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The connectivity will unlock the Danube region potential
23/11/2011
At a sitting, held on November 23, 2011, the Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European Funds (CEAOEF) discussed the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, included as item 60 of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) on EU Affairs (2011) of the Bulgarian Parliament, part “European Union on regional and international scene”. The strategy was presented by Bulgaria’s Regional Development and Public Works Deputy Minister Mrs. Nikolina Nikolova.
Mrs. Nikolova presented the activities which the countries are developing for strategy realization. She also explained the working mechanism and added that for successfully starting the Strategy, in December 2010, 3,5 million euro have been presented to countries co-coordinators. In this context, Bulgaria has been entrusted with the responsible role of co-coordinator, together with Romania, on enhancing the activities in the field of culture and tourism and the direct people-to-people contacts. The Committee welcomes Bulgaria’s involvment to the eleventh and last priority for cooperation aimed at coping with security and organized crime related issues where our country is co-coordinator with Germany. Participation and activity in this priority would turn the country into a guarantee for regional stability and security.
The Committee’s Chairwoman Mrs. Monika Panayotova welcomed the Strategy initiatives and expressed confidence that they shall be realized in the context of the new Connecting Europe Facility Mechanism, as connectivity is a path to the region’s territorial, economical and social cohesion. It shall be achieved through the “triple no” principle: no new resources, no new rules, no new institutions. In this regard, Deputy Minister Nikolova underlined that discussions and planning of the next programming period are particularly significant. She marked that in the 2014-2020 period macro-regional strategies shall be a priority so our efforts should be aimed at prioritizing certain big projects which would fall into Danube Strategy’s context.
In conclusion, CEAOEF’s Chairwoman recommended larger publicity when realizing the projects laid in Danube Strategy’s operation plan while keeping the dialogue between institutions, citizens and businesses, engaged in program fulfillment.
Mrs. Nikolova presented the activities which the countries are developing for strategy realization. She also explained the working mechanism and added that for successfully starting the Strategy, in December 2010, 3,5 million euro have been presented to countries co-coordinators. In this context, Bulgaria has been entrusted with the responsible role of co-coordinator, together with Romania, on enhancing the activities in the field of culture and tourism and the direct people-to-people contacts. The Committee welcomes Bulgaria’s involvment to the eleventh and last priority for cooperation aimed at coping with security and organized crime related issues where our country is co-coordinator with Germany. Participation and activity in this priority would turn the country into a guarantee for regional stability and security.
The Committee’s Chairwoman Mrs. Monika Panayotova welcomed the Strategy initiatives and expressed confidence that they shall be realized in the context of the new Connecting Europe Facility Mechanism, as connectivity is a path to the region’s territorial, economical and social cohesion. It shall be achieved through the “triple no” principle: no new resources, no new rules, no new institutions. In this regard, Deputy Minister Nikolova underlined that discussions and planning of the next programming period are particularly significant. She marked that in the 2014-2020 period macro-regional strategies shall be a priority so our efforts should be aimed at prioritizing certain big projects which would fall into Danube Strategy’s context.
In conclusion, CEAOEF’s Chairwoman recommended larger publicity when realizing the projects laid in Danube Strategy’s operation plan while keeping the dialogue between institutions, citizens and businesses, engaged in program fulfillment.
