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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: Bălan

Balan, the city lies on the line Olt River over a distance of approximately 3 km, relief is composed of a small basin surrounded by other forms of relief spectacular, mountains and hills of a unique charm. The climate is temperate - continental with a very favorable microclimate. One can feel the therapeutic effect of forests, the air is clean, resinous, rich fitoncide, thus having a beneficial effect on health, travel-friendly as the rest and relaxation.

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The average temperature throughout the year varies around 7 degrees Celsius and in winter it is between -10 and - 8 degrees Celsius. Number of hours of sunshine in a year is 1300-1400 hours, and rainfall are averaging 710-730 mm.

History

Certificates documentary about this area come from XIV century, as records show Sândominic community and start mining in the region of sec. XVII, with the reign of Apaffy Mihaly (1661-1690).

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Local resources

History of town links the discovery of copper zăcământului and exploitation of this deposit. Over the years, the copper mine had several owners, knowing the period of development and stagnation, identifying its history is to date the history of the city.

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Traditions

People in the area are craftsmen in wood, ceramics, fabrics and braids. Since ancient times, women are hardworking and industrious housewife in everything related to the household and the port required by the statutes.

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