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Awards and prizes

 

EPSA 2011

The Knowledge Based Economy Project has received a new certification of Good Practice at the 2011 „European Public Sector Awards” (EPSA) within the European Institution of Public Administration.

The Best Practice Certificate has been received upon three evaluation steps made by an experienced jury, comprising a shortlist of 58 nominees from a total of 274 projects from 33 participating countries. The Ministry of Communications and Information Society, through the Project Management Unit, competed  in the EPSA 2011 Awards at the „Smart Public Service in a Cold Economic Climate”category. This Best Practice distinction rewards and certify the outstanding results that KEP Project has had until now.

 

The COMPUTERWORLD Honors Program

The Project Management Unit, within the Ministry of Communications and Information Society, has been named a Laureate in the 2011 ComputerWorld Honors Program.

The „Knowledge based Economy Project” joins 254 others from 23 countries as Laureates in this year’s program, from more than 1000 applicants world wide.

The Awards Ceremony will be held in June, 20th 2011, in Washington D.C., USA.

 

National Agency of Public Servants

1st Prize at the National Competition of Best Practices in Public Administration, , for "Improving public services through quality management and organizational performance" category, organized by the National Agency of Public Servants in 2010.

Knowledge based Economy Project is considered to be an example of good practice in Romania's public administration due to its remarkable results, its proven efficiency and its disseminated practices.

 

THE HIGHEST HONOR IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Finalist, at the International Project Excellence Awards 2010, in "Project Excellence in Medium-Sized Projects" category, organized by the International Project Management Association (IPMA).

The solid implementation and success of the IT&C Training Program in school and business and the eCommunity.ro Portal, both part of the KEP Project, have impressed the IPMA jury (Project Management International Association), who recommends them as one of the most important achievements in project management.

 

e-Inclusion 2008

Medal at the e-Inclusion Competitionorganized by the European Commission, at the section “Geographic Inclusion” section, Vienna, 2008. The Knowledge based Economy Project is considered an example of good practice for effective use of IT&C and digital technology to tackle social disadvantage and digital exclusion.

 

Romanian IT&C Awards 2006

Knowledge Based Economy was considered to be the "Project with the best informational content" at the Romanian IT&C Awards – Bucharest, 2006, for contributing to the extensive process of expanding access to information technologies and modern communications to rural communities.

Community: Jurilovca

The Jurilovca commune is situated in the South-Central part of Tulcea county, on the bank of the Razelm Lake. The administrative surface of the commune amounts to 29987,09ha. The affiliated villages are: Jurilovca - the capital-city of the commune, Vişina -1 km away from Jurilovca, Sălcioara - 5 km away from Jurilovca. The Jurilovca commune is located in the Eastern part of the Babadag Plateau, in the Jurilovca Depression, a depression which is incorporated in the litoral plain of Razim. The Eastern part of this swampy plain is continued by estuaries and lagunas closed towards the sea by massive litoral sand dunes. The Jurilovca commune is characterized by a Continental climate, with hot summers and reduced rainfall. Winters are usually warm but witness strong winds. The medium annual temperature is of 11 degrees Celsius and precipitations of 400 ml/sm/year are registered.

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The ancient Orgame/ Argamum citadel and the beach at Gura Portiţei, fishing as a sport and the boat rides on the Razim Lake are only some of the tourist attractions at Jurilovca. The community is strongly influenced by the traditions of the Lipovan people, fishing being considered a primary activity for centuries.

History

Jurilovca was founded by Lipovans in the XIXth century, the first written mention of it dating byck to the year 1826. Although only a small parish in the beginning, the settlement developed and became, towards the end of the XIXth century, an important center of fishing in the Danube Delta area, presently hosting the biggest community of fishermen

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Local resources

Dobrogea – “the interesting peninsula” after Romulus Seişanu, or the “Curious province” as seen by writer Barbu Delavrancea, “marshy and unhealthy” as gloomily described by D.A.Sturdza in his controversial lectures regarding the return of Dobrogea to Romania, represents a territory which further invites the interest of geologists, geographs, artis

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Traditions

The specific features of the community are closely connected to the location of the commune on the bank of the Razim-Sinoe laguna complex and to the traditions of Lipovan people. The community celebrates the religious holidays of the Iulian calendar, which displays a 14-days delay when compared to the Gregorian calendar (for example, New Year's Ev

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