International Scientific Forum "Danube - River of Cooperation" is a non-governmental organisation working for nearly 20 years to improve all forms of regional cooperation in the Danube Region, with focus on the close cooperation between the Danube region countries in transition.
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The 22nd Conference “Danube – River of Cooperation” takes place on the 22nd of September 2011 in Belgrade, under the title Environmental Protection in the Danube Strategy Action Plan with Marking the World Rivers Day: Details and Draft program. Registration and abstracts are accepted until September 15th, 2011. To register, please contact us at forumdanube@yahoo.com. Abstracts of presentations are part of conference materials. Articles up to 16 pages for the Proceedings "Danube - River of Cooperation - 2011" are accepted by the end of October and will be published in electronic journal "Danubius" and in the Proceedings "Danube - River of Cooperation - 2011".
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International Scientific Forum “Danube – River of Cooperation” (ISF “DRC”) is invited to take part in the Ground debate on the topic of the new EU Strategy for the Danube Region with a specific focus on environmental aspects of the Danube Strategy. The event will take place on the International Danube Day in Vienna, June 29, 2011. See Invitation
The organizer of the event, “Babel Wien”, the local branch of Cafebabel.com in Vienna, in the framework of the pan-European project called "Green Europe on the Ground" intend to get this time answer on the following two questions:
1.Will an increased emphasis on the environment as a result of the Danube Strategy result in a more prosperous and stable Danube region?
2. How can environmental management be made to support innovation, entrepreneurship and well-being in the whole Danube Region?
Dr. Edita Stojic-Karanovic, president of the ISF “DRC” is invited to give in her statement a broader perspective and overview of the Danube Strategy as a first speaker, followed by Dr. Werner Kvarda on the themes of spatial planning and energy, and finally by Mag. Susanne Brandstetter with an Austrian point of view. Moderator of the Debate is Dipl.Pol. Ralf Nordbeck, from the Institute of Forest, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy at the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien.
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May 11th 2011 – Traditional Round-table Conference Sustainable Use of Natural and Cultural Resources for Development in Danube Basin was held this year in Sombor. Presentations and papers from the conference will be published by May 30, at the web site of the NGO "Danube Perspective" (www.danube-perspective.org), and by June 30 on CD. Also, selected papers from this conference will be published in the Proceedings of "Danube - River of Cooperation" - 2011. Draft Programme (pdf)
On March 21st we celebrated the World Forest Day, and on March 22nd the World Water Day. During the past year our team worked on the project "Belgrade Perspectives of Sustainable Development and Climate Change", with the financial support from the Swedish foundation SIDA, in the framework of the SECTOR II programme, and the organization support from the Belgrade office of the Regional Environmental Centre (REC). The decision was made that this year the International Scientific Forum "Danube - River of Cooperation" will devote its activities to the sustainable use of forest and water resources in Serbia, and cooperation in this field with neighbouring countries.
World Forestry Day is celebrated around the world on March 21st, the day of the equinox - spring in the Northern and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. This day commemorates the contribution and value of forests and forestry to the community. Forest is the basis of life. The importance of sustainable management of forests in combating global warming has been recognized in the Earth summit at Rio.
World Water Day is held annually on March 22nd as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems. Download the official brochure for World Water Day 2011 – Water and Urbanization here (pdf 2mb).
Highlights of 2010
The 21st International Scientific Conference "Danube - River of Cooperation" was held in Belgrade on Thursday, 21st October 2010. The title of this year's annual conference is The role of civil society in promoting the potential of the Danube basin in the light of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.
The annual international Round table conference "Sustainable Use of Natural Resources" was held on May 12-13. in Bela Crkva.
National conference on Danube strategy: April 6. 2010, Belgrade.
