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Bringing the EU Strategy for the Danube Region to life

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Dear participant of the discussion on the EUSDR,

we thank you very much for your willingness to take part. Your contributions will help us to make better recommendations on how the EU Strategy for the Danube Region can be better brought to life.

Below you can find a series of statements which came out of focus groups (moderator-led discussions) with representatives from all the countries of the Danube Region. We would like to ask you to vote on the statements by clicking on the respective icons on the right of the statements. We would be especially happy if you could also comment on the statements or make further suggestion. Besides you, we invited a series of other experts. We hope that from your comments and those from the other participants a lively discussion will arise.

The statements below refer mainly to the catching-up countries of the Danube Region which are basically the non-German speaking countries. Thus, if you encounter terms like “the countries” or “the eastern countries” then this refers to the non-German speaking area of the Danube Region.

The statements are summarised in five broad sections. The first relates to the problems with project identification and implementation. In the second criteria for projects are mentioned and the third covers comments on the EUSDR in general. Then we also have extracted thematic fields and concrete projects from the focus group (Section 4 and 5).

You will note that the statements are not necessarily consistent. This is intended in order to present the different views for the specific topic.

More information about the project can be found here. The final report is available here

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  • Better enforcement of contracts
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P53

  • Lowering the costs of construction permits
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P54

  • Alignment of demand and supply of qualifications of the workforce, e.g., by introducing a dual education system
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P55

  • Focussing on medium- and low-tech sectors first
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  • Introduction of a law for the development of the SME sector such as the German: Mittelstandsfördergesetz. This leads to that SME policy is explicitly formulated and that someone is responsible, e.g. the minister of economics.
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P57

  • Establishing a system of subsidies, loans and grants. Basic principle here: combination of own risk of the businessmen and support by the state
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P58

  • Support of visits of national and international trade fairs
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  • Improvement of the business skills of present and future entrepreneurs. Also long-term companionship of companies by, for example, experts from the chamber
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  • Development of business associations
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P61

  • Improvement of the business infrastructure
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  • Establishing/improvement of services for businesses, e.g. support in writing business plans, in applying for funding (including EU funds), information about how to upgrade the business technology, in how to do marketing, in how to do business internationally or to supply products to the big international companies that invest in the country.
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  • Development of the digital infrastructure
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  • Increasing the knowledge and technology transfer between business units
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P65

  • Harmonising standards of quality between countries
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P66

  • Establishment/development of business associations
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P67

  • Establishing communities of practice, i.e. informal networks of people who deal with similar kinds of problems
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  • Establishment and support of (cross-border) clusters
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  • Development of collaboration between universities and firms
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  • Support of academic spin-offs
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