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:

Banner image
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.
Banner image
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.
Banner image
Policy Paper on Metropolitan Regions
Experts and practitoners developed approaches on how to improve cooperation in cross-border metropolitan areas.
Banner image
Cadastre & Land Register
The initiative built capacities on efficient land register and cadastre structures as a key for legal security and preventing corruption.
Banner image
Attractive Danube
The project strengthens capacities of policy planners in evidence-based decision-making based on a common data platform for monitoring territorial attractiveness.
Banner image
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:

Banner image
Danube Participation Days
The Danube Participation Days bring together people from the public and private sector to strengthen participation across the Danube Region.
Banner image
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.
Banner image
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.
Banner image
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.
Banner image
Guidance Paper for Youth Participation
The paper provides guidance for youth initiatives and ideas on how to involve young people in the Danube Strategy.
Banner image
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.
Banner image
D-CAHT - Danube Cities Against Human Trafficking
D-CAHT fosters cross-sectoral cooperation across the Danube Region to tackle trafficking in human beings.
Banner image
Policy Paper Sound Local Public Management
The Policy Paper addresses how local administrations can improve their performance.
Banner image
AgriGo4Cities
AgriGo4Cities aims at build institutional capacities to tackle social inclusion through Participatory Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (UPA).
Banner image
D-CARE Labs
The project aims at developing innovative social and health care by involving social entrepreneurs and set up public-private partnerships.
Banner image
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:

Banner image
Strategic Projects Webinar
The webinars address questions of funding and strategic project development.
Banner image
EuroAccess
EuroAccess is a funding database that supports projet promoters to find suitable calls and programmes.
Banner image
Donors' Conference
The Donors' Conferences faciliatate better funding coordination in countries and regions for sound development.
Banner image
Danube Strategic Project Fund
The DSPF supported small-scale projects and preparatory initiatives for investments.
Banner image
CrowdStream
The project built capacities and facilitated creating framework conditions for crowd funding in the Danube Region
Banner image
Danube Financing Dialogue
The DFDs provided a match-making platform between funding institutions and innovative project promoters and entrepreneurs.
Banner image
START
START was a small grant facility for initiatives addressing the actions of the EU Danube Strategy.