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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.

Projects to finance the first forestation to be submitted from December 2nd

30.11.2011

Financing projects related to measure 221 – “First forestation of farming lands” can be submitted from the 2nd to the 30th of December 2011, non-reimbursable funds available amounting to 148.92 million Euros.

“Out of the total amount, the Romanian government offers 20% and the EU 80%. Projects will be submitted at the Country Offices of the APRDP, daily between 9 AM and 2 PM, the last day being December 30th, 12 PM”, a APRDP press release announces.

Non-reimbursable funds can be requested by natural persons, including self-employed individuals, and legal entities, groups or associations of natural persons or legal entities, as well as local public authorities which own farming land. The surface proposed for forestation must be at least 0.5 hectares.

The first condition those who submit requests must respect is to prove they own the eligible land for forestation. It must have been declared at the Agency of Payments and Intervention for Agriculture (APIA), in the last two years, and to have respected the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions during all this time and for the entire period of time.

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Keywords: First forestationThe Agency of Payments for Rural Development and Fishing (APDRP)European fundsMeasure 221