Members, Working Groups and Bodies of the Working Community of the Danube Regions

Members

Members (39) 

• Germany: Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, Free State of Bavaria (until 2005)
• Austria: Provinces of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna and Burgenland
• Slovakia: Regions of Trnava and Bratislava
• Hungary: Counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest, Fejér, Bács-Kiskún, Tolna, Baranya and the capital Budapest
• Croatia: Counties of Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem
• Republic of Serbia
• Bulgaria: Provinces of Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse, Silistra
• Romania: Counties of Caraș-Severin, Mehedinți, Dolj, Olt, Teleorman, Giurgiu, Călărași, Ialomița, Brăila, Galați, Tulcea and Constanța
• Republic of Moldova
• Ukraine: Region of Odessa

Observer status (2)

• Czech Republic: Region of South Moravia
• Slovakia: Region of Nitra

Working Groups

The regular meetings of the working groups are jointly held with the Council of Danube Cities and Regions (CODCR).

Objectives of the working groups:

• Networking between stakeholders in the Danube region
• Identifying and implementing projects

 Die Arbeitskreise:

• Economy, tourism and transport
  Head of the Working Community of the Danube Regions team: Otto Schwetz (Vienna)
  Head of the CODCR team: Dr. Hans-Peter Herdlitschka (Baden-Württemberg)
  Working programme economy (pdf, 60kb, German)
  Working programme tourism (pdf, 319kb, German)
  Working programme transport (pdf, 276kb, German)
  Meeting minutes November 2016 (pdf, 7MB, German)
  Meeting Minutes
  
  
• Culture, research and education
  Head of the Working Community of the Danube Regions team: Hermann Dikowitsch (Lower Austria)
  Head of the CODCR team: General Coordinator Peter Langer (City of Ulm)
  Meeting Minutes (pdf, German)
  Minutes Bratislava 2016 (pdf, 227kb, German)
  
  
• Sustainability, energy and environment
  Head of the Working Community of the Danube Regions team: Peter Obricht and Christian Steiner (Lower Austria)
  Head of the CODCR team: Vice-Mayor Dr. Strahil Karapchanski (City of Ruse)
  Meeting Minutes (pdf, 188kb, German)
  Meeting Minutes (pdf, German)
  
  
• Zivilgesellschaft, lokale Akteure und soziale Angelegenheiten
  Leiterin ARGE: Mag. Daniela Urschitz (Wien)
  Leiterin RDSR: Stadträtin Dr. Dagmar Engels (Stadt Ulm)

Bodies

• Conference of heads of government 
  two-year rotation of chairmanship (currently: Regions of Bratislava and Trnava, Slovakia)
• Working group of senior officials 
  chaired permanently by the director of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government Office, Dr. Werner Seif
• Joint steering committee with the Council of Danube Cities and Regions (CODCR)
  Working groups (and sub-working groups, if required)
• Secretary General

weiterführende Links

• RDSR