The Regional Government of Lower Austria as Lead partner and Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company as the host of the kick-off event are pleased to invite you to the Kick-Off Conference of the Danube-Black Sea (DBS) Gateway Region project held on 21 and 22 March 2017 in Sofija, Bulgaria.

The project gathers ten partners and 20 associated strategic partners from ten Danube riparian countries aiming at:

• creating a basis for cooperation (joint vision) between stakeholders in order to be able to work together towards the development of the DBS Gateway Region
• increasing the attractiveness of the waterway transport system in the DBS region
• facilitating long-term cooperation of all key actors within an institutionalised cooperation platform

The first day of the event will be dedicated to meetings of the project consortium, whereas the second day will be public for all partners, interested stakeholders and other guests.

The event will be held in English.