Overview July 1999: Romania

1. Ministries involved

• The National Agency for Communications and Informatics - NACI (since December 23, 1998, by Government Order nr.973; formerly organised as Ministry of Communications) is the legal authority for telecommunications and informatics.
• The National Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (formerly organised as Ministry of Research and Technology) is the legal authority for scientific and technological research and development.

2. Research institutes and centres

• National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI – Bucharest
• Institute for Computers - ITC – Bucharest SOFTWARE ITC SA Cluj Napoca
• National Research and Development Institute for Microtechnologies - IMT – Bucharest
• National Communications Research Institute
• Centre for Economy Informatics and Cybernetics - Academy of Economic Studies – Bucharest

3. Public bodies involved

Romanian Academy of Sciences – Section for the Science and Technology of Information. Founded in 1992 has today 12 corresponding and full members out of a total number of 14 sections and 181 members for the entire Academy. One of the roles of the section is to encourage the domains of science and technology that are at the core of the information society

4. Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest Municipality (since 1990) – keeps informations about the companies registered in Romania. Is a promoter of IT not only inside the organisation, but also in the business field (electronic commerce).

5. Professional organisations:

• ATIC - Association of Information Technologies and Communications of Romania ( http://www.atic.org.ro ).
• ANIS – National Association of Software Enterprises ( http://www.anis.ro )
• ARIES – Romanian Association for Electronic & Software Industries
• ROMINFOR - Romanian Association for Research in Communication and Information Technologies
  ( http://www.cef.pub.ro/rominfor )

6. IS forums

Forum for the Information Society (since March 1997, under the aegis of the Romanian Academy). The Forum for the Information Society of the Romanian Academy, playing the role of a forum of the civil society, intends to arise the interest in the Romanian society concerning the development of the information society, and to propose and stimulate by specific proposals a series of measures and actions in this direction.