“The signed contracts must be implemented in 12 to 24 months. This is why the absorption rate seems small; as payments start being disbursed, it will increase significantly, to more than 50%. The interest showed by the applicants makes me think the ministry’s allocation is not enough,” minister Valerian Vreme said Wednesday.
He added that 190 contracts, over 60% of the total number, have been signed since he took office in September 2010.
Vreme reminded that more than 2000 applications have been submitted for projects supporting Internet connectivity and related services, worth a total 203.45 million (EUR48 million). This operation, with a budget of EUR35 million, began receiving applications on December 20, 2010 and will close on July 29, 2011.
(EUR1=RON4.2157)