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Danube Financing Dialogue (DFD)

Start date: Feb 23, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2016,

The Danube Financing Dialogue (DFD) is a pilot initiative of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and started in 2012. The DFD consists of a series of events which bring together organisations from the Danube Region looking for financing for their projects and financing institutions that can provide financing support from the entire Danube Region.The DFD provides a unique platform for stimulating ...
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Construction of New Žeželj Bridge in Novi Sad (Žeželj Bridge)

Start date: Feb 28, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

Construction of a new road and rail bridge across the Danube at Novi Sad instead of the provisional Žeželj bridge which was destroyed during the 1999 NATObombings. The temporary bridge has low height (6.82 m at highest navigable water level) and insufficient fairway width. Construction of the new bridge started in April2012.The construction of the rail/road bridge across the Danube in Novi Sad is ...
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Technical Assistance Facility for Danube Region Projects (TAF-DRP)

Start date: Mar 31, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

The Technical Assistance Facility for Danube Region Projects (TAF-DRP) II, as an extension to TAF-DRP I, is a pilot initiative for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, whose implementation has been entrusted to the Vienna office of PAC10.The aim of TAF-DRP is to support the preparation and development of qualitative projects in a transnational, macro-regional environment. In this way, TAF-DRP ca ...
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Complex solution for Danube stretch downstream of Bratislava (Water Structure Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros) (SVD G-N)

Start date: Dec 31, 1976,

Construction of a multipurpose hydro-technical system for power generation, flood prevention and navigation improvement on the Hungarian-Slovakian common border section of the Danube for which a treaty was signed in 1977. The international Court of Justice in The Hague issued a verdict that both Hungary and Slovakia had breached certain legal obligations of the treaty. Discussions about solutions ...
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Metropolisation and Polycentric Development in Central Europe: Evidence Based Strategic Options (POLYCE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

The European Commission considers the Danube Region as one of the most important areas in Europe and has set up a macro-regional strategy encouraging long term co-operation to tackle a wide range of policy challenges. The capital cities of Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and Ljubljana wish to play an active role in this co-operation. These big cities are important drivers of development. The ...
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latform for the implementation of NAIADES (PLATINA II)

Start date: Aug 31, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2016,

...hat can effectively react to emerging policy needs in the field of inland waterway transport. PLATINA II strongly builds on the results of the PLATINA project (2008-2012).Need and added value for Danube Region Strategy:Europes freight transport system has much room for improvement. Congestion, capacity problems and delays affect mobility and economic competitiveness and are detrimental to the envi ...
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latform for the implementation of NAIADES (PLATINA)

Start date: May 31, 2008,

... navigation as part of intermodal freight solutions.In PLATINA, key experts and stakeholders elaborate technical proposals for policy actions in the five NAIADES action areas.Need and added value for Danube Region Strategy:Europes freight transport system has much room for improvement. Congestion, capacity problems and delays affect mobility and economic competitiveness and are detrimental to the ...
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LNG Masterplan for Rhine-Main-Danube (LNG for Danube)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

The EUSDR targets the modernization of Danube fleet in order to improve environmental and economic performance. A significant contribution to this goal can be made if the Danube fleet switches from gasoil to LNG as fuel. In addition, the transport of LNG on the Danube could significantly increase transport volumes on the Danube and offer energy savings to related industries in the entire region.LN ...
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Improving navigation conditions on the Danube between Calarasi and Braila (rkm 375–175)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

As a consequence of eleven critical points on the Calarasi – Braila section of the Romanian stretch of the Danube, vessels must take a bypass route via the Bala-Borcea branch, which extends the navigation distance to around 110 km, for periods of around 140–160 days/ year. The main objective of the project is to ensure navigation conditions on the main course of the Danube all year round.According ...
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Harmonized Inland Navigation Transport through education and information technology  (HINT)

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

...AIADES) or EDINNA (Education in Inland Navigation) developed at pan-European level. HINT aims at establishing a unique harmonized theoretical and practical training system in inland navigation in the Danube Region, delivering support IT applications for Danube stakeholders, deploying elearning within the participating countries and creating the conditions for an IWT job promotion campaign througho ...
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Improvement of navigability on the Danube in Hungary (Hajózzunk a Dunán!)

Start date: Feb 29, 2008, End date: Oct 30, 2011,

This project is part of TEN-T Priority Project 18 and involves the study (2007-HU-18090-S) of the elimination of fords and bottlenecks hindering navigation on the Hungarian stretch of the Danube between Szob and Hungary's southern border. According to the TEN-T Annual Activity Report 2010-2011, construction works will start between 2010 and 2013.This project is part of Priority Project 18 (waterwa ...
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Online search tool for EU-funding in the Danube Region (EuroAccess Danube Region)

Start date: Dec 31, 2014, End date: Dec 30, 2016,

The study on financing needs in the Danube Region, conducted for DG Regional Policy of the EU Commission in 2011, identified the difficult access to information on funding opportunities as a major need to be addressed. Considering preliminary results of the Danube Financing Dialogue and regular feedback received from organisations, this need is still very much present.ObjectivesThis action aims to ...
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Danube Region Research and Innovation Fund (DRIF)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012,

The Danube Region Research and Innovation Fund (DRRIF) is a project of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) - Priority Area 7 (To develop the Knowledge Society: research, education and ICT) and has the primary goal of mobilizing and distributing funds to support the development of R&I activities in the DR countries.Its primary objective is to identify, mobilize and distribute funds in ord ...
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Western Balkan Countries INCO-NET (WBC-INCO.NET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

...rgeting the European Commission, ERA-NETs or NCP projects as well as strategic initiatives by international stakeholders such as EUREKA, the Central European Initiative and the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.European integration and harmonisation of approaches are main aims behind WBC-INCO.NET.
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A sustainable future for the Danube River Basin as a challenge for the interdisciplinary humanities (Danube:Future)

Start date: Jan 9, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2020,

Danube:Future is a joint contribution of the Danube Rectors’ Conference (DRC) and the Alps-Adriatic Rectors’ Conference (AARC), thus tapping the largest pool of institutionalized knowledge in the Danube River Basin. Based on this network, interdisciplinary research and education in the DRB will be undertaken. Any path towards a sustainable future of the region has to account for the solution of p ...
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Danube ICT Clusters' sustainable cooperation for smart and inclusive growth (DANUBE ICT)

Start date: Dec 31, 2015, End date: Jun 29, 2016,

On December 1, 2015 the project Danube ICT Clusters' Cooperation for Smart and Inclusive Growth - DANUBE ICT has started, leading by ICT Cluster.The project duration is six months till and it is funded by the European Commission and the Danube Strategy. The main objective of DANUBE ICT is the creation of sustainable, strategic trans-national partnership among ICT Clusters from the Balkans and the ...
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Data warehouse for Danube waterway (D4D)

Start date: Aug 31, 2002, End date: Feb 27, 2006,

...sed on the provision of digital navigation charts and highly accurate positioning systems. In addition the exchange of waterway related geographic data between national waterway authorities along the Danube is based on various different formats. In order to provide equal and compatible systems a close cooperation between all countries is needed and a close relationship to relevant platforms like t ...
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Convention for waste management for inland navigation on the Danube  (CO-WANDA)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The river Danube is more than a pure river, it is the artery of Europe´s heart, a waterway that connects countries, regions, communities and people. Its protection for today and its preservation for tomorrow is a responsibility of each and every person living or working in the catchment area. Stakeholders of the inland navigation sector, one of the main users of the Danube waterway, are aware of t ...
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Establishing the background of saving the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis) from extinction (HUNVIPURS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

...ives in the north-western Hanság region on 9 ha, whilst the other 11 isolated populations, comprising no more than 450-950 individuals in total, can be found in the Kiskunság region between the Danube and Tisza rivers. If this species was to be rescued from extinction, emergency actions were needed. Objectives This LIF ...
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Implementation of an innovative Decision Support Tool for the Sustainable water and land-use management planning and Flow Suppelmentation of the Hungarian-Slovakian Transboundary Danube Wetland Area (Szigetköz) (SZIGETKOZ-PROJECT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2004, End date: Nov 1, 2007,

Background Szigetköz is an island between the Mosoni-Danube and the 'old' Danube. It is 52km long and has an average width of 7-8km. It is composed of Pleistocene loose gravel sediment, which has an extremely good water holding capacity. The sediment layer can be as much as 400 m in width. Because of the sediment layer, the Slovakian-Hungarian Transboun ...
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Protection of Biodiversity of the Sava River Basin Floodplains (SAVA RIVER BASIN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2007, End date: Dec 31, 2009,

Background The Sava River is the second largest tributary of the Danube River and of ecological significance because of its outstanding biological and landscape diversity. It hosts the largest complex of alluvial floodplain wetlands in the Danube basin and the largest lowland forests. The Sava is a unique example of a river where the floodplains are still ...
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Live Water - from Biodiversity to the Tap (AQUAVIVA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

...ies to support the goals of “Countdown 2010” and beyond (to stop biodiversity loss by 2020); as well as following the goal of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), which aims to improve water quality in the Danube and its tributaries. Results The AQUAVIVA proje ...
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Digital Danube

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

CONTEXT/BACKGROUND. The Danube is the only large river in Europe running from West to East. With its 2857 kms its is also an axis between Central and South-Eastern Europe. 115 million people live in the countries along the Danube, united by millenniums of common history and great cultural wealth. In 2010, the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission initiated ...
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Digital Danube

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The Danube is the only large river in Europe running from West to East. Its 2857 km are an axis between Middle and Southeastern Europe adjoining 10 European countries. 115 million people are living in the countries along the Danube, countries united by millenniums of common history and great cultural wealth. In 2010, the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission ...
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Building Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment System supporting Sustainable Development (EnviroGRIDS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

...re for Spatial Information in the European Union (INSPIRE). EnviroGRIDS will particularly target the needs of the Black Sea Commission (BSC) and the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) in order to help bridging the gap between science and policy.
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Solutions for present and future emerging pollutants in land and water resources management (SOLUTIONS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

..., SOLUTIONS taps (i) expertise of leading European scientists of major FP6/FP7 projects on chemicals in the water cycle, (ii) access to the infrastructure necessary to investigate the large basins of Danube and Rhine as well as relevant Mediterranean basins as case studies, and (iii) innovative approaches for stakeholder dialogue and support. In particular, International River Commissions, EC work ...
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Managing Aquatic ecosystems and water Resources under multiple Stress (MARS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

"MARS will support managers and policy makers in the practical implementation of the WFD, of related legislation and of the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water Resources by conducting new research and synthesising existing knowledge concerning effects and management of multiple stressors in surface water and groundwater bodies; by advising the 3rd RMBP cycle and the revision of the WFD; and by d ...
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Sustainable Transport and Tourism along the Danube  (TRANSDANUBE)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

The Danube is passing 10 countries on its way to the Black Sea. Therefore it is one of the most transnational rivers in the world. It is a river full of history and an important interlink between the regions of South East Europe. Several initiatives clearly identified the need for cooperation to boost the development of the Danube region. With the endorsement of the EU Strategy for the Danube Regi ...
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Danube Inland Harbour Development (DaHar)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

The DaHar partnership represents small and medium sized Danube cities with ports of international importance. The economic development and participation in the economic circulation of these cities could be enhanced through the optimal utilisation of port development in the frame of enhancing waterway cargo transport on the Danube in a transnational context. To this end, DaHar partners wish to util ...
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Platform for the implementation of NAIADES (PLATINA)

Start date: Jun 2, 2008, End date: Nov 1, 2012,

PLATINA is a coordination and support action aimed at the promotion of inland waterway transport (IWT). The main objective of PLATINA is to support the Commission, Member States and third countries in the implementation of the NAIADES action programme. This will be achieved by providing technical, organisational and financial support for targeted policy actions and by building on strong interrelat ...
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Stakeholder oriented flood risk assessment for the Danube floodplains (DANUBE FLOODRISK)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

The Danube River is one of the most important natural axes in South-East-Europe. It links most of the countries in the SEE area. Thus the improvement and good examples of transnational cooperation of all countries at this river will be a brilliant signal for the whole region. This project has a far reaching strategic focus beyond risk management and could become a flagship project for the SEE prog ...
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Network of Danube Waterway Administrations (NEWADA)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

The objective of waterway administrations is to maintain and improve the Danube waterway for inland navigation, to deploy services for the inland navigation sector and at the same time to preserve and protect the Danube as a habitat. Due to a lack of international cooperation and coordination between waterway authorities up to now taken measures and activities are insufficient. The objective of NE ...
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Cooperation-Network for logistics and nautical education focusing on Inland Waterway Transport in the Danube corridor supported by innovative solutions (NELI)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

In the past 20 years, the Danube region witnessed tremendous changes due to increased traffic flows, the economic growth and the significant trend to develop the European Single Market. This situation directly affects the transport, research and education sectors. The Danube region is a heterogeneous territory of EU and Non-EU Member States characterized by disparities in terms of technological pr ...
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WAste management for inland Navigation on the DAnube (WANDA)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

The river Danube is a unique ecosystem with a high biodiversity, an important water reservoir and an international waterway with high potential for inland navigation being promoted by the EUs transport policy (NAIADES). The transport volumes in the Danube Corridor are expected to increase significantly. Due to significant differences and missing coordination in current practice of ship waste manag ...
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Tisa Catchment Area Development (TICAD)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

The extraordinary feature of the TICAD project is the broad and productive transnational cooperation of local, regional, national authorities, planning and research institutions from all the five countries sharing the territory of the Tisa basin. Owing to this comprehensive and integrated partnership the aims of the EU water management policies and territorial development perspectives will be purs ...
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Danube River Network of Protected Areas - Development and Implementation of Transnational Strategies for the Conservation of the Natural Heritage at the Danube River (DanubeParks)

Start date: Feb 28, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

Based on existing partnership among Protected Areas (PA) along the river Danube the "Danube River Network of Protected Areas" will be established in accordance with the appeal launched by the "Declaration of Tulcea" in April 2007 (http://www.ramsar.org/mtg/mtg_danube_regional_2007a.htm). For the first step, the partnership includes 10 PAs from 6 Danube countries, additional partners (e.g. in Germa ...
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UP-GRADE BLACK SEA SCIENTIFIC NETWORK (UP-GRADE BS-SCENE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

The recently finished FP6 RI Black Sea SCENE project has established a Black Sea Scientific Network of leading environmental and socio-economic research institutes, universities and NGO’s from the countries around the Black Sea and has developed a distributed virtual data and information infrastructure that is populated and maintained by these organisations to improve the identification, access, e ...
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EU Classroom ePortfolios

Start date: May 1, 2013,

There is wide recognition across Europe of the need for educational transformation, and the transformative potential of ICT integration. At the same time, it is widely perceived that there has been a lack of real systemic change in the integration of ICT in teaching and learning practices to date. The EUfolio project consortium believes that the ePortfolio approach has the potential to act as a st ...
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