The Working Goup on Culture, Science and Education:  preservation and development of cultural heritage in the DR - supporting the registration of the Danube Limes as a UNESCO World Heritage  supporting mobility of young people for the purpose of education  networking of authorities, regions, cities and institutions  advancing coperation on the basis of concrete projects • Joint application by Bavaria/Germany, , and for the approval of the Danube Limes as UNESCO World Heritage

• ARGE Donauländer Scholarship supported fields: Science, art, culture and management

• Danube Conferences on Culture 2013 Ulm (DE) 2014 (RS) 2015 Timisoara (RO) 2016 Ruse (BG) 2017 Pécs (HU) 2018 (AT) 2019 Regensburg (DE) DANUrB:

DANurb: A regional network building through tourism and education to strengthen the “Danube” cultural identity and solidarity. Strengthening the Danube regional cultural identity and creating a common brand by fostering transnational cultural ties between the settlements along the Danube, and by exploring the unused or hidden cultural and social capital resources for a better economic and cultural return.

Job Shadowing Programme: Cooperation between the ECOC Novi Sad 2021 and Lower Austria to promote mobility of cultural and artistic workers. PROJECTS

CultPlatForm_21: A cooperation of culture and tourism with the aim of developing contemporary aspects of cultural routes. Discovering places of history and supporting existing cultural routes in cooperation with the Council of Europe. Development of new destinations along the Danube (tourism), interpretation of historic places and events in a contemporary way (culture). NETWORLD: Increasing awareness of the First World War heritage and its sustainable use for the development of quality cultural tourism. Preparing a database, a strategy and a management plan for architectural First World War heritage. Improving the cooperation between countries of the Danube region in order to commemorate the First World War centenaries. Providing diversified quality tourist promotion brochures and by demonstrating the common brand “Walk of Peace” in the Danube region. Touring Exhibition DANUBE CARTOONS European Capitals of Culture in the EUSDR/Danube Region:

European Capitals of Culture as a potencial for the EUSDR:

2019 (BG) 2020 (KR) 2021 Novi Sad (SR) 2021 Timișoara (RO) 2023 Veszprém (HU) 2024 Austria: Dornbirn/Bad Ischl/St. Pölten 2025 Slovenia 2026 Slovakia 2028 Czech Republik THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Mag. Katka Krejcova Office of the Lower Austrian ProvincialGovernment Department for Art and Culture [email protected]