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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: Lăpuşnicu Mare

Lăpuşnicu-Mare is located in Almajului Valley. Starting from Bozovici on 44 communal road, as long as 7 km, you reach to the crossing with the road that leads to Moceriş and Dalboşeţ, from which point you turn right and you already feel the excitement of coming into the village surrounded by hills which flow into the horizon in an infinite of colours. Almajului Depression called for centuries by its inhabitants Almajului Country is a true natural fortress surrounded by mountains: in the north-Semenic Mountains (1446 m), in the south-Almajului Mountains (1224 m), in north-west-Aninei Mountains (1160 m), in south-west-Locvei Mountains (735 m).

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A mountain community in which traditions play an important role, Lăpuşnicu Mare has a local folklore that gravitates around the hidden treasures by Turks or outlaws and owns tourist attraction like Dracului Lake or Nerei Gorges. The commune celebrates cultural personalities that were born here such as Eftimie Gherman.

History

Lăpuşnicu-Mare locality, a piece of a Romanian hearth, placed between legend and reality, with its name originated from the Slavic "lapus"("pestilence weed"), gives personality to a village that offers you the possibility to assit to an exciting history lesson.

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Local resources

From under the shadow of the beech situated at the entrance of the forest from Roschii Glade where the tired Almaj inhabitant rests, you feel the wind blowing from Leordiş with the smell of mineral coal deposit, accumulated in nests in the century leaves from Pleşiva that were never exploited.

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Traditions

“Nedeea”, “Măsuratul oilor” and “The Celebration with Masksi” known also as "Corns' Day" are among the important traditions that were preserved to these days. On the other hand within the community there was developed a local folklore connected to stories and rumors from the past about the Turkish army that retreated through the area of Lăpuşnicul

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