More than 80 participants from Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Romania attended the project's Launch Event, which was held at the Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary, Budapest. The speakers gave a brief introductions on the Danube Strategy as a framework for the project, DARLINGe objectives, the project area characterstics, as well as expected benefits for stakeholders. The presentatios are available here: http://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/uploads/media/approved_project_public/0001/04/62c071d3bf02e6727f3f157cd166f68f18675d16.pdf It was followed by an interactive workshop, where stakeholders could address their questions, expectations and recommendations.