GREEN DANUBE Integrated transnational policies and practical solutions for an environmentally-friendly Inland Water Transport system in the Danube region
About GREEN DANUBE
Integrated transnational policies and practical solutions for an
environmentally – friendly Inland Water Transport system in the Danube region
Programme: Danube Transnational Programme
Priority Axis 3: Better connected and energy responsible Danube region
Specific Objective 3.1: Support environmentally–friendly and safe transport systems and balanced accessibility of urban and rural areas
CERONAV Role: Lead Partner
Duration: 30 months (January 2017 – June 2019)
Consortium: 10 partners of 7 countries and 6 associate strategic partners:
Partners
- CERONAV – Romanian Maritime Training Centre, Lead Partner
- Pro Danube Management GmbH - Austria
- Black Sea - Danube Association of Research and Development - Bulgaria
- Inland Navigation Development Centre Ltd- Croatia
- Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems – Germany
- National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications – Hungary
- The Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe- Hungary
- Danube Delta National Institute – Romania
- Association of Cross Border Cooperation „Lower Danube” – Romania
- Danube Competence Centre – Serbia
Associate Strategic Partners
- Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority – Romania
- General Directorate for Water – Hungary
- Directorate for Inland Waterways – Serbia
- Danube Commission – Hungary
- Executive Agency Maritime Administration – Bulgaria
- Ministry of Transport – Romania
Project’s acronym: GREEN DANUBE
Total Budget: 1.586.244 EURO
ERDF Contribution: 1.267.897,40 EURO
IPA Contribution: 80.410 EURO
The project addresses the environmental pollution caused by the inland water transport emphasized in different European policies, strategies and initiatives, such as: Europe2020, NAIADES II, European Strategy for the Danube Region, White Paper – Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system, etc.
The project activities include:
- The capacitation consolidation of regulating Authorities on Inland Waterways with regard to compliance with the new standards pertaining to pollutant emissions by:
- Performing a study on present practices and procedures and developing action tools and
- Developing transnational procedures to determine and comply with pollutant emission standards;
- Reduction of emissions by using environmentally–friendly technologies by elaborating a study on present fleet analysing types of engines, lifetime of vessel, fuel consumption and gas emissions;
- Development of navigation on Danube by limiting the negative impact of transport systems on Danube ecosystem by elaborating a transnational strategy for an adequate management. This will lead to the limitation of pollutant emissions in the Danube corridor.
Website: dtp.interreg-danube.eu/green-danube
