EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Europäische Konference der Donaustädte und-Regionen 2. und 3. Juni 2011 in Belgrad / Serbien

Dr. Hans Peter Herdlitschka

Ministry of Finance and Economics Baden-Wuerttemberg / Germany

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Initial Position

• Longitude of about 3,000km and 14 states/regions

• Danube catchment area: about 115m residents

EU-Integration„Europe 2020“

Strategy for intelligent,

sustainable and

integrative growth

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Main issues of the action plan (economy) 1/2

• Increase in trade and investments

• Improvement of legal frameworks, especially concerning

SME (i.e. simplifying bureaucracy, contract certainty)

• Improved frameworks for economic organizations such

as chambers, associations etc.

• Improvement of the interdisciplinary cooperation and the

transfer of technology between companies, science and

public administration (i.e. cluster politics)

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

• Advancement of the infrastructure (i.e. environmental technology, transportation, communications infrastructure, centres for exhibitions, technology parks)

• Capital provision of the economy

• Improvement of information, counselling and strengthening of vocational education (‘dual system’)

• Strengthening of frameworks for research and development as well as internationalisation

• Strengthening of rural zones

• Removal of cross-border barriers

Main issues of the action plan (economy) 2/2

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Donaustrategie

Mobilitätsbranche

TIME-Branche(Telekommunikation,

Informationstechnologie,

Medien, Elektronik)

Industrielle

Prozesstechnologie

Umwelttechnologie

Health Care Sektor

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Implementation Framework 1/2

• No additional EU funds

• No new institutions

• No new laws and directives

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Implementation ●

Framework 2/2

• National and regional

support programmes

• EU support programmes,

such as EU structural funds

(EFDF, ESF), cohesion fund

and more

• IPA

• EIB, EIF, EBRD

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Implementation Architecture

EU-strategy EU Council and Commission

Action plan EU Commission and national

…contact points

Priority Areas Coordinators (Priority

…Area Coordinators, PAC)

Spheres of activity

/Projects

Project manager

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Benefits for local / regional institutions

Creation and funding of projects

- Developing of project ideas

- Communication among stakeholders on

local, regional and international level

- Design of project application and submission

- Support by National Contact Point

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Further informations

Romanian National Contact Point and

Members of Priority Area Steering Groups

(e.g. Emil Octavian Ionescu,

Ministry of Economy, E-Mail:emil-ionescu@minind.ro)

Additional informations on website of EU-

Commission GD Regio: EU-Danube Strategy

EU-Strategy for the Danube Region

Thank you for your attention!

Dr. Hans Peter Herdlitschka

Ministry of Finance and Economics

Baden-Württemberg

Theodor-Heuss-Str. 4

D-70174 Stuttgart

Tel.: 0049 711 123 - 2413

Fax: 0049 711 123 – 2250

E-Mail: hans-peter.herdlitschka@wm.bwl.de

Further information under: www.donau-wirtschaft.eu