Catalin Vrabie

National University of Political Studies and Public Administration | SNSPA · Faculty of Public Administration

The paper aims to investigate the link between the actual level of e-administration at the county level in Romania and the educational system at the same level (I refer here especially to the education in the field of IT&C) in order to verify if there is a connection between those data. I will start from a previous research in which I radiographed...

Analiza de fata E-Guvernarea in municipiile Romaniei si-a propus sa radiografieze starea Web site-urilor oficiale a tuturor municipalitaților din Romania. Bineințeles ca existenta acestora, chiar daca sunt bine intreținute, nu inseamna ca sunt si folosite de cetațeni sau de mediul de afaceri. Noile metode de administrare nu necesita doar soluții in...

Această carte nu este tocmai un ghid al începătorului care să ofere o imagine de ansamblu asupra întregii dimensiuni. Din anumite rațiuni m-am ținut departe de istoria conceptului (fără să sar totuși peste cele mai importante evenimente din viața acestuia) precum și de elementele juridice care reglementează buna desfășurare a întregii teorii. Toate...

E-guvernarea (concept cunoscut și în spatele englezismului e-gov) este una dintre cele mai – dacă nu cea mai – interesantă provocare a Adminitrației Publice din întreaga lume. Este totuși dificil să redau entuziasmul tuturor cercetătorilor din domeniu în paginile acestei cărți. Multe dintre obiectivele pe care guvernarea electronică își propune s...

The topic investigated in this article is a comparison, contrast, and integration effort of European strategies for sustainable development with the evolving market initiatives that are beginning to fuel the fourth industrial revolution. Several regulatory initiatives from continental bodies come into effect to radically change access to finances f...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is influencing almost every area of modern life from entertainment, commerce, and healthcare to organizations internal processes operations. Netflix knows what movies and series people want to watch, Amazon knows when and where people like to shop, and Google knows what users are looking for. All this information may be...

The promotion of new electric and hybrid vehicles is a worldwide strategy to reduce carbon emissions for a clean future environment in many countries. In Europe, development of the electric vehicle (EV) industry is a strategic direction of multiple car-producing companies, institutes, and governments, but how sustainable it is to shift fully to ele...

Urban development strategies are more and more centred on citizens’ needs and requirements. In this regard, collective intelligence can be understood as a fundamental element in enhancing the creation and development of more inclusive communities. This paper aims to present various ways in which collective intelligence can contribute to develop sma...

So far Covid-19 has brought serious turbulences to the higher education system be it in the form of substantial drops in research founding and international student enrolments or increases in expenses associated with digital solutions for teaching and learning, as well as funding for bridging social gaps between different categories of learners. Ho...

The concept of infrastructure related to the smart cities is being used to highlight the physical or social structures together with all the facilities that support the activities of a city helping it being functional. The concept itself refers to roads, railways, access points, buildings, distribution chains, water pipes and electricity lines, and...

Cities around the world should prioritize the management of municipal solid waste (MSW). For this to be effective, there is a strong need to buildup a complex system that involves social, economic, and environmental processes, leading to a supply chain (SC). The actors involved in dealing with MSW—from suppliers, collectors, distributors, industrie...

Some of the most important inventions of the last century are the computer, the Internet and, not least, the mobile phone. These have completely changed the world we live in. Understanding their ability to collect data and information about anyone and everyone, they proved to be the perfect tools for mass surveillance. Often the media presents arti...

Many smart city publications talk of a need for new models of partnership working: public–private partnerships that create a shared vision for the smart city, bringing together leaders from city government, national government, health services, universities, business, social enterprises and the community sector. But as it is already known, crucial...

Orașul smart este un oraș viu, asemănător, într-o oarecare măsură, unui organism viu. Transportul și mobilitatea, elemente regăsite în arterele rutiere, bulevardele pietonale, pistele de biciclete, în rutele sistemului de transport public de suprafață sau subteran, reprezintă ceea ce sistemul sangvin este pentru un organism viu. Instituțiile admini...

Nowadays, more than half of the world's population is living in cities, and by 2050 this percentage will rise up to 66%, according to the World Bank. These dynamics will bring important changes in the size and role of cities. The fast-growing urbanization will lead to an increased level of water, energy and fuel consumption with a significant impac...

Although the smart city concept is rather old, the literature fails in defining it properly-however, most, if not all, scholars are sharing the same idea: a main characteristic of smart cities is the use of information and communications technology in all aspects of city life. All of the actors actively involved in building a smart city (and we men...

