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Ambassador Klemm about United States efforts to uphold innovation in the digital domain in Romania
There is an "explosion" of activities in Romania's digital economy, however it is not evenly spread, as in Romania one can find both the highest internet speed and also places that lack coverage, U.S. Ambassador in Bucharest Hans Klemm stated on Tuesday at the Digital Romania International Forum.
There is an explosion of activities in Romania's digital economy, however (...) this 'explosion' is not evenly spread. In certain parts of Romania there is the highest internet speed but there are also places which lack coverage or there is very weak internet coverage. Romanian children are educated to become top participants in the digital economy but there are also many children in Romania's rural area who are left behind, the diplomat pointed out.
He also talked about figures that reflect the use of digital means in the governing process.
"While we are talking about excellency islands in Romania's e-governing, generally speaking, the use of digital tools at Government level is below the European Union average,' he said.
The U.S. official also spoke about the United States efforts to uphold innovation in the digital domain in Romania.
In her turn, Israel's Ambassador in Bucharest Tamar Samash argued that this topic of Romania's digital industry was also tackled last week at the meeting between the Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Teodor Melescanu and the Israeli premier, Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to Ambassador Samash, the two high ranking officials "discussed about the opportunities in the innovation field and agreed to extend bilateral cooperation in domains such cyber technology."