INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT: POLAND AND REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Being a complex and interdisciplinary concept, information society topic is an actual one. The object of study represents the information society development process of European Union, Poland ? as a member of the Union and Republic of Moldova ? as non- European member. The main goal of the research is comparative analyse of information society development in Poland and Republic of Moldova. The subject is analysed from the public policies perspective, also through synthesis of the positions occupied by these two countries in international reports. For this research were applied several methods: comparative method; evolution method; data analyse was done through interpretative method. Also were used deduction, induction, observation and synthesis methods. The study was done during the study visit of the author in Poland (within the Lane Kirkland Scholarships Program) which enabled the empirical research of the Polish public policies and data in information society field. At the same time the practical experience gained by the author during last years as member of several working groups for strategies and laws in Moldova (as representative of the Information Society Development Institute in working groups of the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications) facilitated the comparative analyse between Poland and Moldova case. The result of the research is the ample analysis presented in terms of public policies and data in European Union, Poland and Moldova. The results could be useful for future researches of the Information Society Development from Moldova and other national and international studies. The performed analyse can serve as a good research support for Moldavian authorities responsible for information society sector. Poland can be considered a positive example of information society development for Moldova. Moldova aims to join European Union and is implementing European standards and provisions in information society field. Even if Moldova registers good results, it should improve its general socio-political environment and to implement good strategies at the regional and local level, too.