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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.

PAPI Bordei Verde helps people who ask for European funds

05.12.2011


A young woman in Bordei Verde (Brăila County) has submitted a project in the autumn session launched by The Agency of Payments for Rural Development and Fishing (APDRP), on Measure 112 – “The setting up of young farmers”. PAPI employees have offered support from the very beginning.

PAPI employees in Bordei Verde are ready to help all those who wish to request European funds in order to help the community develop.

“We’ve had a single request on Measure 112, «The setting up of young farmers». Specifically, it was a young local woman who wished to buy equipment, a mower for her pasture. She wants to grow cereals, as she already has several heads of cattle”, RECL manager Marinela Macreanu says.

“We did all we could to make it easy for her to submit the application. We created the tables, filled in the file where needed”, Macreanu explains.

Total funds for Measure 112 total 337.2 million Euros, out of which the Romanian Government’s contribution is 20% and the EU offers 80%. Non-reimbursable funds for setting up small farmers will be accessible until 2013.

Letting people know

PAPI Bordei Verde is renowned for keeping locals up to date through posters, flyers or direct meetings about European funds available for agriculture. As soon as authorities who are involved in offering EU funds announce a call for projects, PAPI employees launch campaign aiming to inform people in all the villages, under the slogan „PAPI Bordei Verde keeps you up to date”.

In this context, after The Agency of Payments for Rural Development and Fishing (APDRP) completed the Applicant’s Guide for Measure 121, «The modernization of agricultural exploitations», PAPI Bordei Verde helped farmers put together their files for financing. Measure 121 is part of Axis 1 – “Increasing the competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sectors”.

Funds accessed in agriculture, 5 billion Euros

According to data from the Minister of Agriculture Valeriu Tabără, by the end of January 2012 the ministry will have accessed European funds worth 5 billion Euros. In the third trimester funds worth 657.7 million Euros were accessed, aut of which 536 million on the European Fund for Farming and Rural Development, 120 mln on the European Fund for Farming Guarantees and 1.7 million Euros on the European Fund for Fishing. For the fourth quarter, the estimated funds amount to some 700 million Euros.

Online resources:

PAPI Luncaviţa, the general headquarters of accessing European funds

PAPI Teregova brings in European funds

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Keywords: Bordei VerdeBrăilaEuropean fundsThe Agency of Payments for Rural Development and FishingThe setting up of small farmersMeasure 112