AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION IN ASSESSING THE DIGITAL SKILLS FOR ROMANIA

The idea of the paper was inspired by link between the process of digital skills` acquiring and the evolving digital divide. There are referred some evaluations on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as related to different facets of computer and internet skills. Some methods are involved to make a picture of the current situation on Romania in this domain: comparative statistical analysis, and the decile approach and z-scores. The countries of interest were Sweden and Finland as very competitive EU state members in the development of the information and knowledge society and economy and the newest EU state members Romania and Bulgaria.