The project focuses on strengthening the cultural and tourism economy of small and medium sized cities on the Danube through the revalorization of their hidden or unutilized cultural resources related to the Danube River. Outcomes:
- DANUrB platform: www.danurb.eu
- Stakeholders cooperatives
- DANUrB FILMS
- Pocketguide tours
- School programs
- Pilot valorization actions
- Spatial planning for interregional networks
- Atlas of Danube’s towns
- DANube Urban Brand

Establishing regional inventory of good practices on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) related to natural resources along the Danube - The ICH capacity building in the terms of experts, institutions and intersectoral cooperation would be very significant for this project idea. Based on the case study submitted by each country, which reflects itsc a pacities and interests, a framework cooperation proposal will be given, in compliance with the areas represented in the UNESCO document “The tematic indicators for culture in Agenda 2030.

The REscEU Escape Room project aim is to build Escape Rooms, in which you will find yourself in the year 2024, in a dystopian future where the EU is just a memory of the past. These Rooms differ from country to country. The Escape Room provides a unique European experience, by conveying the values and advantages of the European Union in our daily life in a challenging game.

Designed and co-funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme of the European Union.

A Danube Landscapes Task Force has been established within the frame of EUSDR PA6 with a specific focus on decentral and coordinated implementation projects towards increasing quality of life, diversity of life and protection of the fundamental ecosystem resources soil, water and climate in municipalities in the Danube and Black Sea region. A first hybrid conference was held on 24th June 2021 in the pilot village St. Georgen an der Gusen in Upper Austria. Many small scale implementation projects have been realised there already. A 2nd DL:TF conference took place on 15th October in Novi Sad, SRB, with a special focus on a botanical garden initiative.

National Participation Days (NPD, formerly national hearing) are annually held meetings of all interested active or potential stakeholders of the EUSDR on a national level. The NPDs specifically addresses civil society organisations and their networks, local actors from municipality level, academia, public authorities on local and regional level as well as national institutions active in the EUSDR and EUSDR Priority Coordinators (PACs) based in the country, as well as the National Contact Point (NCP).

The NPD is the national platform in the structured civil society dialogue of the EUSDR.

AGORA is enabling 10DR cities to become drivers and mediators for the reintroduction of vacant or underused land and buildings into the productive urban value chain. AGORA works on unlocking local potential through community activation and local administration empowerment.

“Nothing moves without people and nothing remains without institutions“ Jean Monet.
The main goal of the project is to form, empower and connect the core team of ""Young Leaders"" in order to develop a future governance model through a bottom-up process. This comprises also to elaborate a sustainable financing model for the open and self-organized Danube Youth Network (DYN) beginning in 2021. The young people are going to be supported by experienced actors and institutions from the EUSDR civil society network, which has been active since 2012 (associations, NGOs, social enterprises, priority areas (PAs) of the EUSDR)."

Shoot by Youth! is an innovative project aiming to empower young people from the Danube region to be proactive within their local communities and to give them tools, support and instruments to solve problems important for them.

The main instrument of the project is an interactive social movie competition for youth between 15 and 25 years of age. The short movies activities - organization, direction, scriptwriting and implementing are done by small teams of young people (from 3 to 5 per team) in one of the following wide spheres:

• Social

• Cultural

• Youth

• Environmental

The competition is still open for all the Danube region countries (except Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia) until the end of November 2021.

Conference series by Foster Europe Foundation. The online events delat with the following topics so far:

• Trans-national interaction on the subnational level

• Local authorities in the Western Balkan and their vision of a future Europe

• The National Discourses in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria in Comparison and Synopsis

• Media Freedom and Shrinking of Civic Space: The Cases of Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria

Friends of the Danube is a youth camp where young people gather to learn about the environment and biodiversity of the Danube river, while acquiring new skills. Those who attend the camp learn about the tree and plants while walking in the forest, they learn about birds through bird watching activities, they learn about fish while fishing. Activities of the camp also include kayaking, cycling, cooking.

The main objective of the WeBER 2.0 is to further empower civil society organisations in the Western Balkans to engage in the design and implementation of public administration reform in line with the requirements in the EU accession process.

A combination of activities is conducted in WeBER2.0, contributing to the achievement of the project’s objective. You can find out more about the project by clicking below.

The aim of the Austrian-Slovakian bilateral Interreg project SEED-Hub is to develop long-term partnerships between social businesses and entrepreneurs that carry out similar activities in the border regions of both countries, face similar challenges and might benefit from a transfer of know-how. The project strives to strengthen cross-border institutional cooperation and contribute to sustainable development by its dedicated training programme, annual Social Business Forums and roadshows.

How do European neighbours live in the third age? In the DENTA project, 8 local working groups from 6 European countries collaborated from October 2019 - September 2021 to conduct interviews with senior citizens. The aim was to find out how seniors live in the different European countries, how they shape their everyday life, what hobbies, interests and desires they have and how their past has shaped their present life. The interviews are not representative, yet they provide interesting insights into the lives of our European neighbors in their 3rd age. For some interviews, additional case study videos were created, which give a lively insight into the lives of the interviewees. Take a look on the project website to find all the project materials and findings. DENTA is an Erasmus + Project within the field of exchange of good practice.