Danube Days Along the River. Danube Stakeholders Welcome EU Commissioner for Regional Policy

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1 Danube Days Along the River Danube Stakeholders Welcome EU Commissioner for Regional Policy

2 From Words to Action European Parliament, Brussels - July 9, 2012 Competitiveness and Innovation for Jobs and Economic Growth Targeting Concrete Business Solutions Eric Bartha - Secretary General Council of Danube Cities and Regions

3 Table of Contents Danube Days Along the River The Concept The Targets Flagship Initiatives and Platforms Culture and Heritage Haus der Donau, Bucharest, 28 June Competitiveness and Innovation Romanian Academy, 29 June High Level Visit DG Regio Romania, 30 June

4 Danube Stakeholders Celebrate Year One of the Strategy The Key Stakeholders High Level Meeting Competitiveness and Innovation for Jobs and Economic Recovery in the Danube Region took place jointly at the Romanian Academy and Haus der Donau / Ghica Palace in Bucharest, on June 28-29, 2012, and addressed the main actors involved in the implementation process of the Strategy. The event was meant to promote innovation as the key element to reinforce European competitiveness and set its economic growth, to create jobs and improve the life standards of the citizens. Romanian Academy Haus der Donau / Ghica Palace

5 The Concept As a Forum for Cooperation with a multi-stakeholder approach government ministries, European Commission, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, academic and financial institutions, local and regional networks, etc - the Danube Alliance is celebrating one year of action since the endorsement of the EU strategy for the Danube Region by the European Council in June The current state of play translates into the establishment of a valuable cooperation platform at macro-regional level whose efficiency has already been proved in relation to research opportunities and innovative approaches: innovation at all levels products, services and business models, combined with institutional capacity building.

6 The Target EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGY FOR THE DANUBE REGION RESULTS ORIENTED LOWER DANUBE REGION INITIATIVE From Flagship Initiatives to Flagship Projects Launching Competitiveness and Innovation Platform for Jobs and Growth Establish Bulgaria Romania Innovation Hub Linking together key stakeholders from the Academic and the Business world with the full support of Central, Regional and Local Authorities. Strategic Partners: Baden-Wurttemberg leading Competitiveness and Innovation in the Danube Region (PA 8) City of Vienna/AT - Institutional Capacity Building and Cooperation Securing the Danube Region (PA 10) PA 8 PA 8

7 Briefs & Highlights Bringing together Industry, Government and Academia Innovation Union, turning ideas into jobs, green growth and social progress Knowledge and Competence Transfer as a key factor for progress and growth Achieving regional coherence and sustainable economic growth through cooperation in the Danube Region

8 Flagship Initiatives / Platforms Industrial Competitiveness for Economic Recovery Sustainable industry become the business of all businesses It requires a prior investment, which may not be affordable in the short term Make clear, coherent, and well-conceived industrial, climate, energy, and related policies that promote eco-innovation, without leading to industrial outsourcing and the loss of jobs and prosperity. Urban Regeneration Spatial Planning & Development Cities and metropolitan areas play a key role as centers of innovation and the knowledge economy. Urban areas are the frontline in the battle for social cohesion and environmental sustainability. Play a crucial role as engines of the economy, places of connectivity, creativity and innovation and as centres of services for their surrounding areas. Energy Efficiency & Environment Critical Infrastructure INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING Rural & Regional Development Culture & Tourism Industry is a core driving force behind the technical and technological innovation required for greater sustainability and resource efficiency. Energy efficiency is one of the most cost effective ways to enhance security of energy supply, and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Energy efficiency, Europe's biggest energy resource. The agri-food value chain in the Danube macro region provides the biggest share in employment and business activities. Tourism is a key sector of the European economy. It comprises a wide variety of products and destinations and involves many different stakeholders. Culture and heritage have an important role in the formulation and delivery of added-value to regional strategies for sustainable tourism development.

