E-Business Romania Adriana Ţicău State Secretary for Information Technology Conferinţele Piaţa Financiară Bucharest, the 26 th of March 2002.

e-Business Romania

Adriana ŢicăuState Secretary for Information Technology

Conferinţele Piaţa FinanciarăBucharest, the 26th of March 2002

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National Strategy for The implementation of

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COORDONATIONINTEGRATION

IMPLEMENTATIONNational Strategy for Inf. Society

STRATEGY

INVESTORS (Public Sector, Private Sector, Civil Society, Trade Capital, Investment Funds)

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PRIORITIES:

• Modernisation of Public Administration and of public services

• Improvement of life quality: health, environment, transportation

• Development of ICT field

• Work Force in the New Economy

• Education – Culture

• Technical assistance

•Romanian youth into the digital age: bring Internet and multimedia to schools and adapt education to the digital age

•Computers and Internet is schools - 500.000 computers , with Internet access

•Cheaper Internet Access: increase competition to reduce prices and boost consumers choice

•Info-kiosks•Multimedia centers•cheaper tariffs for Internet access - 50% of normal price

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•Accelerating e-commerce: speed-up implementation of the legal framework and expand use of e-procurement

•Fast Internet for researchers and students: ensure high speed access to the Internet facilitating co-operative learning and working

•Smart cards for electronic access: facilitate the establishment of national infrastructure to maximize uptake

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•e-Participation for the disabled: ensure that the development of the Information Society takes full account of the needs of disabled people

•Healthcare online: maximize the use of networking and smart technologies health monitoring, information access and healthcare

•Intelligent transport: safer, more efficient transport through the use of digital technologies

•Government online: ensure that citizen have easy access to government information, services and decision-making procedures on-line

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“e-Government” Structure

eGovernment

Technology and Communications Infrastructure

Trust, Privacy and Security

G2C G2B G2E G2G

(a) Draft Law for the prote ction of individuals with re gard to the processing ofpersonal data and the free movement of these da ta , tr ansposing Directive 95/46/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protectionof individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the freemovement of such data.(b) Draft Law regarding the processing of pe rsonal data and the protec tion ofprivac y in the telec ommunications sector, transposing Direc tiv e 97/66/EC of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 15 De cember 1997 concerning theprocessing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the te lecommunicationssector.(c) Adopted Law regarding the electronic signature, transposing Direc tiv e1999/93/EC of the European Parliam ent and of the Council of 13 December 1999 ona Comm unity framework for e le ctronic signatures.(d) Draft Law on electronic commerce , transposing Directive 2000/31/EC of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on c ertain legal aspects ofinformation society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the InternalMarket (“Directive on electronic commerce”) .

Romanian IT Legislation – Initiated in 2001

Adopted

Adopted

Legislative framework initiated in 2002

• Governmental Ordinance – 20/2002 – e-procurement

• Governmental Decision No 182/2002– list of products, list of institutions – First phase

• Governmental Ordinance –24/2002 – the electronic payment for local taxes

• Governmental Decision –181/2002- regulations for GO 24/2002

Departments, Administrations,

Local Authorities, Public

Service Providers

RoGovonline

Government Gateway

IntermediaryPortals

Third partyportals

Private sectorportals

Other governmentportals

Citizen

Citizen

Authentication, security and routing

The four stage framework for e-government applications

Stage 1 Information: online info about public services

Stage 2 Interaction: downloading of forms

Stage 3 Two-way interaction: processing of forms, incl. Authentication

•Stage 4 Transaction: case handling; decision and delivery ( payment)

Public Services for CitizensMax Stage Stage Applications

Income taxes: declaration, notification of assessment 4 2,4Info-Kiosk, Tax Income Payment

Job search services by labour offices 3 1,3 JobSearch, e-JobSocial security contributions( 3 out of the following): 4unemployment benefitschild allowancesmedical costs( reimbursement or direct settlement)student grantPersonal documents( passport and driver'slicence) 3 2 RoGov Gateway ProjectCar registration( new, used and imported cars) 4Application for building permission 4 3 RoGov Gateway ProjectDeclaration to the police( in case of theft) 3 3 RoGov Gateway ProjectPublic libraries( availability of catalogues, search tools) 3 2 e-LibraryCertificates( birth and marriage): request and delivery 3Enrolment in higher education/university 4Announcement of moving( change of address) 3 2 RoGov Gateway ProjectHealth related services( interactive advice on the availability of services in different hospitals; appointments for hospitals) 4

Public Services for BusinessesMax Stage Stage Applications

Social contribution for employees 4Corporation tax: declaration, notification 4 3 DecWebVAT: declaration, notification 4 3 DecWeb, WebInvoicesRegistration of a new company 4 3 RoGov Gateway ProjectSubmission of data to statistical offices 3 3 ITC BarometerCustoms declarations 4Environment-related permits( incl. Reporting) 4Public procurement 4 4 e-procurement, e-market

Successes in ICT

ICT task force (GPTI) – chaired by the Prime Minister, formed by e-ICT task force (GPTI) – chaired by the Prime Minister, formed by e-ministersministers

e-governmente-government ( (20 basic public services recommended by EU; pilot 20 basic public services recommended by EU; pilot projects during 2001projects during 2001))

e-taxe-tax ( (GO 24/30.01.2002, GD 181/2002GO 24/30.01.2002, GD 181/2002))

e-procuremente-procurement ( (GO 20/24.01.2002, GD 182/2002GO 20/24.01.2002, GD 182/2002))

electronic submission of corporate tax declarations– 50 big enterpriseselectronic submission of corporate tax declarations– 50 big enterprises

Electronic signatureElectronic signature( ( Law 455/July 2001, Regulations GD 1259/Dec Law 455/July 2001, Regulations GD 1259/Dec 20012001))

National Strategy for Information Society ( national consensus)National Strategy for Information Society ( national consensus)

Participation at ESIS – EU projectParticipation at ESIS – EU project

Successes in ICT – E-government center – pilot projects

E-tax

E-procurement

E-Job

E-referendum

E-market

Info-kiosks

Multimedia centers

Address change

Web Declarations for Corporations

Identifications of Civil Servants

Cash-Flow Management

Document Management