A main characteristic of smart cities is the use of information and communications technology in all aspects of city life. In this regard, Internet of Things (IoT) is a core element in the process of developing communities "ruled" by an improved communication, better understanding and wait times decrease. This paper aims to present the ways in whic...

A main characteristic of smart cities is the use of information and communications technology in all aspects of city life. In this regard, Internet of Things (IoT) is a core element in the process of developing communities "ruled" by an improved communication, better understanding and wait times decrease. This paper aims to present the ways in whic...

Although the smart city concept is rather old, the literature fails in defining it properly-however, most, if not all, scholars are sharing the same idea: a main characteristic of smart cities is the use of information and communications technology in all aspects of city life. All of the actors actively involved in building a smart city (and we men...

In a country where nearly half the population lives in rural areas, it is difficult to link concepts such as smart cities, Internet of Things to the local government’s priority list. However, lately there have been numerous initiatives to improve access to information using ICT in the rural communities as well. The purpose of this article is not to...

În acest articol voi vorbi despre Flame, un malware deosebit de sofisticat care a atras foarte mult atenția specialiștilor în informatică și securitate digitală la momentul descoperirii lui – 28 mai 2012. Aplicația, pentru că în esența asta este, a fost considerată a fi cea mai laborios dezvoltată armă cibernetică descoperită până la momentul lansă...

Where information is cheap, attention becomes expensive. In today’s society, information is increasingly at hand. Today, via the Internet, anyone has access to it. In the online environment, news channels are flooded with updates – most of them being takeovers of official Web sites of the institutions involved. Their huge numbers and increased dyna...

Among the most important inventions of the last century, we find the Computer, the Internet, and the Mobile phone. They changed the world in such a manner that today we rely on them almost intimately. Their capabilities to collect data about anything turned them into surveillance tools. Specialists agree with one aspect: "to be used in order to red...

Abstract. In Romania, city halls are independent public authorities, interested in developing the electronic management component, which often is being found in the locality’s development strategy. One of their work horizons considers the implementation of Web platforms for delivering electronic public services. In this study, we will investigate h...

An entrepreneurial education and work culture brings changes in the relation between the public sector's organizations and its interested parties. More precisely, it is a question of changing managerial and organizational education practices towards self-direction, innovativeness, flexibility and responsibility. Understanding how public sector's or...

An entrepreneurial education and work culture brings changes in the relation between the public sector's organizations and its interested parties. More precisely, it is a question of changing managerial and organizational education practices towards self-direction, innovativeness, flexibility and responsibility. Understanding how public sector's or...

An entrepreneurial education and work culture brings changes in the relation between the public sector’s organizations andits interested parties. More precisely, it is a question of changing managerial and organizational education practices towardsself-direction, innovativeness, flexibility and responsibility. Understanding how public sector’s orga...

Using as a reference an analysis on local communities in Romania – which was started in 2010 and continued every year, the author soon expanded his intention to investigate the concept of digital divide firstly to the region and then to the whole European continent. Unfortunately, the complexity and lack of resources are proving to be a strong barr...

An important topic often found in the media, but ambiguously treated is "transparency". This article will present a blueprint for Romanian municipalities' Websites done through the transparency concept's filter. We will see that although the law imposes to municipalities to post specific items on the Internet, they either omit or post a minimum of...

In a country where nearly half the population lives in rural areas, it is difficult to link concepts such as smart cities, Internet of Things to the local government's priority list. However, lately there have been numerous initiatives to improve access to information using ICT in the rural communities as well. The purpose of this article is not to...

We are used to look at geographical, economic, political or even religious maps of our planet. Cybernetics, which is a relatively new science that forcedly makes its way through already existing sciences, it's creating its own map. Obviously, despite the young age, its complexity does not permit detailing of each component. This article focuses on...

Printre cele mai importante invenții ale secolului trecut se regăsesc: computerul (Damien, 2011) Internetul (Shuman, 2001; Castells, 2010) și telefonul mobil (Hartmann et al., 2008). Acestea au schimbat lumea! Ei bine, înțelegându-se capacitatea acestora de a colecta date și informații despre oricine și orice, totodată ele s-au dovedit a fi și inst...

The evolution of humanity is not synchronized with the one on technology. A similar technological process like the one we have already been through during the whole last century, happen between 2001 and 2015. If we are to look further, same process will happen starting from now till 2021, from 2021 to 2025… We will face, around the year 2025 such a...

In recent decades, computers and the Internet have led to a new era – the digital one. Along with this period, a transition process has also occurred, therefore the industrial society of yesterday has become the information society of today. In this context, Romanian public authorities should be able to keep up with the rapid manner in which modern...

