Transforming Romania into a Knowledge Economy Through ICT - Current Developments

In a society dependent on information, knowledge seems to be the only power that guarantees socio-economic development and progress. The knowledge is considered to be the driving force of economic growth and a resource that can provide sustainable competitive advantage and for this reason generates a great interest in understanding knowledge, information, technology, learning and their role in social economic life.

In this society in which knowledge occupies an important place, information and communication technology represents an important pillar because without it the transmission of knowledge cannot be achieved. From this perspective, this paper tries to present the current stage of development of the ICT sector in Romania and to propose some solutions to improve it.