EUROREGION DANUBIUS

MICRO-LABORATORY FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

“We are not joining STATES, we are unifying PEOPLE”

Jean Monnet - 1952

The Philosophy of cross-border cooperation and euro-regions establishment

Solving the common problems of the cross-borders regions with the purpose of promoting the cohesion/economical ,social, teritorial integration

at regional, national and European level

Neighbourhood Cooperation Cohesion/Integration

EUROREG

IUNE

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

1.Internal and regional competitivity

2.Improvement of the environment

quality

3.Higher life standards

PRIORITIES

• Development of the infrastructure

• Business development

• Rural development

• Human resources development

Surface 6274 km2

Population 565643 inhabitants

Strategy for the improvement of the Euroregion’scapacity in order to generate and support a sustainable and balanced socio-economic

development

OPTIMAL CHOICE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION

EUROREGION DANUBIUSEUROREGION DANUBIUS

MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PROPOSAL OFPROPOSAL OFDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT

STRATEGY STRATEGY

MAIN EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE

PROCESS OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION AND THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EURO-REGIONS

• COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN UNION

( regulates/monitors the judicial, administrative frame, the accordance with the democracy and the human

rights principles )• EUROPEAN UNION

(regulates/monitors the political and financial frame)

• ASSOCIATION OF THE EUROPEAN

CROSS-BORDER REGIONS (ARFE)Body created to represent the interests of the cross-border regions and of consultancy, cooperation, promotion, support, in/ for the actions in the field,

of the The Council of the European Union)

THE STRUCTURE OF THE EURO

REGION

PHARE – CBC PROJECTSImplementated in partnership with Euroregion Danubius

TITLE Objectives Value

History, traditions and future

in the cross – border Giurgiu-

Rousse Region

The reciprocal knowledge of the history and culture from the two regions and the identification of the common and specific points

17.960 Euro

The cooperation capacity-improvement of the cross-border capacity from the Rousse District and Giurgiu County (PHARE - CBC)

The amplification of the common development in the cross-border region Giurgiu-Rousse

24.000 Euro

The Organization Of Cross-Border

Cooperation Framework To Sustain

The Rural Development in Giurgiu

County (Romania) and Rousse

District (Bulgaria)

The creation of a cross-border network between associations from the rural areas

38.014 Euro

TITLE Objectives Value

The territorial and institutional frame of the Rousse-Giurgiu cross-border region

Intensification of the strategic coordination and cooperation policy at euro-regional

level through the establishment of the local public administration capacity to implement urban policies

52.126 Euro

The rural cross-border developement - a chance for the future

Creation of preconditions for commune planning in Giurgiu – Ruse Region

Creation and promotion of cross-border ecumenic tourism relations between Rousse District, Bulgaria and Giurgiu County, Romania

Experience exchanges in the local administration, civil society field, cultural exchanges and rural tourism The elaboration of the portal: www.dezvoltare –rurala. giurgiu – ruse.ro

Increasing the cooperation capacity between Romanian and Bulgarian local actors from Giurgiu County and RousseDistrict, by building a cross border projects portfolio, which will reduce the disparities between both cross-border regions, for economical, social and cultural development.

Intesification of the ecumenic tourism activities through establishing a touristicroute from St. Dimitri Basarabovski and

Invanovo Monasteries Rousse District,

Bulgaria to Comana Monastery Giurgiu

County ,Romania in the cross-border region

37.925 Euro

36.130 EURO

35.880 EURO

PROGRAMMES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION

The Danubius Euroregion was also partner in other three projects with the Elementary School “Mihai Eminescu” from Giurgiu and “Mihailovici Brothers” Elementary School from Rousse:

• FRIENDS OF THE BLUE PLANET

•RAINBOW OVER THE DANUBE

•ART THAT UNIFIES

• Vernishings and expositions ( Sutu Palace- Bucharest): – Roberto Andreev – grafician– Orlin Nedelcev – architect

• Brotherhoods and collaborations between localities from both regions– Ivanovo – Ghimpati– Borovo – Vedea– Tenovo – Comana– Nocilovo – Fratesti– Trastenic – Branesti (Ilfov)

• Theater representations and concerts organised in both countries with different occasions:

