Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism

1. „South East Europe Programme” as a
financing opportunity for projects in the
Danube region and complementarity to other
instruments
COMPLEMENTARITY OF FINANCING INSTRUMENTS

2. COHESION POLICY
• The main goal of the cohesion policy: strengthening economic, social
and territorial cohesion by reducing development gaps between EU
member states; this goal is supported by the three objectives of the
policy: convergence, competitiveness and job recruitment and European
territorial cooperation.
• The added value of the Cohesion Policy exceeds the economic growth and
increased number of jobs; it results from its interdependent relations with
other Community Policies – state aids, environment protection, transport,
informational society or innovation support, improvement and
modernization of public administration etc.

3. European Cohesion Policy in Romania
Funds allocated to Romania for the 2007-2013 period:
– Convergence Objective: 19,2 billion €
– European Territorial Cooperation Objective: 455 million €
Main priorities of Cohesion Policy in Romania:
– Improving basic transport infrastructure and accessibility - €5.3 billion
– Contribute to research and innovation to ensure long-term sustainable
economic competitiveness - €2.6 billion
– The social inclusion of disadvantaged groups will be supported to the
tune of some €1.2 billion for education and training
– Nearly €570 million will be invested in supporting business, with a
focus on SMEs
Results:
– Funds may help increase GDP by 15% in the period 2007–13
– Help safeguard around 200 000 jobs

4. TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME SOUTH EAST EUROPE
- In the context of EU Cohesion
Policy the main objective of
SEE Programme is to achieve
high quality, result-oriented
transnational strategic
projects, relevant for the
programme area.

5. Fields financed from SEE
(necessary for the development of the Danube Region)
Innovation and entrepreneurship - 51.824.891 €
• Develop technology & innovation networks in specific fields
• Develop the enabling environment for innovative entrepreneurship
• Enhance the framework conditions and pave the way for innovation
Environment - Protection and improvement - 63.223.327 €
• Improve integrated water management and flood risk prevention
• Improve prevention of environmental and technological risks
• Promote cooperation in management of natural assets and protected
areas
• Promote energy and resource efficiency

6. Accessibility - 64.895.099 €
• Improve coordination in promoting, planning and operation for primary
and secondary transportation networks
• Develop strategies to tackle the “digital divide”
• Improve framework conditions for multi modal platforms
Development of transnational synergies for sustainable growth
areas - 48.633.328 €
• Tackle crucial problems affecting metropolitan areas and regional
systems of settlements
• Promote a balanced pattern of attractive and accessible growth areas
• Promote the use of cultural values for development

7. Strengthening the cooperation in the region: Carpathian,
Tisa, Danube and Black Sea areas
• Integrated space,
spatial structures that
overlap, are
interconnected and
interdependent

8. Strengthening the cooperation in the region: Carpathian, Tisa,
Danube and Black Sea areas
Approach:
• Transnational
• Integrate: strategic, spatial and
investments planning
• Working with regional and local
actors
• Clear stakeholder analysis: central
public authorities, regional and
local public authorities, bodies
governed by private law.

9. Strengthening the cooperation in the region: Carpathian,
Tisa, Danube and Black Sea areas
• 10 ETC Programmes finance
activities within the space
• 4 Convergence Programmes
(per country) finance • Need for correlation and
activities within the space coordination between different
• IPA and ENPI funds for non financial instruments, Managing
EU countries Authorities and projects
• each country finances • Policy coordination, the cross-
activities through national
sector aspect of multi-level
funds
governance.

10. Strengthening the cooperation in the region: Carpathian,
Tisa, Danube and Black Sea areas
•correlation and coordination
•between different financial instruments,
•Managing Authorities and projects Concrete results in
a shorter period of time
•policy coordination,
•the cross-sector aspect
•of multi-level governance.

11. First call for proposals –
transnational cooperation in Danube area has begun
7 Danube projects approved on:
waste management, natural heritage,
flood risk reduction, inland navigation,
networking waterway administrations,
tourism
Next steps: encourage cooperation for the
future calls for proposals,
including preparation
of projects that generate
concrete
results to be further used and implemented
through national or other funds,
including use of 20% flexibility rule.

12. Danube – European River

13. Approved projects in the Danube Area
 NEWADA - Network of Danube Waterway Administrations
Objective: to increase the efficiency of this corridor by intensifying
cooperation between waterway administrations.
 NELI - Cooperation-Network for logistics and nautical education focusing on
Inland Waterway Transport in the Danube corridor supported by innovative
solutions
Objective: to create the framework conditions for a transnational
cooperation among the Danube riparian countries leading to technological
innovations and implementation of common policies and concrete action
plans in the Inland Waterway Transport sector
 DANUBE FLOODRISK - Stakeholder oriented flood risk assessment for the
Danube floodplains
Objective: to develop and produce high quality, stakeholder oriented flood
risk maps for the transnational Danube river floodplains to provide adequate
risk information for spatial planning and economic requests

14.  WANDA - WAste management for inland Navigation on the Danube
Objective: to establish a sustainable, environmentally sound and
transnationally coordinated approach in ship waste management –
including the development and implementation of related measures –
along the Danube in order to protect this water resource and its
multifaceted ecosystems.
 Danubeparks - Danube River Network of Protected Areas -
Development and Implementation of Transnational Strategies for the
Conservation of the Natural Heritage at the Danube River
 DATOURWAY - Transnational Strategy for the Sustainable Territorial
Development of the Danube Area with special regard to Tourism
 DONAUREGIONEN+ - The Spatial Development Concept of
Interregional Co-operation in the Danube Space

15. Thank you !
Iuliu BARA
General Director
Head of National Authority for the
South East Europe Programme