Participative Ecosystems for fostering the revitalization of rural-urban cooperation through governing Danube Circular-Bioeconomy

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Date of latest update: 2024-03-22

Description

Description (EN):

Danube regions and cities face major societal transitions regarding demographic change. The rural exodus is caused by better employment opportunities for the youth and the prospect of a better life in cities. The movement of labor leads to depopulated areas leaving an aging and increasingly unskilled population behind. However, regions can make a significant new beginning. But a multi-level participative governance approach and new institutional capacities are needed to pool existent excellent competencies and development potentials. Co-creating future strategies to increase the attractiveness of rural areas is the key to give the youth new incentives to revive rural areas. Circular-Bioeconomy is used as a tool, that promises to foster regional development: It is a concept focusing on the transition of a fossil-resource based economy towards an economy making use of sustainable production of biological resources and processes to develop new products, thus setting rural areas and their development into focus. The concept catalyzes interdisciplinary cooperation also between different policy areas/levels to actively address demographic change, by enhancing value creation through new collaboration, business models and value chains raising the attractiveness to stay and even move to rural areas. Long term goal of the project is to enhance the socio-economic status of the regions, contribute to environmental, climate and resource protection as well as foster development of rural areas. An ecosystem for systematic multi-level governance with actors from the interested public, academia, industry and political decision making will be developed. That ecosystem gives space for co-creation and new forms of integrated urban-rural cooperation leading to increased institutional capacity to tackle demographic change. Thus, overcoming the persistent lack of engagement of societal actors in the political system by giving them ownership to address demographic change.

Achievements (EN):

Joint Strategy for the Danube Circular Bioeconomy Brain Trust: The GoDanubio project established the so-called Brain Trust as an open network of experts and interested parties to consolidate mutual efforts and set strategies for collaboration and identification of transformative opportunities in the field of circular bioeconomy. The Brain Trust provided the Danube Region White Paper “Cross-Border Collaboration in the Danube Region with focus on circular bioeconomy – Wishful thinking or a realistic option?” to kickoff discussions on how the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) can be better aligned with regional strategies with a dedicated focus on the circular bioeconomy. Two transnational dialogues and several regional dialogues were organized by the Brain Trust and the GoDanuBio project partners on strategic actions elaborated in the White Paper. The current Joint Strategy for the Danube Circular Bioeconomy Brain Trust consolidates various feedback and provides strategic guidance for the future role of the Brain Trust in implementing transnational participative governance structures for circular bioeconomy developments in the Danube Region. The GoDanuBio project concluded that the Danube Region’s circular bioeconomy ecosystem has evolved sporadically in localized silos, without clear and coherent direction. There is little or missing coordination among the Danube Regions and the necessary infrastructure for developing new, circular bioeconomy value chains neither sufficiently exists nor is it actively supported. With the Ukraine war, surging temperatures, fires and water shortages at summer times, the signs are clear that the world is becoming more dangerous and far less predictable. Energy prices are skyrocketing, and inflation is returning. Companies are challenged by these new framework conditions and are seeking a new, sustainable approach to growth. Consequently, the case has never been stronger for more resilient, circular bioeconomy models. Consequently, the GoDanuBio partners defined a set of recommendations focussing on the facilitation of transnational cooperation. 10 recommendations can be clustered around three main areas: - Strengthening the interministerial collaboration - Setting up a transnational collaboration platform, and - Closing the investment gaps. As far as the implementation of these recommendations is concerned, the Brain Trust can play an important role. The Brain Trust was formed to serve as the motivation and information point for the bioeconomy development in the Danube Region. The first meeting of the Brain Trust’s initial group was held on the 28th April 2021. Furthermore, the Brain Trust was actively involved in the implementation of several successful transnational strategy dialogues. The Brain Trust has proven that it: - serves as an institutional and infrastructural framework for mutual learning on regional policy agendas of the Danube Region in circular bioeconomy. - provides policymakers and representative from various ministries with advice on how to set-up and execute circular bioeconomy strategies and related support schemes. - will help to consolidate regional efforts and strengthen institutional capacities to identify transformative opportunities to tackle resilience, and sustainability challenges for reaching targets by 2030.

Website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Intensity of cooperation of institutional actors and other stakeholders in the programme area in order to tackle major societal challenges (survey based composite indicator)

Expected Outputs (EN):

GoDanuBio results in increased institutional capacity to address common demographic challenges, such as increasing the attractiveness of rural areas for the youth. It enhances governance structures to implement participative governance. To exploit innovation potential in the regions, regional excellence will be pooled and pilot projects formulated. In this way, public and private actors will actively be involved in the political decision making. Thus, the project results in ownership for actively addressing demographic change by public authorities in close cooperation with the practitioners and the public. It contributes to engage actors that are neglected so far (such as waste management, industrial clusters,..) but that are crucially needed for the transition towards the enablement of rural areas. The project integrates them into the participative governance. These new ecosystems result in co-creation of the framework for tackling the demographic change. Long term goal is to enhance the socio-economic status of the regions, foster development of rural areas as well as contribute to environmental, climate and resource protection. In the project, circular-bioeconomy concepts will be used as a tool to tackle demographic change. These concepts give clear strategic framework and put the rural areas into focus. The project stimulates regional and transnational (DCBBT) governance models to align common efforts to tackle societal challenges. Through this multi-level infrastructure further regions will be involved that satellite the concept, cooperation and ideas into other regions. Thus, regional developed excellence in GoDanuBio influences and executes in their regions and at the same time in the whole Danube Region to succeed in the long run. This multi-level governance approach tackles core priorities of the EUSDR (PA8, PA10) and DTP by increasing the potency for participative governance for identification and execution of cooperation to empower rural areas.

Thematic information

Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Governance, partnership

Specific Objective:

Improve institutional capacities to tackle major societal challenges (short title). Strengthen multilevel- and transnational governance and institutional capacities and provide viable institutional and legal frameworks for more effective, wider and deeper transnational cooperation across the Danube region in areas with major societal challenges

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (19)

Lead Partner: BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH

Address: Alexanderstraße 5, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.bio-pro.de/en

Total budget: EUR 406 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 345 440.00

Národní klastrová asociace

Name: Národní klastrová asociace

Address: U Tiskarny 616/9, 70200 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.nca.cz

Total budget: EUR 99 450.00

ERDF budget: EUR 84 532.50

Ministarstvo gospodarstva i održivog razvoja

Name: Ministarstvo gospodarstva i održivog razvoja

Department: EU Policy for Territorial Cooperation and Macro-regional Development Unit

Address: Ulica grada Vukovara 78, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mingo.hr

Total budget: EUR 99 012.50

ERDF budget: EUR 84 160.62

Košický samosprávny kraj

Name: Košický samosprávny kraj

Department: Regional Development Department

Address: Námestie Maratónu mieru 1, 04266 Košice, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vucke.sk

Total budget: EUR 99 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 84 150.00

ИЗПЪЛНИТЕЛНА АГЕНЦИЯ ЗА НАСЪРЧАВАНЕ НА МАЛКИТЕ И СРЕДНИТЕ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯ

Name: ИЗПЪЛНИТЕЛНА АГЕНЦИЯ ЗА НАСЪРЧАВАНЕ НА МАЛКИТЕ И СРЕДНИТЕ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯ

Address: Lege Street 2-4, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sme.government.bg/

Total budget: EUR 98 348.50

ERDF budget: EUR 83 596.22

Anteja ECG svetovanje d.o.o. - Poly4EmI iniciativa

Name: Anteja ECG svetovanje d.o.o. - Poly4EmI iniciativa

Department: International projects

Address: Lambergarjeva 8, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: private

Website: http://anteja-ecg.com/

Total budget: EUR 228 710.00

ERDF budget: EUR 194 403.50

Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

Name: Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

Address: Hafenstraße 47-51, 4020 Linz, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.biz-up.at

