WeGO member city officers Training Program

1. Bucharest City Hall
Bucharest in terms of e-Government
Seoul, April 6 – 13, 2014
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2. Romania & Bucharest
Romania lies in the south-eastern part of
Europe
Bucharest is the capital of Romania
It is located at 44°24'49" North latitude
(as
Belgrad, Geneva, Bordeaux, Minneap
olis) and 26°05'48" East longitude (like
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3. Bucharest is the most important city of Romania in terms of economic, cultural
and political aspects
It covers an area of 238 kmp;
It has a population of 1,921,751 inhabitants (according to the 2002
census), representing approximately 10% of the Romanian population;
1.000.000 people pass through it on a daily basis;
It generated an area of support and influence, the"metropolitan area“, of over
5000 km2;
Almost 32% of Romania's DGP is generated here.
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4. Administrative organization of Bucharest
Bucharest is headed by a General Mayor and a
General Council;
It is divided into 6 administrative sectors;
Each administrative sector has a mayor, a local
council and its own budget;
Each sector receives money from the General
Council, but they are responsible for their own
projects.
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5. e-Government initiatives in Romania
In order to optimize the administrative activity, enhance transparency
and the cooperation among various public institutions and prevent
corruption, the National Electronic System was implemented at national
level through Law no. 161/2003 implemented.
The National Electronic System has an area concerning public
procurements, the Public Procurement Electronic System, containing
calls for procurement and presenting the necessary documents and
terms and conditions (www.seap.ro).
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6. Interconnectivity
Bucharest City Hall intends to provide for citizens quick access to all
institutions subordinated to it and district halls.
Some of the institutions subordinated to Bucharest City Hall are:
Park Administration
Theatres
Authority for Animal Protection and Supervising
Local Police
Hospital and Medical Services Administration
Street Administration, a.s.o.
The goal is to access the web pages of the institutions mentioned above from
our own page.
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Information management
Bucharest City Hall intends to bring the information
management system up-to-date.
As a result, after submitting a petition via internet, mobile
phone or personally, citizens should be able to track its
course in the institution.
Another improvement would be the on-line platform taking
over complaints in real time (through photos taken by citizens
and uploaded on the platform).

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Integrated Transportation System
Metrorex (Underground Transportation Authority in
Bucharest) centralizes, coordinates, monitors and provide
information in real time on screens about the arrival and
leaving of trains.

9. On such screens and the advertising screens
from the streets, people can read instructions
about how to react in case of natural disasters.
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10. Bucharest City Hall also has a command center, “Info
Traffic”, that monitors traffic conditions and traffic jams.
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Computer literacy
Bucharest City Hall, through the Social Assistance Department, developed
a computer training program for elder people whose children left the
country in order to help them communicate via internet.

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At 18 August 2011, through a government program, it was created the
possibility of making online payment of taxes for all the citizens in
Romania;
Through such a program, the local authorities give the citizens the
opportunity to pay their taxes avoiding the long lines in front of the
desks, and encourage them to do so by making a discount of 5 – 10%
from the due amount of money if they make the payment during the first
three months of the year.
Electronic payment of taxes

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According to EUROSTAT, the most recent survey (27 march 2014), only 58% of
Romanians have access to internet;
Moreover, 41% of the population in Romania have never used a computer;
In order to fight such problems, Bucharest offers internet services free of charge
in parks, schools and other public areas.

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