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.
The aim of the strategic document is to present the development orientations of the Pons Danubii EGTC, of the municipalities of the EGTC and of the Pons Danubii region for the next 5 years.
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.
On 4 March 2020, in the framework of the DANUrB+ project, students from the Slovak University of Technology visited Kolárovo and Komárno in order to see the tourist development sites.
The international partner meeting of the DANUrB+ project took place between 10 and 15 October 2021 in Hungary, Slovakia and Austria.
The programme’s aim is to strengthen the Danubian identity and to create a common cultural network and a tourism brand. The main objective of the multiannual programme’s projects is to create the “European Cultural Route”, a comprehensive spatial and cultural network which connects and brings together every community by the Danube under a brand name as a single tourist destination.
The fortification system of Komárom-Komárno is already a major tourist attraction in the border region and is on the UNESCO World Heritage list. To make the fortification system an even bigger tourist attraction, the Komfort project includes infrastructure renovations in the New Fortress in Komárno (SK) and in the Fort Igmándi in Komárom (HU).
The aim of the cooperation is to improve the quality and conditions of public bus transport between Komárom (HU) and Komárno (SK). The project includes daily transport with an electronic bus between the two cities. Bus terminals and bus stops in both municipalities have been renovated.
The strategic objective of the CULTPLAY project is to involve local residents and visitors in using the existing cultural heritage in a new way. CULTPLAY parks have been built in 9 municipalities (SK: Nové Zámky, Komárno, Hurbanovo, Kolárovo, Šaľa, HU: Komárom, Tata, Oroszlány, Kisbér) in order to present the cultural heritage on both sides of the Danube. CULTPLAY parks are thematic parks that can be used by children as playgrounds, and they also include augmented reality development, which will be available in 3 languages (HU, SK, EN).
The KOMBIbike tender closed in May 2021, which was launched in the framework of the INTERREG V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme.