Tourism Minister Elena Udrea presented this idea in the first meeting of the government workgroup on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, hosted Wednesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Theodor Baconschi, Culture Minister Hunor Kelemen and Environment Minister Lazlo Borbely.
Udrea also said the local authorities in the Danube region should get involved in the Strategy and encouraged to submit project applications.
The Strategy for the Danube has four priority axes: connectivity (intermodal transport, culture and tourism, energy networks), environment protection (water resource management, biodiversity protection and risk management), improving the region’s prosperity (education, research, competitiveness) and improving governance (institutional capacity and internal security).
The project’s benefits for Romania include:
– increasing the competitiveness and attractiveness of the towns and villages near the Danube;
– obtaining economic advantages through business partnerships and cooperation between the public and private sectors;
– attracting investments in strategic fields like transport, environment and energy infrastructure.