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Progressing Towards Implementation of the EU Danube Strategy

The EU Danube Strategy is gaining momentum, cultivated through significant political engagement and active stakeholder participation from 2009 to 2011. Key milestones include the high-profile Danube Summits, the endorsement of the strategy by the European Council, and active mobilization at the national level. Implementing this multifaceted strategy involves various priority areas focusing on sustainability, cohesion, and regional development, with an emphasis on a coordinated effort across local and national levels. Ensuring an action plan is vital for success.

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Progressing Towards Implementation of the EU Danube Strategy

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  1. EU DANUBE STRATEGY On the way to „implementation“ ?! Roland Arbter, Federal Chancellery Vienna, 5 July 2011, ÖGB/PERC meeting roland.arbter@bka.gv.at

  2. EU Danube strategy process moves …. • EU-27! -> EC/GAC, EP, CoR, … • High political momentum! -> 4 „Danube Summits“ 2009-2011 • Active participation of Stakeholders(conferences, consultations, etc.) • Mobilisation on national level • Media ! • ER (24.6.2011): „… endorsed the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and called on all relevant actors to implement it without delay, as outlined in the Council`s conclusions of 13 April 2011 … EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 2 |

  3. A new „EU macro-region“ ? EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna

  4. Variable functional geographies ! Danube Region ? Complexity trap? EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna

  5. EUSDR- Priority Areas … some targets (examples) EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 5 |

  6. Example: Priority Area 10 - Actions EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 6 |

  7. Example: Priority Area 10 - Projects EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 7 |

  8. Multiple objectives of Macroregional EU Strategies MRS = New concept! -> „partly still to be invented!“ … „mulitiple roots“(Nordregio, 2008): External relations Development policies ….. „MRS aim beyond EU-Cohesion Policy!“ • … contribution to several EU-aims? • EU2020! • 3 dimensions of sustainability • Territorial cohesion …. • Subsidiarity! • Contexts matters! • Time matters! EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 8 |

  9. EUSDR aspects … starting points for Implementation • „A strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions“ (H. Mintzberg) • EUSDR is no programme! • „No strategy without an action plan!“ (EC) • New role for the EC … also during implementation? • New Priority area coordinators + multiplying governance system + national coordination + regional/local level + NGOs • EUSDR project notion? • No new funding!? … • 2011-2012! -> „quick wins … low hanging fruits … early harvest“ • 2013/2014+? EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 9 |

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