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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.

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Status and development directions up to 30th of August 2009

Expanding access to ICTs and improving knowledge of computer use:

Objective: Facilitate access to ICT for broad categories of beneficiaries from disadvantaged communities in terms of access to knowledge, providing both equipment and connectivity, as well as digital literacy for representative people from within.

  • Implementing ICT in schools

    Objective: Increasing the quality of education in secondary schools by means of integration and expansion of information and communication technology (ICT) in the teaching and training of human resources in ICT. Amplification ratio of digital culture in primary and secondary school.

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  • Human resource development of local communities

    Objective: Support for activities designed to increase the potential for accumulation of knowledge by means of information and communications technology (ICT). Improving the stock of digital literacy in the community to facilitate its use of electronic services offered through the project, and establish their skills to launch and implement local projects.

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  • Improving access to information via RECL

    Objective: Improving access to a means of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for disadvantaged communities through electronic networks of Local Communities (RECL).

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Develop and promote e-government services:

Objective: Creating and planning of electronic services such as e-government: (a) a system of on-line notification and authorization of authorized individuals (PFA) and family associations (FAs) and (b) an integrated system for issuing / renewal of marital status documents for citizens. Through these facilities offered in condition, this component increases the active and direct interaction between the civil society and specialized agencies of the Government.

  • Electronic system for online registration of authorized individuals and family associations

    Objective: Facilitation of quality relationships between local government and business by reducing resource-consuming processes for the status of authorized individuals or family association.

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  • Integrated system for issuing civil status documents for citizens

    Objective: Ensure quick, transparent, fair and effective servicing for citizens applying for local government for the issuing of civil status documents (birth, death and marriage certificates).

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Promoting e-commerce and financial and technical assistance for the adoption of innovative solutions in SMEs:

Objective: Private sector development by facilitating a virtual network in the sector of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), stimulating the absorption of innovative features in the entrepreneurial environment. Developing the private environment, using electronic means (such as e-business solutions), is considered a key tool for disadvantaged communities in terms of access to information.

  • Creating a portal for the promotion and development of communities – eComunitate.ro

    Objective: The eComunitate Portal creates all the functions of a virtual market but also contains, in fields, those functions covered by the target groups in the EBC project, embracing all aspects of local environment: economic, educational, cultural and also the public sector. The portal eComunitate will have multiple purposes: local and private sector development, creating opportunities for communication and exchange of instruments for all decision makers interested in marketing the project to a broad audience, and will generally act as a resource for the various beneficiaries of the project . It will promote interaction in the same virtual space, the internal and external factors that can contribute to community development in the socio-economic and cultural plan.

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  • Giving grants to local entrepreneurs - NFP eCrestere! (eGrowth!)

    Objective: The familiarization of the sector SMEs with innovative technology, high productivity, which can transition to a successful business environment.

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Managing the EBC project :

In accordance with agreements and legal commitments, the Project is developed by EBC Project Management Unit (UMP), of the MCSI. Structure and functions are defined by the needs of EBC.

At the strategic level, the project has a coordinating committee composed of officials from partner ministries. National Project Coordinator is the Minister MCSI.

All the official reports of supervision missions from the World Bank have stressed the fact that the UMP specialists have registered good professional results and provided a proficient project management.

  • Monitoring and evaluation of project

    An e-monitoring electron system was created and is operational. The system is based on information directly related to the degree of use of the electronic network within the beneficiary communities, providing statistics and comparative elements.

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  • Synthesis results, indicators and statistics

    Next, a few of the indicators used in monitoring and evaluation process are listed, and a number of representative statistical results of the EBC project implementation.

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  • Communication and dissemination

    The communication strategy of the project is based on quantitative and qualitative research conducted by IRSOP for three stages, three years consecutively. The repetition of the research wave offers consecutive years: 2008, 2009 and 2010. Results of the first wave of research were presented to the media at a press conference in September 2008. Repeated research in 2009 and 2010 will provide a scientific understanding of the perspective of the impact, so that communication strategy can be adjusted and resized according to the comparative analysis of the development project. The strategy also uses communication channels and promotes awareness and types of speeches adapted and customized by profile audience segments which the project addresses to. If their communication and relationship with the media began in 2007, with developing the visual identity, production and distribution of raw materials for promotion and media relations.

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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.

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