, IMT-Bucharest 

Noise measurements in nanomaterials: a new investigation method – Dr. Mihai Mihaila, IMT-Bucharest 

Centre for Researches in Nanobiotechnologies (CENOBITE) – Dr. Marius Bazu 







A3.1.1.3 – Photonics 













projects. 


Address: 105, ATOMISTILOR Str. - 077125 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40214930267 



2) Politehnica University of Bucharest 













Fax: +40213169576 











devices, physical protection systems, piezoceramic transducers). 





Fax: +40214574204 



RTD user, RTD provider 




- MINAEAST-NET Project (Micro and Nanotechnologies going Eastern Europe through Networking) 

- The aim of the network MINAEAST-NET is to prepare the participation of organisations from associated 

candidate countries (ACCs) for projects in FP6 in the area of Micro and Nano Technologies (MNT). The 

main objective is networking on micro and nanotechnologies, according to priority thematic areas 2 (IST) 

and 3 (NMP) from FP 6. The MINAEAST-NET project will develop a network of networks, called also 

MINAEAST-NET, which will be composed of networks of micro and nanotechnologies from ACC. Core 

members of this MINAEAST-NET network of networks originating during the duration of the project will be 

the project partners (from both ACC and MS), as well as the coordinators or contact points of the above 

existing or emerging networks in micro and/or nanotechnologies. 





A3.1.2 – Unbiquitous and unlimited capacity communication networks 

Back to Sector Map 

To offer ubiquitous access over heterogeneous networks - fixed, mobile and broadcasting networks 

spanning from the personal area to the regional and global area - allowing the seamless delivery of ever 

higher volumes of data and services anywhere, anytime. 


• Due to delayed reform and lack of understanding of the telecommunications economics, Romania has 

today one of the lowest fixed line penetration rates (20%) in Central Europe, even if in 1998 it was 



ranked ahead of Hungary and Poland. In the rural areas, where 47% of the population lives, the density 

is even lower – 10%. 

• Romania’s main problem remains the local network. For bridging this digital divide large investments 

are needed to be attracted from outside the industry. 

• The fixed telephony must be regarded as business and not a social service. Political pressures to 

reduce tariffs lead to a low quality of the service, waiting lists and a slower development of the fixed 

local infrastructure – gradually placing Romania on the lowest rank, in what penetration rate is 

concerned, among Central European countries. Liberalization, on January 1, 2003, lead only to 

deregulation of the long distance tariffs. The local tariffs must also be freely established by the market. 

This can act as means to unblock the local market and reduce the gap between Romanian and the rest 

of Europe, while RomTelecom could rebalance its tariffs. The Law for universal Service represents and 

excessive regulation for Romania, being in contradiction with the practice of market liberalization. 

• Legal framework for a fair competition. (1) In the competition with the mobile telephony, the fixed 

telephony is technologically disadvantaged and also overregulated. Liberalizing the fixed phone 

services could lead to a fair competition. (2) Placing the mobile tariffs on costs (following the LRIC 

model, for example) will eliminate a barrier in the way of competition. 

• Encouraging competition in mobile telephony. (1) Today the GSM900 operators have some 96% 

market share, which is a unique situation in Europe. Competition is absent in the presence of a 

duopoly. (2) Even if investments in the mobile telephony are smaller than those in fixed telephony, the 

services in the mobile network have much higher prices. High termination tariffs in mobile networks 

discourage competition, and on a medium term, prevent small companies from growing. In this 

direction, the mobile telephony tariffs should be put on costs. Also, until this is attained, the tariffs for 

termination in mobile networks should be equal with those from the fixed network: €cents2.55/minute, 

instead of US$ 0.10, as it is now. (3) CosmoRom needs a strategic partner, one with at least regional 

ambitions, to rapidly construct a new business model; otherwise we will make the Guiness Book of 

Records with the first bankrupcy of a GSM operator. 

• In the process of adopting EU laws in telecommunications, these should be adapted to the national 

context, too – the macroeconomic and telecommunication ones. (1) The Universal service was applied 

by prosperous nations to help minority groups (very few of citizens!) while in Romania poverty is a 

mass phenomenon. Also, the amount proposed for financing the Universal Service (1% of the turnover) 

is insufficient for Romania’s needs and it should not be taken from an industry which, despite of its 

evolution much over the national economy, was not able to keep the pace with the rest of Europe. 

Excessive regulations imposed by the law can make its implementation difficult. (2) 20 years ago, when 

no alternative was available, the access to the local loop of the incumbents was mean to spur 

competition. Today even the promoters of LLU are reconsidering their position. LLU did not lead to 

competition even in the presence of a strong infrastructure - 52%, the average of EU penetration rate. 

Romania’s penetration rate is at 20%, thus the newly entered on the market do not have much to 

access. The rigurous implementation of the LLU law in Romania can misdirect investment form 

increasing penetration. 

• For increasing penetration in rural areas other funding sources must be attracted, such as: (1) Funding 

from telecommunications resulted after: awarding the 3G licenses (approx. US$140m), selling shares of 

RomTelecom (IPO!), Radio communication, POSTelecom, or Telecommunication CFR and Teletrans 

(over US$500m), taxes raised (frequencies usage, etc.), or privatizing the operators Radio 

communication, Telecommunication CFR, Teletrans by raising their share capital; (2) Funds from the 

state budget; (3) Funding from the European Union through ISPA, SAPARD, PHARE or other specific 

programs for rural areas. 

• It is also necessary to raise the competitiveness of state companies Radio communication, 

POSTelecom, or Telecommunication CFR and Teletrans, namely (1) emergency privatization through 

attracting a strategic partner and investment funds, and (2) privatization through raising the share 

capital. (<strong>Source</strong>: Policy Warning Report, June 2004) 




The Romanian electronic communications market registered a sustained growth during the last years. The 

value of EUR 3.236 billion in 2002 ranks Romania on the 4 th place among the European Union Candidate 

Countries (Turkey not included) (see table below). 

12 

10 

8 

6 

4 

2 

0 

Comparative analysis of EUCC's telecommunications market value 

(EUR billion) 

10.956 

4.201 

3.82 

3.236 

1.567 1.387 1.178 0.825 0.718 0.561 

Poland Hungary Czech 

Republic 

Romania Slovakia Bulgaria Slovenia Lithuania Latvia Estonia 

<strong>Source</strong>: EITO Edition 2003 Book 

For 2003, the year following the liberalisation, a positive trend was estimated for all the segments of the 

electronic communications market. According to EITO estimations for this year, the Romanian electronic 

communications market will reach by the end of the year the value of EUR 3.6 billion and this increase will 

be reflected by all sectors (see Charts below). 

Romanian electronic communications market structure - 2003 

23% 



40% 

27% 

Telephony services (including Internet and on-line services) 

Mobile telephony services 

Data transmission and leased lines 

CaTV services 

Communication equipments 

2% 

8%


4,000 

3,500 

3,000 

2,500 

2,000 

1,500 

1,000 

500 

0 

1.46% 

58,46% 

27% 

30% 


Romanian electronic communications market structure, 

2000-2003 

1.82% 

24,18% 

42% 

33% 


1.6% 

38,2% 

37% 

24% 

1.84% 

34,16% 

41% 

23% 

2000 2001 

Data transmission and leased lines 

Other communications equipments 

Mobile telephony services 

2002 2003 

Telephony services (including Internet and on-line services) 

Investments in the Electronic Communications Sector 

Starting 1990, investments attracted by the telecommunications sector recorded a boost compared to the 

amount of investments driven by other sectors during the same period. The total investments in the 

electronic communications market in 2002 amounted to USD 301.7 million, out of which 36% were in the 

mobile telephony sector. Investments in the fixed telephony reached USD 130 million. 

In 2002, foreign investments in Romania represented 2.4% of the GDP and the electronic communications 

(especially the radio/mobile telephony networks segments) ranked among the main beneficiary sectors, 

such as natural gas, transport, commerce, automotive industry, etc. 

Currently, the percentage of the private sector in the electronic communications sector is 70% compared to 

45.3% in 1995. The structure of the market is similar to that of other Candidate Countries and one of the 

common features is the larger market share of mobile telephony compared to fixed telephony. 

Authorised Providers 

The liberalisation of the electronic communications market and the rapid evolution of the electronic 

communications sector generated a high level of optimism, leading to a boom of the number of providers of 

electronic communications networks and services who are active in the market. By December 31 st , 2003, 

from the total of 1,809 companies that notified ANRC in order to obtain the general authorisation for the 

provision of electronic communications networks or services, 1,560 were authorised. A number of 905 

companies were authorised to provide public electronic communications networks. 

Companies authorised to provide public networks 

400 

350 

300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 

0 

Companies author ised to pr ovide other communications ser vices 

354 362 

82 5 

Data transmissions services 

Internet access 

Mobile professional radio-communicatio 

Radio-paging 

<strong>Source</strong>: ANRC


Telephony services through fixed public networks 178 

Telephony services through terrestrial public mobile networks 76 

Telephony services through satellite 10 

Among the companies authorised to provide telephony services through fixed public networks: 

141 companies – provide local calls 

149 companies – provide long distance calls 

167 companies – provide international calls 

75 companies – will install public payphones 

67 companies – provide ISDN services. 

Companies authorised to provide telephony services 

170 

160 

150 

140 

130 

120 

<strong>Source</strong>: ANRC 

14 1 

14 9 


16 7 

Local calls 

Long distance calls 

International calls 

As regards the provision of other electronic communications services, ANRC authorised a total number of 

493 companies out of which 71% provide data transmissions services and 73% Internet access services 

(Chart 5.6). Also, a large number of companies notified in order to obtain the general authorisation for the 

provision of professional mobile radio communications and radio-paging services. 

Companies authorised to provide other communications services 

400 

350 

300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 


0 

Companies authorised to provide other communications services 

354 362 

82 5 

Data transmissions services 

Internet access 

Mobile professional radio-communications 

Radio-paging 

By December 31, 2003, 905 companies were authorised to provide fixed public telephony networks and 

178 companies to provide telephony services through fixed public networks.


12% 

9% 

Companies which provide fixed telephony services 

- December 2003 - 

10% 

26% 


21% 

local calls long distance international calls 

voice mail telephone books ISDN 


The largest part of the providers newly entered in the market of telephony services provided through fixed 

public networks started to offer telephony services on the international calls segment. By the end of 

December 2003, over 30 operators were providing telephony services through prepaid cards in the 

Romanian market. 

Providers of public mobile networks in Romania 

Band Technology Operators Shareholders 

900 MHz GSM 

54.76% Mobifon Holdings B.V., The 

Mobifon S.A. 

Netherlands 

20.1% Vodafone Europe B.V., The 

Netherlands 

Orange România S.A. 51% Orange France (strategic investor) 

10.62% Norington Ent., Cyprus 

1800 MHz DCS Cosmorom S.A. 100% Romtelecom S.A. 

450 MHz CDMA2000 Telemobil S.A. 100% Inquam 

<strong>Source</strong>: Operators 


Romania is one of the few countries where the segment of telephony services provided through fixed public 

networks follows a positive trend between 2002 and 2003: the value of the fixed telephony market 

estimated for 2003 is 10% higher than in the previous year. 

22%



900 

800 

700 

600 

500 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

642 

Value of market of fixed telephony services 

(includes Internet and on-line services) 

- EUR million - 

739 

2000 2001 2002 2003 


772 

831 


Since 1997, the telephony services provided through public mobile telephony networks have known a 

spectacular increase in Romania. In 2003, the value of the telephony market showed a 20% increase 

compared to the previous year. 

Investments 

1,600 

1,400 

1,200 

1,000 

800 

600 

400 

200 

0 

578 

Value of mobile telephony market (EUR million) 

946 

1203 

2000 2001 2002 2003 


In 2002, the total investments in the market of telephony services provided through public mobile networks 

amounted to approximately ROL 3,600 billion (EUR 115 million), representing 36% of the total investments 

in the telecommunications market (total value of investments also includes investments in buildings and 

lands). 

Data Transmissions, Internet Access and Leased Lines Services 

The data transmissions, Internet access and leased lines services represent approximately 1.6% of the 

Romanian electronic communications market. The value of this market increased with 12% in 2003 

compared to 2002 (Chart below). 

1493


The value of the data transmissions and leased lines services market 

80 

70 

60 

50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

Value of the data transmission and leased lines services market 

(EUR million) 

(Internet dial-up services not included) 

32 

41 

2000 2001 2002 2003 

<strong>Source</strong>: EITO Edition 2003 Book (statistics for 2003 are estimated) 

By means of the regulatory measures applied on these markets, ANRC intends to accomplish the following 

main objectives: 

- to promote the broadband electronic communications services by facilitating access of the new 

providers to the end users; 

- to stimulate competition by eliminating the entry barriers of the data transmissions, Internet access 

and leased lines services markets; 

- to protect the interests of the end users by ensuring the accessibility of internet access and data 

transmissions services. 

Prior to December 31, 2003, a number of 354 companies were authorised to provide data transmission 

services and 362 to provide internet access services. The main services provided on the retail market are: 

VPN, Internet access, VoIP, etc. 

The entry into force of the new general authorisation regime and the regulation of the conditions for access 

and interconnection to the network operated by S.C. Romtelecom S.A. facilitated the entry of new providers 

on the market. 

Thus, by December 31, 2003, a number of 362 companies were authorised to provide internet access 

services. 77% of these reported the provision of access services through twisted metallic pair (dial-up 

services), 60% through coaxial cable, 77% through leased lines, and 72% using radio access (Chart 

below). 

Connection means used by providers of internet access services 

300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 

0 

279 

216 


279 

Dial-up Cable Leased lines Radio 

52 

264 

67 

<strong>Source</strong>: ANRC


Broadband Internet Access 

Between 2001 and 2002, the number of broadband Internet connections increased 21.8 times, mainly due 

to the increase of the number of coaxial cable connections provided to residential users. 

The percentage of broadband Internet access connections provided 

through the access networks owned by providers calculated from the total Internet connections, by 

type of connection, 2001 and 2002 

60.00% 

50.00% 

40.00% 

30.00% 

20.00% 

10.00% 

0.00% 

0.56% 

Twisted metallic pairs 

Coaxial cable 

51.96% 

1.05% 2.62% 4.63% 

Radio 

Optical fibre 

Other types of connections 


4.88% 

3.55% 1.72% 

0.25% 2.16% 

<strong>Source</strong>: ANRC, Study on the wholesale electronic communications markets aimed at identifying the relevant 

markets for the access to the local loop, to the leased lines, and to the associated facilities, September 16, 2003 

The percentage of broadband connections from the total number of Internet access connections therefore 

increased from 10.48% in 2001 to 62.68% in 2002. 

The percentage of number of Internet broadband connections from the total number of 

connections, by type of access networks, 2001 and 2002 

300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 

0 

89.52% 

10.48% 

2001 2002 

62.68% 

37.32% 

Narrowband Broadband 

<strong>Source</strong>: ANRC, Study on the wholesale electronic communications markets aimed at identifying the relevant 

markets for the access to the local loop, to the leased lines, and to the associated facilities, September 16, 2003 

2002 

2001 

2001 

2002


Narrowband Internet Access 

Even though the increase of dial-up connections is limited by the reduced number of personal computers, a 

rapid development is estimated to take place during the next years. Also, the growing Internet usage for a 

multitude of services creates the prerequisites for the development of the Internet access services market. 

Thus, the percentage of Internet users from the total population, 9% in 2001, even though reduced 

compared to other European countries, is estimated to reach the level of 16% in 2003 according to data 

made available by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. 

As regards the prices, the level of tariffs for the dial-up access services provided through metallic wires 

remains the smallest among the Candidate Countries and is ranked at the lowest level among the EU 

Members States. 

Postal Services Sector 

The Romanian regulatory framework for postal services went through important changes during 2002 and 

2003. The development of the economy as a whole resulted in the increase of the number of postal 

services providers as well as in the appearance of new value-added services. Many of the postal services 

providers operating in this market also carry out other economic activities, e.g. offering transport services. 

Nevertheless, National Company Poşta Română S.A. is still the provider with the largest turnover, the only 

company that offers a complete range of postal services. 

Postal services market evolution (number of companies, December 31, 2003) 

120 

100 

80 

60 

40 

20 

0 


5 7 8 


Key players 


67 

118 

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

1999 2000 2001 2002 

1) The National Institute for Design in Telecommunications – TELEROM PROIECT S.A. - Bucharest 

General Manager: Eng. Valeriu LEFTER 

Address: Bd. Dinicu Golescu, nr 38, Bucharest, Romania, Zip code 77113 

Phone: +4021 613 2604; +4021 400 3406 

Fax: +4021 312 4203 

E-mail: telerom@ms.telerom.ro 

Website: www.telerom.ro 

Development studies, projects and documentation regarding telecommunication networks. Technical 

assistance also included in International Communication Union and another telecommunication 

international organizations.


2) SIAT S.A. - Bucharest 

General Manager: Eng. Alexandru MARINESCU 

Address: Calea Floreasca, nr 169, Bucharest, Romania, Zip code 72321 

Phone: +401 232 13 53; +401 232 10 40; +401 232 27 97 

Fax: +401 232 29 29 

E-mail: cavache@siat.siat.ro; marin@siat.siat.ro 

Website: www.siat.ro 

R&D regarding data transmission in computer networks, information systems, via satellite and computer 

network telecommunication services. Computation technique, computation and peripheral automation 

systems, electronic, electrotechnic and communication equipment are produced. Expertise and certification 

for computation technique, automation, electronics and informational products are developed. Normative, 

standard and methodological documents, technical assistance and consulting are realized. 

3) ASTRAL TELECOM 

Address: Sos. Mihai Bravu 223, Optidol Center, Bucharest, Romania 

Phone: +40 21 3226196 

Fax: +40 21 3226197 

E-mail: sales@astral.ro; 

Management: Aurel Costea 

Category: Comercial company 

Activities: Telecommunications, Telecommunications equipments, ISP, CaTV, Internet Cafes 

Services and software products, Solutions integrators, Electronic commerce 

www.astral.ro 


Two acts with a special impact on industry were passed in 2002, and could be enacted this year. These 

laws are applied in the EU, a region with much more developed economies and telecommunications 

compared to Romania. 

Universal Service Obligation (USO) 

One of these acts is the law of universal service (directive 2002/22/EC), which could be enforced this 

year, and for which 1% of the operators’ turnover was proposed to ensure resources. According to directive 

2002/22/EC, member states shall ensure that telephony services are available to all end-users in their 

territory, independently of geographical location and at affordable price. 

Countries have put USO in practice after reaching a certain level of development, in order to benefit 

specific low-income social groups, or groups living in remote areas (insular, mountain, or rural). Universal 

service was provided in education, health, water, railroads, etc. in order to create a level playing field for a 

minority of disadvantaged citizens. What constitutes a minority in prosperous countries is a majority in 

Romania, poverty being a widespread phenomenon. 

The funds raised from the 1% turnover contribution are too low to meet the Romania’s needs; additional 

sources must be found within and outside the industry. 

Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) 

Another law, probably coming into force this year, is ‘Local Loop Unbundling’ (European directive 

2002/19/EC), according to which new entrants will have access to RomTelecom ’local loop’ - circuits 

connecting exchanges with customers. 

20 years ago, LLU was meant to spur competition; today in Romania it may detour investments from 

increasing penetration rate. 




RNC is a national project co-ordinated and established by Department of Research, Ministry of Education 

and Research targeted on the objectives related to research and development activity. 

ROMANIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NETWORK RNC is a national project coordinated 

and established by the Ministry of Education and Research targeted on the following main 

objectives: 

• Setting up technical and organizational infrastructure meant to provide national and international 

services for the Romanian scientific research community; 

• Providing a rapid and competitive tool for the exchange of information in the framework of R&D 

community; 

• Using the scientific and technical data bases available in the country and offered by the national 

networks from other countries through international networks; 

• Providing a support for information, documentation and scientific and technical co-operation 

considering research teams and topics and R-D programs. 

RNC is a member of the following European organizations: 

- TERENA (Trans European Research and Education Networking Association) 

- CEENet (Central and Eastern European Networking Association) 


Mobile telephony will continue to be the engine of Romanian telecommunications. The GSM900 

operators, where Romanian state is not a shareholder, will continue to consolidate their market positions, 

increasingly providing their clients with bundled services (voice, data, Internet - fixed and mobile) to 

RomTelecom’s detriment, being in a better position for convergence. 

In 2004 mobile telephony will continue to have a two-digit growth - 15% - 25%, thus by the end of the year 

the number of subscribers will be over 8m, while tariffs are expected to continuously decrease. However, 

without a special interest in 3G, it is possible that in 2004 four 3G licenses will be awarded. It is most 

probably that this will happen after the revitalization of CosmoRom in order to have four mobile operators 

for the four licenses. In all likelihood GSM900 operators will buy 3G licenses using UMTS technology, a 

technology without special results in region. Before December 2003, Hungary postponed the award of 3G 

licenses for 2005. The reasons consisted in lack of interest, unprepared market, and technological 

problems. Romania could also learn from this experience. The electoral year could be a chance for the 

rescue of CosmoRom, but a decision should be taken rapidly. 

Fixed telephony will continue its modest evolution with slight (


low investments technology could be another solution for risk reduction, but it assumes partnerships with 

other competitors and thus requires time. 

Telecommunication CFR and Teletrans operate backbone networks providing a package of services to a 

closed group of users. Restructuring these companies, transformation of network administration into a 

business, is a complex process, which should be rapidly done. There is an umbilical cord limiting evolution 

of these companies, while cutting it, by privatization via attracting a strategic partner, could accelerate the 

companies’ evolution. A strategic partner will not only bring the industry expertise, but also access to 

international finances. Presence of investment funds in shareholders structure is guarantee for increasing 

the company’s market value on medium term, while also acting as antibodies, both very important for a 

new entrant on liberalized market. Prior to privatization, Radio communication should be reorganized 

separating state interests (TV and radio broadcasting) from the ones addressing the market. 

Atlas Telecom, Astral Telecom and RCS/RDS have commercially launched their services, thus users have 

now the chance of an alternative to RomTelecom’s services and of comparing service quality. Romanians 

have the opportunity to see how these technologies work, while Romania could continue to be a trial field 

for new technologies (wireless/WLL mainly). So, new players could enter the market using cheap access 

technologies (WLL), providing telephony with limited mobility. In 2004 one could expect the boom of limited 

mobility telephony, a service placed between fixed and mobile telephony, and which had a huge success in 

India. There, it was launched as mobile telephony for poor population and thus it could be a solution for 

Romanians, which also are not too rich. 

POSTelecom might enter the market this year too, the last announced deadline for commercial launch 

being autumn 2004. POSTelecom could benefit from the presence of China Unicom in its shareholders 

structure, having the advantage of a business built from scratch: using latest technologies (IP centric 

network, lower investment/line comparing to classical telephony, lower operational costs, etc.), hiring 

necessary personnel (number, skills, etc.), and building a market-oriented organization. POSTelecom has 

the disadvantage to have the Romanian state as a (majority) shareholder. It is also interesting to see the 

impact of a Chinese product, 29% at the beginning, on a price sensitive market using western products. 

Very important will be the cooperation among shareholders. Success is also depending on the speed of 

network deployment and business development, as well as on the package of provided services, quality, 

and tariffs. But, for time being. 

In the conditions in which RomTelecom will not have permission to rebalance its tariffs its revenues will 

continue to decrease. RomTelecom operates a ‘capital-intensive’ and ‘labor-intensive’ network, a voicecentric 

network, with expensive operation and providing only a limited package of services. This is a reason 

for RomTelecom to lose ground in favor of its competitors using modern technologies. Another problem is a 

modest evolution of its mobile arm, CosmoRom, more precisely a too much delayed restructuring. 

RomTelecom is a unique case in Europe, being the only national operator without a strong mobile 

telephony arm - mobile telephony representing less than 2% in total group turnover, compared to 40% in 

Hungary’s Matav, or OTE. CosmoRom needs a strategic partner, a mobile telephony operator with at least 

a regional strategy, able to build a new business model; an operator able to compete with Orange, 

Vodafone, TIW and to provide easy access to international financing. The partner should bring affiliation to 

a strong telecommunications group. The decrease in RomTelecom revenues could be compensated by 

costs cuts, as a result of company’s restructuring, so an increase in company’s efficiency is expected. 



18 

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14 

12 

10 

8 

6 

4 

2 

0 

3.6 

4.2 

1997 <strong>Source</strong>: 1998 Report 1999 “Romanian 2000 Telecommunications 2001 2002 2003 and 2004 European 2005 Integration” 2006 2007 (June 2008 2004) 


- National Association of Internet Services Providers – ANISP (www.anisp.ro) 

A 3.1.2.1 – Broadband 

Fig. 7. Telephony users in Romania (millions) 

Mobil 

Fix 

5.1 

3.4 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.2 


6.3 

7.9 

9.3 

17.2 

16.4 

Romania, a country rich in professional resources, is striving to build its Information Society. Romania's 

ambitious eGovernment project has stimulated the use of the Internet, the creation of content and the 

growth of broadband using a variety of technologies. Mobile service, with several competing technologies, is 

growing far more quickly than fixed service. Romania is letting the market decide which technologies each 

service will use, is eliminating market entry barriers and creating equal conditions for all operators to 

compete. 

In the last two years, Romania has made significant progress consolidating its Information Society. This can 

be seen, as well, in an international context. Of the projects, for example, submitted for a competition for e- 

Government awards, 33 of the 357 came from Romania and two of them were among the 65 projects 

considered to be examples of European best practice. The selection of two Romanian projects is an 

international acknowledgement that the projects deployed by Romania's society, using solutions based on 

new technologies, are correct, work well and should be continued. The Romanian Government's projects 

are important because they encourage the use of new technologies and encourage efficient use of already 

available technologies. Online public information and services for citizens and companies has stimulated the 

creation of digital content and motivated an increase in the number of communications service users. The 

goal is to increase the usage of broadband in Romania and to become a regional leader in the promotion of 

new technologies, particularly in those fields cited in the e-Europe+ Plan (administration, public services, 

commerce). 

Romania's new anti-corruption law was approved and put into effect in 2003. The law, among its many 

measures, sets rules that insure the accessibility, on line, of all public information and creates the prospect 

that complete governmental services, even complex one, will be made available on line. The law clearly 

establishes the legal obligations of the central and local public administration authorities with regard to 

providing functional systems that effectively allow all citizens to access public information and services - 

beginning with the filling in of any of the many existing forms and then terminating by having them 


11.4 

13.0 

14.2 


15.4


processed on line. This is what the “desk reform” announced by Romania's Prime Minister means; as a 

result, any Romanian citizen will be able to access the Internet, from home, office or public facility and 

interact fully with governmental agencies and administrative sectors. The initiative is meant to improve the 

access to the information and services of public administration authorities and to simplify the bureaucratic 

procedures by standardizing the procedures. This national electronic system follows the successful 

implementation of the electronic system for public acquisitions, which prepared the ground for the continuing 

digital transformation of Romanian society. 

Because of the government's projects in this field, the demand for broadband electronic communications 

services increased considerably in the past years, especially for Internet access. In order to supply 

broadband communications services, the providers need access to the local loop, or leased line services, 

between their points of presence and the end-user. For this reason, the regulation of access to the essential 

facilities, among which the most important is the local loop, was given long and careful consideration. 

Between 2001-2002, demand for Internet access services increased. There was, in particular, intense 

development of both “cable Internet” and xDSL technologies. The state aimed to increase the offer 

broadband Internet access services, to give the provider flexibility in his choice of support and technological 

alternatives, and to give end-users a greater number of options with regard to quality, diversity and price. 

The dramatic mutations of Romania’s telecom market during the last few years will ensure the successful 

implementation of our Information Society. Following the dominant international trends, Romania has gone 

digital. Romania has a 76% digitalisation rate. More than 3.2 million of its 4.2 million telephone lines are now 

digital. This digitalisation gives subscribers the option to obtain ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) 

services, which provides simultaneous access to voice, video, text and data transmission. 

Since the full liberalization of Romania's telecom market, over 1500 companies have announced their 

intention to provide telecommunications services. VoIP (voice over IP) - especially for international calls - 

using prepaid cards is one of the most popular services offered by the new operators. Since international 

VoIP tariffs cost 40% less, the incumbents that benefited from the monopoly had to lower their prices to hold 

its customers. Fostering competition proved, as always, a reliable recipe to decrease tariffs and increase the 

quality of service. 

Although full liberalization of the telecommunications market only took place took place on January 1, 2003, 

the mobile telephony market, with four major companies, has been very competitive since 1997. 

One company is offering services based on CDMA 2000 technology; it is the first integrated mobile voice 

and high-speed data transmission service based on this technology in Europe. 

By yearend, POSTelecom, a new operator using Chinese technology, will begin commercial operation using 

SoftSwitch NGN technology for flexible and swift voice, data and value-added services. 

CATV has gained importance in recent months as the big players try to consolidation their market positions 

with new services packages combining TV access and the Internet. The CATV network is scheduled to 

launch of the voice services in the autumn and other operators plan to roll out LMDS and DECT based 

services. One mobile operator is already testing 3G terminals and EDGE is expected to be deployed shortly 

to provide high-speed data on the GSM network. There are also plans to launch IP based Telephony. The 

recent Universal Service Law defines how high quality, affordable, communications services are to be made 

available to all citizens independent of their location. 

WiFi, a technology that should develop rapidly in Romania, will provide wireless access to the Internet at our 

airports, hotels and business centres. WiFi was used, for example, during the Pan-European Regional 

Ministerial Conference on Information Society, in preparation for the World Summit on Information Society 

(WSIS), November 2002, at the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest; delegations from the 55 member states 

of the UN Economic Commission for Europe participated. WiFi, with its easy set up, portability, broadband 

access and low cost, solves many access difficulties for Internet users on the go. 



<strong>Source</strong>: Building Romania's Information Society, Dan Nica (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology 

Romania 


Broadband is not only a faster way to connect to the Internet, it changes the way the Internet is used, as 

information is able to be rapidly downloaded. As broadband is considered to be a necessary infrastructure 

on which to base ICT applications, policy measures in eEurope 2005 include targets such as connecting 

public administrations, schools and health care to broadband and removing obstacles to the deployment of 

broadband networks. The ICT surveys measure broadband use in households and enterprises, shown 

below. 

Table: Proportion of households and enterprises with a broadband/ISDN connection using the Internet, 2004 (%) 

<strong>Source</strong>: EUROSTAT 

The ANRC believes that there were 382,783 broadband connections at the end of 2004, all of which were 

provided by alternative operators, up from 196,106 a year earlier. However, the number of narrowband 

connections also continues to grow strongly, rising from 313,202 in 2003 to 597,581 at the end of 2004; 

thus, the number of broadband connections as a percentage of total Internet access connections is growing 

only marginally. 



In addition to the 980,364 broadband and narrowband Internet access connections at the end of 2004, 

there were 156,811 dedicated connections, growth of over 150% on a year earlier. In 2004, 57% of 

dedicated connections were provided through coaxial cable connections. 

The ANRC has not been able to determine the total number of Internet users in Romania. However, the 

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) claims that there were as many as four million regular 

Internet users in the country at the end of 2003, up from 1.8 million at the end of 2002, 1.0 million at the 

end of 2001, and 800,000 at the end of 2000. The National Association of Internet Service Providers 

(ANISP - see section on Industry Associations) was unable to provide any data relating to the Romanian 

Internet market for use in this report. 



Referring to Internet traffic, the ministry of telecommunications indicated that the Internet traffic increased 

by three times y/y in Q1, 2004. The interconnection centre, RoNIX, announced that total traffic in 2003 was 

88,873GB compared with 39,420GB in 2002. The mentioned dynamics underlines the increase in the 

usage degree of Internet and its attractiveness on the local market. An important contribution to the 

increase in Internet usage was the increase in the number of Romanian sites to 62,000 as of the end of 

March 2004. 

The data transmissions, Internet access and leased lines services represent approximately 1.6% of the 

Romanian electronic communications market. The value of this market increased with 12% in 2003 

compared to 2002. 

ISPs are currently in a consolidation process. The national providers are private companies, the most 

important of which, in December 2003, being: Equant Romania (previously named Global One 

Communications Romania) Romania Data Systems (RDS), FX, Internet, TCM, PC Net, Kappa, Xnet, 

Euroweb, Astral Telecom, EasyNet etc. It is estimated that the liberalization of the fixed telephony market, 

the increase in mobile communication and cable networks will all contribute to the increase in the use of the 

Internet on the short and medium term. 








states. 


Address: 13, Al. I. Cuza - 200585 Craiova - Romania, 


Fax: +40251418803 











projects. 




Fax: +40214930267 










technologies. They also offer continous education in Education Department and through their centres. 




Fax: +40256403028 



4) NATIONAL INSTITUTE for COMMUNICATION RESEARCHES and STUDIES - INSCC 

Development of studies and researches regarding: modernisation, digitalisation and development of 

communication network (radio communications, radio diffusion, telephony, telegraphs, data transmissions). 

Testing for authorisation and certifications of communications utilised products; expertise’s. Studies 

regarding: frequency spectre administration and new telematic and diffusion services for the satellite 

communications updating. Develops single and small series of equipment for telecommunication and 

devices for postal mechanisms. 

Contact person: Ion Stanciulescu, Mioara Sraer, Research group leader 

Address: 6, Preciziei - 062203 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40213189575 

E-mail: cnscc@co.cnscc.ro 

Website: www.cnscc.ro/ 

5) ”Petru Maior” University 

University “Petru Maior” delivers long and short term academic programs and has 16 research 

departments. 

Contact person: Klein Viorica, responsible of research management in the university 

Address: 1, N. Iorga - 540 088 Targu Mures - Romania, 


Fax: +40265262275 

E-mail: vklein@upm.ro 

Website: www.uttgm.ro 



6) „Dunarea de Jos” University – Galati 

The University of Galati consists of twelve faculties and two colleges with more than thirty departments. 

Contact person: Luminita Moraru, Research Group Leader 

Address: 47, Domneasca Str., 800008, Galati – Romania, 


Fax: +40-236-461353 

E-mail: Luminita.Moraru@ugal.ro 

Website: http://www.rectorat.ugal.ro/ 

7)Land Forces Academy „Nicolae Balcescu” Sibiu 

The "Nicolae Bãlcescu" Land Forces Military Academy is the main educational institution in the service, 

founded in 1995 as a result of the armed forces reform in Romania, and in the whole military educational 

system. 

Contact person: Stefan Demeter – Professor 

Address: 3, Revolutiei Str., 550189, Sibiu – Romania, 


Fax: +40-269-215554 

E-mail: demeter@actrus.ro 

Website: www.actrus.ro 

8) Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania 

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) is the strongest business environment 

association in Romania, bringing together the whole network of 42 territorial chambers of commerce and 

industry, as well as others bilateral chambers of commerce, some branch professional associations and 

companies. 

Contact person: Constantin Surdu – Business Information Analyst 

Address: 2, Octavian Goga Blvd., 030982, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3190159 

E-mail: constantin.surdu@ccir.ro 

Website: http://www.ccir.ro 

9) National Institute of Earth Physics 

Contact person: Mircea Radulian – Scientific Director 

Address: 12, Calugareni Str., 077125, Magurele – Bucuresti – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-4930052 

E-mail: Mircea@infp.ro 

10) Technical University of Cluj - Data Processing and Security Research Centre 

Nowadays the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca trains specialists in the technical field (mechanical, 

electrical and civil engineering as well as architecture) through long and short term education programmes, 

postgraduate and PhD studies. It has over 12,000 students. Scientific research has been an essential 

preoccupation of the academic and research staff of the TUCN. The scientific potential of the University 

made it capable of organizing a series of outstanding scientific events attended by a large number of 

Romanian and foreign specialists. The practical results of the research activity are reflected in numerous 

contracts and projects with domestic and international financing. The most important projects are those 

with CNCSIS, ANSTI, and PNCDI as well as those financed by the European Union Commission: 

EUREKA, COPERNICUS, COST, FP5 and FP6. 

Contact person: Monica Elena Borda – Managing Director 

Address: 15, C. Daicoviciu Str., 400020, Cluj-Napoca – Romania, 


Fax: +40-246-101575 

E-mail: monica.borda@com.utcluj.ro 



Website: http://www.utcluj.ro 


1) Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications – Faculty of Electronics and Telecomunication 

and Engineering – Politehnica University of Timisoara 

The Faculty provides specialized training of engineers and research in electronics and 

telecommunications. The faculty has three departments: Applied Electronics,Telecommunications, 

Measurements and Optical Electronics. The teaching is based on modern methods especially with respect 

to practical activities. Special attention is paid to applied informatics. The faculty provides postgraduate 

programs for specialists working in research, industry and education. 

Contact person: Dr. Marius Otesteanu – Dean 

Address: 2, Vasile Parvan Blvd., 300223, Timisoara – Romania, 


E-mail: marius.otesteanu@etc.utt.ro 

Website: http://www.etc.utt.ro 


1) DotCommerce LTD 

Contact person: Madalin Matica, Director of European Operations 

Address: 18 Juvara - 07000 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40213150215 

E-mail: contact@dotcommerce.ro 

RTD provider 

2) OnlineSolutions Media srl 

OnlineSolutions provide consulting and comprehensive software solutions, WEB design, multimedia 

applications, edit services. 

Contact person: Dan Vizitiu, Managing director 

Address: 27, Cristian Tell - 010383 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40216653504 

E-mail: office@onlinesolutions.ro 

Website: www.onlinesolutions.ro 

Supplier 

3) Donna Maria srl 

Donna Maria srl provides IT&C consultancy and research, top IT&C equipments and services, WEB 

applications, scientific research & engineering in physics and electronics. 

Contact person: Vlad Valeanu, Managing director 



Fax: +40216653504 

E-mail: office@donnamaria.ro 

Website: www.donnamaria.ro 

RTD user 

4) UTI SYSTEMS 

UTI cover the whole area of security and the related sectors. 

By its four specialized divisions (Security Systems and Services, Information Technology and 

Communications, Military Systems, Installations and Constructions), UTI provides turnkey solutions 

designed for the entire range of civil and industrial sites. 



Contact person: Mihai Ianciu, Managing director 

Address: 39, Filipescu - 020961 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40212012330 

E-mail: irina.rusen@uti.ro 

Website: www.uti.ro 

Manufacturer 

5) S.C. Informatica S.A. 

S.C. Informatica Oradea S.A. is member of BRIMEL Group. Over 30 years of activity S.C. Informatica 

Oradea S.A. is the oldest and prestigious informatics based company from Bihor County. Its main activities 

are: to realize, provide and implement of software programmes, accredited training and qualification in IT 

and economic management domains, software and hardware consultancy, IT sales, etc. 

The company is authorized, as “Training and Testing Centre”, by the National Council of Professional 

Training for Adults (CNFPA), IT Training Centre of Bucharest (CPI-Bucharest), as well as by the ECDL 

Romania. 

In 2003, the company is rewarded with “Diploma of Excellency” for its remarkable results in IT training 

domain, classify at national level to 4th place. 

Contact person: Szel Alexandru, Researcher and engineer 

Address: 1, Szigligeti Ede - 410008 Oradea – Romania 


Fax: +40-259-231306 

E-mail: informatica@rdsor.ro 

Website: http://www.informaticaoradea.ro 

RTD provider 

6) Euromed S.R.L. 

Contact person: Romulus Dogaru, Chairman 

Address: 9, Marasesti - 600018 Bacau – Romania 


Fax: +40-234- 543449 

E-mail: office@mido.ro 

RTD user 

Supplier 



Address: 9, Magheru Blvd. – 010323 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40-21-3152042 


Supplier 

8) PROCONS SRL 

Contact person: Marius Gaitan – Director 

Address: 18 Independentei Blvd., 810003, Braila – Romania 


Fax: +40-239-619578 

E-mail: mgaitan@procons.ro 

Supplier 

9) Inthelrom Technology SRL 

Contact person: Florin Gherghe – T&Software Development Responsible 

Address: 27 Magura Vulturului Str., 021701, Bucharest-Romania 




Fax: +40-21-2505384 

E-mail: florin.gherghe@inthelrom.ro 

Supplier 

10) BITNET Research Centre on Sensors&Systems SRL - Cluj, Romania 

Contact person: Octavian Cristea (Mr.), Director 

Address: 6 Madach Imre, 400464, Cluj-Napoca – Romania, 


Fax: +40-264-595040 

E-mail: octavian.cristea@bitnet.info 

Website: www.bitnet.info 

Supplier 

11) Active Power Solutions 

Combining strategical visions, technical experience and a professional design in order to find the best 

solutions, Active Power Solutions helps its clients define clearly their needs, and helps them implement the 

chosen solutions.The company has started its activity as an IT consultancy firm. Our clients' needs have 

extended our area of expertise to: software development, hardware solutions, CAD solutions, 

communication strategies, document management. 

Contact person: Elisabeta Chira – Manager Assistant 

Address: 1, Mogososia Str., 400652, Cluj-Napoca – Romania, 


Fax: +40-264-458054 

E-mail: elisabeta.chira@iqsolutions.ro 

Website: www.aps.ro 

Supplier 

12) Interglob LTD 

Interglob's main target is to become an important participant in the convergent 

communications technology domain and to introduce the latest electronic communication services. 

Interglob proposes to develop strategic alliances with the important international participants from the 

electronic communication services industry. 

Contact person: Anca Bieru – European Financiang Consultant 

Address: 121, Dudesti Way, 031083, Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40-21-3206905 

E-mail: anca.bieru@interglob.ro 

Website: www.interglob.ro 

Supplier 

13) Radio Internet SRL 

Contact Person: Darius Matiuta – Director 

Address: 7, Motilor Str., 420091, Beius – Romania 


Fax: +40-259-320567 

E-mail: darius@ripsat.ro 

Supplier 

14) PRO SYS SRL 

In 1995 was founded PRO SYS Hardware, and our target was, from the very begining, to became a well 

known name on the market. In our begigning period we succeded in signing a partnership with Intel. 

Contact person: Petrisor Barbieru – Managing Director 

Address: 108, Pache Protopopescu Blvd., 021409, Bucharest – Romania 




Fax: +40-21-2524232 

E-mail: peter@prosys.ro 

Supplier 

15) vocaINET SRL 

vocalNET is a new company in Romanian IT industry that offers its clients complete IT security services. 

The technological environment's aggressiveness created the necesity to accomodate the security, stability 

and scalability requirments for any company that relies, directly or indirectly, on the IT technology. 

Contact person: Cristian Vasiliu – Managing Director 

Address: 15, Drumul Taberei Str., 061416, Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40-21-7255117 

E-mail: contact@vocal.ro 

Supplier 

16) ONTIU ELECTRONIK 

Contact person: Cristina Codrean – Marketing Director 

Address: 1/43, G. Cosbuc Str., 430283, Baia Mare – Romania, 


Fax: +40-262-227888 

E-mail: es_cristina@yahoo.com 

Supplier 

17) MASS AGE MEDIA 

MASS AGE MEDIA is a company that offers IT&C consultancy, it delivers full key solutions, service, 

security solutions, data recovering and backup solutions. 

Contact person: Nicolae Stanciu – Managing Director 

Address: 22, Amiral Balescu Str., 011954, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2309201 

E-mail: niki.stanciu@massagemedia.ro 

Website: www.massagemedia.ro 

Supplier 



Address: 2, Victoriei Plaza, 330085, Deva – Romania 


Fax : +40-254-235115 


Supplier 


Broadband communications in Romania 

Objective:-the development of communications broadband through:-projects/ pilot projects-wireless 

broadband (Wi-Max) services-public-private partnership for the development of local loop 

•2008–Lawregarding the access to broadband services to national level, having in mind the European 

Commission interest to extend broadband services by creating a European legislative framework 

3G –ThirdGeneration Mobile Telephony 



In Romania, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology issued two 3Glicenses-The first 

3G services have been launched in April 2005-3G technology offers conditions for providing broadband 

services-Two more 3G licenses to be issued by the end of this year 

The evolution of Internet connections in Romania 

(<strong>Source</strong> - Broadband implementation progress in Romania - Zsolt Nagy – Ministry of 

Communications and Information Technology, 2005) 


Broadband infrastructure – projects 

- City Net - Development of“Digital Cities”, basedon metropolitan network: municipality services, 

residents, commercial services -12 cities –over 200.000 inhabitants 

- Pilotproject regarding the implementationof Power Line Communications (PLC) technology in 

Romania Alternative of access to communications in rural areas, thus reducing the digital 

devidebetween rural and urban areas.It creates solid premises for providing Universal Service to a 

fixed point. 

- Knowledge Based Economy - Citizens’access to information in digital format. It reduces the 

education differences in ITC to national level through Electronic Networksof Local Communities 

(RECL). The networks will insure, through broadband connections, the access to information and 

electronic services for the main institutions of those certain communities –the school, the city hall, 

the library, etc. 

<strong>Source</strong> - Broadband implementation progress in Romania - Zsolt Nagy – Ministry of Communications and Information 

Technology, 2005 

Telecommunications market value 




<strong>Source</strong> - Broadband implementation progress in Romania - Zsolt Nagy – Ministry of 

Communications and Information Technology, 2005 

Romanian ITC market value 

<strong>Source</strong> - Broadband implementation progress in Romania - Zsolt Nagy – Ministry of Communications and Information 

Technology, 2005 


• Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry – ARIES (www.aries.ro) 



A3.1.2.2 – Mobile & Wireless 

• The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; Relevant statistics and 

economic indicators 

The latest data provided by the telecom market regulator (ANRC) and the ministry of telecommunications 

(MCTI) have indicated that the mobile telephony has outpaced the fixed wire telephony in terms of number 

of users. The trend started in 2002 and has been sustained since then. As of Q1, 2004, the number of 

mobile telephony users reached 7.45mn, significantly more than the number of fixed wire telephony users, 

which stood at 4.33mn, as of the same date. Romania ranked 3 rd in the CEE region in terms of mobile 

telephony users. 

The studies have revealed that the highest penetration degree of fixed wire telephony was registered in 

Bucharest, followed by Sibiu county (26.12%), Timis county (24.94%), Brasov county (24.28%) and 

Constanta county (23.70%). On the other hand, the lowest penetration degree of fixed wire telephony was 

registered in Ilfov County (9.02%). In addition, the largest number of cities with no access to landline 

services was registered in Vilcea County, followed by Hunedoara, Vaslui, Alba, Dolj, Suceava, Caras 

Severin and Cluj counties. 

Out of a total of 7.38mn households (as per data provided by the National Institute for <strong>Statistics</strong>), more than 

half, 52.5%, use their own landline and one third, 33.3%, were using pre-paid cards for fixed wire 

telephony. The mobile telephony was used by more than one third of the households (41.5%). 

The telephony services are more developed in the urban areas and include more households (as many as 

3.99mn). The percentage of households which hold a telephony line is higher in the urban area (82.8%), 

than in the rural area (16.8%). As regards the mobile telephony, it is used by 68.7% of the households in 

the urban area. 









states. 


Address: 13, Al.I. CUZA - 200585 Craiova - Romania, 


Fax: +40251418803 









projects. 






Fax: +40214930267 














Fax: +40256403028 



4) University of Agricoles Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Timisoara 

The Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences in Timisoara has a didactic, research and consulting 

mission. Its main task is to form specialists capable of getting rapidly integrated into the agricultural and 

food system as well as into other connected systems, to be compatible in a competitive enviroment, 

capable of adjusting, open to innovation, competitivity and change. 

Each year new study programmes were adopted so that, at present, students may choose between 16 

study programmes, 13 study programmes for postgraduated studies and 25 ones for doctoral studies. 

Contact person: Corina Georgeta BARNA (International Relations Secretary) 

Address: Timisoara - Romania, 


Fax: +40256200296 

E-mail: corina.barna@fmvt.ro 

Website: www.usab-tm.ro 











Fax: +40213189575 


Website: www.inscc.ro 










Contact person: Cristian Marius Toma, Director of National and European Programme’s Department 



Fax: +40232264670 



7) Land Forces Academy „Nicolae Balcescu” Sibiu 

The "Nicolae Bãlcescu" Land Forces Military Academy is the main educational institution in the service, 

founded in 1995 as a result of the armed forces reform in Romania, and in the whole military educational 

system. 

Contact person: Stefan Demeter – Professor 

Address: 3, Revolutiei Str., 550189, Sibiu – Romania 


Fax: +40-269-215554 

E-mail: demeter@actrus.ro 

Website: www.actrus.ro 

8) Valahia University of Targoviste 

At present VALAHIA University of Targoviste now comprises 8 faculties (long-term courses of 3 or 4 years), 

3 university colleges (short-term 3 - year courses), 40 university specialisations, 6 departements (including 

the University VALAHIA of Targoviste library), postgraduate courses (Master's degree courses), teacher 

training courses and distance learning courses. 

Contact person: Calin Oros – Rector 

Address: 2, Regele Carol I Blvd., 130024, Targoviste – Romania 


E-mail: oros@valahia.ro 






companies. 


Address: 2, Octavian Goga Blvd., 030982, Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40-21-3190159 


Website: http://www.ccir.ro 

10) International Multimedia Institut 

International Multimedia Institut is a center of IT professional training competences and multimedia web 

services. Its entire development is based on innovative politics made to fulfillthe needs of a modern society. 

It contributes to the challenging economical and intellectual life of Hunedoara County, as well to upraise 

this experience all over the country. 

Contact person: Daniela Mihet – Managing Director 



Fax: +40-254-206210 

E-mail: office@iim.ro 

Website: http://www.iim.ro 






Universities. 




Fax: +40-232-211667 













Fax: +40 256 403295 



2) Technical Science Department – Land Forces Academy Sibiu 

Contact person: Prof. Ghita Barsan – Research Group Leader 



Fax: +40-269-436362 

E-mail: gbarsan@actrus.ro 






Fax: +40213150215 


Website: http://www.procesor.ro 

RTD provider 


ONLINESOLUTIONS provide consulting and comprehensive software solutions, WEB design, multimedia 

applications and editing services. 


Address: 27, Cristian Tell - 010383 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40216653504 



RTD provider 

3) IP Devel 














Fax: +40212127030 



RTD user 

4) Alfa Global Solutions 

AGS was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Cluj-Napoca. AGS offers IT software services 

specialized in development, testing and technical support. We know that for our partners and clients, 

success means: lower costs, outstanding services and excellent solutions. Therefore we are here with the 

best offshore outsourcing experiences. 

Contact person: Oana Bunau, Marketing Assistant 

Address: 134, Calea Turzii - 400501 Cluj-Napoca - Romania, 


Fax: +40264429027 

E-mail: marketing@ags.ro 

Website: www.ags.ro 

Supplier 

5) WSA Pacific GeoTech IT Services SRL 

Contact person: Anton Lang, Managing director 

Address: 13, Str. 13 Decembrie - 500173 Brasov - Romania, 


Fax: +40368401391 

E-mail: alang@fuelplus.de 

Website: www.pacificgeotech.com / www.fuelplus.de 

RTD provider 

6) METROUL SA 

Metroul SA is a design & consultancy company. The services offered are design, research and engineering 

and consultancy for construction investment projects. 

Due to its numerous specialists and its scope of activities, Metroul has been co-opted as a member in 

numerous Romanian and international associations, as follows: International Association of Public 

Transport - associated member class I since May 1996; Cooperation for the Continuing Development of 

Urban and Suburban Tranportation - member in the 3rd college since April 1999; International Tunnelling 

Association - affiliated through the Romanian Tunnelling Association. 

Contact person: Bogdan Spiridon, Business Development Manager 

Address: 3, Gutenberg - 050027 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40213124335 

E-mail: bogdan.spiridon@metroul.ro 

Website: www.metroul.ro 

RTD provider, RTD user 




DONNA MARIA provides IT&C consultancy and research, top IT&C equipments and services, WEB 





Fax: +40216653504 



RTD user 







Address: 39, Filipescu - 020961 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40212012330 



Manufacturer 



Address: 9, Marasesti - 600018 Bacau – Romania, 


Fax: +40-234- 543449 


RTD user 

Supplier 





Fax: +40-21-3152042 


Supplier 









Fax: +40-21-3157478 


RTD provider 



Address: 18 Independentei Blvd., 810003, Braila – Romania, 




Fax: +40-239-619578 


RTD provider 



Address: 27 Magura Vulturului Str., 021701, Bucharest-Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2505384 


Supplier 

14) BITNET Research Centre on Sensors&Systems SRL - Cluj, Romania 

Contact person: Octavian Cristea, Director 

Address: 6 Madach Imre, 400464, Cluj-Napoca – Romania 


Fax: +40-264-595040, 


Website: www.bitnet.info 

RTD provider 

15) TOPEX Public Switching SA 

TOPEX is a group of Romanian companies, founded in 1990, by ten enthusiastic engineers experienced in 

telecommunications. Its activity is directed to the research, development and production of telecom 

equipment as well as service. Very quickly, TOPEX become the most important manufacturer of 

communications solutions for small to large companies as well as for telecommunications operators and 

providers in Romania. The company designs equipment for all existing mobile systems (GSM, CDMA), 

including 3G technology. TOPEX is represented all over Romania by a wide network of local distributors 

through which the promotion, administration and product maintenance are running. 

Contact person: Gabriel Ionescu – Deputy General Director 

Adress: 10, Feleacu Str., 014186, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2323156 

E-mail: topex@topex.ro 

Website: www.topex.ro 

Manufacturer, Supplier 




chosen solutions.The company has started its activity as an IT consultancy firm. Areas of expertise: 

software development, hardware solutions, CAD solutions, communication strategies, document 

management. 


Address: 1, Mogososia Str., 400652, Cluj-Napoca – Romania, 


Fax: +40-264-458054 


Website : www.aps.ro 

Supplier 









Address: 121, Dudesti Way, 031083, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3206905 



Supplier 

18) Radio Internet SRL 

Contact Person: Darius Matiuta – Director 

Address: 7, Motilor Str., 420091, Beius – Romania, 


Fax: +40-259-320567 

E-mail: darius@ripsat.ro 

Supplier 





Fax: +40-262-227888 


Supplier 

20) MASS AGE MEDIA 

MASS AGE MEDIA is a company that offers IT&C consultancy; it delivers full key solutions, service, 

security solutions, data recovering and backup solutions. 

Contact person: Nicolae Stanciu – Managing Director 

Address: 22, Amiral Balescu Str., 011954, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2309201 

E-mail: niki.stanciu@massagemedia.ro 

Website: www.massagemedia.ro 

Supplier 

21) DaSoft SRL 

The firm was founded at the end of 1995, beginning it’s activity immediately. It focused especially on IT 

activities. 

Contact person: Daniel Dirlau – Director 

Address: 135, Calea lui Traian Str., 240000, RamnicuValcea – Romania, 


Fax: +40-250-733960 

E-mail: dasoft@dasoft.ro 

Website: www.dasoft.ro 

Supplier 





Fax: +40-254-235115 




Supplier 

23) FV Agency 

FV Agency is a software development company that offers a vast array of services from simple logo design 

to sophisticated web site development and e-commerce solutions. 

Contact person: Adrian Sofronie – Managing Director 

Address: 18, Cugir Str., 300637, Timisoara – Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-462689 

E-mail: adrian.sofronie@fv.ro 

Website: www.fv.ro 

Supplier 






Romanian Association for Information Technology & Communication – ATIC www.atic.org.ro 

A3.1.2.3 – NW Test beds 


A3.1.3 – Embedded systems, computing and control 

To strengthen capabilities to design and build computing and communication systems that are embedded 

in objects and artefacts and that can control and adapt to the constraints imposed by their physical 

environments. 


















Fax: +40254543491 














Fax: +40256403028 











Fax: +40258806260 













Fax: +40232264670 



5) University of Pitesti, Faculty of Electronics and Electromechanics 

The University of Pitesti is a young, dynamic, modern and flexible institution of high education. 

It offers large educational possibilities to the young people from Romania and from other regions in the 

world. The priorities of the University of Pitesti are directed towards the development of a high quality 

scientific research activity, the training of the young people as future high specialists, able to find a proper 

job in the Romanian and European labor market, which becomes more and more saturated and 

demanding. 



Contact person: Silviu Ionita – Scientific Director 

Address: 1, Targu din Vale Str., 110040, Pitesti – Romania, 


Fax: +40-248-216448 

E-mail: ionis@upit.ro 

Website: www.upit.ro 




Universities. 




Fax: 0040-232-211667 


7) Institute for Computer Science Iasi 

The Institute is involved as a co-organiser of European Conference on Intelligent Systems and 

Technologies" (ECIT). In 1990-1996 it organised a number of 5 international conferences and symposiums. 

In 2002-2004 the institute participated as principal contractor for 2 European Projects on FP5 JENET (Joint 

European Network on Internet Embedded Technologies - IST 2000 28422 - www.eurojenet.com) si INES 

(Industrial Embedded Systems - IST 2001 32316 - www.euroines.com). 

Contact person: Dan Galea – Director 

Address: 8, Carol I Blvd., 700505, Iasi – Romania, 


Fax: +40-232-211150 

E-mail: dangalea@iit.tuiasi.ro 

Website: http://www.iit.tuiasi.ro 









2) Faculty of Automatics, Computers and Electronics – University of Craiova 

Faculty of Automatics, Computers and Electronics has academical collaborative relations with many 

Universities and Research Institutes inside and outside Roomania’s borders. This made possible activities 

aiming teaching plans actualising, modernising the labs. Every year, more than 20 students obtain 

scolarships at Universities in Germany, France, Greece, Portugal, Italy, USA, Holland, Belgium. 

Contact person: Dr. Mircea Ilie Mihaiu - Scientific Director 

Address: 107, Decebal Blvd., 200440, Craiova – Romania, 


Fax: +40-251-438198 

E-mail: mihaiu5@rdslink.ro 

http://ace.ucv.ro 













Fax: +40256403295 



4) Automatisation Equipment – Centre of Metal Forming – Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu 

Contact Person: Prof. Bogdan Laurean 

Address: 4, Emil Cioran, 550025, Sibiu – Romania, 


Fax: +40-269-217871 

E-mail: laurean.bogdan@ulbsibiu.ro 

5) Electronics and Telecomunications - Faculty of Electronics nad Telecommunication Engineering 

– Politehnica University of Timisoara 

Contact person: Mircea Ciugudean – Research Group Leader 

Address: 2, Vasile Parvan Str., 302223, Timisoara – Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-403333 

E-mail: mircea.ciugudean@etc.utt.ro 


1) EDCG INFORMATICA SRL 

EDCG-Informatica is an IT services company that provides consulting and comprehensive software 

solutions to foreign and Romanian companies. Their services include: software development; outsourcing; 

personnel delegation; subcontracting; software distribution and maintenance. 

Contact person: Costin Mihai, Managing director 

Address: 121, Tepes Voda - 021524 Bucuresti - Romania, 


Fax: +40212555732 

E-mail: costin@edcgi.ro 

Website: www.edcgi.ro 

Supplier 





Fax: +40213150215 



Supplier 









Fax: +40216653504 



RTD provider, RTD user, Manufacturer 

4) SC. ELECTROMAGNETICA SA. 

ELECTROMAGNETICA offers a package of integrated products and services in the electric field as: 

electronic meters, centralized system for remote meter reading and management of residential electric 

consumptions, electricity supply services for eligible consumers, software and hardware services of 

collection, processing and transmission of records concerning the industrial electric power consumptions. 

Contact person: Stanca Octavian, Researcher / engineer 

Address: 266, Calea Rahovei - 050912 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40214042190 

E-mail: octavian.stanca@elmg2.canad.ro 

Website: www.electromagnetica.ro 

Manufacturer 






devices, physical protection systems, piezoceramic transducers) 





Fax: +40214574204 



Manufacturer 







Fax: +40216653504 





UTI cover the whole area of security and the related sectors. By its four specialized divisions (Security 

Systems and Services, Information Technology and Communications, Military Systems, Installations and 

Constructions), UTI provides turnkey solutions designed for the entire range of civil and industrial sites. 




Fax: +40212012330 





Manufacturer 








Romania. 



Contact person: Szel Alexandru, Researcher, engineer 

Address: 1, Szigligeti Ede - 410008 Oradea - Romania, 


Fax: +40-259-231306 


Website: http://www.informaticaoradea.ro 

RTD provider, Manufacturer 



Address: 9, Marasesti - 600018 Bacau – Romania, 


Fax: +40-234- 543449 


RTD user 

Supplier 





Fax: +40-21-3152042 

Supplier 



Address: 18 Independentei Blvd., 810003, Braila – Romania 


Fax: +40-239-619578 


RTD provider 

12) Asymetrix SRL 

Contact person: Mihai Horea – Chairman 

Address: 1 Ostasilor Str., 400402, Cluj-Napoca – Romania 


Fax: +40-264-416992 

E-mail: office@asymetrix.ro 

RTD provider 

Supplier 



13) Soft Powers SRL 

Contact person: Gabriela Paun – Director 

Addess: 3 Penes Curcanu Str., 300123, Timisoara – Romania 


Fax: +40-256-406120, 

E-mail: gabrielapaun@softpowers.ro 

Website: http://www.softpowers.ro 

Supplier 

14) TOPEX Public Switching SA 

TOPEX is a group of Romanian companies, founded in 1990, by ten enthusiastic engineers experienced in 

telecommunications. Its activity is directed to the research, development and production of telecom 

equipment as well as service. 

Very quickly, TOPEX become the most important manufacturer of communications solutions for small to 

large companies as well as for telecommunications operators and providers in Romania. Our company 

designs equipment for all existing mobile systems (GSM, CDMA), including 3G technology. 

TOPEX is represented all over Romania by a wide network of local distributors through which the 

promotion, administration and product maintenance are running. 

Contact person: Gabriel Ionescu – Deputy General Director 

Adress: 10, Feleacu Str., 014186, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2323156 

E-mail: topex@topex.ro 

Website: www.topex.ro 










Fax: +40-21-3206905 


Webmail: www.interglob.ro 

Supplier 



Address: 108, Pache Protopopescu Blvd., 021409, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2524232 


Supplier 

17) vocaINET SRL 

vocalNET is a new company in Romanian IT industry that offers its clients complete IT security services. 

Contact person: Cristian Vasiliu – Managing Director 

Address: 15, Drumul Taberei Str., 061416, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-7255117 

E-mail: contact@vocal.ro 

Website: www.vocalnet.ro 



Supplier 





Fax: +40-262-227888 


Supplier 

19) Western Service LTD 

Western Service SRL is a private company, with exclusive Romanian capital, whose objective is to provide 

to customers and partner companies services at western standards, putting above all the provision of those 

services and products that fully comply with the customers´ needs and add up to their professionalism, 

image and profitability. 

Contact person: Gabriel Saftescu 

Adress: 225, Oltenitei Way, 041309, Bucharest-Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3321557 

E-mail: gabriel.saftescu@westernserv.com 

Website: www.westernserv.com 

Supplier 





Fax: +40-254-235115 


Supplier 

Other Key players 

1) ICI – National Institute for R&D in Informatics, Bucharest, Romania 

RTD regarding information technologies: software instruments (artificial data base intelligence, computer 

networks and data base processing, mathematics modulation); information systems for management 

administration, economical balance, complex information systems architecture, integrated methods and 

technologies for information systems development; complex information systems security; methods and 

techniques for management and marketing assistance; assisted engineering on computer of the non 

industrial systems; industrial informatics (designing and assisted engineering by computer, CAD/CAE, 

process planning computer assisted, assisted computer fabrication CAP, quality assisted control by the 

computer CAO, integrated production systems by the computer CIM). 

General Manager: Doina BANCIU 

Address: Bd. Mareşal Averescu, nr 8 – 10, Bucharest, Romania, Zip code 71316 

Tel: +4021 222 3778; +4021 665 6060; +4021 230 0824; +4021 665 2660 

Fax: +4021 223 3060; +4021 224 1030; +4021 312 8569 

E-mail: ici@ici.ro 

Website: www.ici.ro 

• CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR COMPLEX REAL TIME SYSTEMS 



Real time system is a domain by which communities seek economic development approaches that also 

benefit the local environment and quality of life. It has become an important guide to many communities 

that have discovered that traditional approaches to planning and development are creating, rather than 

solving, societal and environmental problems. Where traditional approaches can lead to congestion, 

sprawl, pollution and resource overconsumption, real time systems domain offers real, lasting solutions that 

will strengthen our future. 

Real time systems domain provides a framework under which communities can use resources efficiently, 

create efficient infrastructures, protect and enhance quality of life, and create new businesses to strengthen 

their economies. 

The Center of Excellence for Complex Real Time Systems (CESCTR) was established in 2000 to promote 

excellence in development of new distributed systems for real time monitoring and diagnosis, using tools 

for industrial environments. 

>From the beginning, the CESCTR has engaged in a variety of initiatives beginning with the Real Time 

Systems Laboratory activities as : 

- New architectures and structures for distributed process control systems based on use of process 

control intelligent equipment 

- Communication protocols 

- Development of new distributed systems for real time monitoring and diagnosis, using tools for industrial 

environments 

- Develop client/server architecture 

- Buildings automation and Intelligent Building 

- Develop a generator of real-time applications capable of integrating the Matlab, dSPACE and VXWORKS 


The CESCTR has continued to develop and expand upon the mission in order to be involved in : 

e-commerce 

e-government 

e-learning 

- Objectives 

The main objectives covered basic and applied researches, technology transfer and applied systems 

development in the field of industrial environment, e-commerce, e-learning, e-government. 

- Expertize: 

- Real-time applications 

- Computer-aided design of automatic systems and associated techniques 

- Hierarchical intelligent control 

- Training for operating systems, databases, programming languages 

- Object-oriented databases 

- High -level interfaces to relational databases 

- Distributed and heterogeneous databases analysis, design and integration techniques 

- Ecological Systems and Environment Protection 

- Information Systems and Real Estate Publicity 

- Data Security Systems 

- Information Systems for Small and Medium Enterprises 

- Distance Learning 

- Public Administration 

- New architectures and structures for distributed process control systems based on use of process 

control intelligent equipment 

- Communication protocols 

- Development of new distributed systems for real time monitoring and diagnosis, using tools for industrial 




- Develop client/server architecture 

- Buildings automation and Intelligent Building 

- Develop a generator of real-time applications capable of integrating the Matlab, dSPACE and VXWORKS 


- Take over new adjustment methods for non-linear systems, dead time systems, adaptive and optimal 

systems 








Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry – ARIES (www.aries.ro) 

A 3.1.4 – Software, Grids, trust and dependability 

To strengthen capabilities to develop and manage dynamic, adaptive and trusted knowledge-intensive 

software and services and their provision as a utility. 



At first sight, an export-oriented strategy seems highly attractive. Romania has been successfully exporting 

software and has the advantages of a cheap and skilled workforce, virtually all of whom speak at least one 

foreign language. Software exports have also brought a number of developmental benefits. However, there 

are serious barriers that will constrain Romania's ability to become a major player in software exports. The 

barriers include: 

• Lack of infrastructure. The software export trade increasingly demands a sizeable installed computer 

base; reliable and pervasive telecommunications links both domestically and internationally; and reliable 

electricity supply. Romania cannot yet claim to provide this except, perhaps, in parts of Bucharest. 

• Lack of market information. Exports are based on understanding your export market and having trading 

contacts in that market. Such information is not readily available within Romania. 

• Domestic market limitations. The present state of Romania's domestic market for 

software constrains exports in two ways. First, a sizeable and demanding domestic market can be the 

springboard from which to launch into exports by providing a base of relevant skills, experience, user 

feedback on products, and track record. Second, a sizeable domestic market will draw large numbers of IT 

multinationals into collaborative relationships with local partners in order to serve that market. 

