BUCHAREST
March 30, 2011, Romanian Parliament
Launching of National Forum on implementing the EU Strategy for the Danube Region
The National Forum on implementing the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, a structure designed to coordinate nationally the actions and projects conducted in Romania as part of the Danube Strategy, has been launched on 30 March 2011 at the Parliament Palace, by Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi.
Opening the plenary session, Minister Teodor Baconschi presented the Ministry’s outlook on the structure and objectives of the National Forum on implementing the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, insisting on the importance of its establishment two months before the European Council Conclusions are adopted, that being the moment when the implementation of the Strategy begins officially. “With the Danube Strategy, all these wishes can finally materialize. I am proud to present today Romania’s outlook on the Danube Region and the national coordination structure for the Strategy,” said the head of the Romanian diplomacy.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania

President of the Institute for the Danube
Region and Central Europe, Austria
The war affected the area and the river. On the bottom of the river, there are over a hundred shipwrecks during the World Wars. These are traces of history waiting to be cleaned.
I have two obligations. One is the cooperation between the universities in the region and the second is about transports. European Commissioners asked me to be a mediator with regard to the water, road and railway transport. Investments are very important for the area, because as the economy goes well, the region is more stable.

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Steinbeis-Stiftung, Haus der Wirtschaft – Stuttgart
The Steinbeis Foundation, with its many transfer centres and subsidiaries, is used by the commercial sector as an external partner in dealing with issues or problems that occur by contributing its expert knowledge at every stage of the added-value chain. It offers its clients the efficient transfer of knowledge and technology in all areas of technology and fields of management.
[…] The Danube Strategy will surely bring together the academic and business, schools and companies in general. In Germany, a great emphasis is put on applied research, developed in centers and universities, which is then made available to small and medium enterprises. A transfer of technology from specialists in business – Romania lacks this. With all its offices along the Danube, Steinbeis Foundation strongly supports the EU Strategy for the Danube Region by engaging to play an active role within the Danube Alliance in order to achieve a successful implementation of the triple helix system and to build a bridge between national authorities, business and academic networks.
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