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"EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and promotion of SMEs"

Dr. Hans Peter Herdlitschka

Vukovar/Croatia10 March 2015

EU STRATEGY FOR THE DANUBE REGION (EUSDR) | www.danube-region.eu

Big data or the EU Danube Strategy / EUSDRis like teenage sex:

everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it …

Dan Ariely


The EUSDR in general and its goals

• Longitude of about 3000 km and 14 states/regions

• About 115 Million people live in the Danube Region

• An idea of the 14 member states/regions which was formed according to the principles of subsidiarity

• Basis of all activities is the Action Plan, which was developed with support of the EU Commission

No financing programme Networking!Goals?

EU-Integration „Europe 2020“Strategy for intelligent, sustainable and integrative growth

1 Strategy – 4 Pillars – 11 Priorities

Connecting the Region

Protecting the Environment

Building Prosperity

Strengthening the Region

PA 1

Mobility and Multimodality

PA 2

Sustainable Energy

PA 3 Culture and

Tourism; People to People

PA 5

Environmental Risks

PA 4

Water Quality

PA 6 Biodiversity,

Landscapes, Air and Soil Quality

PA 7

Knowledge Society

PA 8

Competitive-ness

PA 9

People and Skills

PA 10 Institutional

Capacity and Cooperation

PA 11

Security

Environmental Technology and Energy Efficiency


Working Groups (WG) of PA 8

Innovation and Technology Transfer

Cluster of Excellence

Cooperation of Business Organizations

Entrepreneurial Learning

Competitiveness in Rural and Urban Areas

Vocational Training


• In order to fulfil the goal of Priority Area 8, a socio-economic assessment of the Danube Region has been commissioned.

• An interactive, ongoing process with stakeholders in the target region

Objectives: analyse potentials and recognize needs and challenges provide the stakeholders with possible advices how to improve

the co-operation and networking suggestions on how the resources of the upcoming EU funding

period (2014-2020) can be used

Socio-economic Study


Implementation Framework

• National and regional support programmes

• EU support programmes such as EU structural funds (ERDF,ESF), cohesion fund and more e.g. Horizon 2020, COSME and INTERREG

• IPA

• EIB, EIF, EBRD

Danube

Strategy


• Structural Funds (ERDF & ESF)• Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)• Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI)• INTERREG V B

• The Danube Region Program (previous SEE)• thematic objectives + min. 3 different States • 2014 - 2020 est. €200 Million; 85% co-financing

• Horizon 2020• biggest EU Research and Innovation Program - €80 Billion

• COSME ("Smart specialisation)

Funding possibilities


Conclusion / Possible Contribution

•Cooperation and networking between all involved institutions is essential All stakeholders should participate actively and care about the permanent exchange of opinions

•Development and execution of projects in reference to the EU Danube Strategy

•Creative ideas to support the elaboration of the strategy


Thank you for your attention!

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• Structural Funds (ERDF & ESF)• Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)• Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI)• INTERREG V B

• The Danube Region Program (previous SEE)• thematic objectives + min. 3 different States • 2014 to 2020 est. €200 Million; 85% co-financing

• Horizon 2020• biggest EU Research and Innovation Program - €80 bn

• COSME (Smart Specialisation)

• 2014 to 2020 planned budget of €2.3 bn

Funding possibilities

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