This article aims to present an e-learning conceptual framework that will lead to strengthen the overall capacities and accountability of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). It will also provide ways to guarantee the quality of services of CSOs as well as ways to build up a sustainable role of them in the democratic process through e-learning. CSOs...

Understanding citizen online goals is critical because it gets to the heart of what the public institution Web site should " do ". There are likely to be multiple goals that represent the " reason why " citizen could come to the agencies/institutions Web site. Finding those reasons it is a real challenge. Unfortunately, many public institutions, fe...

A main feature of smart cities is the use of ICT in all aspects of city life. In this regard, e-participation is a core element in the process of developing communities " ruled " by socially inclusive governance. Objectives: This paper aims to present a framework on how e-participation can be inclusive and how it might bring citizens closer to the...

În fiecare zi, canalele de știri sunt inundate cu imagini venite din zonele de conflict din lumea întreagă. Pentru prima dată în istoria lumii, prin intermediul sateliților de comunicare și grație rețelelor de socializare și canalelor de știri, precum Youtube, Facebook sau Yahoo, avem loc în primul rând în sala de spectacole în care s-a transformat...

Where information is cheap, attention becomes expensive. In today's society, information is increasingly at hand. Today, via Internet, anyone has access to it. In the online environment, news channels are flooded with updates – most of them being takeovers of official Web sites of the institutions involved. Their huge numbers and increased dynamics...

This article aims to present an e-learning conceptual framework that will lead to strengthen the overall capacities and accountability of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). It will also provide ways to guarantee the quality of services of CSOs as well as ways to build up a sustainable role of them in the democratic process through e-learning. CSOs...

The main feature of the NET Generation is the fact that it is the first generation which " grew up digitally ". Young adults today are so immersed in bits that they perceive them as an integral part of their natural environment, thus developing and imposing their culture and beliefs to the rest of the society, specifically by using digital media. O...

Lumea se schimbă. Dacă generațiile precedente erau obișnuite să dialogheze „face to face”, astăzi spațiul public capătă o nouă dimensiune, denumită „face 2 face”. Obiceiul de a vorbi la telefon este astăzi înlocuit cu utilizarea aplicațiilor de social-media disponibile pentru telefoane mobile... Ce au de câștigat oamenii din comunitățile virtuale,...

E-guvernarea (concept cunoscut si in spatele englezismului „e-gov”) este una dintre cele mai – daca nu cea mai interesanta provocare a administrației publice din intreaga lume. De-a lungul studiilor facute, ne-am intalnit cu doua mituri pernicioase care sunt intr-un fel sau altul relationate guvernarii electronice si pe care acest numar al revistei...

E-communication places new demands on language, leading to interesting variations in written language use. E-mail, chats, online discussions and SMS messages use a language marked by traits of both informal speech and formal writing, a host of text-based icons and acronyms for handling social interaction and modifications in spelling norms. Objecti...

The purpose of this article is to assess how the information can be more easily disseminated on the Web sites of higher education institutions. Marshall McLuhan saw the language developed in a book as a proof in favor of knowledge. “When information comes in contact with another information, the results are sensational and effective”. In terms of t...

E-communication places new demands on language, leading to interesting variations in written language use. E-mail, chats, online discussions and SMS messages use a language marked by traits of both informal speech and formal writing, a host of text-based icons and acronyms for handling social interaction and modifications in spelling norms. Objecti...

Quality in E-Learning is a critical success factor that is not easy to determine and achieve. In this paper, we aim to describe the challenges in quality development and show as solution approach, an innovative process management for planning, production and application of e-learning and the importance of quality standards. We will focus especially...

Teaching and learning in an e-learning environment happens differently than in the traditional classroom and can bring new challenges to professors and learners participating in the online learning environment. The purpose of this book is to provide a framework for teachers for a better e-interaction with students, based on the e-learning methods u...

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The computers and the Internet have changed significantly the way in which the citizens can have access to public services. The informational society is more and more present in all the activities of the public sector, including through complex applications of electronic governance. For the municipalities in Romania electronic governance is a relat...

Chiar daca istoria IT-ului a inceput acum cateva decenii, doar in ultimele putem vorbi de apropierea mediului public de acesta si abia in ultimii ani au inceput cu adevarat sa fie explorate oportunitatile lui. Relatia guvernelor cu IT-ul a pornit de la operatiuni simple (calcule aritimetice simple, printarea si gestionarea documentelor) ajungand as...

Information and communication tools (ICT), Web 2.0 applications and the impact these resources are having on education are rapidly creating new challenges for teachers and learners faced with learning online. Teaching and learning in an e-learning environment happens differently than in the traditional classroom and can present new challenges to pr...

