First National Stakeholders Conference in Bulgaria under the “TRANSFER Danube” project

The First National Stakeholders Conference within the project TRANSFER Danube “ InTegRAted moNitoring System For agro-climatic risks within DanubE Region”, co-funded by the Interreg Danube Region Programme, was organised by the Bulgarian partner, Association Centre for Sustainability and Economic Growth (CSEG), on the 11th of February 2026 at the conference hall of Hotel Domaine, Peshtera, Bulgaria. The event was attended by representatives from local administrations, energy and environmental agencies, an SMEs association, several local farmers’ organisations and other interested stakeholders. The majority of these organisations bring together highly qualified experts in particular fields, including climate change challenges, environmental protection, agriculture, entrepreneurship, and policy making.

The event started with a welcoming speech by Mr Georgi Simeonov, Project Manager at the Association “Centre for Sustainability and Economic Growth”. After that, the experts from CSEG introduced the main project objectives, partnership compositions and implementation framework. Discussions of key thematic areas, such as agro-climatic risks and transnational monitoring, were organised during the TRANSFER Danube presentation.

The experts also presented results that are expected to be achieved during project implementation. One of these outputs is the TRANSFER Danube E-platform. The main purpose of this platform is to collect and integrate data on droughts, floods, soil quality, as well as agrometeorological and phenological parameters in one place. The platform aims to provide professional tools and indices that support the monitoring and assessment of agro-climatic risks and phenological monitoring. Once the platform has been developed, all stakeholders, farmers, representatives of the agricultural sector and bodies who are interested in agroclimatic risks or phenological monitoring will have free access to it.

Special attention was given to the stakeholders' feedback from the event. Participants were asked to provide their perspectives on how relevant the project topics are, how the results could be applied in their professional work, and what difficulties might arise during implementation.  Their inputs were collected through a structured questionnaire to improve future project activities.

The conference concluded with a discussion focused on potential collaboration between different sectors and improving management of agro-climatic risks in the Danube Region with the support of the TRANSFER Danube project.

 

Presentation of the event

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16/02/2026

By Keti Muhovska

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