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The Institute of International Politics and Economics DANUBE STRATEGY – STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE FOR SERBIA Edited by Nevenka Jeftić Šarčević Edita Stojić Karanović Belgrade, 2012 Danube Strategy – Strategic Significance for Serbia Publisher Institute of International Politics and Economics, Makedonska 25, Belgrade For the Publisher Duško Dimitrijević, Ph.D., Director Editors in Chief Nevenka Jeftić Šarčević, Ph.D. Edita Stojić Karanović, Ph.D. Editorial Board a.o. Univ. Prof. Joachim Becker, Ph.D. International Economics and Development, Department of Economics, Vienna, University of Economics and Business Prof. Silvo Devetak, Ph.D. Head, Department of International Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia Dragan Đukanović, Ph.D. Institute of International Politics and Economies, Belgrade, Serbia Cover Design Snežana Vojković Layout Sanja Pavlović Printed by “Želnid”, Belgrade ISBN 978-86-7067-167-6 The publication was financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Serbia. Contents Preface to the compendium ........................................................................................ 7 Chapter I STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DANUBE RIVER AND REGIONAL CO-OPERATION IN ITS BASIN Grigorij Meseznikov THE DANUBE REGIONAL COOPERATION AS A PLATFORM FOR BOOSTING SERBIA’S CHANCES IN EURO-INTEGRATION: SOME POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS .................................................................. 13 Sandor Götz SHIPPING ON THE WATERS OF SEE REGION OVER-BRIDGING THE BORDERS .......................................................................... 23 Marija Knežević BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AS A DANUBE COUNTRY ................................ 30 Miloš Šolaja BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AS A DANUBE COUNTRY – A NEW APPROACH WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE DANUBE STRATEGY .................................................................................. 41 Biljana Savić REGIONAL COOPERATION WITHIN THE SAVA COMMISSION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF B&H ................................................... 54 Zsuzsa M. Császár DANUBE STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE FOR SERBIA ......................................... 71 3 Danube Strategy – Strategic Significance for Serbia Saša Čvrljak, Hrvoje Butković DANUBE STRATEGY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ....................................................................... 81 Damir Demonja, Majda Rubić PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EUROPEAN LAW – EXPERIENCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION IN THE DANUBE MACRO REGION ...................................................................... 95 Chapter II GEOPOLITICAL POSITION OF SERBIA ON THE DANUBE RIVER Florin Diaconu GEOPOLITICAL AND GEO-STRATEGIC STATUS OF SERBIA ON THE DANUBE: THE ROAD FROM GEOPOLITICAL PIVOT TO GEOPOLITICAL PLAYER (ACTIVE ACTOR) ................................... 113 Dragan Tančić RELEVANT FACTORS OF THE DANUBE AND DANUBE BASIN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SERBIA AND EUROPEAN UNION ......................... 129 Dragan Petrović, Nataša Tomić Petrović PHYSICO-GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS OF DANUBE REGION IN SERBIA AS PREREQUISITES FOR OF TRAFFIC AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................ 150 Nevenka Jeftić Šarčević IS IT POSSIBLE SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE DANUBE AND BLACK SEA REGION. THE GEOPOLITICAL POSITION OF SERBIA ...................................................... 156 Nenad M. Ilić SOCIAL CAPITAL NETWORKS IN SERBIA: STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE DANUBE RIVER ...................................... 164 4 Danube Strategy – Strategic Significance for Serbia Chapter III ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OPERATION IN THE DANUBE BASIN Milovan Radaković THE DANUBE-MARAVA-VARDAR-AEGEAN SEA WATERWAY .....................175 Miljojko Bazić, Ranko Lojić, Aleksandar Bazić, ROLE OF MEDIA IN PROCESS OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN DANUBE REGION ................................................................................................185 Mihajlo Vučić THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN WETLANDS..........................197 Milica Slavković THE DANUBE COUNTRIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES PROTECTION IN FLOOD EMERGENCY SITUTATIONS ..............................................................213 Aleksandra Tomić, Srbijanka Stojić ELEMENTS OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN THE STRATEGY OF FLOOD PROTECTION IN THE DANUBE BASIN ..........................................226 Chapter IV COOPERATION IN THE DANUBE REGION IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF TOURISM Damir Demonja, Tihana Stepinac Fabijanić DANUBE CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM (DCSF) – AN EXAMPLE OF INITIATIVE TO CONNECT THE DANUBE REGION AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CROATIA TO PROMOTE CULTURE AND TOURISM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF DANUBE STRATEGY ................. 