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Danube Region Programme

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Magyarország
Budapest
Danube Region Programme

We promote economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Danube Region: www.interreg-danube.eu

Danube Transnational Programme is one of the programmnes of the European Territorial Cooperation objective funded by the European Union. It comprises 14 countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany – Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria-, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine – partly). EU Cooperation programmes are primari

ly designed for further territorial integration through enhanced cooperation in specific policy fields. Geographically, the Danube Transnational Programme area overlaps with the territory addressed by the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and comprising also the Danube river basin.The variety of natural environment, the socio-economic differences and cultural diversity of the various parts of the area may be perceived as major challenges but actually represent important opportunities and unexploited potential. The Danube Transnational Programme focuses on four thematic priorities:

1. Innovative and socially responsible Danube Region (foster eco-innovation, knowledge transfer, cluster policy, social innovation and skilled entrepreneurship including technological and non-technological innovation aspects)
2. Environment and Culture responsible Danube Region (preserve and manage the diversity of natural and cultural assets, maintain major ecological corridors along river systems, environmental risk prevention and management)
3. Better connected Danube Region (improve regional connectivity to the TEN-T network, environmentally-friendly transport systems, regional energy planning and –coordination)
4. Well governed Danube Region (strengthen multilevel- and transnational governance in areas with major societal challenges, more effective governance of the EUSDR and complex transnational project development)

Target groups are regional and local authorities, development agencies, universities and research institutes, chambers of commerce, innovation centers and other relevant actors in the field of innovation, economic development, environment, transport, energy and institutional capacity as well as stakeholders and governance of the EUSDR.

The implementation of the programme is coordinated by joint structures (Managing Authority, hereinafter MA and Joint Secretariat, hereinafter JS) set up in Budapest, Hungary. The Joint Secretariat (JS) is in charge of the technical implementation of the Programme, including the communication activities. It supports the Managing Authority in programme coordination and implementation.

29/07/2026

🇲🇩 Getting to know Iulia - Moldova's National Contact Point for the Danube Region Programme

Iulia has guided Moldovan institutions through the Danube Region Programme since becoming National Contact Point 🤝 and watching participation grow from 22 projects in 2014–2020 to 30 already underway today 📈.

For her, the Programme has never been just about funding 💶. It's been a hands-on learning space 🌱 for the institutions she supports, who've built real project management skills, and for herself, as she's grown from explaining the rulebook to genuinely helping people navigate it with confidence. Along the way, she's watched Moldovan cities, businesses and communities put EU standards into practice, not just on paper ✅.

A candid look 💬 at what transnational cooperation means from the National Contact Point position and how much of Moldova's EU path runs through people like Iulia 🇪🇺. 🙌https://interreg-danube.eu/blogs/people-opf-the-danube-insights-and-voices-from-across-the-region

🌊 People of the Danube
Behind every Interreg project there are people — coordinators, project partners, officials, researchers, community organisers - who spend years navigating complex partnerships, shaping policies that make a real difference, and building something that outlasts the project itself.
Through this series, we talk to the people of the Danube region about what they learned, how they grew, and why working across borders matters.

27/07/2026

Thanks to the Interreg Danube Region Programme's People Powered Tourism project https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/people-powered-tourism, a local student in Chișinău discovered something three streets from where he grew up: a ceramics workshop he'd never once walked into.

That's exactly what the project set out to change, not by building a new attraction, but by mapping what was already there in the city's Old Zone and turning it into a route.

🏺 A family ceramics workshop
🍰 A café teaching visitors to make Cușma lui Guguță, Moldova's iconic dessert
📖 A local historian unlocking the city's hidden layers
🍽️ A shared meal to close it all

None of it was built for tourists. It was always there: the artisans, the stories, the flavours. The project just asked: "Would you welcome visitors as guests, not customers?"

Almost everyone said yes.

The results speak for themselves:
✅ 100% of pilot participants said the visit directly supported the local economy
✅ 80%+ would pay extra for the hands-on workshops
✅ 73.3% would buy directly from the artisans they met

And this isn't a pilot that ends when the project does! Chișinău City Hall is now working to make the route a permanent, bookable part of the city's tourism offer.

Sometimes the most powerful thing a project can build is a way for people to find what was already there. 🇲🇩

Read the full story 👉 https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/people-powered-tourism/news/the-old-zone-of-chisinau-has-always-had-a-story-now-it-has-a-route

23/07/2026

🏔️ A Memorandum, a Mountain, and a Model for What "Beyond the Project" Really Means

Mention Montenegro and most people picture the Adriatic coast. But two hours inland from Podgorica lies a different Montenegro entirely - quiet high pastures, glacial lakes, and centuries-old shepherd trails that even many locals have never explored. That's exactly the kind of destination the Mystical Danube project is putting on the map.

One of the truest tests of a transnational project isn't what happens during its lifetime but what stays standing after it ends. This is why the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between the Podgorica Agency for Protected Areas Management, as a MN Project Partner and the Podgorica Tourist Organisation (TOP) under Interreg Mystical Danube project https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/mystical-danube matters so much.
It formalises a partnership that will keep working long after the project closes - anchored around the new thematic route "Between Two Lakes – Path of Mountains and Legends," connecting Bukumirsko and Rikavačko lakes through Komovi Nature Park.

As the Tourist Organisation of Podgorica put it:
💬 "The Memorandum has significantly enhanced and diversified the local tourism offer in rural and less-visited zones, with a special focus on the Komovi Nature Park."
While many alpine destinations are buckling under mass tourism, Komovi is choosing a different path — literally:
🥾 The route weaves together natural heritage and local legend — katun life, viewpoints, dragons and mountain fairies passed down through generations
📱 It's fully digitalised through the Green and Mystical Danube Storytelling Route mobile app, soon joined by listings on Komoot, Outdooractive, Strava and AllTrails
🎓 It's guided by newly trained local experts, equipped with nature interpretation and storytelling skills that raise the bar for visitors
🔗 It links into Montenegro's long-distance CT-1 trail, connecting Komovi to Biogradska Gora and Durmitor national parks

👏 The result: a foundation for sustainable, ecologically conscious slow tourism across the Capital City of Podgorica built to last well beyond Mystical Danube's project timeline.

This is exactly what transnational cooperation should deliver: local institutions equipped, connected, and committed to carrying the work forward. 🌍

photo credit: thesandyfeet.com

21/07/2026

🏛️ Imagine loving your job 💙 but not being able to afford to keep doing it. 😔

That's what's been happening across the Danube Region. 🌍 Young people who wanted to work in museums and heritage sites were leaving the field. Not because they didn't care. Because the pay was too low 💸, the contracts too shaky 📉, and there was no clear path to build a real career.

Two and a half years ago ⏳, 13 organisations from 8 countries said: let's fix this. 🤝

That was the start of https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/cultherit ✨. The idea was simple: figure out why people were leaving, then build real solutions to keep them. Not just ideas on paper 📄 but actual jobs, tested in real museums 🏺, with real people.

Ten young professionals 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 got hired in ten different institutions, just to see: does this actually work?

On 17 June 📅, the project reached a big moment but not the end 🚦. At the Petőfi Literary Museum in Budapest, over 70 people came together for the final conference, called "Future of Employment in CHIM Sector." 🇭🇺

Here's what came out of it:
✅ A new model for hiring and keeping young people in heritage jobs
✅ Mentorship programs 🧑‍🏫 so experienced staff can pass on knowledge
✅ A push to make the sector more open to people with disabilities ♿
✅ Short films 🎥 showing the everyday work most people never see
✅ A strategy 📝 to bring all of this to decision-makers

One of the young professionals said something that stuck 💬: so much of this work happens behind the scenes — in storage rooms 📦, on dusty archaeological sites ⛏️, buried in paperwork 🗂️. Nobody sees it. But without it, there's no heritage to protect.

The message from Budapest was simple: if we want to take care of our heritage 🏺, we have to take care of the people who work with it. ❤️

The project traveled through Vienna, Cluj-Napoca, Belgrade, Banja Luka, Bucharest, Postojna, Linz and Budapest 🗺️. The tools are built 🛠️. The people are connected 🔗. The work continues 🚀.

17/07/2026

🇪🇺 From Pomurje to Brussels: Danube4Rural. com https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/danube4ruralcom Takes the Stage at the Strategies Days 2026

Rural depopulation doesn't often make headlines in Brussels. On 8 and 9 July 2026, it did 📣 thanks to two small Slovenian municipalities with a big message.

The Macro-Regional and Sea Basin Strategies Days 2026, the EU's flagship annual gathering co-organised by DG REGIO and DG MARE, brought together all eight EU Macro-Regional and Sea Basin Strategies at the SQUARE Brussels Convention Centre. With this year's edition centred on how the Strategies should position themselves for the post-2027 programming period, the stakes were high: governance, visibility, funding, and joint delivery were all on the table. 🏛️

Amid policymakers, EU institutions and stakeholders from across the continent, the Danube4Rural.com project found its spot in the Networking Village 🤝 sharing a joint stand with the Municipality of Beltinci, which showcased the results of the recently concluded RurALL project https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/rurall.

🌾 Two municipalities, one shared challenge

Moravske Toplice and Beltinci, neighbours in Slovenia's Pomurje region, used their joint presence to spotlight a challenge felt across the entire Danube region: how to keep rural communities alive when young people keep leaving. 🏡 It's a deceptively simple question with no easy answer and exactly the kind of challenge transnational cooperation exists to tackle.

The stand didn't just attract foot traffic — it sparked real conversations. 💬 Event participants stopped to learn about the project's objectives and approach, exchange experiences with rural development practitioners from across Europe, and open the door to potential new partnerships.

🔗 Why it matters beyond the stand

Danube4Rural.com's presence in Brussels was more than a good networking opportunity. It reinforced the project's relevance within the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), offering a concrete example of what transnational cooperation delivers on the ground for rural territories that rarely get to speak for themselves in Brussels rooms. 🌍

That message landed at a particularly meaningful moment. ⏳ As discussions on the future of European territorial cooperation beyond 2027 gather pace, showing up with tangible results - not just plans - is exactly how programmes like the Danube Region Programme make the case for what comes next. 🚀

👏 https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/danube4ruralcom/news/danube4ruralcom-presented-at-the-macro-regional-and-sea-basin-strategies-days-2026-in-brussels

16/07/2026

🌊 Summer edition of our Danube Region Programme Newsletter is here!

A lot happened across the region this past season: our first Task Force meeting for the 2028+ programming period, the Third Call closing with 200 applications received (proof that transnational cooperation across our 14 countries is stronger than ever), and a new "People of the Danube" blog series capturing the voices and lessons of the people driving change on the ground.

We also brought our community's voice to the European Parliament, kept building synergies between Lead Partners through a series of capitalisation webinars, and celebrated real impact beyond EU borders - from SpongeCity taking the stage in Brussels to a Chișinău street redesign that convinced the municipality to invest nearly €600,000 of its own funds in scaling it up.

Plus: we're hiring! Check out our Office Manager vacancy.
Read the full newsletter 👉 https://interreg-danube.eu/news/newsletter-july-2026-2027

15/07/2026

🌳 🌸 Meet Lesya - co-founder of FORZA NGO and its driving force for 17 years. Though not a forester by trade, her passion for close-to-nature forestry fuels her mission to protect the Ukrainian Carpathians. A champion for women’s leadership in forestry, she finds joy in inspiring the next generation through forest adventures. When war struck, she and her team stood by displaced female foresters and their children, turning belief into action. 🙌 https://interreg-danube.eu/blogs/people-opf-the-danube-insights-and-voices-from-across-the-region

🌊 People of the Danube

Behind every Interreg project there are people — coordinators, project partners, officials, researchers, community organisers - who spend years navigating complex partnerships, shaping policies that make a real difference, and building something that outlasts the project itself.

Through this series, we talk to the people of the Danube region about what they learned, how they grew, and why working across borders matters.

13/07/2026

🌐 Shaping the Future of the Danube Region

Beggining of July, the event "The Danube Region at the Turn of Times – Shaping the Digital Future along the Danube", organised in the framework of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), brought together policymakers, experts and stakeholders from across the Danube Region in Ulm, Germany to discuss how digitalisation and AI can strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry.

🤝 An insightful networking meeting of German project partners from the Interreg Danube Region Programme took place alongside the event. Partners from Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria presented their project results, shared experiences, and discussed challenges and future needs for the next funding period in a dedicated workshop. They also had the opportunity to meet Thomas Dörflinger, the new State Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Skilled Crafts and Tourism Baden-Württemberg.

✨ The discussions underscored how transnational collaboration accelerates innovation and creates tangible solutions for shared challenges. By connecting businesses, research institutions, and public authorities, the Danube Region Programme continues to build a stronger, more resilient future.
Thank you to all participants for your commitment and insights!

🌞 To wrap up the day, participants had the opportunity to visit the international Danube Festival, celebrating cooperation and culture in the best weather.

📸 Copyright: EUSDR PA 8, Photos: Uli Regenscheit

10/07/2026

🎨 Remember this game? A paper gets folded, one child starts drawing, then passes it on and the next child continues without ever seeing what came before. Round and round it goes, until the figure is finished.

🌊⚡🛠️ Without cooperation, that's exactly how our region would tackle shared challenges: 14 countries, each sketching their own response to the same flood risks, the same energy transition, the same skills shortages - never seeing the full picture.

🤝 That's the gap Interreg Danube Region Programme closes: turning isolated sketches into one shared picture.

09/07/2026

🌡️ Cities don't fight urban heat alone and neither do the projects working on it.

At the Interreg Danube SpongeCity https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/spongecity Final Conference, the peer project Be Ready https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/be-ready shared how Danube cities are tackling the Urban Heat Island effect through collaborative planning and pilot actions plus the tools, training and community built to help others replicate the approach.

But the real value came from what happened next: a conversation about future collaboration and synergies between the two projects, exactly the kind of capitalisation moment we love to see. When projects stop working in silos and start building on each other's results, climate adaptation moves faster for everyone.

👏 That's what capitalisation looks like in practice: two projects, one shared goal of climate-resilient cities, and a real conversation about joining forces.

🔗 This is synergy building in action: not just presenting results, but actively looking for where they connect.

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Budapest
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