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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: Bârna

Located in the eastern part of Timiş County, on DC 121, Bârna, te communal residence with the same name, is located at 76 km away of Timişoara town and at 16 km of Lugoj town, the nearest city. Bârna commune extends on an area of 4243 hectares, out of which 3165 hectares are agricultural soil.
In the composition of this administrative territory are included: Bârna, Boteşti, Botineşti, Drinova, Jureşti, Pogăneşti and Sărăzani.

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The most important values of Bârna commune are:
- The Church with the patron "God's Mother Sleep"
- School with grades I - VIII.
Concerning this aspect, Barna commune stands out by a great and beautiful school, renovated in 2003 through a grant received from World Bank, Timis County Council and Local Council Barna, the school where over 250 students learn from the commune and nearby villages. Students studying at the school of Barna, have modern classrooms, laboratories, football field and have free transportation. Modern languages taught here are: English, French and Ukrainian language.
- Stone Quarry - is located in Drinova village from Bârna commune, in Turceşti area.

History

The villages of Bârna's commune are attested documentary around 1470 as areas of Bortun boyar.

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Local resources

In this region the natural vegetation was mostly replaced by large cultivated areas of rice, barley, corn, potatoes, soybeans, clover and others.

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Traditions

A beautiful custom of great traditional importance in Banat region is "Ruga" (The Prayer). Christmas carols ("Jocul caprei" (The goat's dance), Sorcova, Pluguşorul and others) are customs that we relive each year.

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