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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: Grindu

Grindu commune is a settlement of people from father to son mostly fishermen, who have become for necessity farmers and livestock breeders after the embankment and draining of the swamps. Everything that is happening in the village is linked to the inexhaustible resources of the old river, the Danube. Stories, legends and memories of these people are in one way or another connected to the water flowing fom centuries on this settlement. Located in the south-eastern part of Romania and in the north-western part of Tulcea County, glued to the Danube, the village is along the great sweep of water, which managed only here to proceed towards the sea. Pisica Elbow as it is known for centuries, is a right angle turning of the Lower Danube. The water is tapping incessantly to the not too high coast, without noise nor too high waves. Only the storms, which appear rarely throughout these places, or the heavy rains that often threaten to flood the entire place, are the only ones seldom disturbing the smooth and quiet cou

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Grindu's inhabitants are proud of the Danube river passing their village.

History

The first settlements in this area date back to 1750, the population mainly coming from Moldavia; the reason of people leaving towards the actual area of Grindu commune, was disobedience from the Ottoman Empire representatives.

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Local resources

Local resources are mainly fish and cultivated vegetables.

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Traditions

Weekly Fairs
"Saint Nicholas" Patron Church
"God's Mother Birth" Patron Church
Village Day

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