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Europe must manage the new global competition more intelligently in Revolution 4.0, while Romania allocates only 7pct of GDP for public procurement, half of the European Union average, Andreea Paul, President of the Competitiveness Initiative - INACO, told a Friday's specialist conference.
University lecturer Andreea Paul also mentioned that at European level, 14pct of GDP is dedicated to public procurement, while the average for Romania is half.
"As much as 40pct of the European workforce does not have sufficient digital literacy, and in the area of public procurement there is enough room for new digital innovations. At European level, 14pct of the GDP is dedicated to public procurement, while in Romania the percentage is only 7pct," said INACO chief.
The European Committee of the Regions and the Romanian Association of Municipalities is organizing on Friday, in Bucharest, a conference on "Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs through Digitization - Challenges for Regional and Local Authorities".