Total budget: EUR 197 050.00

ERDF budget: EUR 167 492.50

Asociatia Clusterelor din Romania

Name: Asociatia Clusterelor din Romania

Address: Bd Ion Ionescu de la Brad 6, 013813 Bucharest, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.clustero.eu

Total budget: EUR 191 150.00

ERDF budget: EUR 162 477.50

БЪЛГАРСКА РАБОТОДАТЕЛСКА АСОЦИАЦИЯ ИНОВАТИВНИ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ "БРАИТ"

Name: БЪЛГАРСКА РАБОТОДАТЕЛСКА АСОЦИАЦИЯ ИНОВАТИВНИ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ "БРАИТ"

Address: Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd, Sofia Tech Park, Incubator building, floor 3 111B, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.abclusters.org

Total budget: EUR 181 577.50

ERDF budget: EUR 154 340.88

ISC Konstanz e.V.

Name: ISC Konstanz e.V.

Address: Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 15, 78467 Konstanz, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://isc-konstanz.de

Total budget: EUR 139 770.16

ERDF budget: EUR 118 804.64

ClusterAgentur Baden-Württemberg, hosted by VDI/VDE IT

Name: ClusterAgentur Baden-Württemberg, hosted by VDI/VDE IT

Address: Willi-Bleicherstr. 19, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.clusteragentur-bw.de

Total budget: EUR 119 960.00

ERDF budget: EUR 101 966.00

Comuna Ghelinta

Name: Comuna Ghelinta

Address: Ghelinta 345, 527090 Ghelinta, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.gelence.info

Total budget: EUR 118 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 100 640.00

IFKA Iparfejlesztési Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.

Name: IFKA Iparfejlesztési Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.

Department: Green Economy

Address: Andrássy út 100, 1062 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ifka.hu

Total budget: EUR 111 775.00

ERDF budget: EUR 95 008.75

Regionalna agencija za razvoj malih i srednjih preduzeća Alma Mons doo. Novi Sad

Name: Regionalna agencija za razvoj malih i srednjih preduzeća Alma Mons doo. Novi Sad

Address: Svetosavska 3a, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.almamons.rs

Total budget: EUR 108 908.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 92 571.80

Bioeconomy Cluster

Name: Bioeconomy Cluster

Address: Piaristická 2, 94901 Nitra, Slovakia

Legal status: private

Website: http://bioeconomy.sk/

Total budget: EUR 104 385.00

ERDF budget: EUR 88 727.25

Štajerski Tehnološki Park

Name: Štajerski Tehnološki Park

Address: Pesnica pri Mariboru 20 A, 2211 Maribor, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.stp.si

Total budget: EUR 104 125.00

ERDF budget: EUR 88 506.25

Ministerul Economiei, Antreprenoriatului și Turismului

Name: Ministerul Economiei, Antreprenoriatului și Turismului

Department: Department for Industrial Policy and Competitiveness

Address: Calea Victoriei, Sector 1 152, 010096 Bucharest, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.economie.gov.ro

Total budget: EUR 102 340.00

ERDF budget: EUR 86 989.00

Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport

Name: Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport

Department: Science Directorate

Address: Masarykova cesta 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mizs.gov.si

Total budget: EUR 101 070.00

ERDF budget: EUR 85 909.50

Hrvatski drvni klaster

Name: Hrvatski drvni klaster

Address: I. Kršnjavoga 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.drvniklaster.hr

Total budget: EUR 100 760.00

ERDF budget: EUR 85 646.00

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Project name (EN): Participative Ecosystems for fostering the revitalization of rural-urban cooperation through governing Danube Circular-Bioeconomy

Project acronym: GoDanuBio

Project start date: 2020-07-01

Project end date: 2022-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 712 191.66

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 305 362.91

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 212 791.11.
IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 92 571.80.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-09-22

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

155 / 155 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 582 / 1 582 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg-danube.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-10-06, 2023-01-10 and 2024-01-30.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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Participative Ecosystems for fostering the revitalization of rural-urban cooperation through governing Danube Circular-Bioeconomy

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