Today, April 26, 2023, the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest launched the first European institutional platform for trading digital assets, which manages NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and operates based on decentralized Blockchain and Web3 technologies: https://nft.ici.ro/, within the Critical Infrastructure Protection Forum, at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest.
The launch of the platform was carried out in the presence of the Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitization, Mr. Sebastian Burduja, the Minister of Economy, Mr. Florin Spătaru and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Mihai Diaconu, who presented a message from the Minister of Finance, Mr. Adrian Câciu.
"Today, we are living a historic moment. We are launching the first European institutional trading platform for digital assets. We only tried to bring the ecosystem of state institutions into the area of new technologies because it represents the future to which we must all adapt. Together we can create proposals to create an environment conducive to development because prosperity means wider democracy. This is only the beginning, and we want to continue the partnership between public institutions, the business environment, the academic area, the cultural area, and civil society because only together can we succeed, and the good of each is reflected in the good of all." Said Adrian-Victor Vevera, director of ICI Bucharest.
ICI Bucharest developed the ICI D|SERVICES platform, the first government initiative to join the ecosystem of innovative applications built on the MultiversX blockchain network. The six existing collections are:
Dr. Eng. Adrian-Victor Vevera, General Director of the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest, met with His Excellency Takashi Katae, Ambassador of Japan to Romania, and with the Embassy’s team of specialists.
Dr. eng. Adrian-Victor Vevera, General Director of the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest, held a meeting with representatives of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru (Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros – PCM). The discussions addressed policies, strategies, and research projects that can support a secure, scalable, and reliable digital transformation in Peru.
Today, 1 September 2026, the implementation of the “Romanian EuroHPC AI Factory at ICI Bucharest” – RO AI Factory project officially begins, under Grant Agreement No. 101314645, funded by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) through the HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2025-AI call. The National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest plays an important role in implementing the initiative, serving as the Hosting Entity for RO AI Factory.
