IRIS Europe 3 as international multi-beneficiary project contributes significantly to fulfilling the objectives as laid down in Priority Area 1a of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region - to improve mobility and multimodality on inland waterways.All Danube countries are involved either as fully financed or as cooperation partners within IRIS Europe 3. The beneficiaries of IRIS Europe 3 are the European Union Member States, represented by their Ministries of Transport.Objectives:IRIS Europe 3 shall ensure the continuation of RIS implementation in Europe and shall provide the necessary cooperative implementation framework for setting up pilot implementations for Quality of Information Services for RIS, nationally and internationally. Quality aspects for international RIS data exchange on technical, legal and organisational level will be implemented, so that enhanced pilot implementations of new RIS services based on existing and new RIS key technologies can be implemented. New and enhanced interfaces to European Services will be pilot implemented and validated, and continuous contributions to the maintenance and amendment of Standards and technical specifications will be provided.