Unfortunately, Romania's domestic market cannot yet be described as either sizeable or demanding. 

• The business environment. There are still a number of factors within the business environment that 

make exports difficult in some way or which put off potential clients. These include regulatory barriers, 

legislative deficiencies, and problems of arranging finance and financial transactions, and perceptions of 

Romania's political context. 



• Being a late-comer. A number of developing countries – such as India and Singapore – arrived on the 

export scene many years ago. So, too, some of the other transitional economies – particularly Hungary and 

Russia – have been software export bases since the early 1990s. These countries have already built up 

contacts, policies, infrastructure, working methods, track records, etc. that Romania is yet to develop 



The computer software sector in Romania is vibrant, employing about 25,000 skilled software 

professionals. The industry is delivering software and services worth about US$150 million per annum, 

which is expected to increase to US$200 million in 2001. There are a couple of large companies 

employing about 400 employees and many small companies. But as a rule, a very large number of oneand 

two-person software firms with low turnover typify the market. These are often set up by IT 

professionals who have left R&D institutions, or by recent IT graduates. 

The Romanian language and the specific requirements of Romanian legal, government and business 

practices have enabled the industry to develop local solutions or adapt standard software packages to 

meet the demand. The work of the smaller companies is related to: 

• Custom-built software for SMEs and the SoHo segment. 

• Through customizing existing software packages for SMEs and SoHo (building databases and 

spreadsheets, using application programming languages like Visual Basic, and/or adding a Romanian 

interface to the package), 

• Trading imported software packages. 

Larger Romanian companies offer services in all typical software development processes, including 

consulting, modelling, development, implementation, integration, testing, re-engineering and maintenance; 

web-based applications and tools; e-commerce / e-business applications; design, development and 

deployment of distributed architecture applications; custom XML application development; and SM/SGM 

standard implementation. These companies concentrate on the major segment of software product 

development, IT services and IT-enabled services. Box 3 details the software products developed, 

services offered and IT-enabled services 

Table: Software products developed, services offered and IT-enabled services in Romania 

Products IT services IT enabled services 

B2b electronics 

Web enabling legacy On line web reporting 

transactions; 

systems 

Offshore data processing 

AVX Virus Scanner, 

AVX System Security etc. 

RAV Anti virus, 

GeCAD Fast Commander 

BitDefender 

PRAXIS – Legal Electronic 

Advocate; 

LITERATURE – 

Bibliography of Romanian 

Literature 

E-commerce / extended 

enterprise applications 

Standards based 

application integration 

Secondment of IT 

professionals 

Software development 

projects across the 

industry spectrum 

Call centre applications 

Web site maintenance 

Content creation 

<strong>Source</strong>: Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industries, 2001 

The software industry in Romania is poised for exponential growth as many large corporations are 

considering Romania as their offshore software development base. Microsoft, Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson 

etc. are a few large corporations, which have established their subsidiaries in Romania to take advantage 

of the low cost skilled software professionals. A success story of developing software is Siveco, a software 

company in Romania. 



Another example of success in the software segment is Softwin Consulting Inc., that has emerged as a 

leading software service and product company operating in Sweden, the United Kingdom, the USA, 

France, Finland, Germany and many other countries. Their success has been in developing cutting-edge 

technology products, managing technology and co-operation with leading players overseas. 

Both the SIVECO and Softwin models could be replicated for developing Romania into an attractive 

software development and services base. 


Software companies such as Microsoft, Novell, SCO Unix and Oracle are all represented in Romania. 

They utilize the services of local firms, as well as authorized resellers and distributors, for marketing and 

application development based on their standard software. The local companies develop applications using 

the standard packages to meet the requirements of their customers. Localization and content creation are 

the main service areas for the local companies. 

“Country Export Potential Profile: Romania – Information Technology” published by the International Trade 

Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) as a contribution to the national business roundtable on “International Market 

Prospects for Information and Communications Technology Industry from Romania” organized on 8-9 

March 2002. 

GRID Initiative in National Centre for Information Technology 

“Politehnica” University of Bucharest and its National Center for Information Technology is one of the 

most active factors in establishing a national "technical and scientific culture" on the subjects related to 

parallel and distributed computing. The curricula for short time education related to Parallel and Distributed 

computing was established and many course support materials have been produced. 

Despite the important results obtained in the domain of parallel and distributed computing by Romanian 

research and education, very few steps were realised to develop the necessary infrastructure to support 

these activities. 

In 1997, the National Commission for Academic Scientific Research had the initiative to use World Bank 

funds in order to finance some multi-user research bases (BCUM). The aim of this initiative was to enhance 

the support for advanced research in key research areas for the future development of Romania and the 

implication of MSc and PhD students in this research. Under BCUM was financed CoLaborator, a multipurpose 

virtual laboratory that supports the education and research in the area of High Performance 

Computing (HPC). 

A very important service offered by CoLaborator is the easy access to the HPC server. Its integration in the 

RoEduNet network makes the resource available to a large number of users, geographically distributed all 

over the country. From their local desktop facilities, all users can submit jobs to be run on the HPC server 

and all can get back the results. 

Key players 















Tel: +4021 222 3778; +4021 665 6060; +4021 230 0824; +4021 665 2660 

Fax: +4021 223 3060; +4021 224 1030; +4021 312 8569 



2) NEW ELECTRONIC ARHITECTURES CENTER – Bucharest 

Researches regarding: parallel architecture with minimum granulation, interconnecting networks hypercube 

type and neural networks, dual risk processor and lambada architecture, grid systems. 

Honorary Manager: PHD Gheorghe ŞTEFAN 

Address: Bd. Iuliu Maniu nr. 1-3, Bucharest, Romania, Zip code 77202 

Phone: +401 410 5400 / 314 

E-mail: monica@agni.arh.pub.ro 

3) Institute for Computers - ITC S.A. - Bucharest 

“SOFTWARE“ ITC S.A.- Bucharest 

R&D regarding IT technologies (multimedia interactive technologies, open systems and etherogen 

networks, internet technologies, software engineering, geographical data bases, integrated enterprises 

management, ID cards and sensorial systems, information medicine). Fundamental research regarding 

artificial intelligence, TIC services (software development, CD – ROM titles, multimedia presentation 

applications, internet services, ID cards systems and services, economic application development). 

General Manager: Matematician Lucia POPESCU 


Phone:: +401 232 19 80; +401 232 03 40; +401 232 00 40 

Fax: +401 230 52 12 

E-mail: site@softnet.ro 

Website: www.itc.ro 

4) ALCATEL ROMANIA - The Software Development Center 

ALCATEL ROMANIA, subsidiary of Alcatel Group, is one of the first direct investments in the Hi-Tech 

industry in Romania. The company started off in 1991, and in the long run were made investments worth 

more than 100 MEURO. Alcatel Romania employs now approximately 1000 people, 90% of them with 

university degrees. The company exports 40% of its turnover (development of telecommunications 

software, telecommunications engineering, dedicated services for telecommunications, electronic 

equipments for telecommunications and IT), about 60 MEURO. 

The Software Development Center (which employs 450 software engineers) develops solutions for the 

entire Alcatel Group, and it is one of the largest software development group activating actually in 

Romania. The software developed in Romania is included in Alcatel products sold worldwide. Alcatel 

Romania supplies equipments and services for Romanian companies such as RomTelecom, Orange 

Romania, CN CFR, Transelectrica, RCS, Atlas Telecom, Metrou etc, but also for clients in Balkan Region, 

like Mobil Tel (Bulgaria), Voxtel and Mold Telecom (Moldavia) and other operators from Kosovo, 

Macedonia, Serbia. Romanian engineers are also involved in telecommunications projects in more than 70 

countries allover the world. 

Address: Str. Gh. Lazar Nr. 9, Timisoara 



5) SIVECO Romania SA 

It is one of the most important producer and software integrators of ERP, eLearning, eHealth, eBusiness, 

eGovernment global solutions and turnkey projects from Romania. 

Siveco (Romania), began operations in 1992 and employs around 50 people. It is a joint venture between 

a group of Romanian businessmen and Siveco (France). Activities include custom-building, customization, 

conversion work, design and development, QA and QC maintenance and training in line whole line of 

products implemented by the SIVECO group world wide. SIVECO ROMANIA SA 

ROMANIA, BUCHAREST, 011455, 8-10, Maresal Averescu Bd., 

Phone: +40 (21) 224 25 31, 224 25 77 

Fax: +40 (21) 224 41 08 

E-mail: office@siveco.ro 

Website: www.siveco.ro 

6) Kepler-Rominfo (Software Development and Services) 

Kepler-Rominfo is a French-Romanian IT company providing development and services within more 

than 30 countries across 5 continents. 

Kepler-Rominfo brings to its clients the most efficient combination of offshore and on site services in order 

to reach the best quality / price level, at the right moment and place. 

With a 25% yearly increase of the turnover since its creation, Kepler-Rominfo has reached today a number 

of more than 300 high-level software consultants, able to satisfy a large area of technical and functional 

needs. 

Genovel Iovu 

Bucharest, Bd. Dimitrie Pompei nr. 3, 020335, District 2 

Phone: + 4021 233 10 80 

Email: giovu@kepler-rominfo.com 

Website: www.kepler.ro 






The future in software seems somewhat brighter and offers greater opportunities for the country. Compared 

to hardware, Romania has built up and retained a greater depth and volume of software production 

capabilities. Development of new capabilities is also easier since software has much lower entry barriers 

than hardware production because it is less capital-intensive, more labor-intensive, with a lower rate of 

obsolescence, and (at least for certain types of software) it has far fewer economies of scale. All of these 

factors work in Romania's favor given its particular macroeconomic circumstances. In addition, software 

has long been forming an increasing component of overall value within information technologies and has 

become the "lifeblood" of business, industry, and government. 


- Employers’ Association of the Software and Services Industry – ANIS www.anis.ro 

- Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry – ARIES www.aries.ro 

- Romanian Association for Information Technology & Communication – ATIC www.atic.org.ro 




A3.1.4.1 – Software & Services 


Romania’s competitive advantage in software is its highly qualified, cost-effective human resources. These 

specialists have a high level of mobility and are willing to relocate within Romania, which ensures human 

capital will be available for IT development across the country. 

High mobility is also a double-edged sword, as recent IT graduates often choose to work abroad. While 

there is a significant “brain drain” of IT specialists, there may be ways to stem the flow. Last year the 

number of IT specialists emigrating declined due to the worldwide decline in ‘.com’ business. Also, the 

government tax concessions for software programmers may decrease the wage differential between 

Romania and Western Europe, enticing more IT professional to stay in the country. 

To maintain and enhance its human capital advantage, Romania needs to tackle two key issues: 

• Train over 200,000 highly qualified employees in software and related areas as a matter of urgency. 

• Ensure that the workforce has the right mix of technical, business and functional skills to meet the 

challenges of business and customers. 

• 21,000 employees in Software and Services Industry (2003) 

• 50,000 IT professionals in other sectors (industry, finance, administration) 

• 6,000 new university graduates with IT profile every year 

• IT professionals / 1000 inh. 

• Net salaries from 300 to 1500 USD / month 

• Fluctuation rate 5-10% 

• Emigration / brain drain - decreasing 

The Romanian software and IT services industry is centred on Bucharest, where more than 60% of the 

total turnover is made 

The most important exporters are IBM Romania, KEPLER, RDS, ITC NETWORKS, SIVECO, SOFTWIN, 

FINSIEL, DEUROMEDIA and the software department of ALCATEL ROMANIA, SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE 

ROMANIA, MOTOROLA, UBI SOFT. 

The Romanian IT market will increase by 12% in 2005 compared with last year, according to officials from 

US software giant Microsoft, who quoted data from a recent survey by researcher IDC. The same survey 

shows that the software market will double in size by 2008. 

The Romanian software market was worth 84 million dollars last year (68 million euros at the average 

annual exchange rate), and will amount to 134 million dollars (103.7 million euros) by 2008, says IDC. It is 

expected to reach 95 million dollars (73 million euros) in 2005. 

Growth of the software market will also lead to an increase in the number of jobs in this sector, Microsoft 

officials say. Software specialists will account for around 43% of total IT sector employees in Romania in 

2008. 

Softwin Software Solutions Company calculated that spam causes annual damages of USD 269mn to the 

Internet users in Romania. That estimate takes into account the fact that there are 3.13mn Internet users 

currently (according to data provided by the ministry of telecommunications). In addition, an international 

study indicated that the damages per user amount to USD 86 for 2004. Then the resulting total damage is 

USD 269mn per year. The same international study indicated that the unsolicited electronic messages 

represent half of all emails received by a company. 




The number of Romanian companies which carry on activities in the software domain was, at the end of 

the year 2003 (according to ARIES estimation) of about 6.500, 95 % of them being companies of small 

and very small dimensions. 

Still, the medium and large companies have a significant weight in the total turnover of the sector, of over 

30 %. In comparison to the year 2002, the total number of companies rose by more then 1.000 new 

companies, the vast majority from them being named by the Romanian legislation as “micro-enterprises” 

(companies with less then 10 employees and with an annual turnover of less than 100.00 Euros). 

The cause of this growth is linked to the modifications of the Romanian legislation in the latest years, 

which provide significant fiscal facilities for this type of companies (their income tax is only of 1.5 % from 

their turnover and they don’t have tax for their profit in that period of time. We have to say that in Romania 

the profit tax applied to all the other companies is 25 %). 

According to the Romanian legislation, the branch “Informatics and related activities – Division CAEN 72” 

includes activities of consultancy in the hardware products domain, consultancy and providing of software 

products, data processing, database linked activities, maintenance and repairing of computers and other 

electronic bureau devices. 

There are over 8.100 ITC companies with over 86.000 employees. Mainly due to the favourable tax system 

for very small companies (profits tax of 25% is replaced with an income tax of 1.5%) their number has 

increased representing 92% of the total number of companies in the sector. However their contribution is 

less than 10% of the sector turnover. 

After the severe reduction suffered after 1989, the hardware industry in Romania managed to restructure 

through the presence in the market of new producers, which are currently dealing mainly with the assembly 

of equipment imported from Asia. Foreign companies have an active presence, with approximately 50% of 

the market share. 

The software industry had a remarkable development. There are over 4800 companies, which state 

software development as main activity. 

The IT&C sector has an important contribution to the national economy as its contribution to the turnover of 

all businesses exceeds 4% and 7.6% to their profit, despite the fact that ITC companies represent only 2% 

of the total number of active companies. 

The hardware production has a limited contribution to the sector performance. This can be explained by the 

low appeal of the Romanian business environment, especially during the period when such investment took 

place in other CEE countries (1994 – 1998), but also by the important investment needed to start such an 

activity, beyond the possibilities of local investors. 

Such investments are intended for significantly larger markets (in terms of units sold) than Romania, which 

requires the existence of export markets. A success story in this branch is the investment of around USD 

100 million of the US Company SOLECTRON, which, even if it deals only with the assembly of equipment 

(mobile phones and IT hardware) has over 2,500 employees, and exports the entire production to the 

European branches of the holding company. 

The main local investments in assembly of PC’s are Flamingo, Ktech, Best Computers and Comrace. 

Software has a more significant weight within the sector and is mostly represented by a large number of 

very small businesses, due mainly to the tax advantages. The law in force at the end of 2003 allows tax 

exemptions only to the IT specialist employees that are graduates of at least one of the four specialized 

universities (electronics and telecommunication, automatics and computers, informatics, mathematics, 

cybernetics) and not to all people active in the field that have attended specialized postgraduate courses. 


Key players 

1) SOFTWIN 

Founded in 1990, SOFTWIN is a leading Romanian producer/provider of computer software and services. 

The company has a strong presence on the US and European Union IT markets and develops along four 



interlinked business lines: eContent, Data Security, Business Solutions and Customer Relationship 

Management. SOFTWIN is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania and has offices in Tettnang, Germany 

and Barcelona, Spain. SOFTWIN has 4 divisions, which also define the company's main business lines: 

Customer Relationship Management, Business Information Solutions, eContent Solutions and Data 

Security Solutions. 

Over 90% of the company's turnover is achieved from exports to the US and European Union. Using 

cutting edge technologies, SOFTWIN successfully developed over 500 software development projects, 

over 3,500 content structuring projects for international partners, having over 43 million data security 

solutions users in 80 countries worldwide and more than 1,500,000 client calls handled annually for CRM 

services. 

Str. Fabrica de Glucoză nr. 5, District 2, CP 52-93, Bucharest, ROMANIA 

Telephone: +(40) 21 233 0780 ; Fax: +(40) 233 0763 

E-mail: marketing@wh.softwin.ro 

Website: www.softwin.ro; www.helpdesk.ro 

2) GeCAD Software 

Bd. Mihai Bravu 223, et. 2, sect. 3, Bucuresti, România 

Tel./Fax: +40 21 321 78 03; Hotline: +40 21 321 78 59 

E-mail: office@gecad.ro 

Website: www.gecad.ro 

3) FINSIEL Romania 

Established in 1994, as a joint venture between Finsiel SpA and the Romanian company, Altius Urban 

Management International Services, Finsiel Romania is Finsiel's main reference in Eastern Europe. 

Finsiel Romania has a staff of about 70 employees and a turnover of more than 66 billion ROL, equivalent 

to EUR 1,764,000 representing a growth of about 25% compared to 2002. With those dimensions and 

level of competence, Finsiel Romania is a strategical partner for Public Administration, central and local, 

and a prospective solution provider for European customers. 

Bd. Ficusului 44A 

Corp B, et. 1 + 2, 013975 Bucharest, Sector 1, Romania 

Telephone: +40-21-2320193/4/5; Fax: +40-21-2329807 

E-mail: office@bucarest.finsiel.ro 

Website: www.finsiel.ro 

4) ADCOS Romania 

Founded in 1996, ADCOS is providing software/web products/IT services. 

Areas of expertise: 

- Outsourcing of custom software development 

- Web Development (E-commerce/ E-Procurement , other B2B, B2C web based 

- applications) 

- Onsite Programmer Placement at Client’s location 

- Databases / Software systems integration and conversion to new languages 

- ERP development ( having 4 distributors within Romania and over 40 clients) 

- CRM / SFA / E-learning solutions 

- E-Project Management solution 

ADCOS has gained important clients from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, USA, Romania, 

either directly or by sub-contracting from the German partners: INNOP – Saarbrucken, FUCHS TEAM 

Germany, SoftTech Consulting - Bad Homburg. 

78, Unirii Bvd., Bl. J2, 2nd Staircase, Suites 43 – 44, Bucharest 3, Romania 

Intercom / Speaker: 44C or 43C 

Phone: 004-021-320.01.08, 004-021-320.01.27 

Website: www.adcos.ro 



5) DEUROMEDIA (Development Division Brasov, Romania) 

Deuromedia is an international software and solutions provider, with a proven end-to-end software 

platform for broadband transmission of multimedia data. These software solutions allow the seamless 

combination of video, radio, TV and multimedia applications based on broadband technology. Contents can 

be sent in the unicast and multicast mode with an individualised conveyance of data to the TV and/or PC 

user. In addition broadband network operators are enabled to broadcast digital content applying DVB-S, 

DVB-C, and DVB-T and/or DSL standards. With the help of diverse clients and receiver applications for set 

top boxes and PCs based on Linux-, Microsoft or embedded operating systems the transmitted data can be 

received. 

Str. Dorobantilor 4B, RO-500009 Brasov, Romania 


Fax: +40-268-412059 

6) UBISOFT Romania 

Ubisoft is one of the leading publishers of game software worldwide. The industry definition of publisher 

includes three core activities: development (i.e. the creation of game software), publishing (i.e. the 

acquisition of rights to games and of external licenses as well as product marketing) and distribution (i.e. 

the physical delivery of the final product to all types of retailers). Founded in Bucharest in 1992, the 

Romanian efficiency subsidiary is the second most ancient of the group. Currently, the Romanian 

subsidiary counts more than 100 collaborators. Ubi Soft SRL is the leader of the Romanian multimedia 

market 

Siret str, nr. 95, sector 1, Bucuresti, Romania 

Phone: +40 021 305.21.72 

Fax: +40 021 305.21.74 

Website: www.ubisoft.ro 




FP6 projects: 

1) Agent Link – an european network for research coordination within IST. The network includes 

researchers and specialists in software development having a common interest: multi-agent technology. 

2) KoBas - Knowledge Based Customize Services for Traditional Manufacturing Sectors Provided by a 

Network of High Tech SMEs – a research network, aiming for intelligent production system development. 

National project: 

Petroleum and Gas University from Ploiesti – Hipermedia Statistic Software for assisting in multidisciplinary 

research 


German software producer SAP will bring applications for the SME segment to the Romanian market, 

through its partner on the local market, Business Consulting Services (BCS). The ALL-in-one package 

provided by SAP is directed to the SME segment and its launch is part of SAP’s strategy to address this 

segment as well. As a first step, the software package will be targeted to the distribution segment and to 

production companies. German software producer SAP will bring applications for the SME segment to the 

Romanian market, through its partner on the local market, Business Consulting Services (BCS). The ALLin-one 

package provided by SAP is directed to the SME segment and its launch is part of SAP’s strategy to 



address this segment as well. As a first step, the software package will be targeted to the distribution 

segment and to production companies. 

Romanian software developer, Akela Informatique, opened a representative office in New York. The 

company is specialised in the development of software for company management and an outsourcing 

provider. The first contracts were already signed. Akela's customers include France Telecom, Paris City 

Hall, National Bank of Paris, Ubisoft, Danone, M6 television station, Lukoil and Orange. 

Alcatel Romania expects an increase in its revenues by 12% this year, while the results registered for the 

first quarter are in line with the company’s target for the year. The company has recently signed two 

contracts for supply of communications equipment to two main electricity retailers in Bulgaria and 

Macedonia, namely NEC and ESM. The value of the contracts was not disclosed. 

In Romania, Alcatel has as clients Romtelecom, Orange Romania and Atlas Telecom. Lately, it started to 

diversify its activity by contracting projects for development of telecom infrastructure in fields like 

transportation and electricity. 


There are important organisations supporting the ICT sector in Romania such as: 

• Employers’ Association of the Software and Services Industry – ANIS (www.anis.ro) 

• Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry – ARIES (www.aries.ro) 

ARIES aims at promoting and protecting the Romanian IT and electronic business environment, as well as 

the professional and commercial interests of its members. ARIES has more then 280 members and is the 

largest IT&C association in Romania. The Association has 6 working groups: for Health, for Educational 

Software, for public administration, for Electronic Industry, for RFID and for Intelligent Transport. 

• Romanian Association for Information Technology & Communication – ATIC (www.atic.org.ro) 

ATIC aims to be involved in the debates regarding the national strategy regarding the field TI&C, to 

participate in drafting the legislative initiatives and to support the development of the IT&C domain. ATIC is 

member of the World Information Technology Software Alliance (WITSA) and the Council of European 

Professional Societies (CEPIS). 

• National Association of Internet Providers from Romania (ANISP) (www.anisp.ro) 

• Romanian Association of Telecommunications' Engineers - AITR (www.aitr.ro) 

• List of the expositions in the concerned field 

The main IT&C expositions in Romania are CERF (general IT&C – B2C oriented) and BINARY 

(professional solutions – B2B oriented). 

Moreover, there are a number of local, lower extent expositions. 

CERF (www.cerf.ro) (Computers & Electronics Romanian Fair) 

Organizer: Expotek 

Time: end of April 

Place: Romexpo Exhibition Center 

65-67, Marasti Blvd. sect. 1, Bucharest 

BINARY (www.aries.ro) (Romanian Electronic and Software Fair) 

Organizer: ARIES 

Time: end of September 

Place: Romexpo Exhibition Center 

65-67, Marasti Blvd. sect. 1, Bucharest 

Two other B2B conferences complete the list of major manifestations dedicated to the IT domain. 



Romanian Computers Show (ROCS) 

Organizer: IDG Romania 

Time: November 

Soft21 

Organizer: ANIS 

Time: April 

A3.1.4.2 – Grid 






Key players 












Tel: +4021 222 3778; +4021 665 6060; +4021 230 0824; +4021 665 2660 

Fax: +4021 223 3060; +4021 224 1030; +4021 312 8569 



2) "POLITEHNICA" University of Bucharest 

Automatic Control and Computer Faculty, 

National Centre for Information Technology - 

Splaiul Independentei 313, sector 6, Bucuresti 77206, 

Romania (www.upb.ro) 

Contact person: General Manager Nicolae Cupcea 

Phone: +40 21 402 91 81 

Fax: +40 21 410.10.44 

E-mail: cupcea@cs.pub.ro 







RO GRID Initiative in National Center for Information Technology 

GRID Initiative in National Center for Information Technology 

In 1997, the National University Research Council - CNCSIS had the initiative to use World Bank funds in 

order to finance some multi-user research bases (MURC). After a rigorous selection, CNCSIS approved the 

financing of the project CoLaborator. 

CoLaborator is a multi-purpose virtual laboratory that supports the education and research in the area of 

High Performance Computing (HPC). 

The perspective of the Gridware technology in our country, by presenting the activities related with this 

subject in the National Center for Information Technology, and some suggestions for implementing a 

national scale Grid, with the associated infrastructure and computing resources. We propose the 

integration of the Romanian Grid-to-be in the existing European and international Grids. 

CoLaborator is a multi-purpose virtual laboratory that supports the education and research in the area of 

High Performance Computing (HPC). 

CoLaborator develops a new paradigm for intimate collaboration among computer scientists, 

computational scientists and researchers from a diversity of domains. For them, CoLaborator provides a 

coherent system of material, informational, and methodological resources and knowledge that will facilitate 

the enhancement of scientific research. This will accelerate the research and dissemination of basic 

knowledge, and will minimize the time between scientific discovery and its application. Promoting advanced 

and interdisciplinary research will have an impact on Romanian industry and society (“national challenge 

problems”), by the activity of the Romanian research teams and/or by international cooperation. 

Onother main goals is to provide wide shared access, for the Romanian academic community, to a HPC 

server, usually very expensive, by its integration into a collaborative network and by its efficient shared use. 

This will provide the Romanian academic community with a powerful resource, able to support the solving 

of a variety of research problems that require intensive computation. 

Supporting the transfer of technology in the field of high-performance computing will be a major benefit 

for Romanian industry, for national research institutes, as well as for research, design and development 

centers. An important side effect will be the increase of the national industry competitiveness. 

Supporting the transfer of technology in the field of high-performance computing will be a major benefit for 

Romanian industry, for national research institutes, as well as for research, design and development 

centers. An important side effect will be the increase of the national industry competitiveness. 

CoLaborator is a complex environment that provides shared remote access, for a large research 

community, to an expensive HPC server, but also to scientific information repositories, to distant learning 

tools, and to cooperative work supporting tools. The foreseen features of the CoLaborator services are 

tailored in accordance with the characteristics of the available resources and with their evolution on short 

term. 

In order to be able to implement a national – scale Grid, one of the main prerequisites would be the 

upgrade of the metropolitan networks, and then the communication pathways among the central Grid 

nodes around the country. The metropolitan network in Cluj has already been upgraded, but the campus 

networks should be upgraded to 34, and eventually to 155 Mbps, while the .ro channel should be upgraded 

to 2.5 Gbps, supplying enough bandwidth to support quality access to Grid applications and services. 



Another issue would be the creation of a multidisciplinary community, that will include universities, research 

institutes, and applications beneficiaries, that will both offer support for the available services and 

applications, and work towards the development and further improvement of the existing technologies. 

This will be related to international similar efforts, directed at infrastructure, middleware, security, resource 

management, or any other of the several fields that are continuously researched and developed in 

researching the Grid technologies, or to the development of grid-aware applications or the transformation of 

non-grid-aware applications to grid-aware ones. Some of the more widely known efforts in these directions 

would be CERN and GriPhyN for the applications part, and Globus and Condor-G for the Grid 

technologies. 





A3.1.4.3 – Dependability & Security 















Fax: +40254543491 








states. 


Address: 13, A.I.CUZA - 200585 Craiova - Romania, 




Fax: +40251418803 














Fax: +40256403028 











Fax: +40258806260 











Address: 6, PRECIZIEI - 062203 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40213189575 




1) IP Devel 














Fax: +40212127030 



RTD user 





Fax: +40213150215 



Distributor 







Fax: +40216653504 




4) SC. ELECTROMAGNETICA SA. 

ELECTROMAGNETICA offers a package of integrated products and services in the electric field as: 

electronic meters, centralized system for remote meter reading and management of residential electric 

consumptions, electricity supply services for eligible consumers, software and hardware services of 

collection, processing and transmission of records concerning the industrial electric power consumptions. 

Contact person: Stanca Octavian, Researcher / engineer 

Address: 266, Calea Rahovei - 050912 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40214042190 

E-mail: octavian.stanca@elmg2.canad.ro 

Website: www.electromagnetica.ro 

Manufacturer 


S.C. OPTOELECTRONICA 2001 S.A is a stock company. The main activity object is research and 

technological development in physics, advanced electronics, optoelectronics, and image processing for 

medical geographical and military applications. The Company also has fabrication lines for optoelectronic 

devices (night vision devices, lasers and laser devices, physical protection systems, piezoceramic 

transducers). Quality system ISO 9001 / 2001 is implemented and certified by accredited certification 

authorities. 




Fax: +40214574204 





RTD provider 







Fax: +40216653504 



RTD user 








Fax: +40212012330 



Manufacturer 








- Employers’ Association of the Software and Services Industry – ANIS www.anis.ro 

- Romanian Association for Electronic and Software Industry – ARIES www.aries.ro 

- Romanian Association for Information Technology & Communication – ATIC www.atic.org.ro 

A3.1.5 – Knowledge, Learning and Cognitive Systems 

To capture knowledge embedded in web and multimedia content, making information understandable to 

people and machines and to develop artificial systems that perceive, understand, learn and evolve, and act 

toward achieving goals. 









Key players 

1) CENTER for ADVANCED RESEARCH in AUTOMATIC LEARNING, NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING 

and CONCEPTUAL MODULATION - Bucharest 

Researches regarding: natural language modelling, methods and algorithms for automatic processing, multi 

strategic learning and knowledge acquisition, computational cognitive modelling in the assisted by 

computer training systems. 

Manager: PHD Eng. Dan TUFIŞ – Corresponding Member Of The Romanian Academy 

Address: Calea 13 Septembrie, nr. 13, Bucharest, Romania, Zip code 76117 

Phone: +401 410 4113; +401 410 3210 / 2131 

Fax: + 401 411 3916 

E-mail: tufiş@valhalla.răcai.ro 

2) National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics 

Profile: The National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest is not funded 

through the state budget and has been set up mainly to carry out scientific research activities and 

technological development in Information and Communications Technology by accomplishing the scientific 

and technological objectives of the Scientific Research and Technological Development National Plan, and 

by taking part in the elaboration of the development strategy of the IT field in Romania. 

ICI's main object of activity consists in the elaboration of scientific research works and technological 

development in the area of information technology and data communications, a vital support for the 

development of the information society. 

8-10 Averescu Avenue, 011455 Bucharest 1, Romania 

Phone: +40 -21-224 52 62; Fax: +40-21-224 10 30 



Technologies and Support Tools concentrated in 4 Centres of Excellence in the following areas: 

• Artificial intelligence 

• Complex real-time systems 

• Advanced modeling and optimization 

• Advanced information technologies for the information society - networks and data base systems 

- International projects: 

SIMILAR The European Task Force creating human machine interfaces SIMILAR to human-human 

communications. 

SIMILAR – is a Network of Excellence on "Multimodal User Interfaces" funded by the EU Commission 

under FP6-507609. 

- National projects: 

ExClaim - A Hybrid Software Environment for Knowledge-Based Systems Development 

INTERACTIV-ROMp - based on National Curriculum Learning Programs is an e-Learning tool for 

elementary education (6 to 10 years old students). Its target is computer-assisted learning of the Romanian 

language using multimedia facilities. 



INTERACTIV-ROMg - based on National Curriculum Learning Programs - is an e-Learning tool for 

gymnasium education (11 to 15 years old students). Its target is computer-assisted learning of the 

Romanian language using multimedia facilities. 

3) Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence 

The Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence has been established in 1994. It has a core of 

permanent staff (22 researchers, 3 of them Members of the Romanian Academy; 5 associated members 

from abroad) and a variable number of temporary (contract-based) collaborators, mainly MSc. or PhD. 

students. 

The Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence is member of the European Network of Excellence in 

Human Language Technologies. 

The main research projects of the Institute are in the areas of natural language processing, machine 

learning and knowledge acquisition, computer-aided instruction and structural-phenomenological 

modelling. The activities of the Institute also include know-how dissemination, education in artificial 

intelligence, and organisation of national and international conferences, summer schools, and seminars. 

Director: Prof. Dan Tufis 

Calea 13 Septembrie, No. 13 

CASA ACADEMIEI, Rooms 1236 – 1245 

Bucharest 050711, ROMANIA 

Voice: +(40 21) 410-2953 

Fax: +(40 21) 411-3916 

Website: www.racai.ro 

4) Center for Education and Research in Fuzzy Systems and Artificial Intelligence, Iasi, Romania, 

“Gh.Asachi” Technical University Iasi, Romania, Polytech Research Center, 

Information Technology and Communication Center is a department of "Gh. Asachi" Technical University of 

Iasi. The main goal of CCTI is to offer all Internet capabilities to all users from The Technical University of 

Iasi and, secondary, to other users. Every faculty has Internet connections with CCTI via Ethernet, radio 

link or leased line. CCTI is developing a project for a 'full-Internet' over the entire academic centre of Iasi. 

prof.dr.ing.Horia 

Nicolai Teodorescu (hteodor@etc.tuiasi.ro) 

Address.: Bd. Dimitrie Mangeron nr. 67, 700050 Iasi IS, Romania 

Phone: +40-232-272636/extension 1340 

E-mail: ccti@tuiasi.ro 

Website: http://ccti.tuiasi.ro/ 

5) SOFTWIN 

Founded in 1990, winner of the IST Prize 2003, SOFTWIN is now considered to be one of the technological 

leader of the East-European software and services industry. With a team of over 500 qualified 

professionals, and over 10000 projects managed so far, SOFTWIN focuses on providing complex software 

solutions and services enabling organizations to solve critical business challenges and to take advantage 

of new business opportunities. 

SOFTWIN develops on 4 interlinked business lines: 

• eContent Solutions; 

• Customer Relationship Management services; 

• Business Solutions; 

• Data Security Solutions 

Address: 5, Fabrica de Glucoza Street 

Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania 

Phone: +40 (21) 233 07 80 

Fax: +40 (21) 233 07 63 

E-mail: econtent-solutions@softwin.ro 

Website: www.softwin.ro 

http://www.econtent-solutions.com 



- Products: 

Interactive education content for Romanian high school students. 

Objective: Introducing computer-based learning in Romanian high schools. The interactive lessons are 

being implemented in over 1500 high schools in Romania. 

Electronic Dictionaries on CD-ROM Editions 

SOFTWIN specialists produced a dictionary application for a series of bilingual dictionaries (English- 

Romanian, Romanian – English, French – Romanian, Romanian – French, German – Romanian, 

Romanian – German, Italian – Romanian, Romanian – Italian) available to users on CD-ROM editions. 

6) CONEURAL – Centre for Cognitive and Neural Studies 

Coneural is a private, non-profit centre for research in cognitive science, biologically-inspired artificial 

intelligence and computational neuroscience, located in Cluj, Romania 

Center for Cognitive and Neural Studies (Coneural) 

Str. Saturn 24, 400504 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 

Website: http://www.coneural.org 

7) INTERDATA, Natural Language and Multimedia Department 

INTERDATA is a young software company which produces high-quality software and offers good quality 

expertise in the domain of software design. The NPL and Multimedia Department of INTERDATA provides 

software for teaching foreign languages involving Natural Language Processing techniques. 

13, Armeana Street, Iasi 6600 Romania 

Phone: 40-32-213532 

Email: flg@iit.iit.tuiasi.ro; florinr@iit.iit.tuiasi.ro 

Contact Person: Professor Antonio Zampolli 

Additional Info: 3. Address: 8, Copou Avenue, Iasi, 6600, Romania 









A3.1.5.1 – Cognitive Systems 










1) University of Agricoles Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi 

Department of Agricoles Researches 

The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi is a specialized institution of superior 

agronomic and veterinary medicine training, financed by the state and having as mission the formation of 

agricultural, horticultural and animal husbandry engineers, economic engineers in agriculture and 

veterinary surgeons. 

The university represents a serious partner, recognized by many European universities with more than 200 

persons representing teaching staff and researchers, almost 3500 students and four faculties and Master 

courses: Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Horticulture, Faculty of Animal Husbandry; Faculty of Veterinary 

Medicine. 

Contact person: Samuil Costel, Scientific Director 

Address: 3, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu - 700490 Iasi - Romania, 


Fax: +40232260650 

E-mail: csamuil@univagro-iasi.ro 

Website: www.univagro-iasi.ro 

2) Danubius University from Galati 

The university is specialized in economics, law and communication science and provides in these areas 

short and long term graduate programs. All faculties engage in scholarly research, most often in 

association with graduate students or advanced undergraduates. 

Contact person: Viorel Ariton, Director 

Address: 3, Lunca Siretului - 800416 Galati - Romania, 


Fax: +40236460038 

E-mail: mailto:variton@univ-danubius.ro, variton@yahoo.com 

Website: www.univ-danubius.ro/cond.html 






states. 




Fax: +40251418803 
















Fax: +40256403028 



5) Petroleu-Gas University, Ploiesti 

The university has 5 faculties and 3 colleges with specializations in oil & gas engineering, electrical & 

mechanical engineering, informatics, economics and literature and science. The scientific researches are 

undertaken in 9 research centres. 

Contact person: Mihaela Oprea, research group leader 

Address: 39, Bd. Bucuresti - 100680 Ploiesti - Romania, 


Fax: +40244575847 

E-mail: m_oprea@yahoo.com 

www.upg-ploiesti.ro 









Address: 16, Universitatii - 700115 Iasi – Romania 


Fax: +40232264670 




1) Department of Agricoles Researches – University of Agricoles Sciences and Veterinary Medicine 

Iasi 

Contact person: Constantin Samuil – Research Group Leader 

Address: Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu nr. 3, Iasi, 700490, Romania 


Fax: +40 232 260650 


2) Technical Science Department – Land Forces Academy Sibiu 

Contact person: Prof. Ghita Barsan – Research Group Leader 



Fax: +40-269-436362 

E-mail: gbarsan@actrus.ro 











Romania. 



Contact person: Szel Alexandru, Researcher 



Fax: +40-259-231306 


http://www.informaticaoradea.ro 

RTD provider, Manufacturier 





Fax: +40-21-3152042 


Supplier 

3) Grup Invest SRL 

Contact person: Daniel Emil Gherghel Musat – Researcher/Engineer 

Address: 16-18 Unirii (Centre) Blvd., 120013, Buzau – Romania, 


Fax: +40-238-716416 

E-mail: grupinvest@gmail.com 

Supplier 

4) Advanced Technology Systems – ATS 

Contact person: Veronica Stefan – Managing Director 

Address: 222 Calea Domneasca, 130016, Targoviste – Romania, 


Fax: +40-245-211727 

E-mail: office@ats.com.ro 

Supplier 











A3.1.5.2 – Semantic Systems 


















Address: 3, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu - 700490 Iasi - Romania, 


Fax: +40232260650 


Website: www.univagro-iasi.ro 






states. 




Fax: +40251418803 



3) “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Iasi 

The Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi is a Romanian Academy excellence centre, set up in 1949 

and devoted to basic and applied research in organic and inorganic chemistry, and polymers physics. The 

institute has 12 departments and undertake fundamental programs of Romanian Academy. 

Contact person: Teodora Rusu, Head of Project Coordination Office 

Address: 41, Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda - 700487 Iasi, 


Fax: +40232211299 

E-mail: rusu_teodora@yahoo.com 



Website: www.icmpp.ro 






Address: 39, Bd. Bucuresti - 100680 Ploiesti - Romania, 


Fax: +40244575847 


Website: www.upg-ploiesti.ro 













Fax: +40232264670 




1) Department of Agricoles Researches – University of Agricoles Sciences and Veterinary Medicine 

Iasi 

Contact person: Constantin Samuil – Research Group Leader 

Address: Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu nr. 3, Iasi, 700490, Romania 


Fax: +40 232 260650 


2) Automatisation Equipment – Centre of Metal Forming – Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu 

Contact Person: Prof. Bogdan Laurean 



Fax: +40-269-217871 

E-mail: laurean.bogdan@ulbsibiu.ro 

3) Material Science – Centre of Metal Forming – Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu 

Contact Person: Prof. Valeriu Deac 



Fax: +40-269-217871 

E-mail: octavian.bologa@ulbsibiu.ro 




1) HoliSun SRL 

HoliSun is positioned to support today’s needs of professional and reliable IT solutions. Through his 

robotics department they deliver best-in-class software solutions for robots. Their experience covers the 

design and development of three robots. 

Contact person: Oliviu Matei – Managing Director 

Addess: 12 Traian Blvd, 430212, Baia Mare – Romania, 


Fax: +40-262-226778 

E-mail: info@holisun.com 

Website: http://www.holisun.com 

RTD provider 

RTD user 





Fax: +40-21-3152042 


Supplier 









A 3.1.6 – Interaction, visualisation, simulation and mixed realities 

To foster creativity and innovation in products, services and interactive and rich digital content, and to 

develop natural ways to interact with technology, machines, devices, and other artefacts. 

















technologies. They also offer continous education in Education Department and through their centres. 




Fax: +40256403028 








communications updating.Develops single and small series of equipment for telecommunication and 





Fax: +40213189575 








Fax: +40213150215 



Manufacturer 


OnlineSolutions provide consulting and comprehensive software solutions, WEB design, multimedia 

applications, editing services. 




Fax: +40216653504 



RTD user 




Donna Maria srl provides IT&C consultancy and research, top IT&C equipments and services, WEB 





Fax: +40216653504 











Fax: +40212012330 



Manufacturer 

5) iQuest Technologies 

With an outstanding and motivated team in several European offices, the aim is to re-define the meaning of 

Quality in the software development and consulting industry. Company’s mission is to provide best-in-class 

software products, as well as development and consulting services for clients worldwide. 

Contact person: Mihaela Ordean, Scientific director 

Address: 6, Calea Motilor - 40001 Cluj-Napoca - Romania, 


Fax: +40264599584 

E-mail: mordean@iquestint.com 

Website: www.iquestint.com 

RTD provider 

Other key players 

1) INSTITUTE of THEORETICAL INFORMATICS - Iaşi 

Researches regarding: uni and bi dimensional signal processing, fuzzy systems and parallel calculus, 

image processing and forms reconnaissance, artificial intelligence, multi media systems. 

Manager: PHD Eng. Dan GÂLEA 

Address: Bd Copou nr. 8, Iaşi, Romania, Zip code 6600 

Tel: +4032 14 6534 

E-mail: dgalea@iit.tuiaşi.ro 

2) ICI - National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics 

8-10 Averescu Avenue, 011455 Bucharest 1, Romania 

Tel: +40 -21-224 52 62 

Fax: +40-21-224 10 30 





3) DEUROMEDIA - Development Division Brasov, Romania 

Deuromedia is an international software and solutions provider, with a proven end-to-end software platform 

for broadband transmission of multimedia data. These software solutions allow the seamless combination 

of video, radio, TV and multimedia applications based on broadband technology. Contents can be sent in 

the unicast and multicast mode with an individualised conveyance of data to the TV and/or PC user. In 

addition broadband network operators are enabled to broadcast digital content applying DVB-S, DVB-C, 

and DVB-T and/or DSL standards. With the help of diverse clients and receiver applications for set top 

boxes and PCs based on Linux-, Microsoft or embedded operating systems the transmitted data can be 

received. 

Str. Dorobantilor 4B, RO-500009 Brasov, Romania 


Fax: +40-268-412059 

4) SOFTWIN 

5, Fabrica de Glucoza Street 

Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania 

Phone: +40 (21) 233 07 80 

Fax: +40 (21) 233 07 63 

E-mail: econtent-solutions@softwin.ro 

Website: www.softwin.ro 

http://www.econtent-solutions.com 

- Products: 

The First Romanian Digital Library -The Digital Library brings online for the first time over 100 000 pages 

of the Romanian Classics in electronic format: 

• the normal version, Internet oriented (intended for ordinary users) 

• the enhanced version, respecting the original edition pagination and line numbering. In this way 

Romanian literature specialists can easily use the online material for further reference. This 

enhanced version integrates critical resources and additional material. 

Mobile learning solution for American students 

SOFTWIN was contracted by goReader Inc., eBook Devices Producer, an American company to provided 

a stable and integrated solution. 

5) INSTITUTE for Computers - ITC S.A. - Bucharest: 

Multimedia Department represents the ITC vector towards fields traditionally separated from the IT industry 

– culture, the national patrimony, etnos. It also constitutes the research laboratory of certain applications 

related with to “new media” mobile communications, within which the multimedia content is the key 

element. The CD-ROM development within rich media, informatic kiosks, educational applications, 

company presentations and art catalogues editing are only a few activities this department. 

Calea Floreasca 167, sector 2, Bucharest, 014459 Romania 

Phone:021/232 1948 

Fax: 021/233 0966 

E-mail: office@itc.ro 


6) UBISOFT Romania 

Ubisoft is one of the leading publishers of game software worldwide. The industry definition of publisher 

includes three core activities: development (i.e. the creation of game software), publishing (i.e. the 

acquisition of rights to games and of external licenses as well as product marketing) and distribution (i.e. 

the physical delivery of the final product to all types of retailers). Founded in Bucharest in 1992, the 

Romanian efficiency subsidiary is the second most ancient of the group. Currently, the Romanian 



subsidiary counts more than 100 collaborators. Ubi Soft SRL is the leader of the Romanian multimedia 

market. 

Siret str, nr. 95, sector 1, Bucuresti, Romania 

Phone: +40 021 305.21.72 

Fax: +40 021 305.21.74 

Website: http://www.ubisoft.ro 

7) SOFTLIFE 

Marketing & Public Relations 

Phone: 0040 723 590387 

Fax: 0040 268 312314 

Website: www.softlife.ro 

Softlife offers: 

• Consultancy in multimedia development 

• Project management 

• Interactive training products 

• Multimedia presentations 

• Interactive desktop applications 

• Internet / Intranet Multimedia Development 

• Flash Development 




• ORIZONT-2000 National Research - Development Program 

• Information Society National Project INFOSOC 3 - Technologies 

• FP5&6 





A3.2 Multi-technology, Multi-disciplinary Integration 

A3.2.1 - Personal environments 


A3.2.2 – Home environments 










Key players 

Romania’s economic growth over the last decade has increased demand for security equipment and 

services. 

Analysts put the value of the safety and security market at $100 to $150million, with an expected annual 

growth rate of 15-20%. 

UTI SYSTEMS provides complex integrated solutions related to security, as well as access control, 

intrusion detection, traffic management systems and detection elements, in favor of a wide range of 

customers, covering almost every market area. 

The main areas of home environment specialization are: security systems, building management, 

information security, voice/data/radio networks. 

UTI represent the main player who has a wealth contribution in the market regarding education in using 

and administrating the security solutions. UTI concentrate the development solutions in two directions: 

COTS solutions and customized complex security solutions compliant with the customer needs. The main 

products developed in-house are: shellSAVE, certSAVE and gateSAVE. 

UTI Systems is part of UTI Group. In 2004, the Group's turnover increased to EUR 47.5 million. The still 

increasing turnover, as well as market expansion and diversification were indicated also by the increasing 

number of staff that counted 2,700 persons, at the end of 2004. 

UTI GROUP / UTI SYSTEMS / UTI INTERNATIONAL - Bucharest Branch / INFCON / FIREX 

Address: 39-41 Nicolae Filipescu Street, Sector 2, Bucharest 


Fax: +40 21 2110542 

E-mail: webmaster@uti.ro 












A3.2.3 - Robotic Systems 















Fax: +40234545753 


Website: www.ub.ro/ub 








Fax: +40254543491 








states. 




Fax: +40251418803 













Fax: +40258806260 












1) HoliSun SRL 

Founded in 2001, HoliSun appeared on the Romanian market as a response to the constant demand of 

high quality IT products. As the geographical frontiers tend to disappear and the business partners come 

from various locations, HoliSun has adapted to this trend by developing businesses with companies from 

the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and US. 




Contact person: Oliviu Matei, Managing director 

Address: 12, Bd. Traian - 430212 Baia Mare - Romania, 


Fax: +40262226778 


Website: www.holisun.com 

RTD provider, 

Manufacturer 







Fax: +40216653504 



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RTD user, 

Manufacturer, 

Supplier 




1) Robotic Research Group - Technical University of Cluj-Napoca - Faculty of Automation and Computer 

Science 

Research projects: autonomous mobile robots; intelligent software agents; world mapping and exploration 

using various algorithms 

This research group is affiliated with the Automation and Industrial Computing department, Faculty of 

Automation and Computer Science at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The department's 

webpage is http://aut.utcluj.ro or the university's webpage at www.utcluj.ro 

2) Centre for Research & Training in Industrial Control, Robotics and Materials Engineering - CIMR , 

Politechnica University Bucharest 

Webpage: http://www.cimr.pub.ro 

3) Electronics and Telecommunication Faculty of Timisoara, Applied Electronics Department - 

Research Centre ESII (Integrated Intelligent Electronic Systems Research Centre) 

The Research Team for Robotics (RTR) is lead by Mr. prof. dr. Tiberiu Muresan and Mr. prof. dr. Ivan 

Bogdanov. 

The members of the RTR are members of the Romanian Robotics Association. 

In the last years the main subjects of research were: 

- Pilot intelligent production systems, 

- Research upon passive systems and active intelligent systems interaction, 

- Microcontroller control of electrical drives, 

- Interpolation in robot control, 

- Mobile robots control, 

- Sensors for robotics, 

- Equipments for leading the welding heads. 









A3.2.4 - Intelligent infrastructures 









Key players 












Phone: +4021 222 3778; +4021 665 6060; +4021 230 0824; +4021 665 2660 

Fax: +4021 223 3060; +4021 224 1030; +4021 312 8569 



2) University Politehnica of Bucharest 












Fax: +40213169576 


3) SIAT S.A. - Bucharest 

General Manager: Eng. Alexandru MARINESCU 


Phone: +401 232 13 53; +401 232 10 40; +401 232 27 97; Fax: +401 232 29 29 

E-mail: cavache@siat.siat.ro;marin@siat.siat.ro; Web site: www.siat.ro 

R&D regarding data transmission in computer networks, information systems, via satellite and computer 

network telecommunication services. Computation technique, computation and peripheral automation 

systems, electronic, electrotechnic and communication equipment are produced. Expertise and certification 

for computation technique, automation, electronics and informational products are developed. Normative, 

standard and methodological documents, technical assistance and consulting are realized. 

4) Rassco Traffic Company 

Rassco Traffic is the main supplier on Romanian market in the field of equipments and services for urban 

traffic signal controllers. 

Calea 13 Septembrie 168-184 

Sector 5, Bucharest 



ROMANIA 

Phone: +40 (21).411.18.30 

Fax: +40 (21).411.18.30 

E-mail: rasscotraffic@xnet.ro 

5) Bucharest Autonomous Transport Authority - RATB 

B-dul Dinicu Golescu nr.1, sector 1 - Bucharest 

Phone: +40 21 314 71 30 

Fax: +40 21 311 05 95 

E-mail: info@ratb.ro 

Website: www.ratb.ro 




On January 1999 was created a non-governmental organization for the Implementation of Intelligent 

Transport Systems (ITS Romania). 

This organization aims to encourage, promote, assist, co-ordinate, and integrate intelligent transport 

systems in Romania. The mission of ITS Romania is the development of Intelligent Transport Systems in 

Romania. 

• ITS Projects in Romania 

- Advanced Telematic System for Urban Transport Management – INFOSOC program, 2001-2003, 

200.000 EUR, partners: SIAT-SA, PUB-TTRC, RASSCO and Bucharest Road Authority 

- ITS Handbook – AMTRANS program, 2001-2002, 25.000 EUR, partners: ICI, PUB-TTRC, ITS Romania 

http://www.district1.ro/manual ITS/ 

- Advanced telematic system for public transport traveler information-pilot system AMTRANS 

program, 2002-2005, 200.000 EUR, partners: PUB-TTRC, Rassco and RATB 

- Intelligent equipment for location and identification of tramway wagons RELANSIN program, 2004- 

2005, 50.000 EUR, partners: SIAT SA, PUB-TTRC and RATB. 

- PEGAS - Pilot System Intelligent Road 

PEGAS system: 

• Coordinates the road traffic; 

• Guaranties the mobility (possibility of movement anytime when the user wants, anywhere where the 

user wants) and the movement commodity (comfort and safety); 

• Is structured depending on the application fields: nature of movement and covered space. 

PEGAS system is dedicated to the participants to the traffic and offers information regarding: 

Meteorological state; Environment parameters state; Road state; Traffic state; Traffic directing 

PEGAS system was finalised in 2000 and it is under implementation on DN1 in Bucuresti - Tancabesti. 

Area. 

Producer Consortium: INCERTRANS, SIAT S.A., National Institute for Research and Development in 

Informatics (ICI) Romania, IPA S.A., ITS ROMANIA, ICE S.A 

- Software application for travelers' guidance and orientation within public transport networks 

The application is devoted to: 

• urban public transportation - Interactive graphic guide RATB-METROU 

• railway transportation - CFR Information kiosk 



CFR information kiosk 

The information kiosk (touch screen version) allows travelers' direct access to information regarding: 

• trains scheduling: departures, arrivals, routes, prices, etc 

• the public transportation vehicles' routes 

• hotel addresses, restaurants, etc 

The application permits two ways of searching: by using a graphical map of the railway network in 

Romania, or by using the list of the destination stations. 

The program is to be implemented at the Bucharest, North Station in a few information kiosks. 

Producer: INSTITUTE for COMPUTATION TECHNIQUE - ITC S.A. - Bucharest 

- TELLUS (Transport & Environment aLLiance for Urban Sustainability) Under the umbrella of the CIVITAS 

initiative, brings together five European cities which want to demonstrate that integrated urban transport 

policies can improve the traffic: Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Berlin (Germany), Bucharest (Romania), 

Gdynia (Poland) and Goteborg (Sweden). TELLUS aims at increasing the modal share in favour of public 

transport. TELLUS produces clear recommendations for the modernisation of the organisational and 

financial frameworks for future urban public transport in Europe. In order to reach a maximum improvement 

of future transport policies across Europe, TELLUS performs integrated evaluations of all its initiatives 

showing the impacts on the quality of life, air quality, noise pollution, the modal split, congestion, energy 

use, land use and the attractiveness of public transport. 

- MOSES (MObility SErvices for Urban Sustainability) was conceived in order to develop new mobility 

services by reducing car dependency on a European scale, without any mobility and access restrictions. 

The developing economies of the East-European countries are characterized by a fast growth of the air 

pollution in urban areas, caused mainly by the increased number of cars. In this regard, car sharing could 

be a mobility solution that has already proved its positive impact both on the environment and on citizens' 

lifestyle alike. MOSES is a project that studies the possibility to develop the car sharing concept in West 

European countries such as Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, Belgium, Italy but in Romania as well, 

thus being the first East-European country interested in implementing the system. The project's outcomes 

will be disseminated throughout all East-European countries for a better implementation of the new mobility 

solutions. 

- TOSCA (Technological and Operational Support for Car shAring) was a research project in the transport 

domain, financed by EU within the Fifth Framework programme, which studied the car sharing concept. 

The goal of the project was the promotion of up-to-date technologies unsufficiently exploited, as well the 

implementation and integration of the car-sharing concept, as an important element of door-to-door 

services. The European experience in the field was used in order to fulfill the objectives of the project. 

RATB studied the possibility to implement the car sharing system in Bucharest by carrying out a qualitative 

and quantitative research and a feasibility study. 

- BESTRANS (BEnchmarking of Energy and EmiSsion Performance in Urban Public TRANSport 

Operations) is a project that is willing to develop a methodolog for internal and external benchmarking, 

especilly for energy consumption and polluting emissions in the urban public transport domain and to carry 

out a benchmarking exercise with the attendance of the public transport operators from all over Europe. 

The synthesis of the project's results would become a valuable promotional tool, together with the 

benchmarking guide that will be issued at the end of the project. 

- CAPTURE (CArs to Public Transport in URban Environment) was a 3-year research project financed by 

EU which assessed the implementation of 11demonstrations designed to influence the modal shift (from 

cars to public transport). The studied measures included the improvements of the mobility on the main 

roads especially in the city centres. All these measures were designed to influence the modal shift. The 

public transport operators and consultants from London, Manchester and Oxford (United Kingdom), 

Tampere (Finland), Rome, Orvieto (Italy), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Bucharest (Romania) were part of 

this consortium. The project's results were presented within the final conference held in Bucharest with a 

large international attendance. 

- DANTE (Designs to Avoid the Need to Travel in Europe) was an 18-month research project having a 

consortium set up by representants from 6 European countries. The consortium made a summary of the 



data from the transport domain obtained at local and national levels in order to determine the latest 

tendencies in transport behaviour, and particulary to identify those journeys that are the most important 

factors for general mobility. This can create an evaluation framework which could provide more information 

to the decision-makers in urban and regional transportation in order to set up the most suitable strategies to 

avoid the need to travel. A Good Practice Guide was the outcome of the project which summarised those 

strategies designed to avoid the need for travel. 




A3.3 Application Poles 


A3.3.1 – ICT for health 



Romania has the lowest percentage of GPs that have Internet access in their consulting rooms in the CEE 

10. However, 43% of hospitals have Internet access and 33% of health clinics (2002, NRA and ITU). (2) 

There are some achievements of the Ministry of Health and Family in the Information Society 

implementation process: 

- a database with national and international standards and regulations (definitions, classifications, 

codifications etc.) was developed in order to ensure coherently statistical reporting systems and 

healthcare services system. Public access to this database is provided through the internet; 

- IT systems for hospitals - development of IT systems for the management of patients, observation 

sheets, medical investigations and treatments, management of drug consumption, human 

resources, admin activities and accounting etc.; 

- National Health Insurance Agency Information System, was implemented in 2000; 

- The IT system for healthcare management - Ministry of Health, CNAS, Medical College. 

The IT pilot project for the sanitary sector has been achieved with World Bank support and was 

implemented between 1997 and 1999. It has been installed over 1000 servers and computers, other 

equipment and the related software. The information systems has been installed to the Ministry of 

Health, all the Public Health Services, 34 ambulance stations, 95 rural health centres and to all 

medical institution from Neamt county – the pilot faze. 

Funding sources in Romania: 

The National Plan for R&D and Innovation, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research 

include the following programmes dedicated to health: 

- VIASAN – “Life and Health” 

- INFOSOC – “Information Society Romanian Project” 

- AEROSPACE program financed by the Romanian Government – related goals: earth 

observation, global positioning and navigation, space communications applied to telemedicine, 

precision farming, disaster monitoring, global information systems 


The reform in the medical system is lagging much behind. The health budgetary allocations that place 

Romania on the last rank among the candidate countries to the EU have a strong impact on the ICT 

penetration in the health sector. Due to insufficient financing and lack of strategic policies between the main 



actors (MCIT, MER and the Ministry of Health), ICT plays a minor role to the quality of health care and of 

people’s access to these services. However, 43% of hospitals and 33% of health clinics have Internet 

access. In 2004, MCIT launched a project to deliver a health portal as a unique access point to the 

information regarding services in the health sector. In the first phase the portal will be used to supply 

medical information by electronic means and to assure on-line presence of the institutions from the sanitary 

field. 



1) National Centre for Studies in Family Medicine 

The Centre for Studies in Family Medicine seeks to enhance family medicine and primary health care 

practice which will reflect a partnership of the community and interdisciplinary teams committed to proactive 

patient-centred care. 

Contact person: Marius Marginean, President 

Address: 227, Calea Mosilor - 020868 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40212115927 

E-mail: mmarginean@medfam.ro 

Website: www.uwo.ca/fammed/csfm/about.html 

2) University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca 

The university has 4 faculties, each of them with short and long term graduate programs, advanced studies 

and post graduate studies. 

Contact person: Liviu Alexandru Marghitas, Rector 

Address: 3, Manastur - 400372 Cluj Napoca - Romania, 


Fax: +40264593792 

E-mail: rector@usamvcluj.ro 

Website: www.usamvcluj.ro 

3) Institute of Virology 

The Institute of Virology was established as an excellence centre of Romanian Academy to develop 

fundamental and applied researches focusing on chronic viral diseases. 

Contact person: Cernescu Costin, Managing Director 

Address: 285, Mihai Bravu - 030304 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40213241471 

E-mail: costincs@zappmobile.ro 

Website: www.ihv.org 








Contact person: Corina Georgeta Barna, International Relations Secretary 



Fax: +40256200296 


Website: www.usab-tm.ro 













Fax: +40232264670 














Fax: +40 256 403295 



2) Department of Building Services – Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture – Politehnica 

University of Timisoara 

Contact person: Adrian Retezan -Research Group Leader 

Address: 2, Traian Lalescu, 300223, Timisoara -Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-403987 

E-mail: aretezan@ceft.utt.ro 

3) Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Enviroment – University of Bacau 

Contact person: Necula – Research Group Leader 



Fax: +40-234-512285 

E-mail: dron@ub.ro 

4) Service and Technological Transfer – National Institute sor R&D in Informatics 

Objectives: consultancy, expertise and certification of software technologies and applications, design and 

development of different types of Decision Support Systems, design and development of multimedia 

applications for culture and education . 

Projects and services: Data Base Systems for central/local administration (accounting, personnel, 

materials, projects), industry, agriculture, education, culture, health, Web sites for cultural heritage 

dissemination, e-learning systems for different levels of basic education, highly interactive interfaces for 

different types of DSS, methodologies and recommendations to design multimedia applications and 

software interfaces. 



Contact Person: Gabriela Rodica Hrin – Research Group Leader 

Address: 8, Maresal Averescu Blvd., 011455, Bucharest- Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2241030 

E-mail: rodi@ici.ro 

Website: http://www.ici.ro/ici/organizare/edep09.html 

5) Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Laboratory – Institute for Computer Science Iasi 

Contact person: Silviu Ioan Bejenariu – Research Group Leader 

Adress: 8, Carol I Blvd., 700505, Iasi – Romania, 


Fax: +40-232-211150 

E-mail: silviub@iit.tuiasi.ro 

6) Education – National Centre of Studies in Family Medicine 

Contact person: Dr. Iuliana Popa – Research Group Leader 



Fax: +40-232-274955 

E-mail: iulianapopa@iasi.mednet.ro 

• Government Policy; Related National and EU projects in which your country is participating 

The low penetration rate of ICT in the health sector creates an important potential for the development of ehealth 

applications. There are also some notable success stories of ICT implementations in hospitals. The 

ambulance management system put into service in Bucharest in 1996 has been extended later on in other 

seven cities. The system is covering a wide range of ambulance activities from call centre activities to cost 

calculation. Developments of specialized ERP systems - for the management of patients, observation 

sheets, medical investigations and treatments, management of drug consumption, human resources, 

admin activities and accounting etc. - exists in 60 out of 446 hospitals in Romania. In the past, the Ministry 

of Health had the initiative to start ICT projects for the health sector. Currently, there are a high number of 

ERP solutions for hospitals available on the market. 

Some projects dealt with standardization issues in order to assure a coherent integration of e-services. 

Under the VIASAN programme a database with national and international standards has been developed in 

order to ensure compatibility with the integration process of statistical reporting systems and healthcare 

services system65. In the international project EUPHIN – EAST, Romania contributed to a statistical 

reporting system for medical indicators of the countries in the European zone of World Health Organisation. 

The system maintains hundreds of health indicators available for all the WHO European countries66. 

Romania also is involved in 2 projects within eTEN framework programme aiming to provide e-services in 

the e-health field. 

The negative feature as regards the e-health development is, besides a somehow chaotic development, 

the lack of a real market and the use of all kinds of software products (some obtained through donations 

and not customized). In spite of the fact that many researchers are partners in EU R&D projects, the 

developed products are not adopted by industry. Even projects financed from EU funds “are forgetting” 

their existence. What is missing is a coherent strategy between all stakeholders responsible for the 

development of e-health services in Romania (the opinion of the author of the report on Romania in the 

“Telemedicine Glossary” IST EC). 

<strong>Source</strong>: Future Prospects in Romania: Scenarios for the Development of the Knowledge Society in Romania, EFFECTIVE 

DECISIONS 






HISRo - Health Information Systems group Romania is a Romanian Cooperation Group of Companies 

under the umbrella of non-profit professional associations: 

- ARIES (Romanian Association of Electronic Industry and Informatics www.aries.ro) and 

Telemedicine Centre Romania, a WHO/EUROPE collaborating centre on Clinical Engineering and Medical 

Computing (www.telemed.ro) 

Key activities: 

- Analysis, design, development and implementation of HIS systems in Romania and region 

- Supply and installation of information systems 

- Computer systems and network integration 

- Research, development and clinical implementation of information systems 

- Technology assessment 

- Create national or regional (Black Sea area) IT infrastructure 

- Information system maintenance and support/Training 

Coordinator: Simion Pruna, PhD 

I.L. Caragiale, No 12, Sect. 2, 

70208, Bucharest, Romania 

Phone: +40 21 212 3217 

Fax +40 21 330 3769 

E-mail: simion.pruna@telemed.ro 

Website:www.telemed.ro 

SRIM – Romanian Society of Medical Informatics - SRIM: Timisoara, 

Spl. T. Vladimirescu nr. 14 

Telefon/Fax: +40256-490288 

http://medinfo.umft.ro/rsmi/index.htm 



Contact persons: Elena Jitaru 

Bd. Maresal Averescu Nr. 8-10, RO - 71316 Bucuresti, 1 ROMANIA 

Phone: +40-1-224.12.59 ext 224; Fax: +40-1-224.05.39 

E-mail: jitaru@u3.ici.ro 

Website:www.ici.ro 


• ELIAS-HIS system integrate the hospital activities in an working electronic environment that offers a 

high level of security on data, an access in real time and authorised to data and a rapid communication 

in / from its interior / exterior. 

ELIAS-HIS system allow to: 

• Patients to communicate with the hospital even from their home; 

• Doctors to inform themselves about the evolution of the patient health state and to determine 

the diagnoses and treatments both from the compartment in which they work and from 

anywhere they would be in Romania or abroad. Destination, utilization field ELIAS-HIS system 

can be implemented in any hospital from Romania. The first page of the ELIAS-HIS project 



presentation site allows the access to six Web pages that contain information regarding the 

project. 

ELIAS-HIS system is implemented at the "C.F. Witing Universitary Hospital". 

http://www.district1.ro/eliashis_en/ 

Producer consortium: National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics (ICI) Romania, 

Familia M H Elias Foundation. 

• Telematic Systems for Healthcare Monitoring: Distributed national system for TB monitoring. It 

consists of a distributed database containing data of all TB patients. It contains also the associated 

procedures for data handling with remote facilities. 

• Knowledge Based Systems for Medical Decision, including Expert Systems. EXAMPLES: A KBS 

for hydro-elecrolytic balance disturbance diagnose and treatment; Cognitive process modeling using 

complex-image evaluation 

• Telematic Systems as Support for Cooperative Work of Healthcare Professionals: National site in 

European Health Telematics Observatory network 

• Computer-assisted Systems for Medical Decision Making: Catheterism and angiography 

investigations assisted by computer; Medical images management. 

