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

The first part of the session explores the modernisation and territorial focus of the EU Cohesion Policy beyond 2027, emphasising its role in supporting regional development and integration.

The second part of the session is dedicated to the discussion of key topics for the region: demographic change and water availability.

• Territorial aspects of the modernization of the cohesion policy:
  Moray Gilland, Head of Macro-regions, Transnational/Interregional/External Cooperation, Enlargement, Unit D1, DG Regio (online),

• Integration of the Danube Region: past, present and future:
  Imre Csalagovits, Head of Managing Authority, Danube Region Programme

  Moderator: Simona Ene, DRP Head of JS

• Water scarcity and drought panel discussion.
  Moderator: Gusztav Csomor, Priority officer, Danube Region Programme

  • Ms Birgit Vogel, ICPDR Executive Secretary

  • Mr Gheorghe Constantin, EUSDR PA5 Priority Coordinator (Deputy General Director, General Directorate for Waters - Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests of Romania)

  • FAO Representative (TBC)

  • Dr. Zsolt Kozma, Associate Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics – representing Danube Water Balance project

• The Demographic Challenge & Competitiveness.
  Moderator: Stephen Halligan, Priority officer, Danube Region Programme

  • Professor Adnan Efendic, University of Sarajevo  

  • Mr. Jörg Mirtl, Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection European Strategy for the Danube Region 

  • Professor Martin Zagar, Rochester Institute of Technology, Croatia

• Danube Region Programme – cooperation opportunities:

  Simona Ene, Head of Joint Secretariat, Danube Region Programme