1. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 1 R&D e-government related projects Ph.D.C. Romeo Ilie National Institute for R&D in Informatics e-mail: romeo@ici.ro

2. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 2 A. The second Inter-Balkan Forum on IT Thessaloniki, June 9-10, 2000 paralel session on “e-government” led by myself, helped by Raphael Koumeri countries represented: Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, FYROM, Greece, Romania, Slovenia, Yugoslavia R&D E-Government related projects

3. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 3 The second Inter-Balkan Forum on IT Ideas for propsals: Networks for Universities and Researchers Site for a coordinated approach of the common interest issues: Health, Pollution, Contamination, having as model the experience and achievements of the IDA project R&D E-Government related projects

4. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 4 The second Inter-Balkan Forum on IT Ideas for propsals: Balkan portal for all the Balkan Governments services for information and provision of documents of common interest. An interesting case could be the rules and the legislation that apply for foreign investment as well as the legal documents and the application forms (in national and English language) needed for such projects. R&D E-Government related projects

5. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 5 The second Inter-Balkan Forum on IT Ideas for propsals: Site for a transbalkan translator Further extension of the SEE munIS project to other major cities R&D E-Government related projects

6. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 6 The second Inter-Balkan Forum on IT Procedure proposed: Identification of the priorities, which should be of common interest for, at least, three Balkan countries Defining the Coordinator and Partners and their roles Identifying the programme in which the proposals might be submitted (IST, IDA, PHARE, OBNOVA- CARDS etc.) R&D E-Government related projects

7. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 7 Recommendation made: South-Estern Europe sould benefit from a dedicated IT related financing program *** The Balkan Stability Pact has NOW good provisions for achieving the regional goals related to e-government, e-commerce, e- education. Balkan countries must take advantage of that! R&D E-Government related projects

8. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 8 B. ICI’s R&D contributions to e-government 1992 - first Strategic Planning of the Informatization of Romania 1993-1996: Sectorial Strategic Planinnings 1996-2000: The up-date of the strategic Plannings for the whole Romania, for Ministries and for local public authorities R&D E-Government related projects

9. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 9 B. ICI’s R&D contributions to e-government 1994-1999: National Information Infrastructure, including the permanent registers of natural and leagal persons, of administrative units and of general cadaster R&D E-Government related projects

10. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 10 B. ICI’s R&D contributions to e-government 2000: Feseability study on “Dej on-line - the city of the Information Era” (presented last year) »about 20 economic and social areas »about 50 applications identified »4-5 years long »about 3.5 M$ total cost R&D E-Government related projects

11. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 11 B. ICI’s R&D contributions to e-government 2000-2002: “ORIZONT 2000” National R&D Program, including projects as: Digital cities Counties on-line “One-stop-shop” for public services e-democracy e-vote R&D E-Government related projects

12. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 12 B. ICI’s R&D contributions to e-government The using of smart-cards and the Public Key Infrastucture National Server for Electronic Documents National Server for Public Aquizitions Electronic Archives Public Information Centers R&D E-Government related projects

13. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 13 B. ICI’s awareness contributions to e- government International Conference on ICT in Public Administration ICTPA - 1996-2000 (its 6th edition, October 2001) with: »more than 700 Romanian and foreign participants »more than 70 participants from 32 European countries, including European Commission R&D E-Government related projects

14. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 14 B. ICI’s awareness contributions to e- government 15 national level seminars (1995-1997) for central and local public administration institutions in 7 Romanian cities, with more than 1300 participants 3 “Summer Schools” (1997-1998) on “Information systems for public administration” R&D E-Government related projects

15. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 15 B. ICI’s international co-operation projects 45 projects since 1994 (INCO, ESPRIT, EU- SAVE II, PHARE, COST, IST etc.) partners in almost every European country 7 projects within the IST Program R&D E-Government related projects

16. June 30, 2001Information Society Perspectives in SEE 16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! R&D E-Government related projects