1ST ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON INLAND WATERWAYS AVAILABLE

The Coordinators of the Danube Region Strategy’s Priority Areas (PACs) are expected to submit an Annual Progress Report to the Directorate-General for Regional Policy of the European Commission on the progress made regarding the implementation of the targets and actions of the Strategy.

The Joint Technical Secretariat for the Strategy’s Priority Area 1a on inland waterways (PA 1a, coordinated by Austria and Romania) had drafted such a Progress Report which has been submitted to and approved by the members of the Steering Group of PA 1a entitled to vote, i.e. the representatives of the 14 Danube countries. The approved Report was sent to the European Commission in due time.

The Progress Report contains information on the realisation of the targets and actions set for PA 1a on inland waterways of the Strategy during the first year of its implementation. The overall progress made is specified with regard to the following points:

State of play: work done on policies, actions and projects; lessons learned; next steps and challenges ahead; most important outcomes
Process: governance (PACs, Steeering Group, stakeholders); changes in work/network approach resulting from the Strategy
Funding opportunities and sources
Next steps: recurrent and additional activites

The second part of the Progress Report specifies the progress made by thematic action field to achieve the targets and to implement the actions of PA 1a. For this purpose, roadmaps have been established by the PACs of PA 1a together with the members of the Steering Group and the stakeholders represented in the Working Groups of PA 1a: