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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: Costeşti

Costesti commune is placed in a hollow surrounded by hills, in the eastern part of Iasi county, being formed of Costesti village (which also includes Pietrisu village) and Giurgesti, spreading on a distance of 8 km.

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Costesti commune has two worhship places of historical importance, the first dating since 1594, since the age of Stefan the Greatest, decorated with icons that preserve the old oils from saints faces painted on churche's altar screen, and the second dates since 1814, it ws build by Ion Strat Paharnicul, Mihai Sturza advicer, a stone construction, with thick walls that are unmoved of almost two hundred years.

History

The first human settlements on this valley date since the Stone Age. Due to the diggins made by Ciurea professor from Falticeni, it was discovered the first hearth of the village, many objects were found (pottery, stone axe,idols, ovens, tombs). Since this first human settlement and till 1494 we do not know how this old hearth of village developed

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Local resources

The local resources of Costeşti commune are various,but one of them are unexploited yet like water springs, water. Due to the fact that in the commune the agricultural properties are spreaded, there is only one association that takes care of them, the rest of them are worked with unadequated implements and the obtained cultures are not always as

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Traditions

Customs from the oldest ages are kept even today on New Year like Plugusorul, Colindele, Buhaiul and especially "deers play" considered as being the most beautiful custom of the commune

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