2) INSTITUTE for Computers - ITC S.A. - Bucharest: 

Calea Floreasca 167, sector 2, Bucharest, 014459 Romania 

Phone: 021/232 1948; Fax: 021/233 0966 

E-mail: office@itc.ro 


ITC is the Romanian co-ordinator within the bilateral cooperation Italy-Romania: 

• 1998-2000, "Scientific and Technologic Cooperation in the Medical Informatics and 

epidemiology field between Italy and Romania" project undertaken in cooperation with CNR- 

Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technology of Milan. 

• 2000-2004, "Scientific and technological cooperation in the preventive medicine, medical 

informatics and telemedicine fields between Italy and Romania" project in cooperation with 

CNR-Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technology of Milan. 


• CARDIOCARD - Smart card based interoperable system for healthcare insurance and services with 

applicability in cardiology. 

• Beneficiary: UMF "Carol Davila" Bucharest - Cardiology Department 

Experimental exploitation: Cardiology Clinic of "Bagdasar-Arseni" Emergency Hospital, Bucharest 

• ASISTASTM - Computer-assisted system for pediatric bronchial asthma 

• ASISTARS - Computer-assisted system for emergency medical activity in plastic and reconstructive 

surgery laboratory. 

• INTOX - Diagnosis and Therapy System for emergency medical situations with regard to toxiinfections 

at children 

• INTERMED - Computerized system for consultancy in the medicine interactions domain 

• SIAMS - Information system for management assisting of The National Neonatal Screening 

Program 

• TelMed - Internet Based System for Remote Medical Assistance. The application is financed 

under the national program for research projects The system allows: tele-consultation, patient 

orientation towards the best place of treatment, medical care and recovery; reservations for periodic 

checkups, laboratory tests or hospitalization; monitoring the patients. 

Producers: Software ITC Bucharest, Romania , , Institute for Computers, National Center for Health 

<strong>Statistics</strong>, Ambulance Service of the city of Bucharest 



3) IPA S.A. - Research, Development and Production of Automation Equipment and Installations – 

Bucharest 

RTD regarding self managing systems for technological processes. Automation systems and equipments, 

electric devices and power electronic systems, numeric signal processing systems, sensors are produced. 

Engineering and key delivery for process management systems, security and burglarproof systems are 

delivered. Consulting, technical assistance, quality certification. 

General Manager: Eng. Florin UDRESCU 

Address: Calea Floreasca, nr 169, 

Bucharest, Romania, Zip code 71295 

Phone: +401 232 00 69; +401 230 76 16; +401 230 18 79 

Fax: +401 230 70 63; +401 230 18 79 

E-mail: udrescuf@automation.ipa.ro; abotu@ipa.ro 

Website:www.ipa.ro 

Projects financed under VIASAN programme: 

• Information system for emergency medical assistance – SATURG, 18 months, (2001 - 2003) 

• TECRON Telematic system for home monitoring of the patient with cronic deseases, 14 months 

(2003 - 2004) 

• Telediagnose for patients with angiogenesis. 

4) SIVECO ROMANIA SA 

ROMANIA, BUCHAREST, 011455 

8-10, Maresal Averescu Bd. 


Fax: +40 (21) 224 41 08 

Website: www.siveco.ro 

SIVECO e-Health projects: 

• The National Health Insurance House (CNAS) - Integrated Information System for managing the 

activities within CNAS - project achieved by a consortium and HP as an integrator. 

• The Ministry of Health in Croatia (HZZO) - an information system which centralizes the data 

received by all the medical cabinets in Croatia. 

• Nepenthes Group France (Concentrateur Global Nepenthes) - a system for managing the invoice 

flow between the French Health Ministry and the health insurance houses. 

5) ROMSYS 

169A, Calea Floreasca Street, Bucharest, Romania 

Phone: +40 (0)21. 208.07.00 

Fax: +40 (0)21. 208.07.15 

E-mail: management@romsys.ro 

Website:www.romsys.ro 

Projects: 

• The epidemologic surveillance of tuberculosis in Romania, in the benefit of "Marius Nasta" 

Institute. The solution allows even the most outlaying sanitary units to provide data and to have access 

to the analysis result. 

• Informatic Inregrated System DISPEC BEMSSY offers the automation of dispatching activities in 

Emergency Medical Services, 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. The solution has been succesfully 

implemented in Bucharest and other 12 counties. 

• REMSSy – Regional Emergency Medical Services System aims at optimizing resource, materiel, 

specialists and ambulance administration. REMSSY assigned to Emergency Medical Services in 7 

counties: Craiova, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Iaşi, Timişoara, Târgu Mureş and Oradea. 

• Starting with 2004 Romsys has began the integration of the unique call system 112. 



6) Romanian Space Agency – ROSA 

Contact: 

E-mail:calin.popovici@rosa.ro; calin@conceptco.ro 

www.e-medicina.ro (link ARTASS) Medicine & Welfare Excellence Center 

www.rosa.ro 

ROSA is financed under National Aerospace Program has as a strategic goal e-Health / Telemedicine and 

Life Support & Protection Applications such as the Excellence Centre for Space Applications in Medicine 

and Human Biological Welfare. 

The Excellence Centre Mission, a project of ROSA is to be a prolific context for telemedicine and welfare 

applications development, beneficial for health care, health preservation, and human life protection within a 

clean environment 

The Excellence Centre Partnership Status: 

Telemedicine partners: 

• The Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot (strategic) 

• The Danube Delta Mobile Telemedicine Pilot (strategic) 

• Clinic Departments in Romania 

• Virginia Commonwealth University – USA 

• Human biological welfare partners 

• IT&C applications partners 

Strategic efforts in progress: 

• National Telemedicine System expansion and advocacy; 

• Mobile Telemedicine for remote areas integration; 

• Human health protection and recovery applications; 

• National Human Performance Network establishment; 

• ARTASS Association 

e-Health Projects financed under AEROSPATIAL Program: 

• 2001-2003 Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot 

• 2001-2003 Sportsmen Position Real Time Tracking System 

• 2002-2003 The Excellence Centre for Space Applications in Medicine and Human Biological Welfare 

• 2002-2004 Demonstration Pilot for Humans Monitoring in High Risk Conditions - SMOPERR 

• 2004-2006 The Danube Delta Mobile Telemedicine Pilot - mobile telemedicine services in remote, 

infrastructureless areas; 

• 2004-2006 InGRID, HUP-GRID 

• 2004- EXTREM-GRID (ROSA-leader, financed under INFOSOC program) 

Mobile Telemedicine Resources: 

• Practice in “classical telemedicine” such as tele-diagnostics, tele-radiology, tele-consulting and 

continuous distance medical education; 

• Rescue, Critical & Trauma Services; 

• Integrated Medical Procedures & Protocols; 

• IT&C infrastructure and know-how; 

• Wireless Data Communication resources including Mobile Telephony and Satellite Data 

Communications; 

• WEB based technology and applications. 

7) ALCATEL Romania 

National Network of Traumatology - RNT is public-private initiative, the core of the Information System of 

Romanian Health Services. ALCATEL Romania was the leader with the partners: Orange Romania, 

Romania Data Systems, Microsoft Romania, Hewlett Packard Romania, InfoWorld, Asociatia Medicala 

Romana, Omnis Group, Business Relation, Avitech Co. 

RNT implementation steps: 



2004 - National Network of Traumatology – Pilot project 

2005 - Regional National Network of Traumatology includes all the Romanian Medical Universitary 

Centers 

2006 - County National Network of Traumatology – International highways 

2007 - Information System of the Integrated system of Medical Services 

2008 - Romanian Integrated Systems of Health Services 

RNT – the pilot station – is a data, voice & images integrated system, working as an intranet network, and 

connecting the following medical units: 

• Bucharest (Floreasca – Emergency Hospital; Euroclinic Private Hospita) 

• Timisoara (County Hospita; Austria Home Hospita; Ortopedy Hospita) 

• Târgu Mures (County Hospita; Medical Emergency Mobile Unit – SMURD); 

• Chilia Veche (Village Surgery) 

A3.3.2 – ICT for inclusion 


e-Inclusion is one of the key objectives of the Romanian Government. A range of projects were 

implemented with the financial support of the Romanian Government, EU Phare fund, and US Agency for 

International Development and US Department of Health and Human Services. 




c) Key players 

1) ICI – National Institute for R&D in Informatics, Bucharest (www.ici.ro) 

2) ULBS – “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania 

3) INDACO Systems 

78 Izvor Street, sector 5, Bucharest, Romania 

Phone/fax: (40 21) 411 9711 

E-mail mail@indaco.ro 

Website:www.indaco.ro 


Sample of projects for inclusion: 

• InHand – Development of information services for persons with special needs. The site 

http://www.anph.ro/ is dedicated to all initiatives related to social, professional and cultural integration, 

acting as a center against exclusion. 

The site design was coordinated by the National Authority for Persons with Handicaps and realised by: 

ICI – National Institute for R&D in Informatics, Bucharest (www.ici.ro) and 

ULBS – “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania (www.ulbsibiu.ro) 

• Telecenters 

Until today 36 telecenters were opened around the country, in rural and remote communities or 

disadvantaged regions that have been left behind in terms of educational and technological equity and 

access. They are located in a specified site that provides public access to ICT resources and its aim is to 

provide wide access to information and knowledge. From October 2003 to January 2004 these telecenters 

were used by a number of 3,500 inhabitants and this number increase from day to day. 

The telecenters' purposes are to: 



• expand access to ICT-based services for all citizens; 

• extend the access of public services such as education, health and social services; 

• provide information of general interest to the local community, including government information; 

• provide information of general interest to the specific groups such as farmers, local businesses and nongovernmental 

organisations; 

• provide access to infrastructure, technology support and advice for the development of businesses. 

• The Citizens Advice Bureaux network 

The Citizens Advice Bureau is an independent service, designed specifically to address the clear need in 

Romania for improved access to information, advice and support for ordinary citizens to enable them to 

solve problems and to exercise their social and civil rights and duties. 

This is achieved through the establishment of a national network of locally based citizens advice and 

information services, developed by non-governmental organisations in close partnership and co-operation 

with local authorities. There are 55 Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) all over the country, in big and small 

cities and rural remote areas. 

CABs use an informational system along with its content as an essential tool in providing advice services to 

citizens, in various domains: social assistance, social insurance, labour relations, consumer protection, civil 

rights and obligations, property, taxes, education, notary procedure, child protection, public services. This 

informational system also monitors the activity of the advice bureaux. 

INDACO was the company that design and implemented the information system. 

• CWMTIS project 

It was initiated by the Romanian National Authority for the Child Protection and Adoption in partnership with 

US Agency for International Development and US Department of Health and Human Services. 

Indaco Systems was chosen to develop the informational system devoted to monitoring and tracking all the 

children included in the Romanian Child Protection System. The main objective of the system was to keep 

records about all the events/changes affecting the child situation. The system stores complete information 

about the child from the beginning to the end of each episode and provides complex, easy to access 

information to manage child cases. 

CWMTIS was designed to: 

- provide national registration and inquiry function about children and families providing child welfare 

services; 

- provide basic cost tracking capabilities for services to children; 

- provide enhanced reporting capabilities in support of local and national program administration; 

- establish network connectivity facilitating local access to national data and synchronization of local and 

national databases. 

This national wide system was designed as an on-line, web application. 

The complete communication infrastructure was installed from scratch and a national VPN (48 locations) 

was configured on top of public Internet, since transmission security was mandatory. 

Microsoft .NET was chosen in order to build a scalable, easy to develop solution. The database 

management system is based on SQL Server that provides a facile administration environment alongside 

with the required strength. 











A3.3.3 – ICT for mobility 


The current use of telematic systems can be described as poor and the improvement of the framework 

conditions for the use of ITC systems is urgently needed. 

Telematics applications for traffic management, not widespread, but partly used exist in the following areas: 

• Centralized traffic control; 

• Flexible signal plans; 

• Public transport priority and traffic sensors; 

• Variable message signs. 

Weaknesses 

• low level of expertise in applying telematics in the transport field; 

• insufficient public funds; 

• the lack of data or information for new services; 

• internal problems such as institutional and inter-departmental co-operation. 




RTD/SMES involved in research activities on mobility 

1. Polytechnic University of Bucharest 

2. ICI – National Institute for R&D in Informatics, Bucharest 

3. RASCO 

4. TRANSINFO S.A 

5. INSTITUTE for COMPUTATION TECHNIQUE - ITC S.A. - Bucharest 

6. INCERTRANS 

7. SIAT S.A. 

8. IPA S.A. 

9. ITS ROMANIA 

10. ICE S.A 


Transport Restructuring Project 


The Government of Romania has defined a strategy for the transport sector that is primarily aimed at 

improving the efficiency of the railways and road sectors, and thereby reducing the overall costs of 

transportation. The project has the following three components: Component 1) The activity consists of 

technical cooperation and training to improve efficiency of road management and administration targeted at 

the Romania National Company for Motorways and National Roads Project Appraisal Document 

(RNCMNR). Road safety improvements, and construction of bypasses to selected cities. Component 2) 

Technical cooperation and training for the commercialization of the railway industry. Completion of the 

Integrated Railway Information System (IRIS) Hardware and communications network. Infrastructure 

maintenance, power supply and signaling equipment. Systems for quality and environmental management. 

Component 3) Provision of technical assistance to support institutional development for Ministry of 



Transport. Construction and Tourism (MTCT) and Metrorex , consisting of: (i) organizational development 

of the urban transport planning and management unit within MTCT, and establishment of the Bucharest 

Metropolitan Transport Authority; (ii) reorganization of the Metrorex institutional structure to improve 

efficiency and effectiveness; (iii) feasibility studies for extensions to the Metrorex commuter services within 

Bucharest metropolitan districts, and (iv) provision of consultant services for audit of the Project accounts 

covering the financial years during project implementation.** 

Implementing Agency – NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION OF ROADS AND STATE RAILWAYS CFR-INFRA 

Closing Date: 31-JUL-2009 


1) Road Weather Information Systems 

Location: DN1 Bucharest – Brasov – 160 Km 

Structure: 17 Intelligent road whether stations, 5 Data Collection Stations, 12 Variable massage panels, 2 

info-Kiosks, 1 Central Station; 5 Work Stations 

Functions: 

- Measurement of road weather parameters 

- Local data processing and collecting 

- Shot term (2 hours) and medium term (24 hours) road weather forecast 

- Issuing warning and alarms 

- Information of the users through variable message panels 

- Data transfer between all stations and to info-kiosks 

- Road weather data recording and dissemination 

2) UNIQUE EMERGENCY CALL 112 

Location: one district – Mures District 

Actors involved: ambulance, fire brigade and police 

Central dispatcher wit five operators; sub- dispatchers 

Fleet management (50 ambulance and police cars with location and route optimisation) 

3) ROKFIND - FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 

Designed and developed by ROKURA Company. 

Commercial system of localization of mobile assets, bi-directional messaging, monitoring of different 

operational parameters, leading finally to a more efficient management of a company infrastructure. 

ROKFIND services are based on data communications using several platforms: GSM, geo-stationary or 

low-earth-orbit satellites, depending on the type of the fleet (ships, barges, trucks, trailers, reefers, rail 

wagons, oversized vehicles, special transports) and the area covered by the vehicles (maritime, land, 

domestic, international). 

The functional unit can be easily installed and adapted to any kind of vehicle. 

Its large interfacing capacity to different types of sensors and transducers makes it extremely versatile for 

application development. 

Data are available to the final user through a server connected to Internet, so the vehicle fleet can be 

monitored from the office, home or any other place by a simple Internet connection. The software is friendly 

and easy to use without requiring special computer operating abilities. 

4) SOMCET-NET- Integrated Electronic System for transport optimisation and monitoring support 

for e-business in transport area 

SOMCET-Net is a integrated, intelligent and interactive support for vehicle monitoring, route optimization 

and an interactive tool for electronic commercial transaction. 

The system allows transport demands, offers and orders management and finding based on selection keys 

created dynamically by the user, supports the negotiation process and transport contact set up between the 

business partners, automatic route optimization with route visualization on the digital map, location and real 

time survey of means of transport and its principal characteristics using GPS, GSM, and GIS technologies. 

The use of the digital maps to represent the locations associated with characteristic descriptive information 

offers more visibility to the information. 



National Institute for Research and Development - ICI (coordinator), CEPETET - research center for 

electronics in transport area from "Politehnica" have developed the system having as user National Union 

of Road Transport from Romania, that represents more than 1800 carriers. 

5) VTS -01 – VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM 

The equipment VTS-M was designed and realized by NEURON in co-operation with UTI Grup. 

It determines the vehicle position using the information supplied by the GPS system “Navstar”, memorizes 

the route and the speed, makes comparisons with pre-defined routes for approx. 10,000 km, acquires 

information regarding vehicle condition and executes independent or assisted commands. 

VTS-M can transmit these information to a computer using various communication channels: GSM, PRM 

(Private Radio Mobile), Satellite. 

The system of programmes VTS-D is composed by: 

- Message Modem that realizes the bi-directional communication, using the VTS-M equipments 

- Configurator that defines each vehicle registered in the system 

- VTS that offers the graphic interface for real time visualization of vehicles shifting, generate files 

recording the tracks, events or alarms and the operators’ activity. 

Applications: Fleet management, fast interventions (ambulance, fire, police), dispatching and protection for 

important transports (values, toxic substances, VIP). 

6) Road Freight Transport Demand And Supply Information (Fretris) 

Partners: Databank (Greece), OCTOCON Ltd. (England), GLOSSY S.A.(Romania), Institute of Computer 

Systems (Bulgaria). I.C.I. (Romania) 

Development of a pilot information system, providing reliable information on the supply and demand for 

road freight transport in the Balkan corridor (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece) and being accessible by all the 

Transportation related Community in the mentioned countries. 

Implementation of available communications and telematic. State of the art technologies are exploited and 

client-server applications are available in the form of on-line services. 

Design and implementation of a distributed information system. It consist a distributed database fulfilled 

with transportation data of demands and offers of transport services. The FRETRIS technical system 

constitutes 3 nodes situated in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. 

This distributed database is accessible through Internet. The users and of the system applying http protocol 

can register in the database demands for transportation of goods and/or offers of transportation services. 

7) PEGAS - Pilot System Intelligent Road 

PEGAS system: 

• Coordinates the road traffic; 

• Guaranties the mobility (possibility of movement anytime when the user wants, anywhere where the 

user wants) and the movement commodity (comfort and safety); 

• Is structured depending on the application fields: nature of movement and covered space. 

PEGAS system is dedicated to the participants to the traffic and offers information regarding: 

Meteorological state; Environment parameters state; Road state; Traffic state; Traffic directing 

PEGAS system was finalised in 2000 and it is under implementation on DN1 in Bucuresti - Tancabesti. 

Area. 

Producer Consortium: INCERTRANS, SIAT S.A., National Institute for Research and Development in 

Informatics (ICI) Romania, IPA S.A., ITS ROMANIA, ICE S.A 

8) Software application for travelers' guidance and orientation within public transport networks 

The application is devoted to: 

• urban public transportation - Interactive graphic guide RATB-METROU 

• railway transportation - CFR Information kiosk 

CFR information kiosk 

The information kiosk (touch screen version) allows travelers' direct access to information regarding: 

• trains scheduling: departures, arrivals, routes, prices, etc 

• the public transportation vehicles' routes 

• hotel addresses, restaurants, etc 



The application permits two ways of searching: by using a graphical map of the railway network in 

Romania, or by using the list of the destination stations. 

The program is to be implemented at the Bucharest, North Station in a few information kiosks. 

Producer: INSTITUTE for Computers - ITC S.A. - Bucharest 

9) Integrated system for positioning, following and management of vehicles, using GPS-GSM 

technologies 

The integrated system for positioning and following comprises mainly the AVL mobile units (Auto Vehicle 

Location) - which will be installed on monitored vehicles - the GSM communication network or a VHF radio 

network and the monitoring equipment. 

The monitoring software permits: 

- the location and viewing of the last position for one or more vehicles 

- the online following and route marking of a certain vehicle 

- the short messages sending and receiving from and towards the vehicle driver 

- maps light-hachuring for certain areas of importance (the maps of certain towns, parking areas, etc) 

- the storing of all received positions, of the sent and received messages from drivers, in a database, etc. 

- the virtual displacement on a geographic graphical map and the calculation of displacement parameters 

(the optimal distance, speed, etc) 

Producer: INSTITUTE for Computers - ITC S.A. - Bucharest 

Research projects in progress: 

• Convergent solutions for limiting the congestion and the traffic pollution in urban 

agglomerations financed under AMTRANS PROGRAMME of National research Agency, project 

coordinator: Polytechnic University of Bucharest 

• Traffic and environment monitoring system – Bucharest, financed under AMTRANS PROGRAMME 

of National Research Agency, partners: P.U.B, I.C.I., RASCO 

• TRANSnet - Virtual Transport Market, an application regarding demand and offer management (ecommerce) 

for inner freight transport (pilot stage), Performed by TRANSINFO S.A. 

Networks: 

• Intelligent Transport Systems - ITS Romania & European Projects 

ITS Romania is associate member of FRAME-Net, National ITS Associations Platform (ERTICO initiative), 

is involved in COMPRIS programme and participated to World and European ITS Congress 

Funding sources: 

• The National Programme for Research, Development and Innovation funds the Romanian research 

activities. Its components in relation with Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS are: 

– AMTRANS (Land Planning and Transport) http://www.ipa.ro/ 

– INFOSOC (Information Society) http://www.ici.ro/ 

– RELANSIN (Economical Re-launching) http://www.amcsit.ro/ 

– CERES (Fundamental and Pre-competition Research) http://alpha1.infim.ro/ifa/ 





A3.3.4 – ICT for the environment 
















Phone: + 40234542411, Fax: +40234545753 


Website:www.ub.ro/ub 






states. 


Address: 13, Al.I. CUZA - 200585 Craiova - Romania, 



Website:www.central.ucv.ro 

3) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOECOLOGY - GEOECOMAR 

GeoEcoMar is a governmental research-development institution, coordinated by the Romanian Agency for 

Science and Innovation with 105 scientific and technical personnel working in Bucharest and in a branch in 

Constantza. 

The scientific departments are: Marine Geology and Sedimentology Laboratory, Laboratory for Seismoacoustics 

and Physics of the Sea, Marine Gravimetry and Magnetometry Laboratory, Laboratory of 

Marine Geo-ecology and Biogeochemistry, GIS and DataBases Group. 

Contact person: Dr. Dan Secrieru, Research group leader 

Address: 23, Dimitrie Onciul - 024053 BUCHAREST - Romania, 


Fax: +40212522594 

E-mail: panin@geoecomar.ro 

Website:www.geoecomar.ro 


1) Department of Geology and Sedimentology part of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY 

AND GEOECOLOGY - GEOECOMAR 



GeoEcoMar is a governmental research-development institution, coordinated by the Romanian Agency for 

Science and Innovation with 105 scientific and technical personnel working in Bucharest and in a branch in 

Constanta. 

The scientific departments are: Marine Geology and Sedimentology Laboratory, Laboratory for Seismoacoustics 

and Physics of the Sea, Marine Gravimetry and Magnetometry Laboratory, Laboratory of 

Marine Geo-ecology and Biogeochemistry, GIS and DataBases Group. 

Contact person: Dr. Silviu Radan, Research group leader 



E-mail: radan@geoecomar.ro 


2) Seismo-acoustics GIS and Digital Cartography Laboratory - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE 

GEOLOGY AND GEOECOLOGY - GEOECOMAR 

Contact person: Gabriel Ion – Head of Seismo-Acoustics, Gis and Digital 



Fax: +40212522594 

E-mail: gion@geoecomar.ro 


3) Department of Building Services – Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture – Politehnica 

University of Timisoara 

Contact person: Adrian Retezan -Research Group Leader 

Address: 2, Traian Lalescu, 300223, Timisoara -Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-403987 

E-mail: aretezan@ceft.utt.ro 












Phone: +40-744777729, Fax: +40-21-2241030 


http://www.ici.ro/ici/organizare/edep09.html 

5) Power Engineering and Enviromental Systems – Politehnica University of Bucharest 

The Power Engineering Faculty has been founded in 1950, being now the largest in the country among 

other eight similar faculties. During its half-century activity, the Power Engineering Faculty (PEF) 

continuously shaped its training system, according to the needs of modern power engineering and to its 

environmental and economical aspects. 

Contact person: Tiberiu Apostol – Research Group Leader 

Address: 313, Splaiul Independentei, 060042, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-4029675 

E-mail: tiberius96@k.ro 



http://www.pub.ro/English/Faculties/energ.htm 

6) Knitting & Ready Made Clothes Department – Technical University “Gh. Asachi” Iasi 

Contact person: Carmen Loghin – Associate Professor 

Address: 53, D. Mangeron, 700050, Iasi – Romania, 


Fax: +40-232-278683 

E-mail: cloghin@tex.tuiasi.ro 

7) Education – National Centre of Studies in Family Medicine 

Contact person: Dr. Iuliana Popa – Research Group Leader 



Fax: +40-232-274955 

E-mail: iulianapopa@iasi.mednet.ro 









Romania. 



Contact person: Szel Alexandru, Researcher, engineer 



Fax: +40-259-231306 


Website: www.informaticaoradea.ro 


• Government Policy; Related National and EU projects in which your country is participating 

Governmental programs: 

MENER programme – Environment, energy and resources, part of the National Plan for R&D and 

Innovation, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research 

1) Danube Delta Institute for Research & Development-Tulcea 

Address:165, Babadag Street, 820112 Tulcea, Romania 

Phone : + (40- 240) 531520/ 524546 

Fax : + (40- 240) 533547 

Website:www.indd.tim.ro 

The project Land Cover Romania, financed by Phare Programme, started in 1994 within the framework of 

the CORINE programme (Coordination of information on the environment). 



The Romanian Ministry of Water and Environmental Protection as National Focal Point and co-financing 

organization has appointed the Danube Delta National Institute ( DDNI) as National Reference Centre 

(NRC) for conducting the Romanian part of the CLC 2000 inventory. 

The information obtained within the project, as digitized land cover maps at 1:100 000 scale for the year 

1990 and 2000 and for whole Romanian territory represents a reference data set for spatial and territorial 

analysis for different territorial levels. 

Corine Land Cover database provide the support for creation of Romanian hydrological network in GIS 

format and for assessment of land use upstream the hydrological monitoring stations of Romanian rivers in 

order to implement the monitoring and information network EUROWATERNET program designed by the 

European Topic Centre on Inland Waters (ETC/IW). It also provided useful basic information for the 

development of the project “National grassland inventory – Romania”) that is an integrated part of a Pan- 

European programme, for grassland inventory, dealing with their protection, conservation and 

management process, in the framework of EU regulations (SAPARD). 

The CLC2000 data base is also requested in some national research projects in the framework of 

implementation of biodiversity convention, habitat and birds directive (NATURA2000). Integration of the 

national CLC database to the European CLC database will provide the bases for spatial analysis at 

European level. 

2) ICIM - The National Research-Development Institute for Environmental Protection 

Spl. Independentei no 294, sector 6, Bucharest 78, cod 060031 

ROMANIA 

Phone: (40-1) 318 20 10 / 318 20 57; Fax: (40-1) 318 20 01 

Implemented projects: 

- The Environmental Information System and Data Management: - project on environmental 

indicators for Romania in 1999, from local level to national level. 

- PHARE - CORINAIR PROGRAM - Management of a national network of information on pollutants 

emission into the atmosphere. 

- Monitoring air quality at national and local level, project financed under MENER – national C&D 

progamme for environment and energy 

3) IPA CIFATT, Institute for Automation Engineering 

Craiova, Romania, 


Email: ipa@rdslink.ro 

IPA CIFATT Craiova is involved in two European projects related with the development of regional 

environmental monitoring centers. 

The heart of each centre is a real time system for monitoring and detection of noxis, for prognosis and 

assisted decisions based on information about factors of industrial risks and meteorological conditions. The 

system will use fuzzy methods and neural networks for decisions and data mining for data analysis. 

The development of the centers is done within two EU-cooperation projects: the INCOT and the MONITOR 

and they will be used by the Agencies of Civil Protection and Environment Protection in Romania in the 

Oltenia, Iasi, Arges regions. 

4) BITNET Cluj, Romania 

BITNET CCSS / Public Communication Office: 

Ady Endre 24, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 

Contact person: Octavian Cristea (Mr.), Director 

Fax: +40-264-595040 

Mobile: +40-722-859286 


Website:www.bitnet.info 

Projects implemented by BITNET: 



TELSAT: A joint research project targeting the development of a facility that will disseminate through a 

satellite platform regional real-time data concerning vegetation indexes and meteo. The project will be 

supported through the Romanian AEROSPACE program and private companies. 

STATUS: contracted in October 2003. 

STAR: A contracted joint research project focused on the development of a highly automatic facility for 

real-time monitoring Romania’s environment through satellites belonging to the North American Earth 

Observing System and the future European GMES. 

Agricultural Pollution Control GEF Project 

The Agricultural Pollution Control Project for Romania aims to increase significantly the use of 

environment-friendly agricultural practices in the project area and thereby reduce nutrient discharge from 

agricultural sources in Romania to the Danube River and Black Sea. There are three main components. 

The first has four sub-components: it 1) provides incentives for the installation of improved manure storage 

facilities and equipment for manure collection and application in the seven comunas; 2) promotes the 

adoption of better agricultural practices to improve agricultural production while reducing nutrient discharge 

pollution for agriculture; 3) develops and supports a specific land use management plan for the Boianu- 

Sticleanu Polder and ecological restoration of the Calderasi-Raul Polder; and 4) strengthens capacity in 

Calarasi Judet and the public health directorate to monitor soil and water quality and environmental 

impacts. The second component strengthens national policy and regulatory capacity. The third component 

finances a broad public information campaign of the project's activities and benefits at the local, national, 

and regional levels to achieve replicability of project interventions.** 

Implementing Agency - MINISTRY OF WATERS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

Closing Date - 30-JUN-2007 

Forest Development Project 

The Forest Development Project will improve the environmentally sustainable management of the State 

and private forests, in an effort to increase benefits to the national, and rural economies, derived from the 

country's forest resources. To this end, project components will: 1) Establish new systems to ensure 

sustainable management of private forest lands, by strengthening the Department of Forests, specifically, 

the Forest Inspectorate and Support Service within the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forests (MAFF). 

Supervisory, regulatory, and monitoring activities in forest management, will be supported, as will the 

provision of extension, and advisory services. Furthermore, support will be provided for the development of 

national, and local associations of private forest owners, which includes assistance for business 

development plans, service delivery, and capacity building in financial, and procurement management. In 

addition, a national forest management information, and monitoring system will be established to integrate 

cadastre, forest inventory, and biodiversity data. 2) Mitigate the State's forests management restitution, and 

its consequences, by supporting reform, and strategic development of the National Forest Administration, 

and, through the rehabilitation, and extension of the forest road network. 3) Support the increased 

productivity, and competitiveness of forest industries, through the establishment of the Forest Sector 

Business Information Center, to coordinate, and assist timber, and related forest industries. 4) Build public 

support for sustainable forest management, through public awareness campaigns. 5) Support project 

management, and financial activities, and oversee monitoring and evaluation aspects.** 

Implementing Agency - MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND FORESTS 

Closing Date - 30-JUN-2009 

Mine Closure, Environment & Socio-Economic Regeneration Project 

The Romania Mine Closure, Environmental and Scio-Economic Regeneration Project aims to strengthen 

the Government's ability to undertake mining sector reform by (1) building the capacity of the Ministry of 

Economy and Commerce for closing uneconomic mining enterprises through support for closing complex 

mines and ancillary enterprises in an environmentally sustainable manner; and (2) providing support to the 

National Agency for Development and Implementation Reconstruction Programs for the Mining Regions, 

local communities, and other agencies for community-based planning and socio-economic regeneration of 



the mining regions. The project consists of two components: Component A, Mine Closure and Environment 

Improvements, and Component B, Socio-Economic Regeneration of Mining Communities.** 

Implementing Agency - MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMMERCE 

Closing Date: 31-MAY-2010 





A3.3.5 – ICT for organisations and work 

• The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; Relevant statistics and economic 

indicators 

As part of the National Electronic System, launched in 2003, there is functioning the Electronic Systems 

for the payment of local taxes. 

Current stage: 59 cities have implemented electronic payment systems, another 17 having functional 

information systems and payment systems in process. These systems are presently reaching the 4th level 

of e-government interaction, which allows the connection/integration between information systems from the 

banks and city hall. 

Based on the National strategy for passing to the New Economy and implementing of the National 

Electronic System, drawn up by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, there 

have launched some e-government projects which offers public services through electronic means. 

These projects are available for public in the frame of e-government Centre inside of Ministry of 

Communication and Information Technology. The projects e-government are: 

The National Electronic System 


Electronic system for public procurement - This project assures the transparency of the procedures for 

the participants to the auctions, it offers the efficiency of the public funds expenditure, the simplifying of the 

participation procedure to the auctions, it offers standard working procedures for procuring agencies, it 

deliver public information about the public procurement processes, it sets up fast auditing mechanisms of 

the public procurement processes, it encourages the development of e-commerce. Otherwise, site www.elicitatie.ro 

has an international recognition, being considered best practice in the field of e-government. 

Present stage: 

• saving medium percentage of: 22% 

• saving achieved until now: 80 mil Euro 

• transactions concluded in system of e-licitatie: 280000 

• 10000 applications for registered in system; 

• 1068 contracting authorities; 

• over 80 categories of dealing products; 

• 10 National Health Programmes unfolded through SEAP; 

• 496 auctions finalized in the health field. 

Electronic System for assigning of the international transport authorisations (SIAE) 

www.autorizatiiauto.ro simplifying and fastening the process for getting of transport authorization, and 

through its transparency restrict the possibility of corruption 

Present stage: 



• 1698 transporters have digital certifications for authetification; 

• about 96231 electronic authorizations allocated. 

