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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 Diosig continues the series of professional training programmes

22.09.2011

The PAPI centre in Diosig (Bihor County) continues the activities beneficial for the community, organising two professional series of trainings for people looking for a job. RECL employees dealt with registering participants and thus organised the series of trainees.

For three months, PAPI Diosig will host courses to qualify people as commercial workers and construction worker for groups of 25 and 20 people, respectively. “The trainings are free and are beign organised following a partnership between the Diosig City Hall and the Ruhama Foundation”, RECL manager Diana Corbuţiu says. The project is called “Informed, trained, hired” and it was funded from the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007-2013, which through the Carreer Centre of the Ruhama Foundation is organising free professional training for people looking for a job.

Trainings have started at the same tim, on August 20th, including a theory module and a practical one. In the end, graduates will receive a CNFPA certificate recognised both in the country and in EU member countries. “RECL Diosig made people aware of this welcome opportunity for people who cannot find a job. We dealt with registering participants, here at PAPI, and thus we organised the two groups of trainees. Last but not least, we offered the PAPI room to the organisers”, the Diosig RECL manager says.

Similar initiatives at PAPI Diosig

This is not the first initiative that PAPI Diosig had in the last years in order to help quality the unemployed. At the beginning of 2011, the centre’s headquarters hosted a course for people unemployed from the agricultural centre, in the area of using the computers. Some 14 people were taught how to use the computers and received ECDL start diplomas. PAPI infrastructure was used to teach them. Many used the diplomas and got jobs, while other were promoted in the same companies. “PAPI Diosig will keep offering such services, especially since it’s qualified as e-centre, which allows us to become involved in qualifying people in the IT sector. Moreover we will also be involved in the activities of other organizations working at a country and regional level for the professional qualifications in various areas of activity”, RECL manager Diana Corbuţiu says.

More opportunities on the job market offered by KEP

Qualification courses organised at PAPI are offering people much better chances on the job market. But even those not really looking for a job are interested in such sessions and even ask for them to continue. Many times, it’s simply a basic IT training, from people who own computers but do not know to use them at full value. However, they still want to enjoy the new technologies. Other beneficiaries are farmers or small entrepreneurs who want to learn to managed their business better.

Basically, under the auspices of the KEP project 4 training sessions and 2 regional workshops were organised, in order to increase the capacity of RECL personnel in using IT&C; more than 50 PPAI centres have been certified or are currently being certified (more than 20% of PAPI centres become accredited supplier of professional training); 135 KEP communities offered IT&C training through CNFPA certification ensured by accredited suppliers; there are 17 communities whose priority consists of JobClub services at PAPI.

Online resources:

Success for PAPI Luncaviţa professional training projects

Free professional training and qualification courses in eight KEP communities from Vaslui and Vrancea

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