The 4 Fields of Actions for Digital Agenda for Romania 2014 - 2020 The key performance objectives of the Digital Agenda impose cumulative efforts of European countries to achieve the targets assumed by the European Commission. Romania's contribution, according to these objectives and related targets can be seen in the graph below. Taking into consideration the 7 pillars that form the basis of the Digital Agenda for Europe 2014 – 2020, Romania has adapted them to the current context and has defined 4 major fields of action that will be pursued as Romania’s vision of the ambitious program that will drive the economic growth and increased competitiveness, for covering the underpinning principle stated above in pursuit of sustainable long-term economic growth. These 4 fields of action are summarized as follows:  Field of action 1 - eGovernment, Interoperability, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing, Open Data, Big Data and Social Media – increase efficiency and reduce the public sector costs in Romania by having a modern administration. Implementing and correlating the uniform vision of the fields of action 1 and 2 will generate for the period 2014-2020, an estimated impact on the Romanian economy of about 5% of GDP grow and 1% in terms of jobs.  Field of action 2 – ICT in Education, Health, Culture and eInclusion – support at a sectorial level that will ensure ICT investments create a positive impact in the social context.  Field of action 3 - eCommerce, Research & Development and Innovation in ICT – builds on the comparative advantages of regional Romania and supports economic growth in the private sector. The implementation of the measures of the field of action 3 will generate in the period 2014-2020 an estimated impact on the Romanian economy of approximately 3% increase at the GDP level and 2% in terms of jobs.  Field of action 4 – Broadband and Digital Services Infrastructure – ensures social inclusion and enables the benefits across all other fields of actions. Direct and indirect impact on the economy of the Strategy for Digital Agenda for Romania, calculated in accordance with good practice observed in other European countries who have made similar investments may be translated into GDP growth by 13%, increasing the number of jobs by 11% and reduce administration costs by 12% during 2014-2020. ICT play an important role in improving business efficiency and extending market reach and the social impact of ICT has become significant. ICT development is a key area to improve the competitiveness of the business environment, to increase public sector efficiency and to reduce bureaucracy. Page 7 of 172