Event agenda
Monday, 3 November 2025
14:00 - 17:30
Steering Group Meeting EUSDR PA 3
- PA 3
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
09:00 - 09:30
Registration for the EUSDR PA 8 DECIDE Project Event
- DECIDE Project
09:30 - 10:00
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting): Welcome & Event Opening
- DECIDE Project
09:30 - 10:00
Registration for the 12th Danube Participation Day
Local Voices, European Future - The Crucial Role of Communities in Shaping EU Policy and Driving Enlargement
10:00 - 10:30
12th Danube Participation Day: Opening Session and Welcome Address
10:00 - 11:00
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting): DECIDE Pilot Cases- Business Model Pitch Session & Readiness Status (Output 1.1, Period 4) I
- DECIDE Project
10:30 - 12:00
12th Danube Participation Day: Panel Discussion | Bridging the Gap: Integrating Local Bottom-Up Initiatives into the EU Enlargement Agenda
11:00 - 11:30
EUSDR PA 8 Event: Joint photo and Coffee Break
- DECIDE Project
11:30 - 11:50
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting): DECIDE Pilot Cases II
- DECIDE Project
11:50 - 12:30
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)
- DECIDE Project
WP 1.4.1 Pilot Documentation & WP 1.4.2 Impact Progress Report – Result Presentation Tomaž Kern, Tilen Medved & Eva Krhač, University of Maribor
12:00 - 12:15
12th Danube Participation Day: Danube Participation Agora: Introduction of Initiatives
12:15 - 13:30
12th Danube Participation Day: Networking Lunch & Agora
12:30 - 13:00
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)
- DECIDE Project
WP 1.2.5 Monitoring Tool - Dashboard Content & Design Validation Martin Kinitzki, Centre for Digitalisation Böblingen District – ZD.BB GmbH
13:00 - 14:00
EUSDR PA 8 Event: Lunch Break
- DECIDE Project
13:30 - 13:45
12th Danube Participation Day: Introduction to the Danube Participation Day World Café Sessions
13:45 - 15:00
12th Danube Participation Day: Interactive World Café Sessions
14:00 - 15:30
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)
- DECIDE Project
WP 2.3.5 Policy Recommendations – Status & Workshop Paula Pop-Nistor, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology G.E. Palade of Targu Mures
14:00 - 21:30
Registration for the 14th EUSDR Forum
Note: All Annual Forum participants who wish to attend the evening welcoming reception at Hotel Holiday must register in advance at the registration desk.
15:00 - 15:45
12th Danube Participation Day: Navigating Funding for Local Development in the Danube Region
15:30 - 15:45
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)
- DECIDE Project
WP 1.2.3 Digital Service Implementation Recommender – Status Jan Fauser, Reutlingen University, Herman-Hollerith-Centre
15:45 - 16:00
12th Danube Participation Day: Closing Session & Passing the Bell
15:45 - 16:00
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)
- DECIDE Project
WP 2.3.3 Digital Learning Concept - Status Albena Antonova, Sofia University, Science and Research Department
16:00 - 16:15
EUSDR PA 8 Event: Coffee Break
- DECIDE Project
16:15 - 16:40
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)
- DECIDE Project
Communication Management Updates Igor Kovačić, Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje Ltd.
16:40 - 17:00
EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)
- DECIDE Project
Lead Partner / Project Management Updates Severine Dommer, Centre for Digitalisation Böblingen District – ZD.BB GmbH
17:00 - 17:20
Danube Transfer Centre Network Ceremony Welcome Speeches
Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, in collaboration with the Culinary Trail Project, invites you to the Danube Transfer Centre (DTC) Network Ceremony.
17:20 - 17:40
Advancing Integration and Innovation in Heritage and Green Transition in the Danube Region: Strengthening Skills, Connectivity, and Sustainable Development
17:40 - 17:50
Presentation of the Interreg Danube Region Programme and Opportunities for Funding
17:50 - 18:00
DTC Network in a Nutshell: Past Year of our Collaboration
18:00 - 18:30
Festive Signing: Enlargement of the DTC Network
18:30 - 19:00
Danube Transfer Centre Network Ceremonial Reception & Networking, Family Photo
19:00 - 21:30
Welcoming Reception for All Participants
Note: All Annual Forum participants who wish to attend the evening welcoming reception at Hotel Holiday must register in advance at the registration desk (Nov 4 / 14:00 - 21:30)
Sign-ups available from 1 Oct 2025, 00:00 to 3 Nov 2025, 00:00
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
08:00 - 09:30
Registration
09:30 - 11:00
EUSDR PA 11 Event: Impacts for the Danube Region of the war in Ukraine in regards of security
- PA 11
EUSDR PA 2 Event (plus results SECW 2025): Affordable, secure and sustainable energy for the Danube Region
- PA 2
09:30 - 11:00
Live Stream: EUSDR PA 11 Event: Impacts for the Danube Region of the war in Ukraine in regards of security
- PA 11
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Live Stream: EUSDR PA 2 Event (plus results SECW 2025): Affordable, secure and sustainable energy for the Danube Region
- PA 2
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09:30 - 11:00
Ministerial Meeting: Meeting Of Danube Region Foreign Ministers
Closed meeting, upon invitation only.
