ACTIVITIES

Institutional Capacity Building

We aim at developing a more effective, efficient, and resilient public administration in the Danube Region. We work towards building capacities in public administration to increase trust, improve the quality of public service provision, and strengthen skills and expertise. Furthermore, we give a particular emphasis on (public) services in cross-border regions. With over 40% of the Danube Region is considered a border areas, we aim at strengthen capacities for cross-border cooperation in public administration to increase the quality of life for people living in border regions.

We tackle these objectives through actions that contribute to the following actions:

TO IMPROVE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES
TO FACILITATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION OF COMMUNITIES LIVING IN BORDER REGIONS

Cross-border Emergency Healthcare Danube Region

The Cross-Border Emergency Healthcare Danube Region initiative aims at facilitating capacity building through mutual learning and encourage stakeholder exchange across countries and sectors.

BACID - Building Administrative Capacities in the Danube Region

The main objective of BACID is to improve good public governance in the Western Balkans and the Republic of Moldova.

eGovernance Renaissance

The project facilitated the development of integrated and ICT-enabled curricula for public administration.

Participation of Local Actors (Cities, Regions & Civil Society)

Cities and municipalities, regional administrations, social partners, civil society organisations and academia are crucial stakeholders for the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The involvement and engagement of local actors in decision-making processes and policy implementation is needed in order to develop suitable solutions that meet the needs of its target groups, contribute to a smooth and efficient policy implementation and – eventually – to bring the strategy to the ground.

We tackle these objectives through actions that contribute to the following actions:

TO FOSTER COOPERATION BUILT ON MUTUAL TRUST BETWEEN STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS TO ENHANCE WELL-BEING FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE DANUBE REGION
TO STRENGTHEN THE INVOLVEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND LOCAL ACTORS IN THE DANUBE REGION
ENHANCE CAPACITIES OF CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO FACILITATE LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Danube Participation Days

The Danube Participation Days bring together people from the public and private sector to strengthen participation across the Danube Region.

National Participation Days

The National Participation Days aim at strengthening trust between public and private stakeholders and exchanging on ways forward to strengthen regional development.

Young Bled Strategic Forum

The Young BSF has become a unique meeting place for a diverse array of young leaders, entrepreneurs, bloggers, thinkers and socially active individuals, offering them a platform to share their visions.

Smart Communities

The cross-macro-regional cooperation initiative on smart communities supports capacity building for community-centred solutions to boost the quality of life in rural areas.

Guidance Paper for Youth Participation

The paper provides guidance for youth initiatives and ideas on how to involve young people in the Danube Strategy.

D-LAP - Danube Local Actors Platform

D-LAP is a space for co-creation and dialogue to address needs of local actors, share knowledge, and strengthen cooperation and participation in the EU Danube Strategy and the Danube Region.

D-CAHT - Danube Cities Against Human Trafficking

D-CAHT fosters cross-sectoral cooperation across the Danube Region to tackle trafficking in human beings.

Capacity Building for Territorial Development

Our initiatives for Capacity Building for Territorial Development address local and regional actors to enhance territorial policies and development.

AgriGo4Cities

AgriGo4Cities aims at build institutional capacities to tackle social inclusion through Participatory Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (UPA).

D-CARE Labs

The project aims at developing innovative social and health care by involving social entrepreneurs and set up public-private partnerships.

TalentMagnet

TalentMagnet intends to address brain drain by improved multilevel governance, targeted policy instruments and practical tools to attract and retain talent.

Funding

The absorption of funds varies throughout the region. Thus, the coordination and use of funds needs to be improved and strengthened through know-how transfer and further measures such as providing assistance to increase the skills in designing and implementing projects with a cross border and transnational impact. Furthermore, the use of different funding opportunities in the region should be improved.

We tackle these objectives through actions that contribute to the following actions:

TO REVIEW BOTTLENECKS RELATING TO THE LOW ABSORPTION RATE OF EU FUNDS AND INVEST EU
TO SUPPORT BETTER COORDINATION OF FUNDING
TO TEST AND SUPPORT INNOVATIVE FUNDING SOLUTIONS (FOR LOCAL ACTORS AND CIVIL SOCIETY)

ESF Network in the Danube Region

The Network of ESF Managing Authorities in the Danube Region works together on policy and programme implementation as well as on transnational cooperation.

EuroAccess

EuroAccess is a funding database that supports projet promoters to find suitable calls and programmes.

Donors' Conference

The Donors' Conferences faciliatate better funding coordination in countries and regions for sound development.

Danube Strategic Project Fund

The DSPF supported small-scale projects and preparatory initiatives for investments.

Strategic Projects Webinar

The webinars address questions of funding and strategic project development.

Danube Financing Dialogue

The DFDs provided a match-making platform between funding institutions and innovative project promoters and entrepreneurs.

START

START was a small grant facility for initiatives addressing the actions of the EU Danube Strategy.

CrowdStream

The project built capacities and facilitated creating framework conditions for crowd funding in the Danube Region