Sustainable Transport and Tourism along the Danube General project presentation

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1 Sustainable Transport and Tourism along the Danube General project presentation Agnes Kurzweil, Environment Agency Austria Andreas Friedwagner, Verracon GmbH 1 1

2 Content Project objectives & strategic vision Status Quo & Next steps Agenda 2

3 Main objective of TRANSDANUBE The development of Sustainable Mobility along the Danube including train, bus, bike and shipping transport to facilitate the concept of sustainable tourism in the whole Danube region. 3

4 Project objectives Improve accessibility of regions along the Danube Enhance sustainable mobility in the Danube region Increase added value from tourism for regions along the river Danube through mobility & tourism marketing packages Raise awareness, knowledge and promotion for sustainable mobility in the Danube region Stimulate the shift to environmentally friendly mobility systems 4

5 Strategic vision Development of Sustainable Mobility along the Danube node Fahrrad node Intermodal node development Sustainable transport offers Soft mobility tourism packages node 5

6 Key facts approved in the 4th call of South-East-Europe Lead Partner: Environment Agency Austria 15 financing partners, 35 Associated Partner resp. Observer Project duration: Oct Sept (2 years) Overall budget: Co-funding: ~ 2,45 Mio. Euro ~ 1,8 Mio. Euro ERDF, ~ 0,3 Mio. Euro IPA ~ 0,07 Mio. Euro ENPI-funds 6

7 Partnership LP Environment Agency Austria. AT ERDF PP1 Danube Tourist Commission, AT ERDF PP2 Regional Government of Burgenland, AT ERDF PP3 Bratislava Self-Governing Region Department of Strategy and project management, SK ERDF PP4 West Pannon Regional and Economic Dev.Nonprofit Ltd, HU ERDF PP5 Bakony and Balaton Regional Tourism Nonprofit Ltd., HU ERDF PP6 Regional Administration of Vidin Region, BG ERDF PP7 Club Sustainable Development of Civil Society, BG ERDF PP8 The National Institute for Research and Dev.in Tourism, RO ERDF PP9 South-East Regional Development Agency, RO ERDF PP10 Slovak cycle club, SK ERDF 20% Danube Office Ltd., GE IPA-I PP1 Danube Competence Center, RS IPA-I PP2 Regional Agency for development of the Eastern Serbia, RS ENPI PP1 Association of Tourism Development in Moldova, MD 7

8 Associated Strategic Partner & Observer National Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, Tourism Department Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Ministry of Transport an Infrastrucutre Baden-Württemberg Ministry of National Development Office of the Minister of State for Infrastructure Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism Ministry of Environment and Forests Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Serbia Ministry of Transport Austria Austria Austria Bulgaria Bulgaria Germany Hungary Italy Romania Romania Serbia Slovakia 8

9 Associated Strategic Partner & Observer Regional Working Community of the Danube Regions Austria Donau-Auen National Park Austria Municipality Neusiedl am See Austria Nationalpark Lake Neusiedl Seewinkel Austria Public Transport Association VOR Austria Club Friends of Publics Park of Rusenski Lom Bulgaria Holiday Club BG LTD Bulgaria Directorate of nature park Rusenski lom Bulgaria City of Vukovar Croatia Public Institution Nature Park Kopački rit Croatia Local Gov. of Győr-Moson-Sopron County Hungary Fertő-Hanság National Park Directorate Hungary Veszprém County Council Hungary Middle-Danube-valley Environment and water Hungary Management Directorate Hungarian Transport Administration Hungary DINPD, Duna-Ipoly National Park Directorate Hungary Hungarian Tourism Private Limited Company, Hungary Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority Romania Regional Marketing Dir. Central Transdanubia County Council Tulcea Romania Iron Gates Natural Park Administration Romania Regional Development Agency Senec-Pezinok Slovakia Départements & Régions cyclables (NGO) France Regional Development Agency Komárno Slovakia 9

10 Transdanube planning hierarchy Common Vision Strategic Marketing strategies Regional mobility strategies Reg. Action Plans Tactical Information campaigns Information system Intermodal Micro-bus Operational Bus Packages Shipping Train IMPLEMENTATION 10

11 Content of methodology report Background & objectives Content Action plan & role of each partner Outputs Inter-linkages with other actions 11

12 Transnational Analysis - Project area 12

13 Transnational Analysis Intermodal transport nodes 13

14 How to get to the internat. nodes? 1 14

15 How are the internat. nodes along the Danube interconnected? 2 15

16 How are internat. nodes and regional nodes interconnected? 3 16

17 Regional SWOTs/SoAs Partner pilot regions 17

18 Regional SWOT transnationally consolidated! 18

19 Regional SWOTs/SoAs Screenshot website Available at our website 19

20 Good practice catalogue Sustainable mobility offers & packages Transport & tourism information systems Strategies & Plans Lessons learned Reference point 20

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22 Regional action plans Regional Status Quo - SWOT Objectives Transport system (Sustainable mobility offers, etc.) Tourism system (Packages, etc.) Information systems Financing/Organisational/Legal framework Regional action plan 22

23 Regional Action Plans 23 Measure Short description of measure Estimated impact of measure and contribution to overall objective Estimated costs Financing options Increase visibility of public transport mobility opportunities and other sustainable transport modes cycling Promoting the sustainable mobility offers should be a permanent activity and the responsible entity should always update the information on mobility opportunities given the importance of transportation on tourists calculus. Tourists and residents should be informed on sustainable transportation offers 20,000 Euros Governmental Funds Realization horizon Short term: within the lifetime of the Transdanube project (2014) Responsible South-East Regional Development Agency organisations to be involved in the next steps of the process Responsible organization of implementation Priority of measure South-East Regional Development Agency High priority

24 Development of sustainable mobility offers 24

25 Transnational Marketing Strategy Creating the common communication and marketing approach Strengthening the performance of the Danube as a tourist destination Productive utilization of resources 25

26 Packaging Source: Karl Reiner, ÖAR 26

27 Transport/tourism information system Text List 1 List 2 Conclusion 27

28 Transdanube Vision Develop a European model region for sustainable mobility Basic principle: cooperation! Thank you for your attention! 28

29 Contact details LEAD-Partner Agnes Kurzweil Umweltbundesamt GmbH Spittelauer Lände 5, 1090 Wien T: +43-(0) / Technical management Andreas Friedwagner VERRACON GmbH Eschenbachgasse 11, 1010 Wien T:

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