Council of Danube Cities and Regions

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The Council of Danube Cities and Regions / CoDCR (Council of Danube Cities and Regions / CoDCR) was founded in Budapest in 2009. This gave an organizational framework to the communal and regional cooperation network along the Danube , which was initiated from Ulm and has grown over the years .

The European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) emphasizes the particular importance of cities and regions in promoting institutional capacity and cooperation and calls for the active participation of the Council of Danube Cities and Regions as a strategic partner in the development and communication of joint projects in the environment, energy, culture, tourism and civil society.

The function of the RDSR as a network organization for the Danube region is to be further consolidated and expanded by creating binding structures. This is also served by the “Urban Platform Danube Region”. The RDSR wants to contribute to the development of a strong, economically, politically and culturally interconnected European macro-region along the Danube. It also sees itself as a partner of the Baden-Württemberg state government and the Bavarian state government in actively implementing the EU Danube Region Strategy in order to systematically implement the projects and funding programs focused on the Danube region by the EU Commission for the partner countries, cities and regions along the To make the Danube usable. In 2016, more than 80 cities and regions along the Danube participate in the work of the RDSR.

organization

  • General Assembly (European Conference of Danube Cities and Regions)
  • Offices in Ulm, Vienna (seat of the general coordinator) and Bucharest (general secretariat)
  • Danube commissioner as contact person and coordinator for the RDSR / CoDCR in the implementation of the EUSDR at local level

Bureau

The Presidium / Executive Committee usually meets in public; Representatives from all participating cities and regions are invited to the meetings.

The Presidium currently (2016) consists of:

  • Gunter Czisch, Lord Mayor of Ulm (President)
  • Dr. Michael Häupl, Mayor of Vienna
  • Ivo Nesrovnal, Lord Mayor of Bratislava
  • Joachim Wolbergs, Lord Mayor of Regensburg István Tarlós, Lord Mayor of Budapest
  • Istvan Pasztor, President of the Parliament of the AP Vojvodina / Serbia
  • Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia
  • Ivan Penava, Mayor of Vukovar, Croatia
  • Denis Ambruš, Vice Mayor of Osijek, Croatia
  • Plamen Stoilov, Mayor of Ruse, Bulgaria
  • Nicolae Barbu, Mayor of Giurgiu, Romania
  • Tudor Nădrag, Mayor of Hârșova, Romania
  • Peter Langer , General Coordinator and Spokesperson, Ulm / Vienna
  • Eric Bartha, General Secretariat Bucharest
  • Otto Schwetz, City of Vienna, as representative of the ARGE Donauländer
  • Representative of the EUSDR-PA 10 "Institutional Capacity"
  • Representative of the Danube Civil Society Forum (DCSF)

aims

In the period up to 2015, eight European conferences of the Danube cities and regions were held in which the goals were developed. The goal, the EU Danube Region Strategy , which arose on the initiative of Austria , Romania, Baden-Württemberg and the network of Danube cities initiated from Ulm, was decided by the Council of the European Union on June 24, 2011. This mainly consists of the following areas, in which the Danube is the focus:

  • Transport infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • Culture and tourism
  • Environmental protection and water quality
  • science
  • Education and information society
  • Civil society
  • Institution building
  • Urban and regional development

Member States

The Danube Strategy affects nine EU member states:

Outside the EU, it includes the following countries:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home . In: Council of Danube Cities and Regions . ( danubecities.eu [accessed October 11, 2016]).
  2. ↑ a b Danube Region Strategy: Good Opportunity for Cities in the Region ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), Wieninternational.at, June 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ Spindelegger: "Danube region anchored as an EU priority" , broadcast by the Austrian Foreign Ministry , June 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ New EU Strategy for the Danube Region ( Memento of July 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), press release of the European Commission, February 2, 2010.

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