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As a collective effort, RDG project is supported by the Romanian Government, state agencies, private companies, non-governmental organizations, financial institutions and international organizations accredited in the country, thus providing a good synergy of different sectors` points of views and information sharing spectrum.
The founding members of the association are: ::: Government of Romania -
Department for Political Analysis and Planning
The Governing program for 2001-2004 covers the array of actions and measures meant to enforce the electoral offer made by PSD (the leading governing party) on the November 2000 Parliamentary and Presidential elections. This program was elaborated based on the complex analysis of the economic, social and political situation in Romania, as well as of the European and world background against which the program was going to be implemented. The strategic target of the Governing Program in the field of ICT is to set in place the lasting prerequisites for the implementation of the "information-oriented society", by re-launching the process of privatization, liberalization and development of the respective sectors. In this respect, the program envisages the following:
In 1999 the Romanian Government decided the allocation of a part from the PIBL (Private Sector Institutional Building Loan - World Bank) funds to the Romania Gateway project (USD200,000). In 2001, following the negations with the World Bank, the contribution was raised at USD500,000. The support offered by the Romanian Government to the project contributed to a better image of the project among the other organizations (business and NGOs). The Romanian Government decided to become partner in the new organization and to continuously support its future activities. As its contribution for the new association, the Government offered the space, which was requested by the Romanian legislation for registering the association. The space is situated in a central area of the city of Bucharest and the monthly rent is very low compared to the market. Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is a leading global provider of technology and solutions. Compaq designs, develops, manufactures and markets hardware, software, solutions and services including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, communications products, commercial desktop and portable products and consumer PCs that are provided in more than 200 countries. Vision: Everything for the Internet Mission: To enable human achievement and consumer success by transforming information technology. Strategy: Leadership in Internet access and infrastructure through superior technology, services and partnerships. Believe: People enabled by great technology can achieve great things. Compaq Computer Romania wants to play an active role in the development of Romania's informational society infrastructure, providing to its beneficiaries solutions, products and IT services at the highest quality. Microsoft was established in 1975 and has become the largest world producer company that provides software, services and technologies for personal and business computers. Microsoft's vision is to empower people through great software any time, any place and on any device. As the worldwide leader in software for personal and business computing, Microsoft strives to produce innovative products and services to meet their customer's evolving needs. At the same time, Microsoft is aware that long-term success is about more than just making great products. Its great belief is that if people are provided with the resources they need, they can accomplish great things. Microsoft's mission in Romania is to enhance partners' and Microsoft high technology users' satisfaction and to contributes with honesty and in a professional way to local IT industry development through its business model transposition. NECOM NET is a dynamic Romanian IT company specialized in the development of Internet based communities. This kind of communities could be developed within an industry segment (vortals or vertical portals) or around a specific event. NECOM NET has developed integrated web-based services for various organizations both in the country and abroad. The company has also developed and operated some of the most visited Romanian Internet sites such as: www.monitorul.ro, www.oo.ro, www.Jobnet.ro, www.barem.net, etc. NECOM NET is the representative for Romania and Moldavia of the world largest Linux services company, "Red Hat". NECOM NET wants to be in the first line of promoting and implementing e-business solutions in order to sustain IT- and Internet-based development. International Computers Ltd. London (ICL Romania) With over than 22,000 employees in 40 countries ICL
is one of the most important European companies providing e-business
services. ICL designs, implements
and operates e-business solutions in following fields: finances,
government, telecommunications, public utilities, retail and transport. ICL came to Romania
at the beginning of the '60s to provide mainframe type computers
for the National Commission for Statistics, these being one of the
first successful implementations in IT area. ICL
reopened its representation office in Romania in April 1992. In
eight years on Romania market ICL
developed very rapidly in terms of variety of products and services
as well as in terms of number of clients and employees. With 9 years of experience on the Romanian market, Mercury Marketing and Research Consultants is one of the largest companies specialized in market research services such as: consumer research, media research, retail research, social and political research, business-to-business and industrial market research. The goal of the company is to be the leader in market intelligence in their field. They will achieve this goal through delivering the smartest and most enlightening market intelligence solutions the clients need in order to develop superior positions on their respective markets, through the company's passionate desire to succeed, through its continuous investment in the company's talents and future oriented vision. Mercury staff includes 55 people with academic expertise in areas such as: marketing, management, sociology, psychology, international relations, statistics and informatics. An extensive network of 350 well-trained interviewers and 6 area coordinators cover the entire country. International experience covers: Russia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Moldavia, Kazakhstan and Yugoslavia. Mercury Marketing and Research Consultants is one of the few Romanian companies to be member of highly specialized international marketing association such as: ESOMAR (European Society of Opinion and Market Research), QRCA (Qualitative Research Consultants Association), GMR (Global Market Research) and AMA (American Market Association). These affiliations give Mercury the opportunity of always being aware and in compliance with the highest standards of market research methods and practices. Civil Society Development Foundation Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF) is a legally established Romanian non-governmental organization, founded in December 1994. Its mission is to support the development of the organizations in civil society. CSDF promotes the active involvement of individuals in their communities and encourages the efforts of non-profit organizations to improve the quality of life and to strengthen democracy in Romania. CSDF's activities are aimed at non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which in the vision of CSDF are representing the interests of a variety of citizens, expressing their concerns and offering an effective alternative to the services currently provided by the state and the business sector. Yet, in equal measure, CSDF serves other groups, such as labor unions, political parties, public administration, the mass media, and the citizen. Having administered over 5 million Euros over a period of four years, CSDF has extensive experience in running grant aid programs. CSDF has managed grant aid programs for the Phare Program for Civil Society Development and the Charity Know How Fund. The organization provided technical assistance for the management of the following grants programmes: The European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights, The European Culture Fund for Romania-Euroart, the Phare Human Resources Development Programe - PROGRES, the Romania Development Gateway Programe an World Bank initiative. CSDF's objective is to provide civil society organizations with professional and high quality products and services thus contributing to and supporting their development. CSDF has over three years experience in working with over 1500 organizations. The organization continuously researches the needs of the sector and is up-to-date with emerging trends. CSDF consultants have extensive managerial experience in the sector, advanced degrees, and have trained in both Romania and abroad. The Open Society Foundation Romania is a non-governmental, non-profit and apolitical organization promoting the value of an open society in Romania. The Foundation was established in 1990 by philanthropist George Soros, as a response to the necessities born out of the transition process towards a democratic system. Through its programs, the Foundation supports the development of democratic institutions, respect for human and minority rights, and pluralism within the political public space. The Foundation's policy is to support the reform of public policies in all essential areas and to actively contribute to the integration into the European structures. The new approach of Open Society Foundation for 2001 consists in a series of initiatives aimed to enhancing the appeal of the EU integration trend. The Open Society Foundation Romania is part of the Soros Foundations network, a virtual network of twelve independent organizations. Acting as a pivotal point and resource center for all the other members of Soros Network, the Open Society Foundation provides organizations with financial support, administrative services and information. An initiative of Open Society Foundation Romania, "Civil Networking and ICT Support" was launched in April 2001. This program aims to promote the access of civil society organizations to information and to consolidate the capacity of these organizations to provide their own information. The program will be focused on supplying IT support (software, Internet access, training) to NGOs. |
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