BASIC PROJECT DATA – PROJECT IDEA
Project ID: PA1A093
NEED AND ADDED VALUE FOR THE DANUBE REGION STRATEGY
The project would have contributed to the policy instrument “Apply planning principles and guidelines of sustainable waterway planning: Joint Statement / PLATINA Good Practice Manual” mentioned in the road map for Priority Area 1a of the Danube Region Strategy.
The planned exhibition onboard the ship MS Negrelli would have dealt with this subject and the trainings would have focused on the application of the PLATINA Manual on Good Practices in Sustainable Waterway Planning in waterway engineering projects.
OBJECTIVE(S) OF THE PROJECT
Provide information and training in order to enable the Danube countries to apply planning principles and guidelines of sustainable waterway planning:
- Joint Statement for the Development of Inland Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Danube River Basin
- PLATINA Manual on Good Practices in Sustainable Waterway Planning
PLANNED PROJECT ACTIVITIES
“It’s our Danube” has an innovative and complex approach: Two very experienced and active parties (the ICPDR and via donau, the Austrian waterway management company) select a well-balanced bundle of communication instruments (multimedia exhibition in country language, cost-free tours for students, website with additional material, dialogue sessions with stakeholders, training sessions on the PLATINA Manual and Joint Statement with decision-makers,…) in order to bring an international policy target to the people and the institutions in charge: sustainable waterway planning and maintenance.
TRANSBOUNDARY IMPACT
The planned tours of the exhibition ship MS Negrelli in 2013 and 2014 would have featured stops in all Danube riparian countries. Also the foreseen trainings and dialogue sessions would have taken place in at least eight Danube countries.
PROJECT BENEFICIARIES / TARGET GROUPS
- Exhibition on multiple uses of the Danube with the help of practical examples of waterway planning targeted for the general public.
- Dialogue sessions between the local industry, NGOs, decision-makers and the general public in order to present and discuss future waterway /infrastructure developments.
- Training sessions on the Joint Statement and Good Practices manual for decision-makers, waterway managements, NGOs and industry representatives.
STATUS AND TIMEFRAME
The project was not realised.
It was intended to be conducted for a three year period from 2012 until 2015. A proposal for the project was submitted to the 2011 Call of the EU’s LIFE+ programme but rejected.
FINANCING
Total budget: 1,735,000 EUR (indicative)
Consisting of EU, national and private funds and financing from ICPDR.
PROJECT TEAM
Project leader: International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)
(website: www.icpdr.org)
Address: Vienna International Centre, Wagramer Straße 5, A-1220 Vienna / Austria
Contact person: Benedikt Mandl
Contact data: ; +43 1 26060 4373
Project partner: via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH / Austria
PROJECT ENVIRONMENT
PROJECT CROSS – REFERENCE
- PLATINA – Platform for the implementation of NAIADES (PA1A004)
- NEWADA duo – Network of Danube Waterway Administrations – Data & User Orientation (PA1A015)
RELEVANT LEGISLATION
- Danube River Basin Management Plan
- EU Water Framework Directive
- Strategy of the European Union for the Danube Region
EUSDR EMBEDDING
EUSDR COMPLIANCE
META DATA
Data provided by: Benedikt Mandl (ICPDR, Austria) – 26.04.2012
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