Tîrgu Mureş, June 20, 2011 - " The Science City for Research and Medical Informatics", part of the Digital Mureş strategy initiated by the City Hall of Tîrgu Mureş municipality, won the eHealth 2011 prize, an event that takes place in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Communications and Information Society and aims to provide IT&C and financing solutions for the health system in Romania.

"The award is another recognition of the fact that Digital Mureş strategy is a valuable one, both for the local community and for the business environment, and will attract significant investments of some prestigious companies worldwide," said the Mayor of Tirgu-Mures municipality, Dr . Dorin Florea.

The strategy, based on the vision of the municipality made public in 2009 within Global Forum, foresees the transformation of Tirgu Mures city in a completely digitized one, based on two components: the first one refers to a modern infrastructure of public-private services and the second one to the construction and development of a technological park specialized in research and medical information. The latter, being called "The Science City for Research and Medical Informatics", will host multinational companies in the field of technology and health, which will conduct medical research activities.

IBM, the first discussion partner in this project, has already started the activity that will materialize in the "Transylvania" Centre of Excellence in Research. Following the repeated meetings of the Global Vice President of IBM, Thomas Reeves, with the Prime Minister Emil Boc and the Mayor Dorin Florea, when were decided the directions, a first group of IBM Research experts from the U.S., Israel and Switzerland have met researchers of the Universities of Alba Iulia, Braşov, Cluj and Tîrgu Mureş. Together, they have identified the research areas, among which are health, pharmacy, nanotechnology, life sciences and "smarter cities". Currently, there are on-going discussions with the IBM researchers around the world, and, by the end of the month, the conclusions will be drawn together with the Tîrgu Mureş City Hall.

"After the negotiations with IBM Research, new major partnerships will be announced, which will give life to the Digital Mureş strategy," said Virgil Stan, the President of Bloomers, the strategic consultant of Tîrgu Mureş City Hall.

According to the estimates, the Digital Mureș strategy will generate in the following years thousands of jobs by attracting major investors, both from the IT&C and research in the medical and pharmaceutical field.

For more information you can visit www.digitalmures.com.