Quality in E-Learning is a critical success factor that is not easy to determine and achieve. In this paper, we aim to describe the challenges in quality development and show as solution approach, an innovative process management for planning, production and application of e-learning and the importance of quality standards. We will focus especially...

Information and communication tools (ICT), Web 2.0 applications and the impact that these resources are having on education are rapidly creating new challenges for teachers and learners faced with learning online. Teaching and learning in an e-learning environment happens differently than in the traditional classroom and can present new challenges...

Chiar daca istoria IT-ului a inceput acum cateva decenii, doar in ultimele putem vorbi de apropierea mediului public de acesta si abia in ultimii ani au inceput cu adevarat sa fie explorate oportunitatile lui. Relatia guvernelor cu IT-ul a pornit de la operatiuni simple (calcule aritimetice simple, printarea si gestionarea documentelor) ajungand as...

A national strategy represents the critical first step in building digital government. It provides the framework in which most digital government projects are prioritized, designed, and implemented. Effective implementation of digital government requires a well-articulated strategy. It is considered the first and most important step in securing the...

The means of communication, from the most simple and natural ones – such as gestures and voice, to the most complex and developed ones – such as the new electronic media, have constantly brought changes to the society, their own transformation being due to the social environment that generated them. Nowadays, the new media – being in a rapid develo...

Understanding citizen online goals is critical because it gets at the heart of what the public institution web site should or could “do”. The challenge is that for most agencies/institutions, there are likely to be multiple goals that represent the “reason why” citizen could come to the web site. Unfortunately many public institution feel that it s...

The means of communication, from the most simple and natural ones – such as gestures and voice, to the most complex and developed ones – such as the new electronic media, have constantly brought changes to the society, their own transformation being due to the social environment that generated them. Nowadays, the new media – being in a rapid develo...

Today information systems for digital documentation and communication are used by many actors within their area of activity. However, an integrated care requires a multi-agency standardized communication in which the individual patient plays the main part. As already made investments in ICT numerous health facilities, it is urgently necessary to ma...

This essay aims to explain the effects (both positive and negative) of virtual communities found today in an increasingly number on the Internet. The argument is based on exposure different points of view borrowed from the literature in which the author also join and its vision on the subject. If twenty years ago landline phone system and the fax s...

Is it possible to involve citizens in the process of increasing public safety? Police used, even from its beginnings, the help of citizens, otherwise they would encounter problems in performing its duty-many of its successes were due to the unification of Police forces with the citizens. How citizens get involved? (1) They may be directly asked by...

Analiza de faţă şi-a propus să radiografieze starea web site-urilor oficiale ale tuturor municipalităților din România. Bineînțeles că existenţa unor platforme web bine întreținute nu înseamnă că ele sunt şi folosite de cetățeni sau de mediul de afaceri. Noile metode de administrare nu necesită doar soluții inovative, dar şi „cetățeni inteligenți”...

The differences between the countries considered in this study (Romania and Turkey) are not neglected, since culture (organizational, but not only) and ending with items that are directly related to economic aspects. The paper is structured in four chapters as follows: Introduction - where we will present the IT framework in which public administra...

The last decade has changed again the face of electronic world: from Web 2.0 to open source software; from e-(electronic) to m-(mobile) and now to touch. For Web developers is a real challenge to make compatible interfaces to all existing Internet browsers. This proves to be even more expensive than the application itself (Softnet; 2012; SIVECO, 20...

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The last decade has changed the face of electronic world: from Web 2.0 to open source software; from e-(electronic) to m- (mobile) and now to touch. For Web developers is a real challenge to make compatible interfaces to all existing Internet browsers. This proves to be even more expensive than the application itself (Softnet; 2012; SIVECO, 2012)....

Chiar daca istoria IT-ului a inceput acum cateva decenii, doar in ultimele putem vorbi de apropierea mediului public de acesta și abia in ultimii ani au inceput cu adevarat sa fie explorate oportunitațile lui. Relația guvernelor cu IT-ul a pornit de la operațiuni simple (calcule aritimetice simple, printarea si gestionarea documentelor) ajungand as...

Chiar daca istoria IT-ului a inceput acum cateva decenii, doar in ultimele putem vorbi de apropierea mediului public de acesta și abia in ultimii ani au inceput cu adevarat sa fie explorate oportunitațile lui. Relația guvernelor cu IT-ul a pornit de la operațiuni simple (calcule aritimetice simple, printarea si gestionarea documentelor) ajungand as...