Third call for proposals

Specific Objective

Thematic focus

SO1.2 (Development of skills for advancing smart specialisation strategies, industrial transformation and transition towards industry 4.0, including cross-sectorial collaborations)

3rd call thematic focus: AI skills development for delivering products and services with transnational impact in the Danube Region

SO2.1 (Support greening the energy and transport sectors in the Danube Region by enhancing the integration of renewable energy sources)

3rd call thematic focus: Sustainable renewable energy solutions in the context of energy production, heating and cooling systems, grid load, energy communities, district heating and cooling, storage and peak load reduction

SO2.2 (Promoting climate change adaptation capacities in the Danube Region and disaster management on transnational level in relation to environmental risks taking into account ecosystem-based approaches)

3rd call thematic focus: The proposed applications can address each three thematic focus of SO 2.2, but should target broader territorial scope beyond the urban, municipal level, where transnational level harmonisation and coordination of forecasting, monitoring, preparedness, or reaction is necessary (targeting the Danube River Basin, or its main sub-basins, or the Danube Region, a thematically reasonable, broad and coherent transnational space within, covering the targeted area in its entirety – e.g. a transnational river network, a broad transnational area of DR affected by the same environmental risk with potential transboundary impact) in connection to climate change adaptation and / or climate change induced environmental risks (floods, droughts, wild fires),or accidental pollution of rivers.

SO2.3 (Sustainable, integrated, transnational water and sediment management in the Danube River Basin ensuring good quality and quantity of waters and sediment balance)

3rd call thematic focus: Proposals can address thematic focus 2 (harmonising management practices between relevant sectors to improve the quality and quantity of transnational water bodies) and focus 3 (transnational coordination of water supply management in transnational river(basin)s). More specifically, the proposed applications should target potential impacts of climate change on transnational water management by harmonising and coordinating policy approaches, management practises between water management, agriculture, environment, navigation and hydropower to improve the quantity (and quality) of water in transnational river systems of DRB with key topics in relation to water scarcity, balanced use of water and coordinated management of low-water periods on transnational rivers of DRB (considering also that flood management is related to SO 2.2).

SO3.1 (Accessible, inclusive and effective labour markets)

3rd call thematic focus: Capacity building for employment support bodies (information and data systems; coordination; training e.g. in social economy).

SO3.2 (Accessible and inclusive quality services in education, training and lifelong learning)

3rd call thematic focus 1: Support of Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) in the Danube Region.

3rd call thematic focus 2: The development of existing CoVEs or new CoVEs - developing their excellence potential

SO4.2 (Increased institutional capacities for territorial and macro-regional governance)

3rd call thematic focus 1: Tackling the accelerated territorial peripheralization/ polarization within the Danube Region and promoting balanced territorial and social-economic development, considering main demographic developments and recent technological advances

3rd call thematic focus 2: Making local (and regional) public governance systems more resilient to crisis-situations (“crisis proof”)

3rd call thematic focus 3: Innovating and optimizing models of effectively involving citizens in transnational, multi-level territorial planning processes and promoting sustainable democracy

3rd call thematic focus 4: Strengthening transnational capacities of public local and regional governance systems for ensuring the functioning of Global / European / Danubian Value Chains