The leap to the IT-based society, an extraordinary chance for Romania

"We can make the leap from the agricultural based economy directly to the information society, if education gets modernized", says Florin Ilia, Vice-president SIVECO, within the conference "The biggest players in economy", organized by Ziarul Financiar (Financial newspaper)

Experts of SIVECO along with high state officials and representatives of large Romanian companies, debated on the measures that the private business environment needs to take in order to resume investments and create new jobs. 

"After Romania joined the EU, many useful projects were funded through European funds, some aiming the endowment with technology, but most of them aimed at training the teaching staff in using IT&C in the classroom. All these, in addition to other initiatives make possible a very good basis in Romania. We, Romanians, have the advantage we adjust easily to the new technology – one can see also from the recent statistics which compare us to other European countries as far as using IT and the Internet is concerned. We have a large pool of IT specialists who can also work in educational projects. SIVECO exports such products to 27 countries. I do believe that, for Romania, the new technologies are an extraordinary chance! A wise countryside child, with a computer connected to the internet and guidance from an open hearted person, can make the leap forward from the agricultural sustenance economy directly to the information society, to an interesting and well-paid career", stated Florin Ilia at the conference.

According to the discussions during the conference "The biggest players in economy", Romania is a favorite destination of investment funds given that the economy is growing, labor force is well trained and cheap, the banks are selling assets at low prices, while the state is listing companies at the Stock Exchange.