“After 18 months of implementation, significant achievements are evident. The Strategy:
– promotes concrete transnational projects with impacts on the Region and gives new impulse to action in the Region;
– supports the coordination of different national and EU policies and funds, and paves the way for more coherence and better results, with more impact for 2014-2020;
– develops a wide-ranging cooperation platform, addressing challenges that have been identified as needing joint attention. There are 24 Priority Area Coordinators and 14
National Contact Points driving implementation forward;
– highlights the political importance of the Region, through strategic support at ministerial level and concrete advances in terms of implementation; […]

The EU Strategy for the Danube Region has demonstrated clear potential in its first phase of implementation. It has put the spotlight on a Region with considerable potential for development and further integration, addressing joint challenges such as sustainable use of resources or climate change in a cooperative way.”

Extract from the REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS concerning the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (2013)