Hakom - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency

ZAGREB, 19 December 2014 – A successfully completed project financed from HAKOM’s aid programme, that is, a project for the development of a socially useful application “ECDL online courses” was presented. The project was presented at the conference by the Minister of Science, Education and Sports, Vedran Mornar, Assistant Minister of Public Administration, Leda Lepri, Director of CARNet, Zvonimir Stanić and HAKOM’s Director, Mario Weber.
 
This project, which was implemented in cooperation with CARNet, once again demonstrated the successfulness of the aid programme the main purpose of which is to create a broadband eco-system aimed at decreasing the digital gap between individual regions in Croatia and increasing the number of Internet and broadband users.
 
More about free online ECDL courses is available here: http://www.carnet.hr/novosti/novosti?news_id=3398

ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.