Participation of Romania to EU Programmes: 

• E-Ten is an EU programme, which supports the development of electronic services (eservices). 

The programme promotes the public interest services that create the opportunity for every citizen, company 

or administration to benefit from the advantages of the information society. 

The programme started in 2003 and will close in 2006 with a total budget of 172.5 million euros. During the 

2003 call for proposals there were registered over 1000 participants from 27 countries. The budget for the 

2004 eTEN programme is of approximately 43 million euros. 

Two Romanian applications have already been registered at the European Commission and other 

companies have requested MCTI counselling services in order to prepare their applications. 

Similar to other EU programmes, participation to eTEN is subject to the obligatory rule of the collaboration 

with other partners from another country associated to the programme. Up to now, ten foreign firms are 

interested in collaboration with Romanian companies within the framework of eTEN programme. 

On June 2, 2004 the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has organized „e-TEN 

Informing Day in Romania”. John Beale, Project Officer from the European Commission, has participated to 

this training session. 

In order to offer protection to Information Society services providers and consumers, to consolidate the 

trust of companies in the use of electronic means and to respect the regulations in force, MCTI has initiated 

actions for preventing and fighting against cyber crimes, as follows: 

• Creating the „Abuzuri.ro” web page on the MCTI website which allows the interested persons to 

send notifications regarding: 

- the use of personal identification data in order to access certain services, without the user’s prior 

consent; 

- the delivering unsolicited commercial messages (without the consent of the receiver); 

- the deliberate and repeated transmission of virus infected messages; 

- unauthorized actions of data monitoring and storage; 

- the violation of the copyright and of the industrial property right; 

- blocking services or a server through DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. 

• Introducing the antifrauda@mcti.ro for the notification of the cyber crimes. 

• Establishing the Security Incidents Response and Expertise Centre (CERIS). Security Incidents 

Response and Expertise Centre (CERIS), launched at the end of 2003, is the place where IT staff 

within organizations could call for receiving guidance and solutions in IT security events they deal 

with. Services delivered by this centre will be in the field of protection means of systems against to 

potential problems, helping to anticipating incidents as well as to solve them. Having in view an 

affiliation of the centre to the international network of similar centres, in SPAS system space. 

• Drawing up eFrauda.ro portal for reporting on line of the electronic frauds. Through functioning of 

this electronic centre it follows the suppliers and consumers protection of services of informatics 

companies, respecting the regulations, diminishing the bureaucracy, preventing and combating 

informatics crimes, protecting the copy rights, growth the transparency in relation citizen – public 

administration. Portal users can find a special agency, they can consult the instructions for filling 

the application form, and they can fill and send the application form in electronic mean to 

answerably agency for providing of services. 


• eMarket 

Electronic System for Public Acquisitions for Standard Products – www.e-licitatie.ro 

The system was launched on March, 2002. The project provides an effective way to save both the time of 

involved users and public money, also eliminating the bureaucracy and lowering the corruption. The system 



has more than 1,800 registered users with digital certificate. Until now, more than 19,000 auctions have 

been closed in the system, issuing an average cost reductions to public acquisitions of 20%. 

The Electronic System for Public Acquisitions was launched on March 4th, 2002, with 159 public authorities 

using the system, for 7 categories of goods. Today, 1050 governmental agencies and over 8000 providers 

have asked to use the system, there are 80 categories of goods involved, comprising thousands of 

individual products, and the results are 75 million euro savings and over 250 000 closed transactions. 

Interactivity level: The eMarket system recognizes 3 sorts of users: buyers (Acquiring Agencies), sellers 

(suppliers) and administrators, each of them with specific rights and personalized pages. The system 

allows a two-way online interaction with the users and a good response time. 

• e-Banking 

Twenty banks in Romania have acquired at least one type of authorization from the Ministry of 

Communications and Information Technology for 27 distance access payment instruments of various types. 

The Ministry issued 12-month valid licenses in order to monitor how the banks used this instrument. 

Long distance access payment instruments usage: 

17 

2 

12 

Home banking 

Internet banking 

Mobile Banking 

In the first three trimesters of the year 2004, 22 banks used 29 Internet banking or home banking 

instruments. 32.869 users performed 5.574.386 transactions through long distance access payment 

instruments. The value of transactions in lei exceeded 700 thousand billion, and those in foreign currency 

6, 9 billion euro (6). 

• Junior Achievement Romania is part of Junior Achievement Worldwide, US and Junior 

Achievement –Young Enterprise Europe 

Junior Achievement is active in 112 countries worldwide. Local, regional and multinational companies 

recognize the need for market economics education and support the quality of the Junior Achievement 

programs. 

Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise programs have been offered in Romania since 1993. All programs 

have been translated and adapted, are available in Romanian and are implemented according to the 

agreement signed with the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research and Youth. 

More than 250,000 students attended JA-YE programs till 2003. JA Romania strategic plan, ACCESS 

TO SUCCESS, is to reach at least one of four Romanian students by 2005. JA Romania provides training, 

materials, service and technical support to the schools that have chosen to implement JA programs as 

optional curriculum. Romanian JA students benefit of “Junior Achievers” scholarships and participate every 

year at International Student Conferences, Contests and Trade Fairs. 

The mission of JA Romania is to serve all schools that develop and implement economic education 

programs for young people through a partnership between business and education. JA programs are 

helping students to gain an understanding of: 

- The importance of market-driven economies 

- The role of business in a global economy 

- The commitment of business to environmental and social issues 

- The commitment of business to operate in an ethical manner 

- The relevance of education in the workplace 

- The impact of economics on their future 

JA programs currently running in Romania: 

- A,b,c- economy : - Me and My World (Elementary School Programs) Ourselves, Our Families, 



Our Community, Our City 

- ABC of Business (Middle Grade Programs) Personal Economics, Enterprise in Action 

- d-economy: - Business World (High School and University Programs) Student Company, 

Applied Economics, Business Ethics, Stock Market 

- Connections (High School and University Programs) Success Skills, Workplace Internships, To be 

leader! 

- Business Class (Programs in English) GLOBE, Student Company, YE Cambridge Examination, 

- Fundamentals of Market Economy (University & Adults Programs) 

- Economics for Leaders (University & Adults Programmes) My Money Business 

- e-economy: - Management and Strategy Games, CAPS (Middle Grade Programs), MESE, 

BIA (High School and University Programs) SMG (High School and University Programs) 

National Agency for SME and Co-operatives initiated and unfolded the following programmes: 

Programme for the development of the entrepreneurial abilities among young people and for facilitating the 

access of these to financing – Youth and business – START 

Objective: promotion of a training system which will facilitate the mobility of the young between the 

educational system and the labour market, as well as the development of the entrepreneurial skills of the 

young in order to get the young people in contact with the private economic organizations, which 

represents a priority of the National Action Plan for Youth in Romania. The Programme has 2 phases: 

Phase I – organization and development of entrepreneurial training courses for the Programme 

beneficiaries; 

Phase II – financing the first selected 100 business plans, through granting microcredits in very good 

conditions, by the Romanian Commercial Bank, according to the credit conditions specified. 

The entrepreneurial training courses will take place in: Bucharest, Brasov, Constanta, Craiova, Iasi 

and Timisoara. These entrepreneurial training courses will be organized on modulus. These courses will 

result in elaborating a business plan by each eligible beneficiary, in a period of 10 days from the end of the 

course. Through these courses 600 young people (possible entrepreneurs) will get trained. 

(Contact person: Carmen TRIFU, Expert, Department for Elaboration, Implementation and Monitoring 

Programmes for SMEs and International Co-operation, phone: +4021-3361467, fax: +4021-3361843, email: 

carmen.trifu@mimmc.ro) 

• The Fair for the SMEs –TIMM 2003 “Start and performance”, both at national level in Bucharest and also 

at regional level in 5 most important and representatives cities from the country: Piatra – 

Neamt, Brasov, Deva, Timisoara, Cluj–Napoca, being held in collaboration with German Society for 

Cooperation, through Program IBD/WBF, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and 

Bucharest, county prefectures, and territorial Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Romexpo and SC 

Promotion Company (the procedure of this programme was approved by order no. 114/26.05.2003 ). 

The TIMM objective was to promote the entrepreneurial spirit and employment in the SMEs sector. 

The target segment of this fair was represented by the already established SMEs, the persons that 

have business initiatives and ideas and who are looking technical and financial support and means to 

achieve them. 

NASMEC has supported the regional editions with information and promotion materials about the fair and 

the programmes for supporting the SMEs, unfolded by the Agency (brochures – Financial 

Programmes for SMEs, The Guide for Young Entrepreneur, Business Plan, leaflet and personalized 

posters for each edition). The financial contribution for each regional edition was of 89.726.000 ROL 

(2.000 EUR + VAT) 

The services categories offered by the participants within 2003 TIMM fair were: financial and banking 

activities, insurance, leasing, investments funds, education and professional training, legal and economic 

consultancy, accountancy, labour employment, ITC, publicity and advertising, office furniture and 

accessories, specialized printing houses, courier services, real estate, transport and deposit services, 

protection equipment, other institutions (Indicators: 300 exhibitors, 197 events: seminars, workshops, round 

tables, 21.900 visitors). 

At the second edition of the National SMEs Top, 63 SMEs were awarded. 

In 2004, the TIMM fair was organized at Piatra –Neamt (17-19 June 2004) and Cluj –Napoca (15-17 



September 2004); the next edition will be organized at Bucharest (21-23 October 2004). This event is 

organized according to the President Order of NASMEC No. 143/2004. The main objectives are: 

promoting the entrepreneurial spirit and labour employment in the field of SMEs, this fair being a way of 

stimulating business development in the private sector and facilitating the contacts between the SMEs and 

firms that offer a varied range of services for this sector. The present exhibitors are firms, public and private 

institutions that offer services for start up and develop a business, mainly regarding legal and economic 

consulting, marketing, financial, insurance and leasing activities, education and professional training, as 

well as a series of specific products and services, needed for the good operation of each firm: office 

supplies, information and communication technologies etc. 

The particularity of this event is the organization of interactive events: seminars, round tables, work 

shops regarding start-up, business development, staff training, all these by the participation of public and 

private institutions representatives from the country and also from international organizations interested in 

the development of the SMEs sector in Romania. 

(Contact person: Mr. Ciprian Mihalceanu, Department of Elaborating, Implementing and Monitoring 

Programmes for SMEs and International Cooperation, tel.: 004021-3361467, fax: 0040213361843, 

Email:ciprian.mihalceanu@mimmc.ro) 

• NASMEC has continued to develop EMPRETEC programme, as partner of United Nations 

Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and co-financing body of the program. 

EMPRETEC is an international program for developing and supporting the entrepreneurs that unfold the 

activity under the aegis of UNCTAD. 

Romania is the first country in Europe where the programme is put into place. 

The programme is aimed to: identifying potential entrepreneurs, developing their abilities and business 

potential, providing support and quality consulting services for increasing productivity and growth, 

development of modern business methods, encouraging exchange of experience and developing business 

relationships both locally and internationally, establishing partnerships with foreign companies, export 

development. 

In 2003, the programme has been focused mainly on the following components: 

• Business Development – 32 actual and potential entrepreneurs benefited by consulting services in 

fields such as: financial management, quality, market opportunities, human resources, market studies, 

and information technology. 

Financing - 21 of EMPRETEC trainees have been supported in acceding the financing sources. 12 of them 

have finally obtained the necessary funds for their businesses development (8 trainees) and for starting up 

a new business (4 trainees). 

Export – the Lombardia Region – Italia, has financed the courses. They were developed in partnership with 

the Italian company Co. Export and the Foreign Trade Promotion Centre of the National Association of 

Romanian Exporters and Importers (ANEIR). 

Four courses and tutoring meetings have been held in the following periods: 14-30 July 2003, 8-26 

July 2003, 8-26 September, 3-21 November 2003, 8-12 December 2003. 117 persons, out of which 66 

women and 51 men, both business owners and employees with firms having export potential, have 

attended these courses. 30% of the trainees were from Bucharest, 70% were from outside Bucharest; 

111 persons finalized export business plans. 

In the first 9 months of 2004, the following activities were unfolded within the Empretec programme: 

planning and publicity for 6 seminars „Entrepreneurial Training Workshop” in Bucharest (3), Timisoara (2), 

Piatra Neamţ (1) intend to train at least 120 persons.; two seminars have already been taken place, in 

Bucharest (19–31.01.2004 and respectively 21.06–02.07.2004), Timisoara (15–26.03.2004) and Piatra 

Neamt, by which 90 persons were trained. 

At the present, the registration, evaluation and selection of potential participants for the next 4 seminars 

take place. 

(Contact person: Florin Roşu, Deputy Director, Strategies and Policies for SMEs and European 

Integration Department, phone: +4021-336.14.51; fax: +4021-3361843, e-mail: florin.rosu@mimmc.ro) 

NASMEC web site as well as web site Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania has pages 

regarding „Business Opportunities”. These sites could be access by Romanian or foreign 

entrepreneurs/investors. 



In 2003, it has been launched on web site of Euro Info Centres Romanian the page “Business 

Opportunities in context of enlargement of EU”. This web site contains general information, useful for 

businessmen as well as data with business opportunities and financing sources. 

Euro Info Network Romania organizes trainings regarding e-commerce, European standards, quality 

certification, project management, quality management models, export in EU. 

- Most of SMEs use their web site for promotion their business, due to low costs and information circulation 

rapidity to potential customers or business partners. 

There is not an evaluation of the turning degree by SMEs of supporting services in electronic means but 

one can appreciated the growth of interest for training of SMEs personnel in this field. 

NASMEC in accordance with „Governmental Strategy for Supporting SMEs development during 2004 

- 2008” will unfold the following programmes: 

- Programme regarding intensifying the focus measures for awareness and training in the field 

of communication and IT. 

- Programmes regarding encouraging and promotion of success e-business models; 

- Programmes regarding promotion of e-commerce within SMEs and facilitating their access to European 

electronic network. 

• The National Multi-annual Programme for Establishment and Development of Business 

Incubators in Romania: 

• It was adopted the GD no. 173/2004 (OJ no.193/03.04.2004) regarding the approval of 

Memorandum of Understanding and the Cost-sharing Agreement between The National Agency for 

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Cooperatives in Romania and The United Nations 

Development Programme in Romania regarding the Multi-Annual National Programme covering the 

period 2002-2005 for the establishment and the development of Business Incubators. 

It was adopted GD no.1232/2004 regarding the approval of Protocol between The National Agency for 

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Cooperatives in Romania and The United Nations 

Development Programme, signed in Bucharest on April 23, 2004 for modification of Memorandum of 

Understanding between The National Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises And 

Cooperatives In Romania and The United Nations Development Programme on the 2002-2005 Multi- 

Annual National Programme for the establishment and development of business incubators and of the 

Cost-Sharing Agreement between the National Agency For Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and 

Cooperatives in Romania and the United Nations Development Programme, signed on October 14, 2003 in 

Bucharest and approved by the Government Decision no. 173/2004, published in the Official Gazette no. 

193 on March 4, 2004 

The project will start with a pilot phase, by means of establishing Business Incubators (BI) in: 

Hunedoara, Brasov and Alba. The project will be expanding in the next years in the counties of Iasi 

and Dolj. 

The development objective of the project is to contribute to fostering sustainable livelihoods in Romania 

through SME development and job creation. The project will achieve this by establishing new Business 

Incubators in Romania that will provide subsidized support services to SMEs. 

The expected impact of the network of Business Incubators to be created and made operational in 

Romania is as follows: 

- Establishing and developing innovating SMEs, able to efficiently utilise existing resources in 

the research and technology system and create jobs; 

- Developing efficient relations between the technological and entrepreneurship potential; 

- Using the results in research and technology for business development; 

- Improving access of incubated SMES to business information, consultancy, financing sources, as well as 

specific research services and equipment; 

- Increasing the number of jobs and economic development in the target areas; 

- Using the facilities, human resources and materials existing in the area; 

- Correlating the activity of the incubator with those of the existing enterprises in the area, by either 

supplying products, or utilising their products. 



The following initiatives of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology will ensure the 

development of a more powerful and more efficient representation of the enterprises interests at national 

level and at the European Union level: 

- Portal for the access to e-government services. This project consists in having a “one-stopshop” 

portal, which ensures the access to the e-government services, as well as the exchange of information and 

documents in electronic form between the governmental institutions. 

- The development of the electronic system of collecting the statistical data for the institutions of the central 

and local administration and increasing the quality of this data for a better information and dissemination of 

those data among the public opinion and the reducing of the budgetary costs of the statistical research. 

- Launching the project “Transparency in the administration and promoting the information and 

public services by electronic means” aimed at improving the access to information and services offered 

by the public administration, the quality of this information and the decreasing of bureaucracy by 

simplification of the working procedures. 

- Elaboration and updating the National Strategy for Transition to the New Economy and the 

Implementation of the Information Society in Romania are based on the consultation between 

the representatives of the public sector and the private sector, academic environment 

<strong>Source</strong> – European Charter for Small Enterprizes 2004 – National Report– Romania 








Address: 20, Universitatii - 332006 Petrosani – Romania 


Fax: +40254543491 

E-mail : prorector@upet.ro 

Website:www.upet.ro 






states. 


Address: 13, Al.I. CUZA - 200585 Craiova – Romania 


Fax: +40251418803 

E-mail : icst@central.ucv.ro 









technologies. We also offer continous education in our Education Department and through our centers. 






Fax: +40256403028 


Website:www.utt.ro 









Fax: +40258806260 


Website:www.uab.ro 

5) Ovidius University of Constanta 

Ovidius University has 9 faculties and 2 colleges with 36 specializations in medicine, engineering, sciences, 

economics. More than 12000 students are included in the academic programs and the academic staff has 

almost 700 persons. 

Contact person: Constantin Popa, Scientific Director 

Address: 124, Blvd. Mamaia - 900527 Constanta - Romania, 


Fax: +40241618372 

E-mail: secret.cercetare@univ-ovidius.ro 

Website:www.univ-ovidius.ro 











Fax: +40256200296 


Website:www.usab-tm.ro 



communication network (radio communications, radio diffusion, telephony, telegraphs, and data 

transmissions). Testing for authorisation and certifications of communications utilised products; expertise’s. 

Studies regarding: frequency spectre administration and new telematic and diffusion services for the 

satellite communications updating. Develops single and small series of equipment for telecommunication 

and devices for postal mechanisms. 




Fax: +40213189575 




Website:www.inscc.ro 

8) ”Petru Maior” University 

University “Petru Maior” delivers long and short term academic programs and has 16 research 

departments. 

Contact person: Klein Viorica, responsible of research management in the university 

Address: 1, N. Iorga - 540 088 Targu Mures - Romania, 


Fax: +40265262275 

E-mail: vklein@upm.ro 

Website:www.uttgm.ro 

9) Romanian-American University 

The Romanian American University was founded in 1991 and is specialized in marketing, management, 

law, tourism and banking 

Contact person: Maria Moise, Vice President with research activity 

Address: 1, Expozitiei - 012101 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40212223566 

E-mail: maria.moise@rau.ro 

Website:www.rau.ro 






Address: 39, Bd. Bucuresti - 100680 Ploiesti - Romania, Phone: +40244575059, Fax: +40244575847 


Website:www.upg-ploiesti.ro 

11) University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca 

Contact person: Adrian Mircea – Vice-Rector 

Address: 13, Emil Isac Str., 400023, Cluj-Napoca – Romania, 

Phone: +40-264-597256, 

Fax: +40264-597257 

E-mail: rectorat@umfcluj.ro 

12) MINESA – Mining Research and Design Institute 

R&D regarding non metallic and salt exploitation, preparing and capitalisation; mechanical researches for 

geo technical rocks, chemical - physical rocks and salt mineralogy, non metallic and useful rocks; develops 

technical and execution documentation's for equipment's, installations and mining devices. 

Contact person: Emil Gherman – Senior Researcher 

Address: 15, Tudor Vladimirescu Str., 400225, Cluj-Napoca – Romania 

E-mail: gherman_emil@yahoo.fr 

http://www.mct.ro/web/2/institute/domCD/C-MIN.HTM 

13) National Institute for R&D in Informatics 

National Institute for R&D in Informatics has over 30 years of tradition in Romanian Informatics and it 

represents the most important R&D and innovating center in Communication and Information Technologies 

in Romania. 

Contact person: Florin Hartescu – Director of Complex Real Time System Excellence Centre 

Address: 8, Maresal Averescu Blvd., 011455, Bucharest – Romania, 




Fax: +40-21-3160539 

E-mail:flori@ici.ro 

http://www.district1.ro/manual%20ITS/RO/ici.htm 





companies. 


Address: 2, Octavian Goga Blvd., 030982, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3190159 


Website:www.ccir.ro 

15) International Multimedia Institut 

International Multimedia Institut is a center of IT professional training competences and multimedia web 

services. Its entire development is based on innovative politics made to fulfillthe needs of a modern society. 

It contributes to the challenging economical and intellectual life of Hunedoara County, as well to upraise 

this experience all over the country. 

Contact person: Daniela Mihet – Managing Director 



Fax: +40-254-206210 

E-mail: cornelia.david@iim.ro 

Website:www.iim.ro 

16) Universitatea din Oradea 

The University of Oradea accommodates 18 faculties with a total of 105 fields of study (long-term and 

short-term university education) and 165 post-university specializations. The headquarters of the 

International Academy of Cybernetics "Stefan Odobleja" (invitation 2004) can also be found here, at the 

University of Oradea. 

Contact person: Rodica Deac – FP6 Institutional Contact Point 

Address: 5, Armatei Romane, 410087, Oradea – Romania, 


Fax: +40-259-408216 

E-mail: rodi_deac@yahoo.com 

Website:www.uoradea.ro 

17) Eftimie Murgu University 

The value and the good name of “Eftimie Murgu University” are results of the very severe selection of 

professors and students, the profound and complex bounds with industry and and the socio-economic 

enviroment at local and national level. 

Contact person: Mirela Minica – Scientific Director 

Address: 1, Traian Vuia Str., 320085, Resita – Romania 

E-mail: m.minica@uem.ro 

Website:www.uem.ro 

18) Tibiscus University of Timisoara 

Founded in 1991, sustained by Augusta Foundation Union, Tibiscus University of Timisoara is working 

following the structure of European Universities, having as a mission forming and promoting the cultural 

and human civilisation values, science development and it’s application. 

Contact person: Laurentiu Dan Lacrama – Head of Computer Science Department 



Address: 1, Daliei Str., 300558, Timisoara – Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-203658 

E-mail: dlacrama@tibiscus.ro 

Website:www.tibiscus.ro 

19) Dragan European University of Lugoj 

Contact person: Nicu Trandafir – Rector 

Address: 2, Ion Huniade Str., 305500, Lugoj – Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-359198 

E-mail: drept_lg@def.ro 

Website:www.deu.ro 

RTD Labs 

1) Textile Chemical Processing and Enviroment Protection Department – R&D National Institute for 

Textile and Leather 

The Research-Development National Institute for Textile and Leather was founded in 1996, by fusion of 

The Textile Research Institute and of The Shoes&Leather Research Institute. 

Contact person: Alina Popescu – Research Group Leader 

Address: 16, Lucretiu Patrascanu, 030508, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3405515 

E-mail: certex@ns.certex.ro 

Website:www.certex.ro 

2) R&D Manufacture Department for Textile Apparate, Devices and Machine – R&D National Institute 

for Textile and Leather 

Contact person: Radu Radulescu – Research Group Leader 

Address: 16, Lucretiu Patrascanu, 030508, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3405515 



3) Faculty of Electromechanical Engineering- Faculty of Electromechanics – University of Craiova 

The Faculty of Electromechanics represents the base of the Electromechanical universitary education in 

Romania, being the bigger and the oldest institution with this profile and coordonating the educational plans 

for this sector. 

Contact person: Dr. Alexandru Bitoleanu – Dean 

Address: 105, Decebal Blvd., 200440, Craiova, Romania 


Fax: +40-251-435255 

E-mail: abitoleanu@em.ucv.ro 

http://em.ucv.ro 















Fax: +40-21-2241030 



5) Informatics and Automatisation Research Department – R&D National Institute for Textile and 

Leather 

The Research-Development National Institute for Textile and Leather was founded in 1996, by fusion of 

The Textile Research Institute and of The Shoes&Leather Research Institute. 

Contact person: Mihai Stan – Research Group Leader 

Address: 16, Lucretiu Patrascanu, 030508, Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40-21-3405515 



6) Data Processing and Security Research Centre – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca 

The Research Centre was established in 2000, relying on professional experience of a group of professors, 

engineers and mathematicians, from Electronics and Telecommunications and Computer Science 

Faculties. In May 2002, the Center acquires national certification from the Ministry of Education and 

Research. 

Contact person: Monica Elena Borda – Managing Director 

Address: 15, C. Daicoviciu, 400020, Cluj-Napoca Romania, 


Fax: +40+264-401575 

E-mail: Monica.Borda@com.utcluj.ro 

Website:http://ares.utcluj.ro/ 


1) SC SIVECO Romania SA 

SIVECO is one of the most important providers and software integrators of ERP, eLearning, eHealth, 

eBusiness, eGovernment global solutions and turnkey projects from Romania. Due to its geographical 

position and its multi-lingual facilities, SIVECO Romania can offer IT solutions for international markets. 

Contact person: Lucretia Maiorescu, Director other 

Address: 8, Maresal Averescu - 011455 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40212244108 

E-mail: lucretia.maiorescu@siveco.ro 

Website:www.siveco.ro 

RTD provider 






Address: 121, Tepes Voda - 021524 Bucuresti – Romania 




Fax: +40212555732 

E-mail: costin@edcgi.ro 

Website:www.edcgi.ro 


3) SC COMMON SRL 

COMMON is a hardware & software provider and offer a range of network services and Internet access. 

Contact person: Nicusor Moise, Managing director 

Address: 15, Barbu Vacarescu - 020271 Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40212103905 

E-mail: common@common.ro 

Website:www.common.ro 

Supplier 





Fax: +40213150215 


RTD provider 







Fax: +40216653504 


Website:www.onlinesolutions.ro 

RTD user 

6) Alfa Global Solutions 

AGS was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Cluj-Napoca. AGS offers IT software services 

specialized in development, testing and technical support. We know that for our partners and clients, 

success means: lower costs, outstanding services and excellent solutions. Therefore we are here with the 

best offshore outsourcing experiences. 

Contact person: Oana Bunau, Marketing Assistant 

Address: 134, Calea Turzii - 400501 Cluj-Napoca - Romania, 


Fax: +40264429027 

E-mail: marketing@ags.ro 

Website:www.ags.ro 

Supplier 

7) WSA Pacific GeoTech IT Services SRL 

Contact person: Anton Lang, Managing director 

Address: 13, Str. 13 Decembrie - 500173 Brasov – Romania 


Fax: +40368401391 

E-mail: alang@fuelplus.de 

Website:www.pacificgeotech.com / www.fuelplus.de 

RTD provider 



8) METROUL SA 

Metroul SA is a design & consultancy company. The services offered are design, research and engineering 

and consultancy for construction investment projects. 

Due to its numerous specialists and its scope of activities, Metroul has been co-opted as a member in 

numerous Romanian and international associations, as follows: International Association of Public 

Transport - associated member class I since May 1996; Cooperation for the Continuing Development of 

Urban and Suburban Tranportation - member in the 3rd college since April 1999; International Tunnelling 

Association - affiliated through the Romanian Tunnelling Association. 

Contact person: Bogdan Spiridon, Business Development Manager 

Address: 3, Gutenberg - 050027 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40213124335 

E-mail: bogdan.spiridon@metroul.ro 

Website:www.metroul.ro 


9) HoliSun srl 









Address: 12, Bd. Traian - 430212 Baia Mare – Romania 


Fax: +40262226778 

E-mail : info@holisun.com 

Website:www.holisun.com 


10) Associations of Telecommunications Engineeres from Romania 

Founded on February 24th 2003, by a group that includes well-known personalities in the Romanian 

communications industry, the Association aims at representing and supporting the interests of Romanian 

experts on national as well as international level, to initiate partnerships for country-wide and pan-European 

projects, to offer consultancy and training for telecommunications employees development, in a few words, 

to promote science and technology development, and close cooperation within the communications 

industry. 

Contact person: Maiorescu Lucretia, General Secretary 

Address: 3, Spatiului - 011565 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40212244108 

E-mail: lucretia.maiorescu@aitr.ro 

Website:www.aitr.ro 

RTD user 

11) CG&GC IT&C 

The company was born in 1990 as a supplier of top IT&C equipments and services and it has rapidly grown 

national. The current branches cover about 80% of the country. 

In 2001, CG&GC IT SA creates a Software Division to develop professional integrated software solutions. 

In 2005 the company has over 5000 clients, three departments within the software division and numerous 

prizes and certificates of competence. 

Contact person: Andreea Gatman, Director 



Address: 105, Oltenitei - 041303 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40213322727 

E-mail: andreea.gatman@cg-gc.ro 

Website:www.cg-gc.ro 

Manufacturer 

12) NET CLIP 

Since 1999 our experts have provided Romanian and world wide organizations with tools, information & 

advices on best practice online marketing and e-commerce. Our strategies would not tell clients how to run 

their businesses, but empower them to maximize and amplify the strengths they already possessed. 

Fields of expertise: 

• e-Consultancy & Audit 

• e-Business & Internet Marketing 

• Web Design and e-Communication 

• DB Integration & Programming 

• Web-based Applications 

• Content Management Systems 

• Customized Software Solutions 

• Graphic Design & DTP Services 

• Small & Large IT Projects Management 

In our company unlimited creativity has priority in favour of the result. This applies to the idea of the project 

as well as for the realization. 

Contact person: Vlad Dulea, Managing director 

Address: 19, LOTRIOARA - 032167 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40212229520 

E-mail : office@netclip.ro 

Website:www.netclip.ro 

Supplier 






Address: 6, Calea Motilor - 40001 Cluj-Napoca – Romania 


Fax: +40264599584 


Website:www.iquestint.com 

RTD provider 








Romania. 








Fax: +40-259-231306 


Website:www.informaticaoradea.ro 


15) Multimedia SRL 

Contact person: Nicolae Sfetcu – Managing Director 

Address: 84 Crisan Str., 220071, Drobeta-Turnu-Severin, Romania, 


Fax: +40-252-314063 

E-mail: sfetcu@teleactivities.net 

Supplier 






Address: 121, Tepes Voda - 021524 Bucuresti - Romania, 


Fax: +40212555732 

E-mail: costin@edcgi.ro; Website:www.edcgi.ro 

Supplier 



Address: 27 Magura Vulturului Str., 021701, Bucharest-Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2505384 


Supplier 

18) Asymetrix SRL 

Contact person: Mihai Horea – Chairman 

Address: 1 Ostasilor Str., 400402, Cluj-Napoca – Romania, 


Fax: +40-264-416992 

E-mail: office@asymetrix.ro 

RTD provider 

Supplier 

19) Soft Powers SRL 

Contact person: Gabriela Paun – Director 

Addess: 3 Penes Curcanu Str., 300123, Timisoara – Romania, 


Fax. +40-256-406120 

E-mail: gabrielapaun@softpowers.ro 

Website:www.softpowers.ro 

Supplier 

20) Associations of Telecommunications Engineers from Romania 






projects, to offer consultancy and training for telecommunications employees development, to promote 

science and technology development, and close cooperation within the communications industry. 

Contact person: Lucretia Maiorescu – General Secretary 

Address: 3 Spatiului Str., 011565, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-22444108 


Website: www.aitr.ro 

RTD user 

21) Pandora Soft 

Pandora Soft is an IT society that offers informatical services, proffesional web sollutions, performant 

computers, high-fidelity electronics. 

Contact person: Marius Fatacean – Managing Director 

Adress: 5, C-tin Brancoveanu Str., 551022, Medias – Romania, 


Fax: +40-269-806812 

E-mail: office@toptrans.ro 

Website: www.pandora.xro.us 

Supplier 

22) Crisdesign SRL 

Crisdesign builds fast loading web-sites, PhP + My SQL programming. They also integrate a content 

management system that makes possible the refreshment of the site by mouse clicking. 

Contact person: Cristian Varvaroi – Director 

Adress: 16, Hlincea Str., 700715, Iasi – Romania, 


Fax: +40-232-401342 

E-mail: cristian.varvaroi@crisdesign.ro 

Website:www.crisdesign.ro 

Supplier 

23) Districtual Association of SMEs 

Contact person: Mihai Manoila – Managing Director 

Adress: 21, Dobosari Str., 710200, Botosani – Romania, 


Fax: +40-231-516931 

E-mail: moldobusiness@yahoo.com 

Manufacturer, Suppllier 

24) ETTA AUTO SRL 

The mission is to create a framework and a simple, fast, efficient and honest working instrument used by 

those who want and can buy bearings. 

By using the Internet, they developed a national virtual market, functioning on stock exchange principles, 

where people wanting to do bearing business can do that openly and have a wholesome and real image of 

the market status. Using this instrument, marketing costs are cut down, efficiency becomes widespread 

and quality imposes itself. 

Contact person: Dionisie Lefter – Chairman/Dean 

Adress: 5, Orfelinatului Str., 700350, Iasi – Romania, 


Fax: +40-232-218543 

E-mail: dionisie@rulmenti-romania.ro 

Supplier 






chosen solutions.The company has started its activity as an IT consultancy firm. Areas of expertise: 

software development, hardware solutions, CAD solutions, communication strategies, document 

management. 


Address : 1, Mogososia Str., 400652, Cluj-Napoca – Romania, 

Phone : +40-726-446382 

Fax : +40-264-458054 


Website :www.aps.ro 

Supplier 









Fax : +40-21-3206905 



Supplier 

27) ERANI SRL 

Contact person: Costin Dorin – Administrator 

Address: 31, Nordului Str., 540128, Targu-Mures – Romania, 


Fax: +40-265-306692 

E-mail: costind@xnet.ro 

Website:www.erani.ro 

Supplier 


In 1995 was founded PRO SYS Hardware, and our target was, from the very begining, to became a well 

known name on the market. 


