DANTE Improving Administrative Procedures and Processes for Danube IWT
DANTE aims at identifying and eliminating administrative barriers for inland waterway transport (IWT) on the Danube & its navigable tributaries as a joint initiative of the private sector and the national public authorities responsible for these barriers.
Good practices and guidelines for effective administration of IWT activities shall be developed with regard to the identified barriers. The proposed solutions will be discussed with the responsible authorities at national working tables, as well as in transnational ones. This matrix approach shall deliver quick solutions and a wide harmonisation of procedures and processes along the river. The monitoring system for collecting user experiences (supported by an online tool) will be a key element for successful project implementation.
DANTE facilitates the work of EU Strategy for the Danube Region Priority Area 1a and is acknowledged by the European Commission (EC) / Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) as part of their efforts to reduce administrative barriers in the transport sector. DANTE actively involves the Danube Commission (DC) and therefore also functions as platform of the related joint efforts of DC & EC.
DANTE focuses on five thematic areas where administrative barriers are most evidently reducing efficiency of IWT operations, which are:
- Border Police, Tax & Customs
- Navigation / traffic control authorities
- Port authorities / administrations
- Waterway and Canal administrations
- Other relevant authorities imposing barriers (e.g. health control, disaster management, etc)
DANTE also refers to a wider policy initiative recently launched by Pro Danube called “Green Deal for Danube River Transport” which shall create an improved long-term policy framework for Danube IWT based on stakeholder commitments.
- Start date
- 01-01-2017
- End date
- 30-06-2019
- Budget in Euro
- Overall: 1982786
- ERDF Contribution: 1650134,75
- IPA Contribution: 35233,35
- ENI Contribution: 0
- Call number
- Call 1
- Priority
- Better connected and energy responsible Danube region
- Specific objective
- Support environmentally-friendly and safe transport systems and balanced accessibility of urban and rural areas
Library
| Filename | Date of upload | |
|---|---|---|
| DANTE newsletter with action catalogue | 03-07-2019 23:03:25 | |
| Danube IWT Administration Strategy and Action Plan | 03-07-2019 23:02:45 | |
| DANTE Facilitation and Monitoring Platform | 03-07-2019 22:41:25 | |
| Series of Transnational Working Group Meetings | 01-07-2019 21:04:10 | |
| Transnational IWT barrier database | 01-07-2019 21:03:44 | |
Project Partners
| Name | Type | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Danube International | Lead partner | rafael@prodanube.eu | Austria |
| iC consulenten ZT GesmbH | ERDF partner | s.spegar@ic-group.org | Austria |
| Hungarian Shipping Federation (withdrawn) | ERDF partner | mahosz@mahosz.hu | Hungary |
| Hungarian Federation of Inland Waterway Freight Forwarders | ERDF partner | a.bencsik@mbfsz.hu | Hungary |
| Romanian River Ship Owners and Port Operators Association | ERDF partner | aaopfr@yahoo.com | Romania |
Project News
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DANTE - The closing event of a transnational success story
- 14-06-2019
Identifying, mitigating and abolishing administrative burdens and harmonising bureaucratic procedures were key elements that defined the last 30 months of the fruitful transnational partnership in the framework of the DANTE project. The final...
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DANTE - Public-private consultation on challenges of IWT in Bulgaria
- 01-04-2019
The Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BRCCI) organised on 18 March a roundtable meeting with representatives of the responsible public authorities and the industry to discuss about the challenges inland waterway transport (IWT)...
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DANTE - Networking event to promote Danube river transport
- 27-11-2018
As part of the 4th DANTE project consortium meeting, participants were invited to join a public social event, organized by the Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The event, entitled “A view of the river: Danube as an Ecological...
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DANTE - Consortium meetings in Sofia
- 27-11-2018
The 4th DANTE Project Consortium Meeting was held on November 14-15 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event gathered around 30 experts from almost all consortium partners. The meeting included a presentation of the current stage of all 5 working packages,...
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DANTE - Achievements and challenges on the waterway discussed at the Danube Business Talks 2018
- 16-10-2018
The third edition of the “Danube Business Talks” forum, organized by Viadounau took place on October 10th-11th 2018 in Vienna, Austria. This year’s edition of the successful business platform for innovative transport and logistics solutions on...
