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16 October 2003 Romania, ICT and FP5,6 1 Romanian Experiences Related to ICT and the Fifth Framework Program of the EU and Expectations From the Sixth Framework Program Dr. Vasile Baltac President ATIC IT STAR Meeting Budapest, 16 October 2003
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16 October 2003 Romania, ICT and FP5,6 1
Romanian Experiences Related to ICT and the Fifth Framework
Program of the EU and Expectations From the Sixth Framework Program
Dr. Vasile Baltac
President ATIC
IT STAR MeetingBudapest, 16 October 2003
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Where do we stand?
"Lisbon Strategy" « a digital, knowledge-based
economy, prompted by new goods and services, will be a powerful engine for growth, competitiveness and jobs. In addition, it will be capable of improving citizens’ quality of life and the environment“
What are the best Information Society (IS) policy strategies?
Are both welfare and growth issues are possible?
Digital Divide? Leapfrogging is feasible? The role of research and
international co-operation?
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Romania: ICT Facts and Findings
ICT /Total Industrial Output 2.04% ICT Expenditures/GDP 2.2 % PC/1000 inhabitants 4.4 Computer users /2003 24% Cards issued 5 Millions
« Penetration 22.4% PC/household 6% Households with mobile phone 13.6% Mobile phone users ~25%
« Sources INS RO, Eurostat, Gallup, eWeek
ICT Market RO 2001
IT Products12% IT Services
3%
Tc Products
31%
Tc Services
54%
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Romania: Internet Facts and Findings Internet users 13.9% Internet connections 0.13% Home access 4.5% Companies connected 6.1%
« PCs connected 28.9% Public administration 4.4%
« PCs connected 36.9 % CATV Subscribers -millions 3.3
« Urban penetration 78.5%« Rural penetration 17.5%
Sources INS RO, Eurostat, Gallup, eWeek
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Digital Divide in Romania and CEE
Low Availability and affordability of IT&C« PCs/100 inhabitants
CEE 6.3 EU 25
« Low telecom density
Growing Digital Divide « Rural vs. urban distribution« Rich vs. poor distribution« Regional disparities« Demographic trends: the aging of the population
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Good News: Dynamics of Growth
High IT&C market growth rates
Rapid growth in numbers of domestic Web sites and Web portals
CATV is well developed « Opportunity for future
network services Education needed for the
digital age at higher level
Source: Digital Planet 2002
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Romania: R&D Some Facts and Findings A country in transition:
« 44 researcher per 10,000 inhabitants in 2001 down from 66 in 1996 An aging workforce
Sector structure« 85% technological research« 10% research in Romanian Academy « 5% university research
An under-financed R&D sector« public expenditures 0.1% of GDP « business expenditures (mostly from state sector) 0.30% of GDP
Source: European Innovation Scoreboard 2002 International funding: most welcomed
« Quality of Life, IST, Growth, EESD, INCO2, Innovation - SMEs, etc.
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Romania and FP5 IST
A good opportunity for R&D sector – 51 projects
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Futuretechnologies
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Romania and FP5 IST A biased participation
FP5 IST Participants RO
Other 2%
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ICI12%
UPB12%
CCI10%
Other universities6%Academy
4%IFA4%Post
4%RoEduNet
4%Silogic
4%
Transilvania BC4%
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Romania and FP5 IST A comparatively reduced participation
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Albania BosniaHerzegovina
Bulgaria Croatia FYRM Hungary Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia
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Romania and FP5 IST No project coordination
FP5 IST Project coordinators Romania
Greece26%
France16%
Germany14%
Belgium12%
Italy10%
UK4%
Spain4%
Bulgaria2%
Luxemburg2%
Holland2%
Portugal2%
Poland2%
Slovenia2%
Hungary2%
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Romania and FP5 IST Participation considered satisfactory as number of projects in the actual
R&D situation IST events – a useful impact on participants Triggered other national IS projects
« eGovernment« INFOSOC
Involvement of a large private and state ICT sector at very low level Selection of participants – rather by the chance of “being there”
« In some cases regional requirements lead to partner search and inclusion« Ideal-Ist project active but not significant impact
No project coordination« Greece, France, Germany, Belgium got the “cake” share
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Romania and FP6 IST Generous thematic areas:
« Applied IST research addressing major societal and economic challenges« Communication, computing and software technologies « Components and microsystems « Knowledge and interface technologies « IST future and emerging technologies
Expectations« Significant participation of Romanian R&D companies compared to FP5« Promotion programs within candidate countries with incentives to attract participants« Focus on technologies and projects specific to these countries
Access for all Help to leapfrogging and DD combat Information security Dissemination of IT skills IT experts certification Local content development and regional cooperation
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ATIC - A Bridge to Romania The Association for Information Technology and
Communications of Romania (ATIC) « a non-governmental, independent organization aiming to consolidate an
appropriate framework for the development of IT&C in Romania
« maintains a database for co-operation projects available to members
« disseminates information to non-members
Member of WITSA (World Information Technology Software Alliance)
Member of CEPIS (Council of European ProfessionalInformatics Societies)
http://www.atic.org.ro President Dr. Vasile Baltac Contact: [email protected]; [email protected]
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IT Literacy Dissemination Project
ECDL« A globally accepted IT skills certification
program that prepares all people for participation in the Information Society
« in promoting core IT knowledge and providing an essential certification that is becoming the defacto global IT skills standard.
« in promoting core IT knowledge and providing an essential certification that is becoming the defacto global IT skills standard
Targets« Universities« High Schools« Public Administration« Small companies
Funding« … searching
ATIC targets:
ECDL-type ICT skills certification dissemination
Web ECDL-type courses
More than 50% of accesses free, e.g.
Underdeveloped areas
Trainers for SMEs
Schools in Rural areas
Old People Institutions
Cooperation with other professional associations in the region
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Thank You!!