Address: 108, Pache Protopopescu Blvd., 021409, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2524232 


Website: www.prosys.ro 

Supplier 





Fax: +40-262-227888 


Supplier 



30) Realmedia Romania 

Specialised software development, databases programming, internet applications, interactive web design. 

Contact person: Adrian Erimescu – Managing Director 

Address: 22, Madrid Str., 300391, Timisoara – Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-495294 

E-mail: adrian.erimescu@realmedia.ro 

Website: www.realmedia.ro 

Supplier 

31) Western Service LTD 

Western Service SRL is a private company, with exclusive Romanian capital, whose objective is to provide 

to customers and partner companies services at western standards, putting above all the provision of those 

services and products that fully comply with the customers´ needs and add up to their professionalism, 

image and profitability. 

Adress: 225, Oltenitei Way, 041309, Bucharest-Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-3321557 

E-mail: gabriel.saftescu@westernserv.com 

Website: www.westernserv.com 

Supplier 

32) BIT SOFTWARE 

Established in 1993. Since 1994 they started to develop the integrated ERP system – Socrate. Since 1997 

they are part of the Dutch Profuse Holding. Since 1997 they develop CRM and Knowledge Management 

systems - CC Assistant. In 1998 they have been pioneers in implementing data replication on Microsoft 

technology. In 1999 they were pioneers in OLAP implementation: decisional analysis. Since 2003 they are 

authorized distributors of Cordys (The Netherlands) ProClarity (SUA). We are founding members of IT- 

Comfort Institute. 

Contact Person: Remus Cazacu – Managing Director 

Address: 4, Zambilelor Str., 500381, Brasov – Romania, 


Fax: +40-268-314447 

E-mail: remus@bitsoft.ro 

Website: www.bitsoftware.ro 


33) DACOMY 

It is an Eastern-European software company with a high level of professionalism gifted with very well 

trained people, ready to satisfy any European request from the IT area. 

Contact person: Catalin Stef – Director 

Address: 83, Popa Lupu Str., 435500, Sighetu Marmatiei – Romania, 


Fax: +40-742-001383 

E-mail: catalin.stef@dacomy.ro 

Website: www.dacomy.ro 

Supplier 

34) CTTC SRL 

Contact person: Adrian Tita – Management Consultant 

Address: 186, Mamaia Blvd, 900540, Constanta – Romania, 


E-mail: adrian.tita@cttc.ro 



RTD provider 

35) COMIS IND 

Contact person: Sorin Cojocarasu – Managing director 

Address: 47, Orizontului Str., 820020, Tulcea – Romania, 


Fax: +40-240-513167 

E-mail: comisind@yahoo.com 

Supplier 

36) TELEOR SOFTWARE 

Contact person: Florin Dragnea – Director 

Address: 3, Liviu Rebreanu Str., 031783, Bucharest – Romania, 


E-mail: florin_dragnea@yahoo.com 

Supplier 

37) DELTA Electronic 

Contact person: Vasile Ghitun 

Address: 5, Libertatii Str., 401185, Turda – Romania, 


Fax: +40-264-315727 

E-mail: deltaelectronic@yahoo.com 

Supplier 

38) Neo-Soft 

Contact Person: Csabai Levente – Managing Director 

Address: 104, Calea Bucuresti, 500418, Brasov – Romania, 


Fax: +40-268-329837 

E-mail: omnis@rdslink.ro 

Supplier 

39) Business Information Systems (BIS) 

BIS company is a Romanian capital based company, offering leading edge solutions to the financial 

community, based on best of the bread information technology and on its employees skills, in depth 

understanding of the financial market and information technology, and ability to timely answer to market 

trends with class innovative products. 

Contact person: Rasvan Stanescu – Director 

Address: 14, Lucretiu Patrascanu Str., 030508, Bucharest – Romania, 


Fax: +40-21-2554578 

E-mail: rasvan.stanescu@bisnet.ro 

Website:www.bisnet.ro 

Manufacturer, Supplier, RTD Provider 





Fax : +40-254-235115 


Supplier 



41) FV Agency 

FV Agency is a software development company that offers a vast array of services from simple logo design 

to sophisticated web site development and e-commerce solutions. 

Contact person: Adrian Sofronie – Managing Director 

Address: 18, Cugir Str., 300637, Timisoara – Romania, 


Fax: +40-256-462689 

E-mail : adrian.sofronie@fv.ro 

Website: www.fv.ro 

Supplier 



• Relevant National and EU projects in which your country is participating 






A3.3.6 – ICT for manufacturing 


While the western economies are relying heavily on the service industry, in Romania an obsolete 

manufacturing industry is still bearing the burden of Romania’s productivity. The two industries have 

different implications in terms of labor force. For a high-tech, competitive, service-based economy there is a 

highly skilled labor force that receives high wages/salaries. In addition this type of economy has a 

customer-related culture. In manufacturing industries there is high demand for basic skills; wages are low, 

and there is little need to develop communication skills. Romania excels in developing the latter, and this 

will most likely have a negative impact on the development of the ICT sector. 



The project “Clustering and Upgrading Romanian Automotive Suppliers” - CURAS, has been 

established within the Co-operation Agreement between Romanian and Flemish Governments. It has been 

approved through Government Decision no. 1243/2003. The CURAS project, started in January 2003, is 

implemented by the National Agency for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Cooperatives and CKZ 

Limburg (ALLANTA) - the Flemish promoter which runs the Automotive Support and Management Centre 

in Genk, and it will be developed for 24 months (January 2003-December 2004). 

The project aim: consists in upgrading the quality level and the efficient utilisation of resources of SMEs in 

the automotive sector. The project outcome consists in clustering of the local suppliers dealing with the 

automotive sector; in this way they will be able to consolidate and even enforce their position vis-à-vis the 

Romanian carmakers or their major first tier suppliers in the first place, and later on, live up the 

expectations of becoming international suppliers and subcontractors. 

The value of the project: 211705.43 Euro, from which 85% represents the contribution given by the Flemish 

Government and 15% the Romanian Government contribution. 



In 2003, 10 representatives of the enterprises in automotive sector attended the " train the trainer" courses 

in "Product Quality Management" (8-12 September 2003 – Pitesti) and " Process Quality Management" - 

1st part (6-12 December - Genk). At the same time they started implementing the knowledge gained in 

their own enterprises. In March 2004 the 10 representatives participated to the second part of "Process 

Quality Management" (15-19 March 2004, Bascov-Pitesti). In 2004, with the help of CKZ Limburg 

(ALLANTA), ACAROM experts and 2 teachers from Pitesti University, it starts the dissemination of 

information gained to the suppliers of the first 10 participants and to other SMEs in the auto sector (April- 

October 2004). The dissemination is made to other (about) 40 SMEs in auto sector. 

December 2004: setting-up of the cluster in the Romanian auto industry 

(Contact persons: Marius Nicolae BITA, Head of Unit and Ioana Hristu, Expert - Department of 

Elaboration, Implementation and Monitoring Programs for SMEs and International Co-operation, 

NASMEC, phone: 004021-3361467; e-mail: marius.bita@mimmc.ro and ioana.hristu@mimmc.ro) 

Beginning with 2003, Ministry of Education and Research launched in the framework of RELANSIN 

National Programme, programme for financing the research activity, sub programme “1 SMEs”. SMEs can 

apply on the programme only together in a consortium with a research institute and/or a university. In 2003, 

in the framework of the sub programme “1 SMEs” have been financed 310 projects, in amount of 158 bills. 

ROL, out of which 235 of them have been finalized. The weight of the financed projects in 2003 within the 

frame of the sub programme “1 SMEs” is: new products (155 projects – means 50% of the total number of 

the projects), modernized products (48 projects), new technologies (71 projects), modernized technologies 

(28 projects), services (8 projects). 

In the framework of this sub programme, it will be financed, in 2004, 75 projects, as well as in the 

framework of the others research programmes will be financed projects that involve SMEs. That means 

that the number of the projects that involve SMEs is 350. 

National programme INVENT is an other component of National programme for Research- 

Development and Innovation, programme unfolded also by the Ministry of Education and Research, that is 

dedicated to the financing the application of patents. The projects drawn up during 2001 – 2003 periods 

have been finalized with: drawn up of an experimental model, 8 products and 5 new technologies. 

The structure of the partnership in the framework of this programme was: 2 universities, 18 research 

institutes and 10 enterprises out of which 8 were SMEs. The projects that involved SMEs have been 

finalized with 8 new products implemented in the current production. 

Through National Plan for Research - Development and Innovation, have been financed 3500 projects, 

during 2003 – 2004, out of which 200 priority projects requested by the ministries for realizing the economic 

environment, much of them representing new or modernized products or technologies. 

Within 2004 RELANSIN competion has been laid about 830 applications, out of which 400 have as partner 

and SME. 

The partnership structure within framework of the programme, during 2001-2003, has composed of 2 

universities, 18 research institutes and 8 SMEs. 

In the same time, in Romania functions „Innovation Relay Centre”, developed through Community financing 

in the framework of “5 Frame Programme”. This centre achieves the connection between demand and offer 

of the research results. 

The main obstacles are: 

- the early stage of organization and functioning of the new entities with a role in promoting and carrying out 

the technology transfer; 

- insufficient level of implementation of the tools and actions aimed at information dissemination and 

technology transfer; 

- the relatively high costs of the new technologies, while there is a scarcity of the financial resources of the 

SMEs; 

- the insufficient development of the financial market in order to deal with specific financial tools such as: 

venture capital and equity funds. 

In order to solve these problems, the following measures have to be undertaken: 



- Multi-annual National Programme for setting up and development of business and technological 

incubators; 

- Programme for stimulating and development of the national network of business incubators; 

- Stimulating the development of innovation and technological transfer infrastructure (centres and services 

specialized for assistance and scientific and technological information, technological and business 

incubators, scientific and technological parks); 

- Continuously development of electronic services for spreading and presenting research results, obtained 

through programmes financed from public funds (web sites, designing of databases for recording of their 

results, as well as patents). 

- Stimulating and development of absorption capacity and spreading R&D results in economic environment 

through facilitating the SMEs access to the National and International Programmes (for instance 

RELANSIN, INVENT etc). 



Manufacturing - Facts & Figures 

- About 50% of GDP; 

- +0.4% Y/Y; 

- CAGR 4% (2000-2003); 

- Growth above average: means of transport on road and non-food goods; 

- Low degree of processing (intermediate products make 41% of overall production and 46% of direct 

exports). 

Manufacturing structure and links (2003 – year base) 



Evolution of manufacturing industry 

Forecast in manufacturing industry 

Other statistics 



Above figure shows the distribution of employment in the EU and Candidate Countries by selected sectors in 2002. 

<strong>Source</strong>: <strong>Eurostat</strong>: <strong>Statistics</strong> on Science and Technology in Europe; Data 1991-2002. Part 2 





Above tables provide the breakdown of the percentage of employment accounted for by medium-high tech 

manufacturing sectors on the one side, and high tech manufacturing sectors on the other. 

<strong>Source</strong>: <strong>Eurostat</strong>: <strong>Statistics</strong> on Science and Technology in Europe; Data 1991-2002. Part 2 

The evolution of employment in high tech and medium-high tech manufacturing sectors is considered in 

below table. 









KoBas - Knowledge Based Customize Services for Traditional Manufacturing Sectors Provided by a 

Network of High Tech SMEs – a research network, aiming for intelligent production system development. 

• Future Forecast and Trends 




A3.3.7 – ICT for media, culture and entertainment 



The number of Internet cafes has exploded since early 1999, particularly in Bucharest. Despite the 

explosion, it is believed that the increased number of internet users resulted from increased business 

investment in technology rather than the greater internet availability offered by the increased number of 

internet cafes. The fact that less than one-third of the Internet users go online from homes, while the 

majority surf at work supports this hypothesis. 

While Internet Cafes have already become a familiar presence in the big cities, it will be some time before 

telecenters will be fully accepted and used by the rural population. Affordable prices are important for 

strengthening the client base. As mentioned previously, WESTERN IQ - Romanian Telework Informations, 

which offered the necessary equipment and space for individual teleworkers and companies, failed 

because of a faulty pricing policy. 

Some of the websites are updated regularly, especially the news sites. Yet the vast majority is static and 

rarely updated. Only around 3 websites out of 10 seem to carry updated information relevant to various 

user groups. A certain degree of competition in building interactive and updated websites was stimulated 

by the launch of the Romanian website Top100.com, which offers the users the opportunity to vote for the 

website they consider useful. 

This has encouraged a large part of the organizations present in the Romanian virtual environment to 

change their Internet website projects, in the sense of making them simpler, more user-friendly, and more 

practical. This change in strategy has also significantly increased the interactivity and design quality of the 

websites. 

The use of the Internet for the business sector revolves around its marketing needs. Internet until recently 

was used only for displaying information about products or services, new product developments, 

schedules, or information for finding new clients and/or suppliers (usually called brochureware). E-mail is 

also used by businesses to formulate agreements with American and/or European firms. On a national 

level, however, the fax and telephone are still the preferred medium given the low penetration level of 

computers and Internet users in Romania. The business community is still likely to be the first to adapt to 

new technological advancements, such as videoconferencing, IP telephony, and Intranets. 



Two advertising agencies studied the emerging Internet businesses in Romania and tried to discover 

Internet users and their receptivity to on-line advertising. Regardless of low penetration of users, the 

Internet seems viable for selected upmarket audiences. For expensive products such as cars, financial 

services, electronics or computers, the Internet is viewed as an attractive way to obtain a link with potential 

customers. 

Regarding advertising strategies, websites and online banner ads are treated as organic extensions of a 

company's traditional advertising campaign (newspaper/radio/TV), using the same concept and executed 

along similar lines, but tailored to the web environment. The report states that the instant reaction from 

customers makes it possible to tailor advertising to suit the market. 

The popular local websites, mostly built as portals, contain entertainment information and news, as well as 

choices for shopping online. They offer forum applications, free e-mail and chat rooms. They also include 

directories with resources in any issue of interest, attracting a very diverse group of users to their website. 

Often times, though, they are not continuously updated, and a large part of the links to other organizations 

either cannot be opened or referred organizations are no longer in existence. Other features like currency 

converters or banking information, weather forecasts and news briefs, are typically updated daily. 



Internet is mainly used for finding/posting information, communication, and downloading software. The key 

factor seems to be the need for communication. E-mail and communication services (chat, for example) 

seem to be widely popular. Recent research shows that Romanians access the Internet mainly at the office 

(53%) or from school (28 %). 

As in most of the emerging markets, the profile of the first people to use the Internet in Romania was those 

with high income and education. However, the situation was slightly changed in 1999. Market analyses 

show that Internet users have become more diversified recently, with an increase in, for example, the 

number of mid-educated users. The research profiled 300,000 Internet users in Romania in 1999 with the 

following characteristics: 75% male, high income, aged 18-34, graduates, living in urban areas. Women 

count not more than 30% of the market. 


Key players 

1) INSTITUTE for CULTURAL MEMORY – IMEC - Bucharest 

Manager: Dan MATEI 

Address: Piaţa Presei Libere, nr1, PO Box 33 – 90, Bucharest, Romania, Zip code 71341 

Phone:+401 224 37 42; Fax: +401 224 37 42 

E-mail: cimec@cimec.ro 

Website: www.cimec.ro 

Research regarding cultural patrimony: capitalisation of the mobile and stable cultural patrimony; library 

information; museum informatics; culture history, data information base for cultural data’s. 

The main projects in 2004: Main operator and adviser in two major national projects of the Ministry of 

Culture and Religious Affairs: 

• National Cultural Heritage Catalogue - the development of a data model and of a pilot system for the 

integration and the interoperability of the heritage databases and of the authority files (Developer: 

SoftWin Company, financed by a loan from the World Bank) 

• Digital Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts (Developer: StartPrint Company, financed by a loan from 

the World Bank) 






- INSTITUTE for CULTURAL MEMORY – IMEC – Bucharest 

The main projects in 2004: 

- National Cultural Heritage Catalogue - (Developer: SoftWin Company, financed by a loan from the 

World Bank) 

- Digital Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts (Developer: StartPrint Company, financed by a loan from 

the World Bank) 

• Future Forecast and Trends 




A3.3.8 – ICT for learning 


Enhancing education with information and communication technologies is a priority of the Romanian 

Ministry of Education and Research. 

Due to several funding programs there are schools with hundreds of users at the moment. Every high 

school in the country – numbering 1.500, except for the vocational ones -, have been equipped with 

computers during the program called “Acceleration of Introduction of Computers and of Internet Access in 

the Schools of Romania”, approved by the Government in September 2001, within the program “The e- 

Learning System” (SEI). 

The primary and vocational schools are less equipped. Even if the school has PCs, many of them are not 

connected to the Internet and the access of pupils is restricted at the computer usage lessons. 

As a direct consequences, a lot of software applications and integrated systems are implemented in the 

learning field and related areas. 

Financing sources: 

- Romanian Government program SEI (The e-Learning System); 

- Phare funds; 

- EU Community programmes dedicated to learning (YOUTH, Leonardo da Vinci, SOCRATES) 

- Word Bank loans; 

E-learning and distance learning (DE) 

Several distance learning and e-learning projects have been undertaken in Romania. Since 1997, through 

Socrates, Tempus and PHARE programs, together with the Ministry of Education, many DE Centers exist 

in the important universities, within Erasmus-Socrates European-funded projects. One of the most active is 

the Center for Multimedia and Distance Education from the Technical University of Cluj. 

DE programs in Romania: 




• CODECS and the Open University 

• The Academy for Economic Studies 

• The Cluj-Napoca Open and Distance Education Study Center 

• The Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication Studies from University of Bucharest 

• The School of Communication and Public Relations "David Ogilvy", Bucharest. The school also offers to 

its student’s free e-mail and chat 

• The Romanian Group of Research & Actions in Rromani Linguistics in cooperation with the Ministry of 

National Education, started a program of distance learning for Rromani language 

• The US Embassy in Romania and 3Com announced in 2000 the Internet Teaching Project. The program 

supports a partnership between Romanian and American professors from University of Maryland, and 

consists of courses on UNIX and Shell taught by Romanian professors for American and Romanian 

students. 

• International Correspondence Institute 

• Pedagocica on-line - project aiming to offer a systematic view of the distance education field 

• Bucharest University, the Department for Distance Education 

• The virtual Schools of the Young Mathematician 

• The School of Architecture and Urban Planning 

Educational software 

Although major IT companies offer or sell to the software needed for equipping IT laboratories to 

universities and schools educational software is only now starting to be in demand by the local market, due 

to the general lack of presence of IT in the Romanian educational system. 

Smaller Romanian companies staffed with as little as 2-3 persons, have created educational software 

especially for high schools, such as a tool designed for learning epidemiology and biostatistics, or 

Mathematics on PC 1.0, designed to help high school students improve their math scores. The 

administrative staff of schools is another group for which IT specialists design special programs like 

Admission and Baccalaureate in high schools and vocational schools. 

Most educational packages offer foreign language courses: French, English, German, Japanese, Spanish, 

etc, as well as meta-language courses: business English, super success for the TOEFL test (Test of 

English as a Foreign Language), etc. 

GIS is imported and customized software, having had a successful penetration in the educational software 

market within an Erasmus program for higher education funded by European Union. The GIS programs can 

be downloaded by the students directly from the server. 

Academic training opportunities 

Technical schools (such as the Institute of Polytechnics) offer a good opportunity for training in ICT, but 

mainly at the university level. Institutions of higher education have somewhat better resources and are 

more focused on IT. 

There are three main types: 

- Polytechnic Institutes: provide hardware-related skills and cover areas such as electronics, computer 

science and automation 

- University Institutes of Economic Science: provide software-related skills for applied work and cover areas 

such as cybernetics or informatics 

- University Institutes of Mathematics: provide software-related skills for an academic or research career 

and cover areas such as mathematics or informatics 



Private sector training opportunities 

Partially due to the constraints on IT resources in education, training companies in IT had the chance to 

mushroom in the last ten years. Some companies established private schools, like Cisco Systems, which 

started an IT education program called Cisco Networking Academy. 

There are two main types of training companies: those that focus on training almost exclusively and those 

which use training as a way of making ends meet when their other activities (often software development or 

selling foreign software packages) fail to do so. IT training courses are in high demand, particularly among 

those who graduate from a school or university, because they increase the chances of getting a job. 

Parents are therefore willing to pay the high fees in the hopes that it will give their child an advantage in the 

competitive labor market. 

Usually IT training offerings are typically PC-oriented and cover package skills (especially use of MS Office) 

and programming courses (e.g. FoxPro and Turbo Pascal). They also provide related courses in 

management topics such as MIS (management of information systems) and systems analysis and design. 



Due to the lack of financial resources, universities are unable to use advanced e-learning tools in 

education. Beside complex software tools and high-speed Internet connections, universities should hire 

specialists to maintain the e-learning software tools and a multidisciplinary team to design the course’s 

content for an ICT mediated learning process. This transformation is still too expensive for the educational 

sector in Romania. 

Instead, all universities and some high schools have web sites including their curricula, online courses and 

other research materials and references. 

Educational institutes connected to Internet: 


Most universities have partially adapted to e-learning phenomenon by opening distance learning centres. 

With few exceptions, they follow the model of correspondence course rather than e-learning paradigm. 

Most applications used in the distance learning centres are limited to material based training and e-mail 

communication. 

Since it is expected that universities and other organised forms of lifelong learning will adopt e-learning 

paradigm in the near future, the MER developed a set of criteria to evaluate the universities’ capacity to 

perform Computer Based Training and Web Based Training. “The primary condition for extending elearning 

applications in Romanian is the availability of a proper communication infrastructure. Potential 

users should be able to cover their communication costs and to support the implementation of high speed 

communication services”. 





1) Danubius University from Galati 

The university is specialized in economics, law and communication science and provides in these areas 

short and long term graduate programs. All faculties engage in scholarly research, most often in 

association with graduate students or advanced undergraduates. 

Contact person: Viorel Ariton, Director 

Address: 3, Lunca Siretului - 800416 Galati - Romania, 


Fax: +40236460038 

E-mail: variton@univ-danubius.ro 

Website:www.univ-danubius.ro/cond.html 











Fax: +40256200296 


Website:www.usab-tm.ro 

3) National Centre for Studies in Family Medicine 

The Centre for Studies in Family Medicine seeks to enhance family medicine and primary health care 

practice which will reflect a partnership of the community and interdisciplinary teams committed to proactive 

patient-centred care. 

Contact person: Marius Marginean, President 

Address: 227, Calea Mosilor - 020868 Bucharest - Romania, 


Fax: +40212115927 

E-mail: mmarginean@medfam.ro 

www.uwo.ca/fammed/csfm/about.html 






states. 


Address: 13, Al.I. Cuza - 200585 Craiova - Romania 


Fax: +40251418803 















Address: 3, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu - 700490 Iasi – Romania 


Fax: +40232260650 


Website:www.univagro-iasi.ro 






Address: 20, Universitatii - 332006 Petrosani - Romania 


Fax: +40254543491 



7) University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca 

The university has 4 faculties, each of them with short and long term graduate programs, advanced studies 

and post graduate studies. 

Contact person: Liviu Alexandru Marghitas, Rector 

Address: 3, Manastur - 400372 Cluj Napoca - Romania, 


Fax: +40264593792 

E-mail: rector@usamvcluj.ro 

Website: www.usamvcluj.ro 













Website: www.etc.utt.ro 



2) Seismo-acoustics GIS and Digital Cartography Laboratory - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE 

GEOLOGY AND GEOECOLOGY - GEOECOMAR 

Contact person: Gabriel Ion – Head of Seismo-Acoustics, Gis and Digital 



Fax: +40212522594 

E-mail: gion@geoecomar.ro 

Website: www.geoecomar.ro 

3) Faculty of Automatics, Computers and Electronics – University of Craiova 

Faculty of Automatics, Computers and Electronics has academical collaborative relations with many 

Universities and Research Institutes inside and outside Roomania’s borders. This made possible activities 

aiming teaching plans actualising, modernising the labs. Every year, more than 20 students obtain 

scolarships at Universities in Germany, France, Greece, Portugal, Italy, USA, Holland, Belgium. 

Contact person: Dr. Mircea Ilie Mihaiu - Scientific Director 

Address : 107, Decebal Blvd., 200440, Craiova – Romania, 


Fax: +40-251-438198 

E-mail: mihaiu5@rdslink.ro 

http://ace.ucv.ro 











Address: 8, Maresal Averescu Blvd., 011455, Bucharest- Romania 


Fax: +40-21-2241030 




1) SC SIVECO Romania SA 

SIVECO is one of the most important providers and software integrators of ERP, eLearning, eHealth, 

eBusiness, eGovernment global solutions and turnkey projects from Romania. Due to its geographical 

position and its multi-lingual facilities, SIVECO Romania can offer IT solutions for international markets. 

Contact person: Lucretia Maiorescu, Director other 

Address: 8, Maresal Averescu - 011455 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40212244108 

E-mail : lucretia.maiorescu@siveco.ro 

Website:www.siveco.ro 

RTD provider 








Address: 121, Tepes Voda - 021524 Bucuresti – Romania 


Fax: +40212555732 

E-mail: costin@edcgi.ro; Website: www.edcgi.ro 

Distributor, Supplier 







Fax: +40216653504 



RTD provider 

4) HoliSun srl 









Address: 12, Bd. Traian - 430212 Baia Mare - Romania, 


Fax: +40262226778 


Website: www.holisun.com 







Address: 39, Filipescu - 020961 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40212012330 



RTD provider 

6) Associations of Telecommunications Engineers from Romania 




projects, to offer consultancy and training for telecommunications employees development, in a few words, 



to promote science and technology development, and close cooperation within the communications 

industry. 

Contact person: Lucretia Maiorescu, General Secretary 

Address: 3, Spatiului - 011565 Bucharest – Romania 


Fax: +40212244108 


Website: www.aitr.ro 

RTD provider 






Address: 6, Calea Motilor - 40001 Cluj-Napoca – Romania 


Fax: +40264599584 


Website: www.iquestint.com 

RTD provider 








Romania. 






Fax: +40-259-231306 


Website: www.informaticaoradea.ro 




Bd. Maresal Averescu Nr. 8-10, RO - 71316 Bucuresti, 1 ROMANIA 

Phone: +40-1-224.12.59 ext 224 

Fax: +40-1-224.05.39 



2) SIVECO Romania SA one of the most important producer and software integrators of ERP, eLearning, 

eHealth, eBusiness, eGovernment global solutions and turnkey projects from Romania. 

One of its products is AEL. AEL e-learning platform is an integrated teaching/learning program and 

content management system. 

SIVECO ROMANIA SA 



ROMANIA, BUCHAREST, 011455; 8-10, Maresal Averescu Bd., 


Fax: +40 (21) 224 41 08 

E-mail: office@siveco.ro 

Website: www.siveco.ro; 

The AEL e-Learning platform offers support for teaching and learning, for tests and evaluations, for 

managing the educational content, for monitoring the educational system and creating the curricula. 

AEL can be used for the learning process assisted by the teacher/trainer or for individual education. AEL is 

implemented at undergraduate and graduate levels of the educational system, as well as in corporations, 

for internal employee training. 

Technical features: 

For portability and maintenance reasons, AEL was created as a multi-layer system - using a web client 

connected at a Java-based application server. We use Enterprise Java Beans, Jdbc, Java servers, JSP, 

Java applets and XML. The need for inter-operable content has also been taken into account; XML is 

basically used, but the support for standard format for interoperability content packaging, such as SCORM 

and IMS, has also been implemented. 

AEL learning solution was nominee at The European IST Prize. 

3) SOFTWIN 

Since 1993, SOFTWIN has been delivering intelligent content solutions designed to improve quality and 

innovation of the teaching/learning process. 

eContent Solutions has one of the largest teams in the eContent sector of Eastern Europe, comprising 

over 100 highly experienced XML/SGML specialists. 

eLearning products: 

• Intuitext Interactive Lessons 

• Encyclopedia Universalis - interactive education resources to be included in the 8th DVD edition of 

Encyclopedia Universalis. 

• Educational Material in Electronic Format - a vast library in electronic format, with dynamic, 

personalized and accessible content. 

• Mobility and Unlimited Access to Information Through Mobile Learning - SOFTWIN together with its 

American partner, goReader, have developed a complex mobile learning system for American 

students. By using mobile learning, the students have access to information and learning 

materials in electronic format from anywhere and at any time. 

• Electronic Dictionaries 

• RoDactilo a tutorial in Romanian dedicated to the initial development of PC skills. 

4) Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence 

uniSMART an eLearning project developed by the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, “Marea 

Neagra” University Foundation and SNSPA - National School of Political Studies and Public Administration. 

http://www.unismart.ro 


In 2001 the Romanian Government approved through Governmental decision the introduction of 500,000 

computers in all Romanian schools and high schools, accompanied by the provision of Internet connection 

and educational software. The value of the project is about USD 260 million and it is expected to be 

finalized until end of 2004. 

Romania has yearly about 5,000 students graduating in ICT’s specialties, among the over 30,000 

engineers. Romania is the first country in Europe, and the sixth worldwide, in the classification of 

geographical areas with the highest concentration of certified professionals in 30 of the most critical 



information technology skill areas. The total number of ICT specialists is 63,600 of which 45,444 are 

working in the private sector, of which 18,800 are software developers. Estimates indicate that 21.5% of the 

employees in the public sector use ICT tools in their work. 

In Romania there are about 40 CISCO Academies, Oracle Academic Initiative comprising about 28 

universities, Microsoft Education Initiative, Auto CAD Academic Initiative, etc. 

Governmental plans in education 

A decree made in 1998 by the Ministry of National Education includes provisions regarding special training 

for teachers and professors to use ICT in schools, universities and high schools. A wide range of ICT 

curricula for both under- and post-graduate training is used in major public and private universities (mostly 

polytechnics) in the main urban areas. The integration of ICT in the learning process included the 

introduction of ICT exams for admission to higher education schools. This became a requirement as a 

result of policies delineated in 1999. Average computer skills are likely to become a pre-condition for 

admission to university. 

<strong>Source</strong>: LOCAL E-GOVERNMENT IN ROMANIA. A SURVEY -Ovidiu Stoica, Gheorghe Filip 


Based Educational System (SEI) (http://portal.edu.ro/) - 500.000 computers in schools with Internet 

access. The program provided: hardware and communication infrastructure; software support; evolution of 

educational curricula and methodology; training for teachers; new teaching instruments. 

The Educational Informatised Program A.E.L. 

The national governmental program “Educational Informatised Program” was started by the Romanian 

government in year 2001, targeting multiple objectives: to increase the PCs penetration in schools and the 

degree of schools’ Internet connection, to eliminate the digital divide between pupils and offer knowledge in 

using computers for all and a base for the future university training, but especially to use the computer as a 

tool in the teaching process. 

Until now, the program means 1,220 highschools endowed with performant IT equipment (we reached he 

EU 15 average of 11 PCs per 100 pupils valid at the beginning of 200210) and 610 highschools already 

endowed with the educational software A.E.L. - Educational Assistant for Schools and Highschools. The 

financial effort, 4,000 billions lei investments engaged for the period 2001-2005 (about 100 millions of euro) 

does not represent only the hardware, but also the software (A.E.L.), already being realised 100 computer 

assisted lessons, reaching 430 in the next year, in mathematics, physics, informatics, biology, chemistry, 

Romanian language and literature, dictionaries, economy. 

The program is implemented in collaboration with a private consortium made by well-known international 

companies (SIVECO Romania, IBM Romania, HP Romania, Fujitsu Siemens Computers Romania) under 

the coordination of the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth. As shortcomings, the evaluation made, 

revealed the reduced number of professors included in training (only 13,000 until now) the still reduced 

utilisation of computer as teaching method and the fact that still not all the schools have Internet 

connection. 


The Leonie Delphi survey confirms that the majority of the trends which effect the present and future 

development of education and training in EU are present in Romania too. Among the trends considered to 

have a strong influence on the development of elearning services in Romania are the rise of knowledge 

economy, diffusion of new forms of media and the shift from a teacher-centred to a learner-centred 

paradigm. 



During the past years e-Learning services have been developing in Romania at a swift pace. There are 

already a large number of domestic e-learning solutions available on the market. Some examples follow. 

AEL e-learning is a complex platform developed by SIVECO and offers support for teaching and learning. 

AEL can be used for the learning process either assisted by the teacher or for individual education. AEL is 

implemented in primary/secondary education system and in some corporations for internal training. AEL 

received various international awards, among which “The European IST Prize Nominee” from Eurocase. 

SOFTWIN is a very active company in providing e-learning content for interactive courses, virtual libraries 

and electronic dictionaries. MCIT reported that in Romania exist around 530 interactive learning materials. 

Together with an American partner, SOFTWIN developed a complex mobile learning system for American 

students. In 2003 the company lunched two educational portals for secondary school and currently is 

participating in a consortium to implement the BBC's “digital curriculum service”. 




A3.3.9 – e-Government 



Real e-government is not yet a reality in Romania, but initial progress has been made. Most of the 

governmental institutions have a website and some of them regularly use communication tools like e-mail. 

The type of information that can be found on governmental websites varies - ranging from background 

information about the country (population, territorial -administrative units, economic agents), to 

transportation maps (traffic networks), to history, organizational structure, or legislation . As part of an 

institutional reform program, a gradual transition towards the electronic transmission of documents between 

ministries/departments should be taking place in the near future. 

Internet based interaction between citizens or companies and the public sector is negligible. The Ministry of 

National Education, for example, has its own website serving as a resource center for students and 

parents. Relevant information about exams and admission procedures to public schools can be found on 

the web. Yet the application forms must be collected and submitted in person. 

