14th EUSDR Annual Forum

3–7 Nov 2025 | Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina

Event agenda

Monday, 3 November 2025

14:00 - 17:30

Steering Group Meeting EUSDR PA 3

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room UnaTrack:Meetings
  • PA 3

Tuesday, 4 November 2025

09:00 - 09:30

Registration for the EUSDR PA 8 DECIDE Project Event

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • DECIDE Project

09:30 - 10:00

Registration for the 12th Danube Participation Day

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack: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

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:12th Danube Participation Day

11:00 - 11:30

EUSDR PA 8 Event: Joint photo and Coffee Break

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • DECIDE Project

11:50 - 12:30

EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:12th Danube Participation Day

12:15 - 13:30

12th Danube Participation Day: Networking Lunch & Agora

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:12th Danube Participation Day

12:30 - 13:00

EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • DECIDE Project

13:30 - 13:45

12th Danube Participation Day: Introduction to the Danube Participation Day World Café Sessions

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:12th Danube Participation Day

13:45 - 15:00

12th Danube Participation Day: Interactive World Café Sessions

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:12th Danube Participation Day

14:00 - 15:30

EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:14th EUSDR Annual 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

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:12th Danube Participation Day

15:30 - 15:45

EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:12th Danube Participation Day

15:45 - 16:00

EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • DECIDE Project

16:15 - 16:40

EUSDR PA 8 Event (DECIDE- Digital Services for Circular Economy - a Toolbox for Regional Developers & SME- project meeting)

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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)

Format:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:DECIDE - Digital Services for Circular Economy
  • 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

Format:In-personLocation:Room NeretvaTrack:Danube Transfer Centre Network

Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, in collaboration with the Culinary Trail Project, invites you to the Danube Transfer Centre (DTC) Network Ceremony.

17:40 - 17:50

Presentation of the Interreg Danube Region Programme and Opportunities for Funding

Format:In-personLocation:Room NeretvaTrack:Danube Transfer Centre Network

17:50 - 18:00

DTC Network in a Nutshell: Past Year of our Collaboration

Format:In-personLocation:Room NeretvaTrack:Danube Transfer Centre Network

18:00 - 18:30

Festive Signing: Enlargement of the DTC Network

Format:In-personLocation:Room NeretvaTrack:Danube Transfer Centre Network

18:30 - 19:00

Danube Transfer Centre Network Ceremonial Reception & Networking, Family Photo

Format:In-personLocation:Room NeretvaTrack:Danube Transfer Centre Network

19:00 - 21:30

Welcoming Reception for All Participants

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:Social Events

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

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

09:30 - 11:00

EUSDR PA 11 Event: Impacts for the Danube Region of the war in Ukraine in regards of security

Format:In-personLocation:Room UnaTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum
  • PA 11

EUSDR PA 2 Event (plus results SECW 2025): Affordable, secure and sustainable energy for the Danube Region

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum
  • 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

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • 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

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • PA 2

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09:30 - 11:00

Ministerial Meeting: Meeting Of Danube Region Foreign Ministers

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:Ministerial Meeting

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

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room NeretvaTrack:Meetings
  • PA 8

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

11:30 - 12:30

Live Stream: Opening of the 14th EUSDR Annual Forum

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live

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11:30 - 12:30

Opening of the 14th EUSDR Annual Forum

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

12:30 - 14:00

12:30 - 14:00

Live Stream: Danube Region Programme Annual Event: From Vision to Cohesion: Funding Pathways for EU Integration in the Region

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live

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12:35 - 13:00

Handover of the EUSDR Presidency from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bulgaria

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

14:00 - 15:30

Lunch Break

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

15:30 - 17:00

EUSDR PA 10 Event: Masterclass - How local participation reinforces EU enlargement

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum
  • PA 10

EUSDR PA 8: Workshop on Lighthouse Initiatives from the Danube Region: Supply Chains & Finance

Format:In-personLocation:Room NeretvaTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum
  • 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

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • PA 10

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Live Stream: EUSDR PA 8: Workshop on Lighthouse Initiatives from the Danube Region: Supply Chains & Finance

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • PA 8

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15:30 - 17:00

EUSDR PA 8: Working Group meeting on Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room UnaTrack:Meetings
  • PA 8

19:00 - 21:30

Social event, dinner offered by Bosnian and Herzegovinian EUSDR Presidency

Format:In-personLocation:Dom mladih SkenderijaTrack:Social Events

Thursday, 6 November 2025

08:00 - 09:30

Registration

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

09:30 - 11:00

Digitalisation, boost for competitiveness, sustainability and growth (EUSDR PA 8, IDDEEA)

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum
  • PA 8

EUSDR PA 4, 5, 6 Event: Increasing Water Security: A key to achievement of SDG

Format:In-personLocation:Room UnaTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum
  • PA 4
  • PA 5
  • PA 6

09:30 - 11:00

Live Stream: Digitalisation, boost for competitiveness, sustainability and growth (EUSDR PA 8, IDDEEA)

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • PA 8

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Live Stream: EUSDR PA 4, 5, 6 Event: Increasing Water Security: A key to achievement of SDG

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • 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

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • PA 8

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09:30 - 11:00

Meeting of the Danube Youth Council I

Format:In-personLocation:Room Cafe InnTrack:Meetings
  • Danube Youth Council

09:30 - 11:20

Joint Meeting EUSDR and EUSAIR National Coordinators I

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:Meetings

Enhancing EU Accession Support for Candidate Countries in EUSDR and EUSAIR Closed meeting, upon invitation only.

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

11:30 - 13:00

EUSDR PA 9 Event - Closing the Skills Gap: Green and Digital Skills for a Competitive Europe

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum
  • PA 9

Public Conference on EUSDR PA 8 DECIDE project

Format:In-personLocation:Room UnaTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum
  • 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

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • PA 3

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Live Stream: EUSDR PA 9 Event - Closing the Skills Gap: Green and Digital Skills for a Competitive Europe

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • PA 9

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Live Stream: Public Conference on EUSDR PA 8 DECIDE project

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live
  • DECIDE Project

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11:30 - 13:00

Meeting of the Danube Youth Council II

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room Cafe InnTrack:Meetings
  • Danube Youth Council

11:50 - 13:00

Joint Meeting EUSDR and EUSAIR National Coordinators II

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:Meetings

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Format:In-personLocation:Hotel HolidayTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

14:30 - 16:00

Live Stream: Youth Engagement and Active Citizenship in the Danube Region

Format:Live streamTrack:Open Session Live

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14:30 - 16:00

Youth Engagement and Active Citizenship in the Danube Region

Format:In-personLocation:Congress HallTrack:14th EUSDR Annual Forum

15:00 - 17:30

Steering Group Meeting EUSDR PA 9 I

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room UnaTrack:Meetings
  • PA 9

Friday, 7 November 2025

08:30 - 16:00

Training – EUSDR Policy analysis and advocacy skills

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room HolidayTrack:Trainings

09:00 - 12:00

Steering Group Meeting EUSDR PA 9 II

Status:Approval requiredFormat:In-personLocation:Room UnaTrack:Meetings
  • PA 9

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