9 Institutional Capacity Key Factor for Success Institutional capacity denominates the ability of public structures to identify and solve implementation problems, particularly with respect to economic policy choices. independence and legal framework organization and management human resources audit standards and methodology communication and stakeholder management

10 Culture & Heritage June 28, 2012 Haus der Donau Ghica Palace, Bucharest Cultural Heritage For Economic Growth - Cultural Rally

11 Culture & Heritage June 28, 2012 Haus der Donau Ghica Palace, Bucharest Danube Cultural Alliance The connecting power of culture is essential for creating open, inclusive and democratic societies, and as such it is invaluable for building the Danube Region. Culture engages and inspires people to transcend boundaries. The Danube Cultural Alliance initiates and supports cultural expression and interaction that empower people to realize a shared future in the Danube region. It links inspirational people and ideas to cultural policy making, both in local communities and on the European political stage.

12 Culture & Heritage June 28, 2012 Haus der Donau Ghica Palace, Bucharest Cultural Heritage For Economic Growth - Cultural Rally Puiu Hasotti, Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Romania, signing in the Book of Honor of Council of Danube Cities and Regions Danube Region Cradle of European Cultural Heritage Puiu Hasotti, Minister of Culture and National Heritage Ion Ghica Diplomat, President of the Romanian Academy and Patriot Luminita Odobescu, Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania The Lower Danube International Region of the European Union Acad. Razvan Theodorescu, President of the Section of Arts, Architecture and Audiovisual Department Romanian Academy Danube Cultural Main Road of Europe; Building the Danube Cultural Alliance Peter Langer, General Coordinator Council of Danube Cities and Regions Acad. Razvan Theodorescu

13 Culture & Heritage June 28, 2012 Haus der Donau Ghica Palace, Bucharest Cultural Heritage For Economic Growth - Cultural Rally

14 Culture & Heritage June 28, 2012 Haus der Donau Ghica Palace, Bucharest Informal Reception

15 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Key Stakeholders High Level Meeting Competitiveness & Innovations for Jobs and Economic Recovery Opening speech addressed by Acad. Ionel Haiduc, President of the Romanian Academy

16 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest General Objectives Provide a coherent integrated platform of dialogue and networking for all actors involved in the implementation of the EUSDR in order to tackle transnational challenges and to find concrete solutions. to stimulate ideas and actions through the exchange of information to promote cooperation on issues of common interest to encourage financing and identify new business opportunities in the Region to raise awareness among concerning the importance of culture, national heritage and education to bridge good relations among the central authorities, the academia and business sector to generate concrete projects and stimulate strategic partnerships to encourage the educational cooperation among the members states to facilitate the multicultural dialogue setting geographical connection within the Region

17 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Main Objective launch initiatives as new engines to foster growth and jobs establish platforms programs in the priority areas covered by the Strategy build and implement flagship projects through innovation and competitiveness

18 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Establishment of the Centers of Academic Excellence fostering competitiveness of the Danubian industries supporting innovation and technology transfer coordinate and create synergies and links between existing technology transfer activities in the different sectors of economy Gather different types of activities in the frame of dedicated technology transfer centers, which can be located at Universities or other organizations especially active in applied research and having strong collaboration with the industry. Under the coordination of: Main Targets Building Institutional Capacity In The Lower Danube Region economic growth derived from innovation and competitiveness Innovation needs to be cultivated at all levels in products, services and systems, but also in institutions establishing PA 10 - Building institutional capacity and cooperation - a major pillar for strengthening the Danube Region Under the coordination of City of Vienna. City with the best living standard in the world as of 2011

19 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Innovation at all levels products, services, business models and social Innovation Prof.Dr.rer.nat. Heinz Trasch Chair Danube Competitiveness and Innovation Council Former Chair of the Board - Steinbeis Foundation Baden-Wuerttemberg Delivering the opening speech in the Grand Aula of the Romanian Academy Bucharest

20 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Competitiveness of National Economies Industrial Competitiveness for Economic Recovery Prof.Dr. Cornel Ionescu Director General of the Romanian Academy, Coordinator of the Danube Advisory Board- Romania The role of SMEs in Europe s economy and society Lucian Isar, Minister for Business Environment Industrial competitiveness for economic recovery Dr. Hans Peter Herdlitschka - Ministry of Economy, State of Baden-Württemberg, EUSDR Coordinator PA 8 Business Climate for Innovation Prof. dr. Adamovic Ljubisa, Serbian Academy of Science Dr. Hans Peter Herdlitschka (R) Novel technology and hi-tech applications of materials Prof. Dr. Ing. Radu Munteanu, President of the Romanian Technical Science Academy, Cluj-Napoca Centers of Excellence - Innovative Responses for Health and Care Systems Conf. dr. Alexandru Irimie, Rector of University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu Cluj-Napoca Jurgen Raizner Healthy Ageing Dr. Tania Radulescu, Coordinator Bucharest Hospitals Administration, Leader Action Group Active Healthy Ageing of the Danube Strategy Advisory Board Romania

21 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Managing Resources, Protecting the Environment Energy Efficiency & Environment Liviu Muresan President EURISC, President Danube Security Forum Coordinator of the Danube Advisory Board, Romania Danube Goes Green Energy vs Environment Michael Rathmann, Managing Director - Institute of Energy and Environment BFE, President - Danube Renewable Energies Network, Manheim, Baden- Wurttemberg Geographical Research for the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region Acad. Dan Bălteanu, Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy Liviu Muresan Knowledge Transfer & Education Jurgen Raizner, Director Danube Steinbeis Center Entrepreneurial Education and Competitiveness Eng. Peter Linhardt, Research Center STU - Technical University of Bratislava The civil society in support of the Danube Strategy Stephan August Lütgenau, President Danube Civil Society Forum, Eisenstadt, Austria Stephan August Lütgenau

22 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Rural Regeneration and Sustainable Development Rural and Regional Development Dr. Alexander Benczek, Danube Legal Alliance, Brussels Agriculture and Rural Development Romanian Academy Scientific Support to the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region Acad. Cristian Hera, Vicepresident Romanian Academy Innovation, intellectual property and new technologies Boris Martinez, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts, Croatia International Centre of Excellence for Aquatic Biodiversity in Sulina City Dr.Madalin Enache, Senior Researcher, Director Bucharest Institute of Biology,- Romanian Academy Acad. Ionel Haiduc President Romanian Academy Prof. Dr. Hab. Elena Zubcov, Head of the Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Eco-toxicology, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau Twinning Danube Cities: Vylkovo - Sulina tourism and integrated development Aurel Dimitriu, Mayor of Sulina, Member of the Board of the Romanian Association of Mayors Acad. Cristian Hera

23 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Danube Cities of Tomorrow Challenges & Opportunities Urban Regeneration Institutional Capacity Building Key factors for economic recovery Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Kurt Puchinger City of Vienna, EUSDR - Coordinator PA 10 Horia Barna Counselor, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Romania EUSDR Coordinator PA 3 Marius Stan Spatial Planning and Development Arh. Prof. Dr. Zeno Bogdanescu, Rector of the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest Danube Cities of Tomorrow Galati: Urban Regeneration Project Marius Stan, Mayor of Galati Green Ports for Smart and Sustainable Development Alexandru Capatu, President ProDanube International Danube Metropolis Sever Avram, Executive President - EUROLINK House of Europe Alexandru Capatu

24 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest On the occasion of the Key Stakeholders High Level Meeting taking place in Bucharest, July 29 th 2012 on Competitiveness and Innovation for Jobs and Economic Growth in the Danube Region The President of the Romanian Academy, Acad. Ionel Haiduc confers THE MERIT AWARD OF THE ROMANIAN ACADEMY Dr. Erhard Busek Institute for Danube and Central Europe, Vienna For academic excellence and their outstanding contribution promoting the Danube Region, fostering regional economic development and prosperity and for their dedicated efforts in forging the new European Citizen Identity. To

25 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest On the occasion of the Key Stakeholders High Level Meeting taking place in Bucharest, July 29 th 2012 on Competitiveness and Innovation for Jobs and Economic Growth in the Danube Region The President of the Romanian Academy, Acad. Ionel Haiduc confers THE MERIT AWARD OF THE ROMANIAN ACADEMY Prof. Dr. Heinz Trasch Chairman Danube Competitiveness and Innovation Council To For academic excellence and their outstanding contribution promoting the Danube Region, fostering regional economic development and prosperity and for their dedicated efforts in forging the new European Citizen Identity.

26 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Conclusions and Recommendations Development of public administration institutional capacity and improvement of governance Victor Paul Dobre, Minister for Administration Danube Region Strategy Result Oriented! Dr.Erhard Busek, President, Institute for the Danube and Central Europe (IDM), Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Kurt Puchinger City of Vienna, EUSDR - Coordinator PA 10 Victor Paul Dobre Dr. Napoleon Pop, Senior Researcher National Institute of Economic Research, Romanian Academy Closing Remarks and Final Declaration Eric Bartha Secretary General of the Council of Danube Cities and Regions Prof.Dr. Cornel Ionescu Director General of the Romanian Academy Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Kurt Puchinger

27 Competitiveness & Innovation Romanian Academy, June 29, Bucharest Closing Session Conclusions and Recommendations Dr. Napoleon Pop Peter Langer Eric Bartha

28 High Level Visit DG Regio Romania, June 30 Johannes Hahn EU Commissioner for Regional Policy "The 14 Danube countries are already benefitting from their intensified cooperation under the Strategy. Practically a project a week has been identified for implementation since the Strategy got off the ground, and new networks are developing among in the field of business, innovation, security and much more. I want to see for myself how the teams leading this pioneering initiative are advancing, and spur them on to accelerate implementation of measures that can help contribute to jobs and growth." stated Commissioner Johannes Hahn. European Commission Press Release Brussels, June 26, 2012

29 High Level Visit DG Regio Romania, June 30, Drobeta Turnu-Severin Conference "Harnessing the Power of Innovation in developing Romanian-Bulgarian Cross-Border Cooperation in the field of Competitiveness" Commissioner Hahn shaking hands with Minister Marga, Chairman of the National Task Force for the Implementation of the Danube Strategy Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn, Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Marga and Romanian Minister of Environment and Forests Rovana Plumb

30 High Level Visit DG Regio Romania, June 30 Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn visits the Calafat infrastructure of the Calafat-Vidin bridge with Romanian Minister of Administration and Interior, Ioan Rus, on the left Commissioner Hahn listens to a presentation about the Hydroelectric Power Plant Iron Gates I, alongside Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Marga (CL), Romanian Minister of Environment and Forests Rovana Plumb (CR) and Romanian Minister of Regional Development and Tourism Eduard Hellvig (L)

31 High Level Visit DG Regio Romania, June 30, Port Cetate Romanian cultural traditions and national heritage fostering social and economic development Commissioner Hahn at Cultural Port Cetate with Peter Langer - General Coordinator CODCR, Andrei Marga Romanian Minister for Foreign Affairs (L), poet Mircea Dinescu, Emma Udwin, Special Advised to the Commissioner, Eric Bartha General Secretary CODCR and Aurel Dimitriu Mayor of Sulina (R) Commissioner Hahn and Romanian poet Mircea Dinescu eat homemade bread at the Cultural Port Cetate

32 High Level Visit DG Regio Romania, June 30, Port Cetate Commissioner Hahn receives an Honorary Diploma from the Council of Danube Cities and Regions

33 High Level Visit DG Regio Romania, June 30, Port Cetate Financing the Strategy? Commissioner Hahn being offered a genuine share Certificate of the First Danube Navigation Company (1914) by Eric Bartha Secretary General of CODCR Commissioner Hahn receiving from the Mayor of Sulina, Aurel Dimitriu, an album of vintage postcards from Sulina, under the expert eyes of Minister of Culture, Puiu Hassoti

34 Is there a FUTURE for our PAST? Members of the European Danube Commission in 1864 Danube Cultural Routes The Palace of the European Danube Commission at Sulina Minister of Culture, Puiu Hassoti, with Mayor of Sulina, Aurel Dimitriu

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