‘I’d like the Romanian officials concerned to find an answer to why the completion of the computerisation of healthcare and of the Finances Ministry is so much delayed’, Basescu said on attending the eGovernance Romanian Forum debates.
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Minister for Communications and Information Society Gabriel Sandu described the re-organisation as "a flexible and efficient way to accelerate the development of eGovernment solutions". The move aims to re-allocate competences and resources, so as to reduce costs in the context of the current economic crisis and to comply with the relevant agreement that Romania concluded with the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The goal of the Cooperation Agreement is the implementation of cooperation activities between the MCSI and the Chancellery, by the concentration of technical, financial and human resources to the effect of developing joint programs for overcoming the digital divide, as well as technological cooperation programs, consultancy and technical training services in the field of information technology.
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Operation 3.2.4 (e-health) is part of the areas of intervention 2 - "Development and efficiency of electronic public services, Priority III - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for private and public sectors, the Sectoral Operational Program Increase Economic Competitiveness (SOP IEC).
'The e-Romania strategy entails an ambitious vision of Romania's information future that in the short and the medium-term will translate into a huge web portal that will provide nearly 600 online services,' said Sandu.
Read more: IT&C Minister Sandu: e-Romania will provide nearly 600 online services