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| Cooperation framework of IS S.A. |
The statutory objectives of the Company are the following: |
- Provision of support (without receiving any consideration) to Ultimate Beneficiaries of OPIS.
- Undertaking (as the “Ultimate Beneficiary”) of the implementation of actions/ measures including technical assistance actions for the Programme’s support.
- Management and productive operation of the information and communication systems of Public Administration following a concession decision of the minister of IAPAD.
- Transfer of know-how for the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) projects to the Public Sector.
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The Company’s current structure includes three sectors and its organizational chart is as follows:
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The Company’s staff presently consists of 69 people which were gradually hired in accordance with its evolution and is separated in 3 Directors, 5 executives of the Programming Office, 50 Scientific Executives, and 11 Administrative Employees.
The executives of IS S.A. have a high level of professional skills and experience and most of them are University Graduates and Postgraduates. They come both from the private sector and public sector (by means of detachment). Most of them are between 30 and 35 years old.
| Services provided by the Company |
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The Company may provide an integrated range of high-level services to Ultimate Beneficiaries by covering the entire life cycle of projects.
| Project maturing |
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- Initial project planning (Ministerial Decision)
- Preparation of project implementation and management (Scheduled Agreement)
- Maturing of the Body at a managing / executive level for the project’s undertaking
- Analysis of requirements
- Implementation of project maturing study
- Planning of required solutions and project methodology – Project costing
Actions for the project funding/ financing
- Drawing up and Submission of Technical Reports for the project’s accession
Selection of project contractor
- Planning and drawing up of tender notice documents with the possibility of providing services of assured quality level (SLA)
- Public consultation – integration of observations
- Drawing up of Final Tender Notice Documents – Implementation of Tender – Receipt of offers
- Evaluation of offers – Administration of appeals – Ratification
Agreement
- Provision of consultation services to the project Owner
- Supply of specialized services from third parties
- Drawing up of agreement
Monitoring and implementation of projects
- Total support in the agreement’s monitoring and management
- Methodological planning of the project implementation’s monitoring (Monitoring and Acceptance Committee, Groups of users)
- Monitoring of critical parameters and obligations arising from the agreement’s implementation
- Implementation of technical expertise on special issues regarding the project
- Implementation of studies with regard to management of the Operator’s changes
- Evaluation of intermediate or final deliverables
- Development of audit scenarios and intermediate evaluation of the project
- Technical support services for specific actions or implementation phases during the life cycle of an Information and Communication Technologies project
- Planning and implementation of information programmes and programmes fro the sensitization of end users and public opinion.
- Planning and implementation of education/ training programmes for users.
Productive operation
Analysis of impact (monitoring of the fulfillment of initial objectives, development and monitoring of objectives’ core evaluation indicators).
- Users’ support
- Undertaking of operation for a specific time period
- Competitive advantages
The Company’s establishment and operation are characterized by a number of competitive advantages with regard to the implementation of OPIS actions a fact rendering the company an effective associate of Bodies involved in the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies projects. The advantages are the following:
- Accumulation of knowledge and experience from its involvement in a large number of Information and Communications Technologies projects of the Operational Programme.
- Specialization and sole engagement of the Company’s staff with Information and Communications Technologies projects.
- Monitoring of the technological environment and possibility of transferring know-how to the ultimate beneficiaries of OPIS.
- Contribution to transparency and reinforcement of fair competition through innovative procedures and public consultation.
- Technical adequacy, transparent and objective evaluation also ensured by means of the register of evaluators.
- Effective and flexible internal procedure and possibility of using specialized partners/ associates depending on the project needs.
| Cooperation framework of IS S.A. |
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- Ministries and Project Owners.
- Structures of the Information Society (Special Secretariat for the Information Society, Special Management Service of OPIS, IS Observatory).
- Financial and scientific Bodies of the field of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
- Social Partners.
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