ASSESSING E-SKILLS IN ROMANIA USING COMPOSITE INDICATORS

The purpose of present paper is to present some recent evaluations in assessing the level for digital skills in the recent years in Romania by involving quantitative metrics. The described methodology uses the Eurostat and HDR indicators for building composite indicators. The multiple facet metrics have the following advantages: addresses the multi-criteria used for revealing the complexity of the phenomenon, reducing the noise in data and being more informative for decision makers at national level. Our purpose is to present a mapping of Romania current state in this e-skills issue – based on European Union indicators, pointing out some theoretical aspects useful for designing national strategies or in practice.