DONAUHANSE – Network of Danubian Cities for Economic Co-operation

3B076

City of Vienna, Department for Economical and Techn. Dev.
Ebendorferstrasse 2
1082 Vienna
Austria

Mr. Josef Kramhöller
Tel.:	+431400086411
Fax:	+43140009986411
Email:	jag@meu.magwien.gv.at

1 - Spatial development approaches
1.2 - Shaping urban development

(See here for a priorities and measures overview)

2nd Call

DONAUHANSE is a network of cities connected by the Danube river. The project's aim is to foster the economic prosperity of the citizens by enhanced co-operation between administrations and the business sectors of the participating cities, by co-operative marketing activities both at the level of the cities and the level of special economic sectors of common interest (e.g. tourism, creative industries, transport and trading) and by supporting the urban economies of the participating cities. Focal points of the cooperation are: - To strengthen the cities as hubs of "the Stream of Wealth", - To enhance the contribution of the Danube waterway to the development of the cities, - To amalgamate the river with urban development. This initial DONAUHANSE project aims primarily at defining and establishing the conceptual and organisational framework and identifying concrete areas and projects of co-operation. Some of the envisaged results are the joint presentation at Expo Real, a trade fair for commercial real estate, and the extension of the Danube river bicycle path.

The main result will be a new and sustainable network of Danube cities. Further results will be, among others: - Intensified contact among the city authorities responsible for economic development, tourism and international transport (including ports), - An elaborated marketing strategy and a logo for Danube river tourism, - Several studies on the cities’ economic potentials and strategies, including ports and urban river bank development, - Joint presentation at Expo Real, a trade fair for commercial real estate, and at other exhibitions and fairs, - Integration of additional destinations into the Danube river tourism, - Extension of the Danube river bicycle path and re-launching bicycle tourism from Ulm to Sulina on the Black Sea.

Total budget (EUR):	1.900.000,00 EUR
ERDF:	950.000,00 EUR

Start:	01/2003
End:	12/2006

• City of Vienna, Department for Economical and Techn. Dev., Vienna, Austria
• City of Vienna – Municipal Department for EU-Strategy Economic Development, MA 27, Vienna, Austria
• Austrian Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour, Vienna, Austria
• Economic Region Danube Cities, Deggendorf, Germany
• Danube Lower Austria Tourism Company , Spitz an der Donau, Austria
• Danube Office Ulm, Ulm, Germany
• City of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
• County Right City of Györ, Gyor, Hungary
• Visegrad City Mayor's Office, Visegrad, Hungary
• Municipality of Rousse, Ruse, Bulgaria
• The City Hall of Drobeta Turnu Severin , Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania
• Giurgiu City Hall, Giurgiu, Romania
• Galatz City Hall, Galati, Romania
• Sulina Mayorality, Sulina, Romania
• Odessa City Council, Odessa, Ukraine
• City of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
• City Council Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
• Smederevo Municipality, Smederevo, Yugoslavia
• Municipal Assembly of Kladovo, Kladovo, Yugoslavia