MreNa – Feasibility study: Morava River – Recreational Navigation

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BASIC  PROJECT  DATA

Project ID: PA1A098
Project website: www.arvd.gov.sk/projekty/

 

NEED  AND  ADDED  VALUE  FOR  THE  DANUBE  REGION  STRATEGY

The project MreNa focused on the river March/Morava which marks part of the border between Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and its high tourist potential. In the field of shipping tourism, cross-border cooperation is to be deepened in order to make local natural wealth available to sustainable tourism. MreNa conducted a feasibility study as to how shipping tourism can be extended while minding its effects on the nature protection areas as well as the different jurisdiction in Austria and Slovakia.

The added value was to explore possibilities and conditions for recreational navigation development on one of the navigable tributaries of the Danube and to develop water tourism (recreational navigation) inter alia by designing the relevant fairway conditions.

The aim was also to connect cross-border countries (Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic) by waterway for recreational navigation – next step for Baťa canal (Czech Republic and Slovak Republic) connection to Danube river (Slovakia, Austria) through Morava river (Slovakia, Czech Republic and Austria).

 

OBJECTIVE(S)  OF  THE  PROJECT

  • Determining the technical, socio-economical, ecological and legal feasibility of extended recreational shipping on the river March/Morava.
  • Improving the potential of the Morava River and adjacent areas for the development of cross-border tourism.

 

CONDUCTED  PROJECT  ACTIVITIES

Following activities have been conducted:

  • Elaboration of a technical analysis, e.g. creating a digital model of the actual river bed and a digital map of the waterway´s alternative routes
  • Conducting a socio-economic analysis, e.g. evaluating the influence of the proposed activities and the extended tourism on the surrounding areas
  • Conducting an ecological analysis, e.g. evaluating the influence of recreational shipping on the nature protection areas on both sides of the border
  • Conducting a legal analysis, e.g. considering the different legislatives in Austria and Slovakia

 

TRANSBOUNDARY  IMPACT

Mainly countries along the Morava River (Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic).

 

PROJECT  BENEFICIARIES  /  TARGET  GROUPS

Tourism / water tourism / cross-border tourism

 

 

STATUS  AND  TIMEFRAME

Start date: 02.04.2012
End date: 31.03.2014
The project is already concluded.

 

 

FINANCING

Total budget: 233,641 EUR
EU funds: 206,625 EUR were funded by Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Slovakia – Austria 2007 – 2013 (European Regional Development Fund)
National funds: 27,016 EUR (Bratislava, Trnava, Lower Austria, Burgenland – regional budgets)

 

 

PROJECT  TEAM

Project leader: Waterborne Transport Development Agency / Slovakia (ARVD)
(website: www.arvd.gov.sk)
Address: Námestie slobody 6, 810 05 Bratislava 15 / Slovakia

Project partners:

  • Office of the Lower Austrian Federal Government in St. Pölten / Austria
  • Bratislava Region / Slovakia (strategic associated partner)

 

 

PROJECT  ENVIRONMENT

STRATEGIC  REFERENCE

  • UNECE Resolution No. 52 on the European Recreational Inland Navigation Network
  • EU Transport White Paper, AGN, UNECE Blue Book, NAIADES
  • Belgrade Convention on Navigation on Danube (rkm 0,00-6,00 of Morava river)
  • Water Transport Development Concept of the Slovak Republic
  • Water Management Policy of the Slovak Republic
  • NATURA 2000

 

RELEVANT  LEGISLATION

  • Act No. 338/2008 on Inland water Transport
  • Announcement No. 22/2001 on Inland Waterways Classification

 

 

EUSDR  EMBEDDING

 

 

EUSDR  COMPLIANCE

 

 

META  DATA

Data provided by: Vladimír Novák (ARVD, Slovakia) – 05.11.2012
Last update by: viadonau, Austria – 16.10.2017

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