– UNITER Gala – Dramatic Theater from Rousse, Valah Theater and Notara Theater– Winter Holidays– Puppet Theater from Rousse– 8 March – fashion show in Giurgiu (10 designers from Rousse)– Film “Retro Ruse, retro world” , realised by the Rousse Television in Bucharest

and Sinaia– Exposition “The Turko-Russian War 1877” reflected in postal cards and

Romanian newspapers,organised in Rousse by the colectors Corneliu Beda and Serban Dragusan

ACTIVITIES THAT WERE DEVELOPED

• Colaboration in different fields :– Between retirement People Associations from Rousse and Giurgiu – Between the Orthodox priests from Rousse and Giurgiu – Reciprocal visits between the doctors of the hospitals from the two cities – Between the kinder gardens ” Dumbrava Minunata” from Giurgiu and “The lark”

from Rousse– Between the English language high-schools “George Cosbuc” from Bucharest

and Gheorghi Milev from Rousse– “24 May – Day of slavic culture“ – organised together with the Bulgarian

Embassy , The Bulgarian Community from Bratstvo at the Bucharest Municipality History Museum

– Seminar in which it has been discussed the collaboration contract between the National Archive, organised by the national Archives from Bulgaria and Romania

– Celebration of March 3rd, Bulgaria National Day at the Bulgarian Embassy from Bucharest

• Support granted by the local authorities , after the demands forwarded by the Danubius Euroregion, in order to solve the problems caused by the border crossing by the students and the teachers of BRIE College, but also for the staff involved in the implementation of common projects and programmes

MODEL OF CROSS-BORDER DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION

EUROREGION DANUBIUS

• CONCENTRATION• COOPERATION• ARMONIZATION / INTEGRATION

EUROREGIUNEA DANUBIUSAssociation created in 2002

Judicial Personality

Problems and priorities

ARRANGEMENTS PLANS FOR THE CROSS-BORDER TERRITORY

CONSULTANCE OF THE EUROREGIONAL FACTORS

• Physical access infrastructure and of the Information Technology• Environment protection• Social Infrastructure• Economics, SME, business, tourism• Research - development - innovation• Rural development

AREAS AND ACTIVITY FIELDS OF THE CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION

Assessment of the cooperation relations intensity

Internal and regional competititvity–Improvement of the environment qualityHigher life standards

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ECONIMICAL COOPERATION

ACTION PLAN

TOURISM ENVIRONMENT CULTUREEDUCATION

SOCIAL WELFARE SPORT AD HOC GROUP

SME, RESEARCH - DEVELOPMENT – INOVATION CENTRES,EXCELLENCE CENTRES,BUSINESS INCUBATORS

• Institutional factors

• Administrative factors

•Economical factors

•Cultural, historic and Language Factors

Type of intervention strategyOffensive strategy:

STRATEGICAL OBJECTIVES

•Strategy of the RO/BG cross-border cooperation the Study according with the Study: “Rethinking of the cross-border cooperation in the Balkans and Danube Area’ ISIG-Gorizia (Italia) 2003•RO/BG national development strategies• Regional development strategies •RO – region South Muntenia and BG – region 2 North - Central• Territorial development strategies (Giurgiu County,

Rousse,District)

FACTORS WHICH ARE STIMULATING THE CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION

PLANNING AND SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY

HEALTH

DEVELOPMENT AND CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION OPPORTUNITIES

Polarizing area for education and

culture

Area attractive for the business environment at

regional and international level (commerce,

transports and energy)

Area favorable for week-end , rural, cultural and business

tourism and also for water sports activities

Interest area for the SME, excellence centres,

research-development – innovation centres,

business incubators

Danube

• International airport

•National, regional,

international Business Centre

• Universitary centre

BUCHAREST

At only ~ 70 km distance from Giurgiu

and Rousse on the Route E70, E85 !!!

““The The NATIONALISM will not win through the NATIONALISM will not win through the

INTERNATIONALISMINTERNATIONALISM reduced only to the foreign language

knowledge. Nationalism will be defeated through Plurationalism”.

Elias Canetti (1905-1994)

Bulgarian Writer of German Language, born in

Rousse

NOBEL Prize for Literature 1981