The World Bank and the Romanian Ministry for Information Society hosted a workshop on e-Government over the weekend as the roll-out of e-Government services in Romania continues. The workshop, titled e-Government Transformation: Moving from Nice-to-Have to Must-Have, was part of the World Bank’s regional Smart Specialization and Digital Agenda scheme.
“Romania has embarked on an ambitious project of aligning itself to the latest trends in e-Government and introducing the most advanced electronic systems in providing public services to its citizens,” said Romania’s Minister for Information Society Dan Nica. The Minister referred to the government’s digital agenda, which lays out the adoption of of online digital services and two recent programs; Online Issuance of Civil Status Documents and the e-Agricultural Registry. Meanwhile, World Bank Country Manager in Romania Elisabetta Capannelli highlighted the apparent dual benefits of online government services – increased efficiency and cost reduction, as well as an improvement in the quality of service to the public.
