9th Danube Participation Day

Resilience through Diversity: Involving Civil Society in the Danube Strategy

The 9th Danube Participation Day takes place on 18 October 2022, back-to-back with the 11th EUSDR Annual Forum.

This year, the Danube Participation Day (DPD) explores the question: How can we build a resilient society with the EU Danube Strategy?

In doing so, we will focus on two concrete aspects:

1. What role plays participation of civil society for a resilient territorial development in the Danube Region and how can we support it?
2. How can the EU Danube Strategy support Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova on their path towards EU membership?

The start of our journey takes us to taking stock of the state of play of participation in the EU Danube Strategy. The Danube Civil Society Forum (DCSF) and PA 10 Institutional Capacity and Cooperation conducted a survey in summer 2022 on participation of civil society in the Eu Danube Strategy. The results of this survey provide a starting point to discuss benefits, expectations and shortfalls of participation and how to shape effective ways for dialogue.

An equally important question is, how the EU Danube Strategy can contribute to the accession process of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the European Union. In particular, the Danube Participation Day aims to examine how participation of civil society in Ukraine and Moldova at national and macroregional level contributes to a fruitful accession process.

Against this background, the 9th Danube Participation Day will discuss expectations of civil society/stakeholder involvement , success factors for civil society participation, and lessons learnt from over 10 years of experience with different ways of stakeholder involvement in the Danube Strategy.

The 9th Danube Participation Day will focus on:

The 9th Danube Participation Day takes place online.

Free Interactive Training Session on EU Project Development and EU Funds

Following the 9th Danube Participation Day, Foster Europe Foundation for strong European Regions and the Danube Civil Society Forum, in cooperation with the ALDA European Association for Local Democracy are inviting you to the Free Interactive Training Session on EU Project Development and EU Funds. The training will address EU member states and non-member States on 18 October 2022 from 14:45- 16:45 CET.

What can you expect from the training?

• UP TO DATE information, changes, and novelties related to EU rules and procedures 2021-2027 (with a particular focus on the most relevant programs in the field of education, culture, employment, social sector, environment, sport, governance, cooperation, and research)
• UP TO DATE information on funding opportunities for EU member states and non-member states of the EU

Are you interested to join? Fill out this short registration form: REGISTRATION . Registration is needed, and the training is free of charge.The training will take place online. A follow-up email with relevant details (link and password) will be sent soon.

The session will be led by Khrystyna Kvartsiana  | European Association for Local Democracy, Italy. Participants can receive a certificate of attendance awarded by ALDA, a strategic partner of the European Commission and the Council of Europe.