Working Community of the Danube Regions

General Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at

Working Community

of the Danube Regions

20 years interregional

Cooperation in the Danube Region

Signing of the „Joint Declaration“ on May 17th 1990 on a shipping tour from Melk to Dürnstein, Lower Austria

Establishing:

Goals:According article 1 of the „Joint Declaration“:

Promotion of cooperation between its members for development of Danube area to serve the interests of its inhabitants and to forster peaceful cooperation in Europe.

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As a matter of principle each member bears the cost engendered by the activities, interpreters are paid by the host region.

For joint projects the pertaining work groups shall elaborate a financing plan and submit it for approval.

The conference languages are the official languages of the members. Documents for meetings are issued to the members in German.

Financing and Procedures:

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Conference of Heads of Government

Working Group of Senior Officials

Facilities

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Preparation of the Meetings

Coordination and documentation

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General Secretariat Government of Lower Austria

Department Landesamtsdirektion

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Working Groups

Culture and ScienceChair: Lower Austria (A)

Transport and Navigation Chair: Vienna (A)

Zoning and Environmental ProtectionChair: County Bacs-Kiskun (H)

Economy and tourismChair: County Györ-Moson-

Sopron (H)

Youth and SportsChair: County Pest (H)

Working Group„Danube Culture Route“

Working Group„Cultural Heritage“

Working Group ZoningChair: Slovak Republic

Working Group Ecology with focus Soil Conservation

Chair: Lower Austria (A)

Working Group„Secondary Ports“

Chair: Region Rousse (BG)

Working Group„Bicycle Route“Chair: Vienna (A)

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Rural development Chair: Lower Austria (A)

Members Germany:Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria (till 2005)

Austria:Upper AusriaLower Austria

ViennaBurgenlandSlovak

Republic:Trnava

Bratislava

Hungary:Gyoer-Moson-Sopron Komarom-EsztergomPestBudapestFejerBacs-KiskunTolnaBaranya

Croatia:Osjecko-BaranjskaVukovarsko-Srijemska

Serb Republic

Bulgaria:VidinMontanaVratsaPlevenVeliko TarnovoRousseSilistra

Romania:Caras SeverinMehedintiDoljOltTeleormanGiurgiuCalarasiIalomitaBrailaGalatiTulceaConstanta

Republic of Moldavia

Ukraine:Region Odessa

Observer:South Moravia Region (CZ)Nitra (SK)

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„Model for a sustainable development in the Danube region“

„Soil protection declaration“

Restoration workshop in Osijek, Croatia

„digital base map” of the Danube regions

digital Map „Danube Culture Route“

Contacts between Economic chamber

Listing the historically-technically Monument along the Danube

Important successes and projects

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„Guidelines to traffic development“

„Portino – study“, development of „smaller ports“

„Culturel itinerary DANUBE“

Study on Traffic Development

„Donauhanse“

Important successes and projects

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EU Strategy for the Danube EU Strategy for the Danube RegionRegion

International networks in the Danuberegion

1948 „Danube commission – agreement on the control of the shipping on the Danube“

1970 Establishing of the international Tourist Commission „Die Donau“

1994 ICPDR - International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River- is the platform for the implementation of the Danube River Protection Convention

2002 Danubecooperationprocess

Examples:

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Regional Networks in the Danuberegion

1990 Working community of the Danube Regions

2008 „Intergroup Danube“ in the Committee of the Regions

Examples:

Communal Networks in the DanuberegionExamples:

2002 „Danube-Office“, Ulm

2009 „Board of Danube cities and -regions“

Scientific network in the Danuberegion

Danube Rectors Conference

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- the 14 involved States

EU Strategy for the Danuberegions

14 States of the Danube River

Basin

8 EU Member States

4 „candidates“- Croatia- Serbia -Bosnia

-Montenegro

andMoldova

Ukraine

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After Baltic Sea Strategy, 2. Macro-regional Strategy of the EU

EU Strategy for the Danube Region

2008 Austrian and Rumanian initiative with the invitation to thePresident of the EK to develop the

EU Strategy for the Danube Region

2009 European Council instructet the DG Regio with the development of an Strategy for the Danube Region

3 „No´s“ of the EK NO additional FundingNO additional InstitutionenNO new legislation

100 Mio. population, 1/5 20 % area of the EU

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EU Strategy for the Danube Region

Funding The Strategy is implemented by mobilising and aligning existing funding to ist objectives, where aproppriate and line with overall frameworks.

Autom 2009 Invitation to the 14 States in the Danuberegion from the DG Regio

2010 - Consultation process

- 5 Stakeholderconferences in Ulm, Vienna/Bratislava, Budapest, Russe/Giurgiu, Constanca

8.12.2010 EU Commission adoptet the Strategy and the Action Plan, which

contains about 200 priority actions

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/danube/index_en.htm

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I. Pillar: Connecting the Danube Regions

PRIORITY AREAS COORDINATION

1) To improve mobility and multimodality

ARGE DL

Inland Waterways

Austria (Via Donau)

Rumania

Road rail and  air linksSlovenia

Serbia

(Interessent: Ukraine)

2) To encourage more sustainable energy Hungary

Czech Republic

3) To promote culture and tourism, people to people contacts ARGE DL

Bulgaria

Rumania

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II. Pillar: Protecting the Environment in de Danube Region

PRIORITY AREA COORDINATION

4) To restore and maintain the quality of waters Hungary

Slovakia

5) To manage environmental risks ARGE DL Hungary

Rumania

6) To preserve biodiversity, landscapes and the quality of air and soils ARGE DL

Germany (Bavaria)

Croatia

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III. Pillar: Building Prosperity in the Danube Region

PRIORITY AREA COORDINATION

7) To develop the knowledge society through research, education and information technologies

Slovakia

Serbia

8) To support the competitiveness of enterprises, including cluster development

Germany(Baden-Württemberg)

Croatia

9) To invest in people ans skills Austria

Moldavia

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IV. Pillar: Strengthening the Danube Region

PRIORITY AREAS COORDINATION

10) To step up institutional capacity and cooperation ARGE DL

Austria (Vienna)

Slovenia

11) To work together to promote security and tackle organised and serious crime

Germany (Bavaria)

Bulgaria

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24.6.2010 Adoption of the EUSDR by the EU-Heads of State underthe Hungarian presidency

1.7.2011 Starts of the implementation

Final preparations

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41 Cooperationsprogramms

€ 4,3 Milliards für cooperationsactivities till 2013 (about EFRE, IPA, ENPI)

transnational Networks

across all sectors

Territorial cooperation: key element of the EU Strategy of the Danube region

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