Launching the creation of the Romanian National Network of Danube Officers

Thanks to the moral and guiding support provided by EUSDR PAC10 Coordinator and of the Urban Platform Danube Region (Vienna), the Local Communities along the Danube River Association – CLDR Romania – established a Consortium with the Romanian Academy through its Biodiversity Center and the International Honorary Chair “Jean Bart” (CIO-SUERD), coordinated by EUROLINK-House of Europe, aimed to promote the selection and training of the Romanian National Network of Danube Officers. The inaugural event was deployed in the presence and with the kind support of the National EUSDR Coordinator from the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mrs. Ambassador Silvia DAVIDOIU and of the Personal Adviser to the Romanian Minister of European Funds, Dr. Octavian SERBAN.

This event enjoyed of the attendance of leading scientific and public figures, and a number of 25 persons from all over Romania obtained the Certificate of Graduation. This Session was organised under the aegis of the Danubian Young Leaders Academy and it was possible thanks to the support provided by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Romanian Institute of Popular Studies.

At the end of this reunion, the CLDR Secretariat addressed to the Romanian Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration an Open Letter asking his personal support for institutionalising the competences and role of the Danube Officers in Romania and ensuring a stable continuation of the current Danubian economic and social recovering process.