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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: Corund

Corund is one of the biggest commune of Harghita county, the most famous settlement of Tinutului Sarii (Salt's Realm). The name of Corund it can not be separated by the popular ceramic, being one of the pottery center from Transylvania.

Corund locality is placed a key of an rare beauty and in a natural and pitoresque environment, being one of the oldest hollow's localities "Sóvidék"

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Corund commune is twinned with nine locations. Due to its notoriety and local specific officials, these have approached the Corund officialities in order to fraternize with it. As a result of twinning, local officials of twinned towns visit the commune every year especially during the exhibition of pottery Corund. Mutual aid is a feature of the relationship that binds these communes.  

History

Many stories are circulating about Corund and its inhabitants. The village was once seen fairies shelter who were living between Firtos and Tartod Mountains.

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Local resources

The natural resources of the commune's territory are: termal water, salt water, clay.

Corund is famous for its mineral water springs. The chemical composition of the mineral water varies, the main elements contained being : salt, bicarbonates, ferrum, calcium, magnezium a

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Traditions

Pottery tradition was perpetuated through generations and is the main activity for the Corund inhabitants. The locals are usually travelling through the country in order to sale the

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