Government entities may receive e-mails, but the communication usually takes place in a traditional 

manner - via telephone, fax, or direct contact. No other on-line interaction takes place between citizens and 

the government. However, in Bucharest a district mayor has the intention of starting an e-government 

project, but at this point the most users can do is download various documents. In the future, as a result of 

a partnership with a country portal (Romania Development Gateway), users would be able to use real 

electronic government applications. 

A division of the Private Sector Institutional Development Program (PIBL) of the World Bank (WB), 

negotiated a loan with the government for developing the Romania Gateway project, a country portal 

designed to develop e-government applications. The website will facilitate access to a series of directories 

and online resource collections. One of the goals of this project is to inform and involve the public in main 

development issues like pension reform, social safety nets, privatization, etc. Informational services 

dedicated to this program will include news, forums, transaction centers, possibilities for professional 

orientation, and other necessary information. 


In the last years (especially after year 2000) was created the entire legislative framework concerning the 

implementation of e-Government in Romania, but also, generally, for encouraging the ICT, the use of 

Internet or e-commerce. Here there are the most significant regulations in the field: 

• Law no. 455/2001 on electronic signature; 



• Law no. 291/2002 for the approval of the Government Ordinance no. 24/2002 concerning 

electronic payment for local taxes; 

• Law no. 365/2002 on the electronic commerce; 

• Law no. 468/2002 for the approval of the Government Ordinance no. 20/2002 concerning 

public acquisitions by means of electronic bids; 

• Law no. 161/2003 (Anticorruption Law) - that includes stipulations concerning the 

transparency in information management and public services’ administration through 

electronic means, eprocurement and also stipulations for preventing and fighting cyber 

crime; 

• Law 202/2003 for the approval of the Government Ordinance 19/2003 concerning the 

obligation of using the electronic system for data collection; 

• Law 250/2003 for the approval of the Government’s Emergency Ordinance no. 193/2002 for 

introducing modern payment systems; 

• Government Decision no. 1173/2003 concerning the electronic assignment and distribution 

of authorisations for international road transport of merchandise; 

• Government’s Emergency Ordinance no. 93/2003 for voting through electronic means at the 

national referendum for Constitution’s revision; 

Beside those regulations, the Government (the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) is 

preparing two very important projects of law, from the public administration’s point of view: a standard for 

the public institutions’ web pages (design) and the framework for the interoperability. 

Unfortunately, some of these regulations, that stipulated compulsory measures for local public 

administration institutions did not included at the beginning also sanctions for not complying it. For 

example, as we will see, according to the Law no. 291/2002 (regarding the electronic payment of local 

taxes), the local public administration authorities had to implement the e-tax system until certain dates. 

Several months after the deadline, a lot of local authorities did not complied the law and not implemented 

the system. Only very recently, after repeated press signals, the Government issued a new regulation, 

which included sanctions (fines) for the authorities that are not respecting the law and does not offer fully 

functional e-tax systems. 

As answer to eEurope+, Romania approved through Government Decision no. 1440/2002, National 

Strategy for Promoting of New Economy and implementing of Information Society. This document contains 

measures related to e-government, component that represents the offering of public services in electronic 

form. Strategy for passing to e-government includes a combination of the following elements: encouraging 

the competition on the telecommunication market, reform and modernizing of central and local 

administration through information technology methods and also through eadministratie sectoral strategy 

application and application of e-business and e-commerce principles. 

Through collecting statistic data electronic system (SIGMA), accessing to address www.e-statistica.ro and 

http://e-statistica.e-licitatie.ro, it was launched 4 surveys having in view to establish how many SMEs use 

PC, have Internet connection, have their web pages, how many SMEs participate to on-line procurement, 

as well as the amount of the procurements or how many SMEs make e-commerce operations. Romania 

signed the Action Plan eEurope+, assuming the implementing of it. 

Improving the regulation framework for stimulating the establishment and development of small and 

medium-sized enterprises and simplifying in the domain of registration and authorising of firms, natural 

persons and family associations have continued. Also, were initiated a series of measures for simplifying 

the administrative procedures in the relationships between SME and central administrative authorities for 

actions of e-government type. 

In 2003 were adopted the following normative regulations, with implications on the registration activity in 

the trade register and of authorising the activity: 



- Law no. 486/18.11.2003 for approving the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 27/2003 regarding the 

tacit approval procedure published in the Official Gazette no. 827/22.11.2003 through which the precise 

terms are established for the involved public authorities and the judge instance in the framework of 

authorisation procedure; 

- Law no. 505/26.11.2003 regarding the approval of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 

129/2002 for the modification of the Law no. 26/1990 regarding the trade register and of 

Government Emergency Ordinance no. 76/2001 regarding the simplification of some administrative 

formalities for traders’ registration and authorisation, published in the Romanian Official Gazette no. 

857/3.12.2003 through which the term in which one can obtain the unique registration code from the 

Ministry of Public Finances was reduced and was foreseen the compulsoriness of data’ electronic 

transmission between this one and the National Trade Register Office. This law foresaw the National Trade 

Register Office obligation for the trade register offices that in 24 hours from the date when the delegate 

judge finished the activity, to transmit on electronic way to the Ministry of Public Finances the data from the 

type registration request for the assigning of unique registration code. The Ministry of Public Finances 

assigns in maximum 24 hours the unique registration code and in 3 days after receiving the code, the trade 

register offices through the National Trade Register Office (NTRO) transmit to the Ministry of Public 

Finances on electronic way all the traders’ data that stayed on theregistration to trade office bases; 

- Also, Law no. 505/2003 comprises the provisions regarding the NTRO possibility of granting the 

applicants, before laying down the registration request, assistance services for the registrations of which 

they are interested about; 

- Government Ordinance no. 29/29.01.2004 regulating some financial measures, published in the Official 

Gazette of Romania, no. 90/31.01.2004, through which was modified the Government Ordinance no. 

75/2001 on the structure and functioning of the fiscal identification record published in the Official Gazette 

of Romania Part I no. 540/1 September, 2001, approved with modifications and completed subsequently by 

Law no. 410/2002 with modifications and completed subsequently, in the way of renouncing to the request 

of fiscal identification record for foreigners that lay down a statement on own liability as well as simplifying 

the procedure of obtaining the statement by the Romanian citizens, in the base of a protocol concluded 

between Ministry of Public Finances and National Trade Register Office; 

- Law no 149/2004 for amending and completing Law 64/1995 concerning the judicial reorganization and 

bankrupting, republished with the ulterior modifications, through which the procedure of market exit of the 

societies being under insolvency its simplifying, precise obligations are established regarding the 

registration of regulations and facts tied of bankruptcy in the trade register and the Bulletin of judicial 

reorganization and bankrupting procedures its established, printed and published by National Trade 

Register Office 

- Law no. 300/2004 regarding the licensing of natural persons and family associations that unfolds 

economic activities independently, through which the formalities of licensing for these categories of traders 

are simplified; 

- Government Decision no. 913/2004 for approving taxes and duties for operations made by the trade 

register offices nearby courts, through which the unique tax its been setting-up, in view of facilitation the 

calculation of taxes without specialized assistance, and creation of the premises for transmitting the 

petitions by correspondence or by electronic way. Practically, any interested person can calculate the 

registration tax owned and to pay the tax through any methods foreseen by law, not being necessary the 

presence of applicant to the pay desks of the trade register offices nearby courts. The National Trade 

Register Office puts at the applicant disposal the guide of completing, and in this way creating the 

possibility of traders’ accommodation with the requests on on-line registration. 

- GD no. 991/2004 for establishing the model of the licensing petition and of licensing certificate in the trade 

register, through which the forms used for the registration in the trade register are modified, with the aim of 

facilitation the completing of the forms and correlate the taxes for the forms, maintaining the separation 

between the registration petition in the trade register and licensing petition; the guide of completing the 

registration petition, emitted by the National Trade Register Office was place to the traders’ disposal in the 

same day in which GD appeared; 

- Law no. 346/2004 regarding the stimulation of establishing and developing small and mediumsized 

enterprises, through which facilities are granted (access to utilities, access to public procurement and 

transfer of business) and a fund of 0,2%GDP is allocated from the State 

Budget for programmes in the Strategy of SME approved by the GD no.1280/2004. 



Beside the normative regulations, the National Trade Register Office initiated and collaborated with 

the representatives of Ministry of Justice for the elaboration of: draft law regarding the simplifying of 

the formalities at the registration in the trade register of natural persons, family associations and legal 

persons, fiscal registration as well as legal persons licensing, approved by Parliament, through which exist 

a separation between registration to the trade register and traders’ licensing, the terms of registration will 

be diminished and will be regulated precisely and detailed the proceedings that must be followed, therefore 

to facilitate the applicants access to the offered services and to create the premises for transmitting the 

petitions by correspondence or by electronic way. 

At the same time, the separation of responsibility in the administrative level of the trade register offices to 

the one of licensing public institutions maintained. 

Also, taking in consideration the large number of firms that does not need functioning licences at the 

setting-up or by case during their life time, the licensing of functioning its made in the base of applicant 

statement on own liability, although the legal term of emitting the annex that contains these confirmations of 

the licensing institutions have not been modified. 

At the same time with the reason of simplifying the taxes and duties, the National Trade Register 

Office created the possibility of using as payment method of the cards emitted by Visa or Mastercard. 



e-Government and e-Administration 

The sector is dominated by global or regional leaders like IBM, Microsoft, HP, Oracle, SAP, S&T, Intrarom. 

We can also see a good presence of the Romanian firms which activate as subcontractors or, in some 

cases, even as main contractors. The most important Romanian companies: Forte, Softwin, Siveco, 

Totalsoft, QCT, ASE Soft. 

A great success can be noted for the Advanced Technology Systems firm, which managed to gain the 

Pirelli grand prize for best e-Government application. 

The number and value of the governmental initiatives for the administration sector rose in a spectacular 

way, especially in the last 2 years and were awarded, in many cases, international recognition. 

� The National Electronic System (www.e-guvernare.ro) was the only European e-Government 

application that received the World Summit Award (WSA) at the World Summit for Information 

Society (WSIS), which takes place in Geneva between 10 and 12 December 2003. 

� Romania and Japan received The Global Information Technology Excellence Award for the “e- 

Government Initiative”. The distinction was awarded by WITSA (World Information Technology 

and Services Alliance) during the World Congress on Information Technology, on Thursday, May 

20, 2004. 

<strong>Source</strong>: ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF THE IT SECTOR, 2004 – 

ARIES 


Key players 

1) SOFTWIN, SOFTWARE AND SERVICES 

Founded in 1990, SOFTWIN is a leading Romanian producer/provider of computer software and services. 

SOFTWIN's 500-strong team of qualified professionals has managed over 10,000 projects so far. The 

company has a strong presence on the US and European Union IT markets and develops along four 

interlinked business lines: eContent, Data Security, Business Solutions and Customer Relationship 

Management. SOFTWIN is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania and has offices in Tettnang, Germany 



and Barcelona, Spain. Over 90% of the company's turnover is achieved from exports to the US and 

European Union. 

Achievements: 

12.11.2003, Bucharest - The national eGovernment system launched by the Romanian Ministry of 

Communications and Information Technology in September 2003 - www.e-guvernare.ro - received the 

"Best Digital Content" Award of the eGovernment section at the Geneva World Summit on the Information 

Society. 

In 2003, the Romanian eAuction portal was nominated as an European best practice example in the 

European eGovernment Conference in Italy. 

Str. Fabrica de Glucoză nr. 5, Sector 2, CP 52-93, Bucharest, ROMANIA 

Phone: +(40) 21 233 0780 

Fax: +(40) 233 0763 

E-mail: marketing@wh.softwin.ro 

Website: www.softwin.ro; www.helpdesk.ro 


Since 2001 the Romanian Government has become a champion in promoting egovernmental services. The 

extensive use of ICT in e-governance is expected to add transparency in the relationship between citizens 

and the Romanian state. An entire list of ambitious e-Government projects are intended to offer access to 

information and standardized forms, transaction of e-procurement, tax payment, etc. In September 2003 

MCIT launched the National Electronic System (NES) as a unique agora to public information and services 

for citizens and businesses. Since it was launched nine eservices have been available and 172 standard 

forms covering areas of general interest have been accessible for download. In December 2003, the egovernment 

portal received the “best e-government digital content” award at the World Summit of 

Information Society. At present, MCIT is organizing a national competition to select the best econtent 

application for “The International Contest of e-Content and Creativity within World Summit Award”. 

An important step was made when the use of e-procurement became compulsory for public acquisitions of 

some products and services. In addition, all major city halls were required to offer e-services for tax 

payment over Internet. Besides the fact that the “cash culture” is still dominant in Romania, due to an 

underdeveloped e-banking system the number of users is virtually inexistent59. To be more effective, egovernment 

applications need to be integrated into local available services. 

Nevertheless e-government impact goes beyond some improvements of government productivity. Despite 

these encouraging signs, low average incomes, inadequate infrastructure and lack of transparency in 

government policies and business practices will inhibit wide usage of e-governmental services. There is a 

certain risk to transform them into simple formalities if official websites are not in line with the slogan 

“secrecy is harmful to the public good”. In the Romanian mass-media there are many illustrations of an 

“ironic assimilation” of e-government idea, i.e. e-voting system was used to falsify the elections, eprocurement 

system is the perfect instrument to formalize illicit contracts, etc. Simply putting e-content and 

launching new services is insufficient if the government does not embrace a consultative role with citizens 

and businesses to discover and formulate relevant policies for performance improvement. All the e-services 

should be launched with caution because contrary to the Scandinavian countries, Romania does not have 

yet strong regulatory systems and positive business environments. 



Government Projects: 

1) The National Electronic System – www.e-guvernare.ro 

The National Electronic System, launched in 2003, represents the unique point of access to public services 

and information of the central administration institutions that interest both natural and legal persons. 

The current stage (Dec. 2004): 



- over 250 forms available for download and 465 public institutions involved; 

- 7 electronic public services for the companies: 

451 companies own a digital certificate, until October 2004, 431 companies of Bucharest, the important 

taxpayers submitted on www.e-guvernare.ro, 6000 declarations to the Ministry of the Public Finance, 

ANOFM, CNPAS, CNAS, as well as 12 financial situations. 

Extension of National Electronic System: 

The system will be gradually extended from the point of view of both the number of available services and 

forms, and of the number of users - the on-line services are available for the beginning for 400 important 

taxpayers of Bucharest and Ilfov County. 

Other components of E-Government initiatives: 

a) The electronic system of assigning the international road freight authorizations – 

www.autorizatiiauto.ro 

Current stage (Dec. 2004): the System was launched in November 2003. More than 330.000 authorizations 

have been assigned in 2004, comparing to 8733 in 2003. Over 1900 international freight transporters have 

digital certificates for authentication, comparing to 785 at the end of 2003. 

Licences for public transport – a new service available at www.autorizatiiauto.ro 

The General Inspectorate for Communications and Information Society has started the granting of digital 

certificates to the transport operators. 

b) Electronic Systems for the payment of local taxes 

Current stage: 59 cities have implemented electronic payment systems, another 17 having functional 

information systems and payment systems in process. These systems are presently reaching the 4th level 

of e-government interaction, which allows the connection/integration between information systems from the 

banks and city hall. 

c) Portal for the online driving license – available on www.e-guvernare.ro 

d) Electronic collection of statistical data - e-statistica.ro 

The central and local public administration institutions are obliged to use the system. 

e) Customs declarations on line 

f) Integrated System Visa online 

g) Electronic Voting System 

h) Network security, antifraud actions in the field of communication and information technology, 

fighting against informatics criminality 

• www.eFrauda.ro 

The portal for receiving notifications regarding the activities with apparent illegal character in the 

field of information society services achieves the direct interaction between the contractors and the 

consumers of the information society services and the authorities with scope in this field. 

• www.ceris.ro 

The IT Security Incidents Response and Expertise Centre is an information system for the audit of 

the information security and network communications. 

2) Romania Information Technology Initiative (RITI), Romania 

Funder(s): USAID/EGAT/IT 

Short Description: The Romanian Information Technology Initiative-Policy Project advises the Romanian 

Communications Regulatory Agency (ANRC) and the Ministry of Information and Communications. 

Start date: January 01, 2003 End Date: January 01, 2006 

• e-Government success stories in Romania 

The projects developed by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in number of 30, 

were hosted by the e-Government Center, started from the necessity of solving concrete problems as: e- 



tax, electronic system of local taxes payment, e-job or the notification regarding address changeability. The 

following projects have been already extended at national level, after a test period: 

- The Electronic System of Public Procurement (SEAP) – March 4, 2002 

- The National Electronic System, September 2003 

- The Electronic System for granting the merchandise international transport authorisations (SIAE) 

– November 3, 2003 

- Visa Online System (for foreign citizens) –December 2003 

- Online customs declarations – December 2003 

As for the Tax on-line access, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology made more 

initiatives, as follows: 

• On-line administrative forms 

To give access to citizens for administrative forms through www.e-guvernare.ro portal is a component of 

Romanian Government Program for desk reform, for promoting transparency and to improve the interaction 

between administration and citizens, on the one hand and between administration and companies, on the 

other hand. The on-line administrative form portal is based on the solution of the pilot project made by the 

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in 2002 and allows access of citizens to relevant 

information beyond the work schedule. The portal has the following functions: informing the citizens on 

legislation and related regulation to facilitate their interaction with public administration; the “unique” point 

for downloading forms and guidelines for completing them, the electronic instruments for assisted fulfilment 

of electronic forms. In accordance with the legislation in force, the forms can be signed electronically and 

sent to related agencies by sure electronic ways. At the present, more than 160 forms can be downloaded, 

their number increasing progressively. The public bodies can use formulare@e-gouvernare.ro in order to 

send administrative forms required by their interaction with citizens; these forms have to be provided by 

www.e-guvernare.ro, also. 

• Electronic submission of documents (declarations and balance sheets) 

Six electronic services are available through National Electronic System at 

https://formularunic.eguvernare.ro, for legal persons and major taxpayers in order to facilitate electronic 

submission of documents. They address to National Pension and Social Security House, National Agency 

for Employment, National Health Insurance House and Ministry of Public Finances. 

It has to be added the submission of the balance sheet - Ministry of Public Finance that can be used by eguvernare.ro. 

From the beginning, this application can be used by economic agents within the General 

Directorate for Coordination of Great Tax Payers from Bucharest and Ilfov County. The system will be 

extended to other economic agents. 

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and the National Agency for Fiscal 

Administration within the Ministry of Public Finance organized more training sessions attended by 275 

major great taxpayers. 

Three months since the launching, 975 declarations of the major taxpayers from the capital have been 

submitted on-line to the administration. 

• The payment of taxes and incomes payment by electronic means 

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology initiated the Government Ordinance establishing 

the obligation for all municipalities and towns to develop electronic system for local tax and incomes 

payment. These systems are the best instrument that facilitate the access of all citizens to relevant 

information on local tax and incomes and that offer an easy, high-speed and handy solution for payment of 

duties to the local budgets. 

At present, 50% of municipalities implemented both informing and payment system, 20% of municipalities 

ensuring a system that allows only to look for the amount of tax to be paid; a list of the functioning 

electronic tax and incomes payment system can be accessed at www.mcti.ro 

• Certifying the payment instruments with remote access 

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has created a consistent and predictable 

legislative framework for such an operation (by adopting Law 455/2001 regarding the electronic signature, 

Law 365/2002 regarding the electronic system and the Order of MCIT no.16/2003 regarding the procedure 

of certifying the payment instruments with remote access, like Internet-banking, homebanking and mobilebanking.), 

in order to ensure an easy access to the global market. At this moment, 23 of the 38 active 

banks on the Romanian market have 31 payment instruments with distance access, audited as far as the 



information systems security is concerned, among which 15 Internet Banking solutions, 14 Home banking 

and 2 Mobile Banking. Last year, the banks with distance payment instruments have registered a 

transaction of 25 billion Euros. 

- The list of all the payment instruments with distance access certified by MCIT, can be found on 

the MCIT site www.mcti.ro 

- Regarding the online information system, the most important action is the portal of access to the egovernment 

services. 

- In compliance with Law 161-2003, title II, the National Electronic System is constituted as a unique 

access point to the services and information provided by the local and central administration. The 

development of this portal marks the beginning of the „desk reform”, a vast program whereby the 

Romanian Government aims to promote transparency, to make administration efficient by cost and 

bureaucracy reduction, to ensure the accessibility at large extent to the public services and information, 

irrespective of time and place, to prevent and fight against the corruption through electronic means. 

The present stage: 

- Over 160 forms available for download; 

- 465 public institutions that are involved; 

- 10 online public services since September 2003: 

- Deduction regarding the value added tax, 

- Statement regarding the payment obligations towards the state budget, submitting the yearly and quarter 

balance sheet towards the big taxpayers 

- Declaration to the National Insurance House 

- Declaration to ANOFM 

- Customs declaration 

- System of statistical data collection 

- Driving licenses 

- International freight authorizations 

- On-line visas 

The system will be extended gradually from the point of view of the number of available services and forms, 

and the number of users – for the moment the online services are available for 400 big taxpayers in 

Bucharest and the county of Ilfov. 

Also, a measure of encouraging the communications through the electronic procedure is represented by 

the inquiries performed in the e-statistica system. The statistical indicators obtained according to these 

inquiries represent the basis of the analyses that are to be made by the European Commission, General 

Department for Information Society, regarding the progress achieved by each and every country. The 

candidate states, including Romania, signed the action plan eEurope+, whereby they have taken upon 

themselves its enforcement, with a view to join the European Union. This plan implies actions that will be 

coordinated by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and the National Institute of 

<strong>Statistics</strong> will supervise their achievement by the agency of specific statistical indicators. 

E-government portal is permanently updating and independent of their size; enterprises can find legal 

information, different forms for reporting to public administration. Portal delivers information by request, 

based on principle “here and now”. So the citizen is closer to public administration. In the same time public 

is considered closer and it answers efficiently to citizens as well as business environment requests. The 

system allows accessing of that information out of civil servants working programme. The citizens can filled 

the forms „off-line” (or „on-line”), they can find guide for filling the forms that can be delivered to agencies 

already right filled, saving both their time and the civil servants time. The project benefits are: improvement 

of public services, efficiently and adapting of them for answering to citizens requests. The system has the 

following functions: 

- Informing, by electronic means, of citizens regarding to afferent legislation and regulations; 

- Informing by electronic means of citizens regarding the form through which the public administration 

interacts with citizens and business administration as well as the way for filling them; 

- One stop shop for downloading of forms and guides for filling them. The filled forms put in accordance 

with their guide; 

- Workplace for filling electronic forms assisted by computer. The forms will electronic sign in compliance 

with the legislation in force and deliver to agencies by electronic means that guarantee their delivers. 



- The system allows like having in view to access more public services offered by electronic means citizen 

will be certified only one time, at entering in system. 


• e-Procurement 

The Electronic System of Public Procurement (www.e-licitatie.ro), functional since 4th of March, 2002 

based on Government Ordinance 20/2002 (public acquisitions through e-procurement) is the most 

successful and most known Romanian e-Government project, appreciated not only by the users, but also at 

international level.4 e-Procurement contributed at the simplification of the contact between the business 

environment and the administration and allowed an efficient public funds management. Other advantages 

of the success of the Electronic System of Public Procurement are: 

• reduce budgetary expenses; 

• increase the transparency in the governing process; 

• allow efficient and transparent public acquisitions; 

• correspond to the European requirements concerning public procurements;changes the 

mentality and the culture in public institutions as well as the perception of the citizen; 

• encourage the development of e-commerce. 

Facts concerning e-procurement: 

• in one and a half year, more than 145,000 auctions concluded and more than 2,008 billions 

lei in savings (in average, 23% comparing with the start value, but there were auctions with 

more than 48% in savings); 

• now, there are registered users more than 1,000 contracting authorities and 8,287 suppliers; 

• the average number of price changes in an auction is 21; 

• in the next three years, the savings are estimated at about 750 millions of euro. 

The Electronic System for Assigning International Road Transport Authorisations 

The system, created based on the Government Decision 1173/2.10.2003 is available since 2003 at 

http://www.autorizatiiauto.ro and only in the first three months of 2004 distributed 96,231 authorisations for 

the 1,725 companies registered at the Romanian Road Authority. Taking into account these numbers, it 

results the utility of such a system for the companies involved, but also for the Ministry of Transports. 

On the other hand, the system is not yet fully developed: for example, the fill-in for the 7 forms available for 

download on the website is possible only off-line (even if the companies registered in the system has digital 

certificate) and the payment for the authorisations can not be realised on-line, even if in Romania more 

than 30 banks are authorised to offer on-line payment solutions (e-banking). 

<strong>Source</strong>: LOCAL E-GOVERNMENT IN ROMANIA - A SURVEY -Ovidiu Stoica, Gheorghe Filip 

• Initiatives of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology: 

- Since 16th of October 2003 the Academy of Economic Study hosts the Romanian-Korean 

Internet Access Centre (IAC). 

- On 22 October 2003 in the University Polytechnic of Bucharest was opened the Centre of 

Competency Linux, destined to the students, business and governmental society. In October 

2003 4 access centres to communication services, Internet and PC (located in Balasesti, 

Frecatei, Iana and Rebricea villages) were opened. 

- On 24 February 2004 was signed by MCTI, MEC and Microsoft the Memorandum regarding to 

implementation of the Program “Partners for Education” as a part of the global program developed by 

Microsoft Romania. 

- Another initiative is software parks that must be part of the Romanian even-tempered development 

strategy. 



- As priorities and initiatives to support the SMEs development we take into consideration the change of the 

training sessions for the economic agents who put on-line the obligation to the state, organised in common 

with Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and National Agency of Fiscal Management 

from the Ministry of Public Finances and which were carried on in a classic way, face to face, with remote 

training sessions from, e-learning type. 

• IAC: The centre was build up with the help of the Ministry of Communications and Information Society, the 

Korean Agency for Promoting the Digital Opportunities (KADO) and the Korean Ministry of Information and 

Communications. IAC is endowed with 70 computers connected to Internet, 40 of them being placed in a 

special designed room, and the other 40 in the main lobby. This centre gives access to students, 

representatives of the governmental agencies from Romania and Korea, but also to members of the 

Korean corporations. The centre benefits of a seminar room and a managerial office fully equipped. 

• Competence centre LINUX: benefits of MCIT’s support, as promoter of the principle of technological 

solutions neutrality. This principle requires the choice of a solution that gives maximum advantages, from 

the view point of application and cost, of specific situation to which it is destined for, but without taking into 

consideration the IT solution used. The centre makes possible the simulation of real problems, the 

development of applications and solutions, facilitates the transfer of present applications to LINUX, offering 

in the same time consulting and certification for LINUX products and solutions. However, in order to 

support the future specialists from the IT&C field, there were started the discussions for building a 

technological park inside the University Polytechnic of Bucharest. 

• Telecentres: were created based on the co-operation agreement between MCIT and the United States 

Agency for International Development (USAID). The users pay the offered services, and the villages 

provide the location and the employees. The telecentres provide more than access to telephony services. 

The use of Internet and computers, especially by young people, expresses a higher educational value. In 

the next period all the 4 telecentres built upon the MCIT-USAID agreement will be equipped with 

educational software and there will be organised training sessions for local teachers and students. All 

telecentres that will be opened this year have a similar endowment, strongly focusing on the educational 

aspect. 

The funds for the universal service will help the building of several hundred of telecentres, afterwards there 

would be targeting their completion through international partnerships in order to obtain necessities 

coverage at national level. Such measures will assure a better education to our children, real opportunities 

of communicating for all citizens, which represent assumptions for long-term development of Romania. 

Further, the access to information and communications may produce, in a relatively short time, a 

development of the referred to location, too because the village inhabitants will learn to acquire information 

in a better way and to sell their products. 

• “Partners for Education”- The program will be available on a five year period, disposing of one million 

dollars budget, and it will apply to kindergartens, primary schools, high schools, students and teachers from 

pre-university system, offering IT lectures, in order to witness to the integration of Information Technology 

and Communications (IT&C) in curriculum and learning process. 

• Scientific and Technological Parks: This has to belong to the balanced deployment strategy of 

Romania and therefore it is compulsory to build telecentres all over the country for activities with a high 

degree of innovation, and long term viability. Romania has to be able to offer access to latest opportunities 

and technologies for young people. These parks have as main activity the co-operation with universities, 

shaping premises for a genuine authentic research and development process, permitting the spread of 

activities for Romanian companies beyond the IT lohn, directed to the preponderate conceiving of unique 

programs, which is going to fully use the creativeness of the Romanian people and their capacity to identify 

new solutions. There must be specified the training lectures in the IT&C field, too, useful for the employees 

of the hosted companies inside those technological parks in order to increase the competitiveness of the 

human factor and assuring a continuous training and improvement. 

• Developing the Programme SEI 3 (Computerized Educational System) and starting off SEI 4 (in charge 

– within M.E.C. – General Directorate for Logistics, Administrative and Human Resources, General Director 

Traian Ionescu, tel: 040 213132286, fax 040 213104218, http://www.edu.ro, http://portal.edu.ro, e-mail: 

tcion@rnc.ro) 

-The SEI Programme is a governmental programme that supports the reform objectives in education, 

according to the strategy eEuropa developed by the European Union. The main elements of SEI are the 



following: hardware; AEL (Educational Assistance for schools and high schools); educational software and 

electronic educational content, Internet connection, courses for teachers. Each level (national regional, 

local) is in accordance with the already mentioned elements. AEL provides educational support, 

autonomous learning, schools administrating and monitoring. 

In this stage there can be mentioned the followings: 

- Connection to the Internet of the BACALAUREAT 2004 examining centers (approximately 650 centers); 

- It was initiated (starting from the 2nd of May 2004) a national study within the SEI Programme regarding 

the formative impact of using AEL in education. During the first stage (25.05 – 

10.06.2004) the headmasters of the high schools where AEL was implemented in 2003 have to fill in the 

questionnaires; 

- It was agreed with the ESign the proceedings for using the electronic signature as far as the 

communication between the Ministry of Education and Research (M.Ed. C.) and its subordinated 

institutions; 

- The WEB page and portal of the Ministry will be completely redesigned (the costs will be paid by SEI 3 

and SEI 4). 

M.E.R. has taken all the necessary measures for starting SEI 4, at the moment being expected the 

approval of the Ministry of Public Finance. 

Concerning e-Content, Romania is part of the last year eContent program, which gives the 

Romanian companies the opportunity to submit projects in order to obtain part of the approximately 27 

millions euros offered by the European Union. Romania participates in the e-Content Community program 

in the following fields: 

- improving the access to information and extending the use of information in the public sector; 

- stimulating the digital content production in a multicultural and multilinquistic environment; 

- increasing the dynamism of the digital content market. 








Comparative Analysis with IST-Mentor Reports 

Comparing the two reports we can say that there is a big difference between them starting with the 

structure of the reports (we are referring only to IST-Mentor D2.3: Report on the needs of the 7 NAS 

with respect to IST development and assimilation and IST-Mentor D2.2: Report in IST status of 

market segments within the participating NAS in which there are references to our country – Romania). 

The general information on IST from IST-Mentor Report D2.3 is represented in a table providing 

information in numbers for years 1995 and 2002 of country background, ICT infrastructure & access, 

computers & the internet, ICT expenditure and ICT business and government environment. 

In our Mapping Report the general information is provided in a more complex and detailed manner. The 

information is given taking into account the political and economical issues which influenced the 

development of the IST sector over time. We have presented statistics of ICT product and service 

development (between 2001 and 2004) assuming different growth rates and a comparison with the other 

CEE countries. 

In the next chapter the IST-Mentor report provided information about the national RTD network and its 

activities. This includes the overall number of R&D units, the structure of the National Plan for Research, 

Development and Innovation with focus on IST related programme “INFOSOC”. There are also provided 

short descriptions of the national computers networks in research and education: RNC – The Romanian 

National Reserch and Development Network and RoEduNet – The Romanian Education Network. A 

summary of Romanian participation in FP 5 is given too. 

In this Mapping report after the general part, information is detailed on the important sectors and 

subsectors of IST presenting their evolution and situation. Beside this are provided the key players for each 

sector/subsector. Where data was available, information was provided for each IST sector under the 

following headings: government policy; future forecast and trends; related national and EU projects; trade 

associations and institutes. The national programmes presented in the IST-Mentor report are also 

mentioned under government funding schemes. 

The IST-Mentor Report D2.3 only presented the impact of the software industry on the Romanian economy 

using statistics from 2000 and 2004. The Romanian CEEC IST NET Mapping Report presents the 

relevance and importance of the entire IST sector to the Romanian economy. 

At the end of the IST-Mentor report there is a general SWOT analysis for Romania. In our CEEC-IST-NET 

Mapping report, where data was available, a SWOT analysis was made for each IST sector. 

Another difference between the reports is the clickable IST sector map used in this Mapping report. 

In the IST-Mentor D2.2 report there are presented only the SWOT analysis for the knowledge-based 

economy and eContent in Romania. 

In conclusion, the CEEC IST NET Mapping report for Romania is more complex and has more detailed 

information on the Romanian IST sector than the IST-Mentor D2.3 report and the IST-Mentor D2.2 report. 



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markets for the access to the local loop, to the leased lines, and to the associated facilities, 

September 16, 2003 

3. Assessment of the situation and development prospects of the IT sector, 2004 – ARIES 

4. Broadband implementation progress in Romania - Zsolt Nagy – Ministry of Communications and 

Information Technology, 2005 

5. Building Romania's Information Society, Dan Nica (Ministry of Communications and Information 

Technology Romania) 

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road transport authority, Inter-Ministerial Council for road safety 

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19. Operators and IT’s International Cellular Networks (ICN) database 

20. “Romanian Telecommunications and European Integration” Report (June 2004) 

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ambitions, June 2005 

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Source: Eurostat: Statistics on Science and Technology in

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