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Developments in Pons Danubii EGTC projects

The 3rd and closing international conference of the DANUrB+ Project was held in Budapest, Hungary, on 12 and 13 December 2022. The aim of the event was to disseminate all the experiences and achievements of the initiative.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade supports EGTCs with HUF 170 million in 2023

At the end of 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade launched a call for proposals to support the operational and project funding activities of the European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation in 2023. The available funding was HUF 170 million, of which a maximum of HUF 17 million per applicant could be awarded.

Minister without Portfolio for Regional Development signed a strategic agreement with several EGTCs

On 29 November 2022, Tibor Navracsics, Minister for Regional Development, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the representatives of seventeen organisations, including the Ister-Granum and the Pons Danubii EGTCs.

The Regional Bicycle Sharing System, Kombibike, has received an award from the Committee of the Regions

The European Committee of the Regions presents the award of European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation called “Building Europe Across Borders” every two years. In April 2022, Pannon EGTC applied for it with their project KOMBIbike (cross-border community bicycle rental system) that was implemented within the Interreg SKHU programme. Their work has been recognized and they received an honourable mention.

Pons Danubii organised a study trip

Pons Danubii EGTC organised a DANUrB+ project study trip to Moravia in order to learn from excellent examples of how to find new meaningful use of old buildings. The study tour was organised in cooperation with the project partner Fakulta architektúry a dizajnu STU.

Products limited only by the imagination

With the help of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme, the TAPE NOVUM DANUVIUM economic action plan is going to be implemented to support the technical transformation of micro, small and medium-sized businesses.

Tourism developments in the Pons Danubii region

On 14 June 2022, the regional conference, titled as “Development opportunities on the Slovakian side of the Danube and the Little Danube”, was organised by the Central Europe Foundation, the Slovak University of Technology and the Pons Danubii EGTC.

Recreation park development at the backwater of the River Váh in Komárno

The Pons Danubii European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation implemented a small tourism development in the amount of HUF 7 million on the bank of Mŕtve rameno Váhu in Komárno, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary.