Baltic Danube Strategy Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, 5 April 2011

1. Hungarian Chamber of Engineers
and EU SDR
The Danube is our heritage; our generation must manage wisely
with a view to the future. (Falu, Város, Régió 2009/1)
Miklós Pannonhalmi
deputy director
head of the working group

2. The Danube is our heritage; our generation must manage wisely
with a view to the future.
The common approache
Hungarian Chamber of Engineers
President since 2009
Etelka Barsy-Pataky
EU Danube Region Strategy
Government Commissioner Hungary
Etelka Barsy-Pataky

3. Hungarian Chamber of Engineers
The HCE have 19 professional branches
(e.g. building, structural, protection of
environment, geotechnics, electrical, water
management, installation, etc.) and 19
local branches.
The almost 20,000 members of the HCE
represent the domestic engineering base.

4. Hungarian Chamber of Engineers
• Could be an intellectual centre and would
deal with different questions of the
EUSDR.
• The HCE role could be to make the
regions more competitive, bringing the key
sectors or branches together to enhance
development.

5. Hungarian Chamber of Engineers
The challenge of the EUSDR for the HCE
could be to find the actions and projects
which will enhance the development of the
region in a sustainable way.
Possible role of the HCE:
Project proposals, Representation of
interest, Information, Partner coordination,
Action, Campaign, Programme.

6. Hungarian Chamber of Engineers
The Water Management branch of the HCE
established a working group supporting the
implementation of the EU SDR.
Water Framework Directive is one of the key issue
of the EU SDR.
According to the Water Framework Directive
definitions two sub-basin (Danube and Tisza)
coordinators was nominated.

7. Water Management Branch
working group
• Main objectives:
• to focus on EU SDR Action Plan,
• to support tendering activity
• lobbying for local interests
• to enhance small enterprises,
• dissemination of information
• to promote integrated water management,
• to support the Tisza valley initiative.

8. Water Management Branch
working group
The working group issued an appeal to the
professional branches of the HCE.
The member of the working group will take
part on the local chamber presidential
meeting to give information about the
implementation processes of the EU SDR.
The working group needs information and
seeks direct contact to the priority areas
coordinators!

9. Water Management Branch
working group
Baltic See Region Strategy and the link to the
coutries Chamber of Engineers?
Method of working, firs hand experience?
Europen Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE)
and the European strategies?

10. The Danube is our heritage; our generation must manage wisely
with a view to the future. (Falu, Város, Régió 2009/1)
Thank you for your
attention!
pannonhalmi.miklos@edukovizig.hu