Roadmap for national economy's digitalization launched in Moldova

Chisinau, 27 July /MOLDPRES/ - A draft roadmap for boosting the process of national economy’s digitalization and development of the electronic commerce, worked out by the Economics and Infrastructure Ministry (MEI), today was unveiled at an online meeting of MEI representatives, experts of the Economic Council under the Prime Minister and the National Association of Companies in the Information Technologies and Communications (ITC) Sector and business associations.     

The roadmap provides for 37 actions which, if needed, will be updated and completed with new activities. The document will be approved and launched within the platform of the Economic Council, where all interested actors are found: the business, public authorities, donors and all those who can contribute to the roadmap’s enforcement.  

„We deemed as opportune to elaborate a roadmap with immediate measures and not a long-term strategy, the working out and approval of which would take more time. Thus, we prepared a string of actions, which target the principal systemic constraints which, for the moment, are not tackled efficiently. We did not intend to make an inventorying of all measures underway, but preponderantly of those who need an immediate impetus,’’ Economics and Infrastructure Minister Sergiu Railean said.   

The official came up with an initiative to set up a working group, which will monitor the implementation of actions from the roadmap.

„I suggest that we create a new working group on the platform of the Economic Council – Economy’ Digitization, due to be led by the National Association of Companies in the Information Technologies and Communications. I think that this is one of the most active promoters of the process of digitization of the economy from the associative sector and is, at the same time, a member of the Economic Council,’’ Railean noted.

The Council members appreciated and backed the ministry’s initiative and gave assurances that they would provide every necessary support in the implementation of the digitalization agenda.