Igor Girlea, principal consultant in the Legal Committee for appointments and immunities, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova
Recently, the EU has been active in establishing a number of initiatives concerning the enhancement of the IT sector in Eastern Partnership countries.
Thus, EU4Digital launched a new activity to support women mentorship programs in the tech sector in the EaP countries. StrategEast has interviewed experts from the EaP countries. Here are the answers from the expert on Moldova.
Do you consider such programs to be timely in the pandemic period? Have you noticed the rising need for digital technologies to support the response to the pandemic consequences in your country?
Indeed, everybody noticed the rising need for digital technologies amid pandemic. More than that, the pandemic showed Eastern Partnership countries the real benefit that IT development can bring to a country. Even though Moldova is one of the most developed countries in the region in terms of e-governance, the pandemic showed that the level of digital technology implementation in public services is lower than people would expect and provoked discussions on the fast implementation of all the possible IT solutions in public services.
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