Österreichische Raumordnungskonferenz - Pilot-WS ETC Danube Projects

On behalf of the Federal Chancellery and the City of Vienna – in their role as ETC transnational programme partners – invited to a transnational pilot-workshop concerning “Cross-programme ETC Danube projects”. The main aims of the event were: to build on the experience with the transnational working group “Danube” and to address pending issues concerning ETC cooperation along the “Danube as a whole”. Thus, it provided an opportunity for project- and programme-representatives as well as further experts to explore options for enhancing cross-programme Danube-related cooperation within the current ETC programme frameworks.

The event was organised by the National Contact Point Austria – in close partnership with the Joint Technical Secretariats of the ETC programmes SOUTH-EAST EUROPE and CENTRAL EUROPE.

Below please find the event's programme, the consolidated Working Groups' results, impressions in pictures and also the presentations which were given during the event.

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DAY 1 (28/09/09): Added value of transnational INTERREG IIIB and ETC Danube projects? Experiences…

10:00 Registration & Snacks

13:00 Welcome & framework of the workshop
Roland Arbter (Federal Chancellery AT)

13:15         The framework of the transnational programmes
                  CENTRAL EUROPE & SOUTH-EAST EUROPE & Danubian projects
                  Markus Stradner (JTS CENTRAL EUROPE)
                  Imre Csalagovits (JTS SOUTH-EAST EUROPE)

13:35         Looking back to the framework of INTERREG IIIB:
                  The transnational programme CADSES & Danubian projects
                  Andrea Rainer Cerovská (National Contact Point Austria)

13:45         Warm up - experiences of project representatives
                  Flashlights: Short presentation of examples of Danube projects
                  Moderation: Walther Stöckl, City of Vienna

Download: Information on invited Projects (including projects' presentations)

15:15          Working Groups I: The notion of Danubian projects
                    Moderators: Bernd Diehl, Roderik Klinda,
                                       Bernhard Köhle, Tomaž Miklavcic

16:15         Presentation of results of Working Groups I
                  Reporters: Roberta Calcina, Ivan Curzolo,
                                  Monika Schönerklee-Grasser, Markus Stradner

Download: Consolidated document on Working Groups' results

16:45         Cooperation across programmes’ boundaries
                  Ivan Curzolo (JTS SOUTH-EAST EUROPE)
                  Monika Schönerklee-Grasser (JTS CENTRAL EUROPE)

17:00 Summarizing Statement - Factors of success & obstacles
Simona Ene (Ministry of Regional Development & Housing, Romania)

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DAY 2 (29/09/09): Enhancing the strategic impact of Danube projects within ETC CENTRAL EUROPE & SEE?

08:45 Registration & arrival of participants

09:00 Welcome & Summary of Day 1
Walther Stöckl, City of Vienna

09:10 (More) Strategic?!?

Francesco Saverio Liguori (INTERACT): Projects in the Danube area & INTERACT Database KEEP
Philip Weller (ICPDR - International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River): Variety of strategic undertakings & networks along the river Danube
Manfred Seitz (Via Donau - Austrian Waterway Company, Austria): The strategic importance of the Danube for a sustainable development of the region
Irina Nicolaescu (European Commission – DG Regional Policy): European Union Strategies & macro regions
Wilfried Görmar (BBSR - Federal Office for Building and Planning, Germany - absent): The Baltic Sea Strategy as an example of a macro region

10:45         Working Groups II: Linking Danube projects & strategies?
                  Moderators: Bernd Diehl, Roderik Klinda,
                                    Bernhard Köhle, Tomaž Miklavcic

11:45         Presentation of results of Working Groups II
                  Reporters: Roberta Calcina, Ivan Curzolo,
                                  Monika Schönerklee-Grasser, Markus Stradner

Download: Consolidated document on Working Groups' results

12:15         Plenary Discussion & Summarizing Statements
                  Dialogue on possibilites of enhancing the strategic impact of
                  Danube projects across programmes.
                   - Walther Stöckl (City of Vienna),
                    - Christiane Breznik (MA CENTRAL EUROPE),
                   - Roland Arbter (Federal Chancellery Austria),
                   - Irina Nicolaescu (EC - DG Regional Policy),
                    - Imre Csalagovits (JTS SOUTH-EAST EUROPE)