Applications available from 1 Oct 2025, 00:00 to 3 Nov 2025, 00:00
09:30 - 11:00
Steering Group Meeting EUSDR PA 8
- PA 8
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Live Stream: Opening of the 14th EUSDR Annual Forum
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11:30 - 12:30
Opening of the 14th EUSDR Annual Forum
12:30 - 14:00
Danube Region Programme Annual Event: From Vision to Cohesion: Funding Pathways for EU Integration in the Region
12:30 - 14:00
Live Stream: Danube Region Programme Annual Event: From Vision to Cohesion: Funding Pathways for EU Integration in the Region
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12:35 - 13:00
Handover of the EUSDR Presidency from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bulgaria
14:00 - 15:30
Lunch Break
15:30 - 17:00
EUSDR PA 10 Event: Masterclass - How local participation reinforces EU enlargement
- PA 10
EUSDR PA 8: Workshop on Lighthouse Initiatives from the Danube Region: Supply Chains & Finance
- PA 8
as part of the EUSDR PA 8 Study “Identification of Lighthouse Projects in the Danube Region”
15:30 - 17:00
EUSDR PA 10 Event: Masterclass - How local participation reinforces EU enlargement
- PA 10
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Live Stream: EUSDR PA 8: Workshop on Lighthouse Initiatives from the Danube Region: Supply Chains & Finance
- PA 8
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15:30 - 17:00
EUSDR PA 8: Working Group meeting on Circular Economy and Bioeconomy
- PA 8
19:00 - 21:30
Social event, dinner offered by Bosnian and Herzegovinian EUSDR Presidency
Thursday, 6 November 2025
08:00 - 09:30
Registration
09:30 - 11:00
Digitalisation, boost for competitiveness, sustainability and growth (EUSDR PA 8, IDDEEA)
- PA 8
EUSDR PA 4, 5, 6 Event: Increasing Water Security: A key to achievement of SDG
- PA 4
- PA 5
- PA 6
EUSDR PA 8 - Workshop on Lighthouse Initiatives from the Danube Region: Green Tech, Circular Economy and Circular Bioeconomy
- PA 8
09:30 - 11:00
Live Stream: Digitalisation, boost for competitiveness, sustainability and growth (EUSDR PA 8, IDDEEA)
- PA 8
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Live Stream: EUSDR PA 4, 5, 6 Event: Increasing Water Security: A key to achievement of SDG
- PA 4
- PA 5
- PA 6
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Live Stream: EUSDR PA 8 - Workshop on Lighthouse Initiatives from the Danube Region: Green Tech, Circular Economy and Circular Bioeconomy
- PA 8
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09:30 - 11:00
Meeting of the Danube Youth Council I
- Danube Youth Council
09:30 - 11:20
Joint Meeting EUSDR and EUSAIR National Coordinators I
Enhancing EU Accession Support for Candidate Countries in EUSDR and EUSAIR Closed meeting, upon invitation only.
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00
EUSDR PA 3 event- Eco-Culture in Motion: Green Tourism Initiatives as Part of the Sustainable Danube Network
- PA 3
EUSDR PA 9 Event - Closing the Skills Gap: Green and Digital Skills for a Competitive Europe
- PA 9
Public Conference on EUSDR PA 8 DECIDE project
- DECIDE Project
The Danube Region comprises 14 countries and is characterised by a wide variety of economies and cultures. While this diversity is advantageous, it also presents specific challenges in coordinating sustainability efforts between countries.
11:30 - 13:00
Live Stream: EUSDR PA 3 event- Eco-Culture in Motion: Green Tourism Initiatives as Part of the Sustainable Danube Network
- PA 3
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Live Stream: EUSDR PA 9 Event - Closing the Skills Gap: Green and Digital Skills for a Competitive Europe
- PA 9
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Live Stream: Public Conference on EUSDR PA 8 DECIDE project
- DECIDE Project
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11:30 - 13:00
Meeting of the Danube Youth Council II
- Danube Youth Council
11:50 - 13:00
Joint Meeting EUSDR and EUSAIR National Coordinators II
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch Break
14:30 - 16:00
Live Stream: Youth Engagement and Active Citizenship in the Danube Region
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14:30 - 16:00
Youth Engagement and Active Citizenship in the Danube Region
15:00 - 17:30
Steering Group Meeting EUSDR PA 9 I
- PA 9
Friday, 7 November 2025
08:30 - 16:00
Training – EUSDR Policy analysis and advocacy skills
09:00 - 12:00
Steering Group Meeting EUSDR PA 9 II
- PA 9