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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: Balta Albă

Situated in the eastern county of Buzau, at a distance of 22 km from Rm Sărat, Balta Albă village belongs to the Romanian Plain, being characterized by a relatively flat surface, large areas high and low, caused by aeolian depositions specific to the plain areas.

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In this village, Balta Albă lake can be found, where it functioned the most famous spa in Romania, due to sapropelique mud, which has special qualities and is used both in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

Since 1847 there were found numerous mineral springs that help this water to help treat rheumatism and neurological diseases. Balta Albă village is a special settlement, on its terroitory existing two natural reserves, Balta Albă lake and Amara lake, with vegetation similar to that of the Danube Delta.

History

Here are some of the most important information held on the etymology of the villages' names belonging to Balta Albă

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Local resources

Due to its geographical position and the ţweather conditions in Balta Albă, the main local resource is represented by ˆwide ţagricultural areas, that allow agricultural practices; corn, &rirc;wheat, sunflower, are cultivated. The village is also a prolific area for beekeeping.

Moreover, Balta Amara, wher

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Traditions

Balta Albă inhabitants keep from their ancestors old folk traditions related to Christian holidays all over year such as the Holy Easter Holiday, Christmas, but also some other traditions related to the most important events in a person's life: birth, baptism, funeral.  

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