IMPLEMENTATION OF THEDANUBE STRATEGY

István Joóministerial commissioner

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

17th April 2015, BudapestMINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE

The EUSDR was launched during the Hungarian EU presidency in

2011.

„The most international river of the World”

14 countries (9 EU + 5 non-EU) 100 million

inhabitants 1/5 share of the EU’s

area

GDP per capita in the Danube Region (2013, USD)

Source: World Bank

Coordinating development policiesin 4 pillars and 12 areas

Connecting the Danube Region

PA 1/a

Improve mobility – waterways

Austria and Romania

PA 1/b

Improve mobility – Rail, Road, Air

Serbia és Slovenia

PA 2To encourage more sustainable energy

Hungary and Czech Republic

PA 3 Culture and tourismBulgaria and Romania

Protecting the environment in the Danube Region

PA 4 The quality of watersHungary and Slovakia

PA 5 Environmental risksHungary and Romania

PA 6

Biodiversity, landscapes, and the quality of air

Bavaria and Croatia

Building prosperity in the Danube region

PA 7Knowledge society

Serbia és Slovakia

PA 8 CompetitivenessBaden-Württemberg and Croatia

PA 9Invest in people and skills

Austria and Moldova

Strengthening the Danube region

PA 10

Institutional capacity and cooperation

City of Wien and Slovenia

PA 11 Security

Bulgaria and Germany

Main objectives of the implementationin Hungary

I. Supporting projects that foster the harmonized development of the region’s economy by increasing competitiveness.II. Assistance to the EU-integration process of non-member states by sharing experience.III. Supporting water diplomacy objectives (preventing/minimizing the economically harmful qualitative and quantitative water damage is only possible with efficient share of information)

Mapping out the main challanges

Create a regional network

Consortiums for specific projects

Execution of planned projects

Efficient allocation of sources

Preparation Projects

„The region’s power lies in the intensive cooperation amongst countries.”

Objective: efficient utilization of the development opportunities in the 2014-2020 programming period

first years

Result: balanced development of the region

Economic impacts and results I.

Energy Priority Area(PA2) Danube Region Gas Market Modell and gas storage analysis Biomass Action Plan macro-regional project led by Szent

István University with the participation of 8 countries Geothermal report macro-regional project led by Geological

and Geophysical Institute of Hungary with the participation of 10 countries

Training programme for the Rep. of Moldova: sharing practices how to adapt and implement elements of the EU law

Energy Union Study: how the Energy Union affects the Danube Region (market integration, energy safety, climate change)

Economic impacts and results III.

Water Quality Priority Area(PA4)Danube river basin sediment management project (SEDIMENT) led by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics

The project aims to analyze the basin-wide sediment transport having impact on both flood risk management, drinking water production, hydropower generation and navigation

Tisza river basin management project cooperation between key actors of water management,

flood management and spatial planning in the Tisza River Basin

identifying preventive investments reflect to the needs of the river basin the utmost

Environmental Risks Priority Area (PA5)

Example: flood damages along the Danube in 2013

Economic impacts and results IV.

  Casualties Damages  persons million EURGermany (BW)   23.00Germany (Bavaria)   1300.00Austria 5 870.00Czech Republic    Slovakia   12.14Hungary   58.00Croatia    Serbia   0.28Romania 4 46.10Bulgaria   0.30

Economic impacts and results V.

Environmental Risks Priority Area (PA5)

Example: flood damages affected the Sava basin in 2014

Country Affected Evacuated

Casualties

Damage Cause

Serbia 1.6 million 32,000 51(25

drown)

1.35 billion €

Torrents, landslides, levee breach

Bosnia-Herzegovina

1 million 90,000 25 2 billion € Torrents, landslides, levee breach

Croatia 38,000 15,000 3 297.6 mil €

Levee breach

Economic impacts and results VI.

Environmental Risks Priority Area (PA5), achievementsDanube Region Operative Flood Management and Cooperation Programme (DR Oper&Cooper)

Extensive flood survey in all 14 Danube region countries: experience and development goals concerning the recent floods

Concrete projects (e.g. synchronization of the flood forecasting systems) for preventing the water damages affecting the economy

Promoting integrated flood management in the framework of the EUSDR (river basin approach)

Supporting the EU integration of non-EU member states:

Training for water management experts in Bosnia-Herzegovina

HU-UKR flood management programme: common river basin management plans are elaborated

Economic impacts and results VII.

Knowledge Society Priority Area (PA7)Danube Region Research and Innovation Fund (DRRIF)

DRRIF is a Flagship project of PA7 with the primary objective to identify, mobilize and coordinate existing funding schemes in order to support the development of R&I activities in the Danube countries;

EUREKA Danube-call has been launched to support innovative SME-s („E!DI“ – EUREKA Danube Initiative) – financed by 11 Danube countries including HungaryOn the initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research a common fund supporting the preparation of research, development and innovation projects was set up;

Danube Strategy Toolbox 2014-2020in Hungary

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Budapest Danube Contact

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HORIZON 2020

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