Projects and initiativesOn this page you can consult a variety of existing cooperation projects in the Danube Region as well as initiatives and project ideas relevant to the Danube Region.
The projects, initiatives and project ideas listed below do not necessarily reflect the official list of actions and projects of the Action Plan for the EUSDR nor projects supported by the Priority Area Coordinators of the Strategy. Please be aware that this compilation does not claim to be exhaustive.
Consulting projects:
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On the KEEP website developed by INTERACT, a unique online platform on Territorial Cooperation projects.
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Promoting your project:
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On this website: Are you interested in publishing a project or a cooperation initiative on this page? To find out how, click here!
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On the RegioNetwork2020 webplatform of DG Regional Policy, section "Good Practices". For relevant projects the tag "Danube Region" can be assigned, in addition to thematic tags. This does not mean that projects listed on RegioNetwork 2020 are officially supported by the EUSDR.
Existing projects:
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ALSO DANUBE (Advanced Logistic Solutions for Danube Waterway) was a Research and Demonstration project within the 5th Framework Programme of the European Union. The overall objective was to increase significantly the use of inland waterway as a key transport mode within intermodal door-to-door logistic chains, focusing on the Danube axis.
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The aim of the BIDS project is to stimulate the involvement of local communities in formulating and understanding the policy concerning the development of the Danube strategy which the EU is bringing out in 2010.
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centrope_tt (former CENTRIS) is an international experts community for technology transfer and innovation support acting in the bordering regions of Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia - called CENTROPE.
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At the intersection of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, centrope is emerging as a new transnational region. Since its inception in 2003, 16 regions and cities have been committed to strengthening the centrope area of co-operation. The project centrope capacity further develops the overall framework and sets up lead initiatives in key thematic fields of co-operation.
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The CESLA project is aimed at the presentation of the successful use of ultra-light electric vehicles and to generate and develop an adequate environment in the SI-AT cross-border regions for their implementation.
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A joint action for the elimination of illegel waste deposit of 5 cross-border rivers of Hungary and Romania
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The project is aimed at preventing, reducing and mitigating climate-change related spatial conflicts, vulnerability of spatial development and spatial structures, and to adverse climate change impacts and consequential damages and costs.
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The DaHar project aims to harmonise long-term logistic development of small and medium sized ports and cities of the river Danube. With the leadership of Dunaújváros Municipality (HU) and participation of 23 partners, this cooperation will result in the establishment of a mutual development strategy.
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A media cooperation project in the Danube Region
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For the involvement of NGOs and the civil society in the open stakeholder process of shaping and realizing the new strategy.
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Nomination of the Central European part of the Roman Danube Limes within the international UNESCO World Heritage Framework „Frontiers of the Roman Empire”
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In the communication related to the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, an important role is attributed to the NGO sector. Thus it is necessary to prepare and enable the NGOs to fulfill this role. The DANUBENET project provides efficient means for this preparation, such as network development, knowledge transfer, information sharing, as well as a multipliable model for the organisation of local information events.
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Boosting economic activity in the Danube region is one of the key goals of the economic development and employment promotion programmes implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). These programmes promote tourism, investment and environmental protection in the Danube riparian states in South-Eastern Europe: Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.
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Improving coordination of nature protection activities along the Danube
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Danube TourNetThe TourNet Project aims to research the potential for alternative tourism in the cross-border area of Bulgaria and Romania along the River Danube.
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The DATOURWAY project presents an outstanding example of transnational cooperation committed to the development of tourism along and on the middle and south-eastern section of the Danube River, while paying particular attention to the protection and enhancement of the natural and cultural resources linked to this area of the great European waterway.
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DraMurciThe aims of the project are the coordination and the joint implementation of tasks concerning the water management at the two main rivers Drau and Mur, which are shared by the EU Member States Austria and Slovenia. Through a process of intensive cooperation and exchange of experiences common standards for the management of floods and sediments, which currently do not exist, will be formulated.
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In three cross-border projects EdTWIN aims at developing language skills and competences of pupils and teachers for living and working in the multicultural region of Centrope.
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Developing sustainable cooperation in the fields of efficient energy consumption and renewable energy by using the high implementation potentials and the existing technical know-how in the border region
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The project aims at intensifying the cross-border cooperation of regional small and medium sized cities and the establishment of a city network regarding administrative, cultural, social and political aspects.
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L&R Sozialforschung (Austria) is coordinating four cross-border cooperation projects, whose common aim is to develop a sustainable network in the labour market: EXPAK AT.CZ: Austria- Czech Republic; EXPAK AT.SK: Austria – Slovakia; EXPAK AT.HU: Austria – Hungary; EXPAK AT.SI: Austria – Slovenia.
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Regional and municipal budgets in the light of equal opportunities
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Cross-border cooperation of the labour unions to foster a positive, integrative and efficient development of the labour market in the border region of Burgenland and West Hungary
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Improving the natural risk management within the cross-border region of Romania-Bulgaria
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Miniaturized hybrid system for telemetric data transmission
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Cooperation Network for Logistics and Nautical Education focusing on Inland Waterway Transport in the Danube Corridor supported by innovative solutions
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NEWADA, Network of Danube Waterway Administrations, aims at increasing the efficiency of the Danube as the European Transport Corridor VII by intensifying cooperation between waterway administrations to promote inland navigation as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly mode of transport.
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This ESPON Targeted Analysis addresses the polycentric network of metropolitan functional urban areas in the Danube Region. In order to detect opportunities for sustainable urban development at macro-regional and city-level the project carries out a territorial analysis at both levels. The Central European capital cities Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and Ljubljana shall be analysed in depth.
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Data collection and approaches for the reduction of CO2 emission in canteen kitchen
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Funded by the Romania-Bulgaria Cross Border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013, the Together for Danube project is a Cross-border model for nature conservation and sustainable use of the natural resources along the Danube.
Contact: diyana.kostovska(at)bspb.org
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TransEcoNet elaborates strategies and gives recommendations how to develop and manage transnational ecological networks in Central Europe. In particular the focus is on less or unprotected landscapes, so-called gaps, between protected areas. The project study areas are situated within or between the wide-ranging ecological networks of the Alps, Carpathians and of the Green Belt.
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This transnational cooperation project focuses on the informal sector of waste picking within the Danube Region and aims at providing solutions to reduce negative impacts.
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Vidin-Calafat Danube BridgeFor over 400 km there has been only one bridge between Romania and Bulgaria crossing the Danube. Currently Danube Bridge 2 is being built between Vidin and Calafat, with two lanes in each direction for road traffic as well as a central railway line. This website covers the Bulgarian side of the project and has been developed by the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of Republic of Bulgaria.
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Within the project WANDA a transnationally coordinated ship waste management system will be set up along the river Danube. Overall target of the project is the concerted development and exemplary implementation of preventive measures to ensure an environmentally sound approach in steering flows of ship borne waste. Therewith inland navigation as a sustainable mode of transport shall be advanced while reducing potential risks for valuable river ecosystems.
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