Today, October 20, 2023, ICI Bucharest received the visit of the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC) delegation, a delegation consisting of Oğuz Serkant Akın, General Director of SELEC, and Tanja Levajkovikj, Director of Internal and Legal Affairs.
Adrian-Victor Vevera, the general director of ICI Bucharest, appreciated this visit as being of strategic importance, as it explored ways of collaboration between the two entities, with an emphasis on the use of information technologies to improve the efficiency of law enforcement efforts in the European region of South East.
"We are glad that less than a month after the visit to the SELEC headquarters, we received the confirmation through today's meeting that we can cooperate closely. We have added details to the presentation made on September 27, emphasizing the continuation of the institute's mission to support excellence in research and innovation. We are convinced that, by combining expertise in informatics and law enforcement, we can significantly contribute to promoting security and stability in the region of South-Eastern Europe," said Adrian-Victor Vevera, general director of ICI Bucharest.
SELEC is a regional body specialized in law enforcement cooperation in the Southeast Europe region, whose mission is to facilitate cooperation between member countries in the fight against cross-border crime, particularly in organized crime and other similar threats.
The National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest has been awarded the HR Excellence in Research distinction by the European Commission. This recognition is granted to organizations that adopt and implement the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers through the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R).
How can an organization demonstrate that its artificial intelligence systems comply with the EU AI Act? What documents and evidence are required, and how can an organization explain how an AI system reached a particular decision? These are some of the questions that will be addressed during the online workshop “From AI Governance to Evidence: Demonstrating EU AI Act Compliance”, organized by the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest, on 17 November.
Dr. eng. Adrian-Victor Vevera, General Director of ICI Bucharest, welcomed Ms. Stav Cohen, Head of the Economic and Trade Mission of Israel to Romania, part of Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry.
