:: Official Documents Knowledge Platform - Concept paper

Justification

One of the initial objectives of the Romania Development Gateway project, adopted by the eRomania Gateway Association too, is to support e-Government initiatives. A first step in this respect is the improvement of the communication between citizens and governmental structures. Currently in Romania there is a lot of official information available on line. Yet this information is scattered in such a manner that sometimes it is impossible to find.

Therefore the creation of a reference guide on the main official documents available is essential. This task can be very much facilitated by the fact that the Department for Institutional and Social Analysis represents the Government, as founding member, within the Association. The Department coordinates all activities related to the drawing up of governmental documents. The Department is also responsible with communicating the official documents to other structures.

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The Project

This section of the portal will have three components:

• A database including all official documents drawn up or adopted by the Romanian Government
• A database including a detailed guide of the main public structures in Romania
• A forum dedicated to the dissemination of official information

The databases' structure and the design will be decided after consultations with the Romanian Government and with the main governmental structures generating official information (e.g. The Ministry of Public Information)

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Project results

- Improve the communication between the Romanian Government on the one hand citizens and organizations on the other hand

- Create a resource center on official information

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Partners

The Romanian Government and other public structures generating official information.

eRomania Gateway (eRG) is a not-for-profit organization, its mission being to promote and support the e-development in Romania. Established in November 2001, the Association is an open partnership between the public sector (represented by the Romanian Government as a founding member and under the umbrella of the Romanian Presidency), the business community and civil society organizations.

Specific objectives include:

• to develop and manage a leading portal on Romania, "Romania Development Gateway" (RDG), within the context of World Bank's "Development Gateways" (DG) initiative, which aims to assist countries in establishing a presence on the Internet through Country Gateway portals;
• to assist the Romanian Government and Romania in general in drawing-up and implementing various initiatives part of the national information strategy, presenting them with clear guidelines guarantees so that they will be successfully implemented in a medium and long- term perspective;
• to conduct public awareness campaigns on IC&Ts impact on economy, education, and society as a whole.
  

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