233 Pero Petrović ECOTOURISM – A DRIVING FORCE OF DEVELOPMENT IN SOME DANUBE REGIONS ................................................................................. 253 Dragica Tomka, Gordana Đurić, Goran Tomka THEMATIC CULTURAL TOURIST ROUTES OF DANUBE REGION – LOCAL CULTURAL GOODS AS A GLOBAL ATTRACTION ............................ 259 5 Danube Strategy – Strategic Significance for Serbia Sara Stanić ANTHROPOGENIC HERITAGE OF NATIONAL PARK ĐERDAP – AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN SERBIA ............................................................................................ 274 Snežana Štetić, Dario Šimičević, Saša Stevanović VALORIZATION OF SERBIAN WATERWAYS AND POSSIBILITIES FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DANUBE REGION TOURISM .................................................................................................... 290 Risto Prentović, Vidoje Golubović, Milutin Kovačević CORRELATION BETWEEN HUNTING AND CULTURAL TOURISM IN BAČKA UPPER DANUBE BASIN ......................................................................304 Željko Bjelajac, Marijana Dukić-Mijatović, Žaklina Spalević THE DANUBE STRATEGY AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE REGION AND THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA ........................................... 321 Book of Abstracts ..........................................................................................................331 6 Preface to the compendium The actual Danube Strategy of the European Union (EU) sets the basis for the construction of the modern regional group in the international river basin of the Danube. The EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) provides strong support for the development of all countries of the Danube basin, regardless whether they are members of the EU or not, guided by the principles of responsible use of natural resources for sustainable development. The need to respect these principles were also indicated in previous researches that were undertaken in the Institute of International Politics and Economics started in the late 80-ties of last century and continued during the first decade of the 21st century.1 Perceiving the overall value of the river Danube today as an international European transport corridor, and as a water resource, the resource that will become during the 21 century the most wanted natural resource (multiple more wanted than the today overestimated oil and gas), it is clear that Serbia lacks a complex assessment, developed awareness of the importance, and a comprehensive strategy of sustainable use of the Danube. There are scientific researches, articles, some strategies, but not a sufficient public awareness, legal regulation of the conditions which would enable and force the sustainable use of the river Danube and of the water resource in general. Serbia now needs to perceive its great opportunities arising from the fact that the Danube flows through Serbia and that Serbia participates with 10.3% in the territory of the Danube River Basin’s macro region. With this percentage Serbia is sharing with Austria the 3rd and the 4th place among the countries of the Danube River Basin, after Romania (28,9%) and Hungary (11,7%). Therefore the European Union Strategy for Danube Region (EUSDR), is from strategical importance for Serbia. The River and the Region needing international cooperation Like every great river, so the river Danube has always attracted people to settle and develop economic activities on its shores. The richness of the river as a natural resource for survival and for increasing wealth has always attracted new conquerors, 1 See collections of papers from the First (1989) to the Twenty-first (2010) Conferences “Danube – River of Cooperation” co-published by Institute of International Politics and Economics and International Scientific Forum “Danube – River of Cooperation”. 7 Danube Strategy – Strategic Significance for Serbia and also encouraged those communities that have previously won the position on the Danube, to keep this position. The battle for the possession of natural wealth marks the whole human history, and on the banks of the Danube there is a rich treasure of material evidence such campaigns. But also, the river requires cooperation and offers opportunities for alliances. Cooperation between countries along the Danube dates back to the 19th century. The first move in this direction was when the 1856 Treaty of Paris declared the Danube an international transport route, enabling unrestricted shipping and trade on the river. The still operational European Commission of the Danube was founded in the