-2- 1) Pillar I: Access and infrastructure – improvement of connectivity and network access; 2) Pillar II: Digital content and electronic services- promoting digital content and generating services; 3) Pillar II: - Capacities and utilization- strengthening literacy and digital skills to enable innovation and stimulate usage. These three dimensions have a major favorable impact on the following three components of society: a) communities/population, that shall enjoy more comfortable and better life; b) businesses, which shall increase the level of competitiveness; c) governance, which shall improve their performances and shall provide services to the citizens anytime, anywhere and on any terminal equipment. 4. The Strategy implementation shall be based on core principles of modern information society building, especially on principles of recognition of authenticity and legality of data from electronic registers and information systems and of the electronically performed actions. 5. Strategy is enclosed by an Action Plan for implementation of the National Strategy for Information Society Development “Digital Moldova 2020” (annex to this Strategy), which sets out the actions and programs meant to achieve the general objective of building an advanced Information Society and the economy based on knowledge, and the integrating horizontally the priorities as well. r D f a ] t II. CURRENT STATE OF THINGS 2.1. Progress [ 6. Even if less than a half of 177 actions of the National Strategy for Information Society Action Plan „Electronic Moldova” (2005) directives were fulfilled, this document had a major role in creating a favorable framework or information society technologies development and for preparing the ground for next stages. The implementation of the Strategy and the eSEE Agenda provisions resulted in tangible outcomes. During 2005-2011, various sources allocations for informatization increased substantially and reached approximately 5.36 billion lei. 7. The penetration of Mobile telephony exceeded 119% (EU average – 128%)2, broadband Internet at fixed locations reached a penetration level of 11.72% (EU average – 27.2%), broadband mobile Internet – modems/cards – 4.7% (EU average – 7.5%)3. More than a half of population are using the Internet, more than a half of households have at least one computer connected to Internet, half of the population read newspapers online, but only one out of 10 users accesses the government web site (www.gov.md) and only one out of 20 users has accessed at least one electronic public service in the past 12 months. 8 out of 10 Internet users access social networks4. 8. The necessary legislative and normative framework was created, which currently includes about 20 laws, 80 Government decisions, about 70 approved conceptual documents regarding the informational systems of public authorities, more than 20 general purpose regulatory acts and 75 with a specific purpose issued by the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology. The Institutional framework was improved through the creation of the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications and of the specialized institutions such as the Centre for Electronic Governance and National Center for Personal Data Protection. In 2011 the Technological Transformation Strategic Program of governance “e-Transformation” was adopted, supported by the World Bank.