Contribution by the Austrian Länder Burgenland, Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Vienna to the EU Strategy for the Danube Region 07.12.2009 Overall editorial coordination: Kurt Puchinger, Magistrat der Stadt Wien Otto Frey, Magistrat der Stadt Wien Contact persons in the involved Austrian Länder: wHR Dr. Heinrich Wedral, Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung
[email protected] Peter de Martin, Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung
[email protected] Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schrötter, Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung
[email protected] Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Kurt Puchinger, Amt der Wiener Landesregierung
[email protected] Contents 1 EU Strategy for the Danube Region............................................................................................ 5 1.1 Context......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Objectives of an EU Strategy for the Danube Region ..................................................................................... 5 2 The Danube Region in the Limelight .......................................................................................... 6 2.1 Definition and Affiliation.............................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Transnational Development Issues of Special Significance for Austria............................................................ 6 2.2.1 The Danube Region