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Working Community of the Danube Regions

Working Community of the Danube Regions. 20 years interregional Cooperation in the Danube Region. Working Community of the Danube Regions General Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria +43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at. Establishing :.

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Working Community of the Danube Regions

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  1. Working Community of the Danube Regions 20 years interregional Cooperation in the Danube Region Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at

  2. Establishing: Signing of the „Joint Declaration“ on May 17th 1990 on a shipping tour from Melk to Dürnstein, Lower Austria 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. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at

  3. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Financing and Procedures: 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.

  4. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Facilities • Conference of Heads of Government • Working Group of Senior Officials

  5. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at General Secretariat Government of Lower AustriaDepartment Landesamtsdirektion • Preparation of the Meetings • Coordination and documentation • Homepage: www.argedonau.at

  6. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Working Groups Culture and ScienceChair: Lower Austria (A) Youth and SportsChair: County Pest (H) Working Group„Danube Culture Route“ Working Group„Cultural Heritage“ Transport and Navigation Chair: Vienna (A) Zoning and Environmental ProtectionChair: County Bacs-Kiskun (H) Working Group„Secondary Ports“Chair: Region Rousse (BG) Working Group ZoningChair: Slovak Republic Working Group„Bicycle Route“Chair: Vienna (A) Working Group Ecology with focus Soil ConservationChair: Lower Austria (A) Economy and tourismChair: County Györ-Moson-Sopron (H) Rural development Chair: Lower Austria (A)

  7. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Austria:Upper AusriaLower AustriaViennaBurgenland Observer:South Moravia Region (CZ)Nitra (SK) Members Germany:Baden-WürttembergBavaria (till 2005) Slovak Republic:TrnavaBratislava Ukraine:Region Odessa Republic of Moldavia Hungary:Gyoer-Moson-Sopron Komarom-Esztergom Pest Budapest Fejer Bacs-Kiskun Tolna Baranya Romania:Caras SeverinMehedintiDoljOltTeleormanGiurgiuCalarasiIalomitaBrailaGalatiTulceaConstanta Bulgaria:VidinMontanaVratsaPlevenVeliko TarnovoRousseSilistra Croatia:Osjecko-BaranjskaVukovarsko-Srijemska Serb Republic

  8. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Important successes and projects • „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

  9. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Important successes and projects • „Guidelines to traffic development“ • „Portino – study“, development of „smaller ports“ • „Culturel itinerary DANUBE“ • Study on Traffic Development • „Donauhanse“

  10. EU Strategy for the Danube Region

  11. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at International networks in the Danuberegion Examples: • 1948 „Danube commission – agreement on the control of the shipping on the Danube“ • 1970 Establishing of the international Tourist Commission „Die Donau“ • 1994ICPDR - International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River- is the platform for the implementation of the Danube River Protection Convention • 2002 Danubecooperationprocess

  12. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Regional Networks in the Danuberegion Examples: • 1990 Working community of the Danube Regions • 2008 „Intergroup Danube“ in the Committee of the Regions Communal Networks in the Danuberegion Examples: • 2002 „Danube-Office“, Ulm • 2009 „Board of Danube cities and -regions“ Scientific network in the Danuberegion • Danube Rectors Conference

  13. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at EU Strategy for the Danuberegions - the 14 involved States 14 States of the Danube River Basin 8 EU Member States 4 „candidates“- Croatia- Serbia -Bosnia -Montenegro andMoldova Ukraine

  14. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at After Baltic Sea Strategy, 2. Macro-regional Strategy of the EUEU Strategy for the Danube Region 100 Mio. population, 1/5  20 % area of the EU • 2008 Austrian and Rumanian initiative with the invitation to the President of the EK to develop theEU 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 EKNO additional FundingNO additional InstitutionenNO new legislation

  15. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at 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 - Consultationprocess - 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 actionshttp://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/danube/index_en.htm

  16. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at 4 „Pillars“ Protecting the Environment in the Danube Region Building Prosperity in theDanube Region II. III. III. I. Connecting the Danube Regions Strengthening the Danube Region

  17. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at I. Pillar: Connecting the Danube Regions

  18. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at II. Pillar: Protecting the Environment in de Danube Region

  19. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at III. Pillar: Building Prosperity in the Danube Region

  20. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at IV. Pillar: Strengthening the Danube Region

  21. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Final preparations • 24.6.2010 Adoption of the EUSDR by the EU-Heads of State under the Hungarian presidency • 1.7.2011 Starts of the implementation

  22. Working Community of the Danube RegionsGeneral Secretariat of the Government of Lower Austria+43 2742 9005 – 13488 www.argedonau.at Territorial cooperation: key element of the EU Strategy of the Danube region • 41 Cooperationsprogramms • € 4,3 Milliards für cooperationsactivities till 2013 (about EFRE, IPA, ENPI) • transnational Networks • across all sectors

  23. Many thanks for your attention!

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