About ISDI

Name

Information Society Development Institute

Established

30.06.2008

Founders

Academy of Sciences of Moldova (ASM)

Ministry of Information Development (currently Ministry of Information Technology and Communications)

Predecessor

Information Resource and Networks Center of ASM

Certificate

SMC ISO 9001:2008

CN: AJAEU/09/11667

SMM 14001-2004
CN: AJAEU/10/100657

Strategic direction

Efficient use of human, natural and information resources for sustainable development.

Scientific direction

- Intelligent systems and technologies for knowledge excellence and integration in the European Research Area (ERA)
- Providing R&D support for development of the information society in the Republic of Moldova

Research areas
- information systems for management of R&D projects, funds and capacities
- information tools for collaborative networks and virtual communities
- foresight research regarding the development of the information society in the Republic of Moldova in the European context

Objectives

- promotion of proactive policies, solutions and research in ICT area to strengthen and develop information society and science-industry partnership
- enforcing research in information society area
- technological transfer and capitalization of ICT research results
- design, implementation, maintenance and continuous development of information services as well as information systems and networks of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and its subordinated institutions
- development, implementation and provision of information services including in computer network area
- elaboration of diagnosis and prognosis studies regarding the ICT area development
- collaboration in its activity area with science academies and similar institutes from other countries and with international bodies
- project development as coordinator and integrator of solutions and hardware and software components

Actions

- Host of the FP7 ICT NCP - National Contact Point of the EC Framework Programme 7 for Information and Communication Technologies
- Local CISCO Academy
- Partner of Moldova e-Development Network (MeDN) - a country-level chapter of the e-Development Thematic Group of the World Bank
- ACADEMICA network – interconnects 31 organisations of the science and innovation area (18 institutional members, Agency for Innovation and Technology Transfer, Center of International Projects, Central Scientific Library "A.Lupan", Lyceum of ASM and University of ASM)
- EXPERT online - Moldovan Proposal Submission and Evaluation System developed by ISDI