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EU DANUBE STRATEGY. On the way to „implementation“ ?! . Roland Arbter, Federal Chancellery Vienna, 5 July 2011, ÖGB/PERC meeting roland.arbter@bka.gv.at. EU Danube strategy process moves …. . EU-27! -> EC/GAC, EP, CoR, … High political momentum! -> 4 „Danube Summits“ 2009-2011
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EU DANUBE STRATEGY On the way to „implementation“ ?! Roland Arbter, Federal Chancellery Vienna, 5 July 2011, ÖGB/PERC meeting roland.arbter@bka.gv.at
EU Danube strategy process moves …. • EU-27! -> EC/GAC, EP, CoR, … • High political momentum! -> 4 „Danube Summits“ 2009-2011 • Active participation of Stakeholders(conferences, consultations, etc.) • Mobilisation on national level • Media ! • ER (24.6.2011): „… endorsed the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and called on all relevant actors to implement it without delay, as outlined in the Council`s conclusions of 13 April 2011 … EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 2 |
A new „EU macro-region“ ? EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna
Variable functional geographies ! Danube Region ? Complexity trap? EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna
EUSDR- Priority Areas … some targets (examples) EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 5 |
Example: Priority Area 10 - Actions EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 6 |
Example: Priority Area 10 - Projects EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 7 |
Multiple objectives of Macroregional EU Strategies MRS = New concept! -> „partly still to be invented!“ … „mulitiple roots“(Nordregio, 2008): External relations Development policies ….. „MRS aim beyond EU-Cohesion Policy!“ • … contribution to several EU-aims? • EU2020! • 3 dimensions of sustainability • Territorial cohesion …. • Subsidiarity! • Contexts matters! • Time matters! EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 8 |
EUSDR aspects … starting points for Implementation • „A strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions“ (H. Mintzberg) • EUSDR is no programme! • „No strategy without an action plan!“ (EC) • New role for the EC … also during implementation? • New Priority area coordinators + multiplying governance system + national coordination + regional/local level + NGOs • EUSDR project notion? • No new funding!? … • 2011-2012! -> „quick wins … low hanging fruits … early harvest“ • 2013/2014+? EU Danube Strategy| 5.7.2011 Vienna 9 |