European Union. (support) Ministry of Labor (support) Improvement of communication and collaboration between CERT-RO, the institution which is responsible with the cybernetic security in Romania, and the European Cybercrime Centre, within EuroPol (center instituted in 2013, at European level). Ministry for Information Society (responsible) Ministry (support) of Economy Ministry of Public Finances (support) Ministry of Labor (support) Promotion of the competitiveness clusters and of the employees’ specialization in this field especially in the excellence centers: Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timisoara. Ministry for Information Society (responsible) Continuous development and use of the electronic infrastructure based on Ministry for Information Society (responsible) ITC for the interconnection and the facilitation of the collaboration between the research teams which are spread from a geographical point of view and the separation of the resources and of the scientific knowledge is a key-method in order to accomplish this issue. Increase Romanian participation in international projects of Innovation, Research & Development in ICT through European programmes and resources Ministry for Information Society (responsible) Innovation in ICT # of innovative projects financed and implemented in ICT. Target: 20% by 2020 % of individuals who have developed competencies, certifications by means of ICT communities developed through the improvement of the ICT innovation. Target: 5% by 2020 # of centers of ICT innovative competencies established at regional level. Target: 3 centers by 2020 Field of action 4 – Broadband and Digital Services infrastructure Implementation of the RoNET project Further extensions of the backhaul and backbone networks (2014 – 2020) Implement Monitoring Mechanisms Administrative Proposals and Legislative Encouraging Access to the Existing Passive Infrastructure Ministry for Information Society (responsible) # of active connections Mobile Internet access Ministry for Information Society (responsible) Target: To be defined based on Appendix 5 Methodology Ministry for Information Society (responsible) # of broadband internet connections Ministry for Information Society (responsible) Target: To be defined based on Appendix 5 Methodology Ministry for Information Society (responsible) # of fixed telephony lines Target: To be defined Page 25 of 172

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