Impressions on the National Olympiad of Economists in Training, the XI Edition

                                                              Ioana Mușat and Cristian-Marius Dumitru-Vlădulescu

"Before you do something great, do something perfectible" - Bill Gates

During the three years of college, I responded to every opportunity - both professional and personal - through which we have been opened new horizons of development. Participation in scientific sessions, visits to various companies in business, attending courses on abilities development, have been instrumental to strengthening our knowledge.

Our desire to develop both professionally and on a personal level has led us to participate in the National Olympiad of Economists in Training – the XI Edition. This marked our last year of college by living an unique experience. To achieve the research project, it took a lot of work, teamwork and innovation. The support of our teacher coordinators was very important, as they were with us both to support and advice on the project. Being the first time I participated in the Olympiad in the 3 years of college, our emotions and stress have been raised several issues that we have successfully overcome. Following this participation, I had the opportunity to know wonderful people, colleagues from around the country who have made projects each more interesting, allowing us to find new information in various economic fields. Therefore, in addition to the experience gained from this participation, I learned many new information from other presentations.

The theme of our work was "The effects of transport activity on the environment". I chose this topic because it is an area that I thought out in the faculty, and sparked our interest because transport is in constant development and its environmental damage is overwhelming. One of our strengths, namely practical applicability, was part of our project, and we managed to correlate the Eviews programme, with the amount of greenhouse gases and the number of cars. After presenting the project, we have been eagerly awaiting the results, hoping that our work be rewarded. When we heard the name uttered by the committee for "Applicability Award" experienced feelings reached the peak, from emotion to enthusiasm, from satisfaction to delight. We were proud to have represented the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental successfully in this Olympiad. Also, we were so grateful to the evaluation committee as our work was crowned with a victory, and our coordinators who guided us to this success.

In order to relax after the busy day, we gathered everyone: participants, organizers and committee in an exceptional location, where we had dinner and enjoyed a well-deserved concert.

The experience lived at the National Olympiad of Economists in Training was one that certainly we will not ever forget. Therefore, we decided to describe it with a quote that really motivates us: "Before you do something great, do something perfectible" (Bill Gates). We consider that to be perfect you have to put a lot of work, to be tenacious and have the desire to learn. This Olympiad was a "solid brick" for our future.

Thanks to coordinators (Assist. PhD. Alina Zaharia And Professor Negrei Costel, PhD), organizers and everyone involved in the smooth running of the event.