On October 27, 2023, the general director of ICI Bucharest, Mr. Adrian-Victor Vevera had a meeting with Lt. Gen. Ilgar Musayev, Head of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Security of Azerbaidjan, following the signing of the cooperation protocol between the two entities on April 24, 2023.
During the discussions, several aspects of the collaboration between the two entities were discussed. The director of ICI Bucharest insisted on the two big areas in which the teams can collaborate, namely fundamental research (through the development of projects and applications adapted to the needs of different entities) and, respectively, the digitization of different national structures. A major point of interest in the collaboration is represented by the institutional NFT market for state institutions, the business environment and citizens based on the decentralized ecosystem (DNS/TLD) based on blockchain technology, a marketplace established by ICI Bucharest that can also be opened to partners from Azerbaidjan.
On this occasion, it was also discussed about the collaboration with a view to participating in the event "Critical Infrastructure Protection Forum in 2024, together with partners from the Central Asian Corridor area, where it is aimed to ensure a solid presence and valuable contributions, promoting the security of critical infrastructure at the regional level and bringing innovative solutions to protect our community's vital resources.
For the National Institute of Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest, this collaboration represents a remarkable step towards innovation by developing and building an operational framework for a sustainable economy, benefiting and encouraging the interaction between citizens, the business environment and institutional entities in the new digital ecosystems decentralized.
On September 16, 2025, the project Romanian System for Identification and Marking of Wrecks on the Danube River - RoSIBEFD, code SMIS 2021+ 332354, implemented by TRENCADIS CORP SRL (Leader) in partnership with TECHNOHUB SRL, MINDWORKS SRL, the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați began.
Romania takes a major step towards strengthening its digital and research capacities by launching RO AI Factory, the first national Artificial Intelligence infrastructure, built by the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest (hosting entity) and the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, together with a consortium of academic, research and industry partners.
The National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest and the National Company Unifarm S.A. signed a Memorandum of Cooperation, which marks the beginning of a collaboration aimed at strengthening relations between the two institutions in the field of digital transformation and innovation, in support of improving the interaction between the patient and the healthcare system in Romania.
