Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 14th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview VI. Working Group on E-government Author(s) Ovidiu Stoica University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iasi Iasi Romania prof. dr. Gheorghe Filip Title From action plan to action in implementing e-government in Romania File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Abstract e-Government implementation in Romania passed since now two periods: from the beginning to year 2003 and after. In the first period, from year 2000 to 2003, starting from zero, in a very short time, the realizations were amazing: not only legislation in the field and very successful e-Government pilot projects (highly appreciated even at international level), but also substantial investments in the informatisation of the Romanian administration (correlated with the necessary reform for the EU integration) and the launch of the e-Government portal. After year 2003, the implementation rhythm was considerably slower; we continued some collateral efforts (like ECDL type compulsory studies for public servants and continuous investments in informatisation in the public administration field or, especially at local level a series of public administration institutions’ websites were improved, updated and made more user-friendly. Unfortunately, the efforts realized in the last few years conducted to a smaller progress, compared with the previous period, but also compared with the other EU countries. In fact, it is a reality that we miss a national action plan in the field, but especially at local level there is no coordinated action for developing the e-administration. On the other hand, as resulted also from a survey we realized in May-June this year in local public administration institutions from several counties in the region, it appeared that there are a lot of difficulties, not only financial or technological or psychological, but also deriving from the lack of experience in project management (generally), the lack of vision and coordination among local public administration institutions that are not cooperating etc. Starting from some conclusions of the survey, from the reality as appears especially at local level, and also from the Western experience (enhancing appreciated strategies at local level), we will highlight some directions to follow for a successful implementation of e-Government in Romania.
