D2.9 Mapping of relevant stakeholders describing activities, positions, and good practices including recommendations for synergies Project Danube-INCO.NET Project Number 609497 Deliverable Number: D2.9 Submission Date 15.08.2016. Virag ZSAR, Zsuzsanna ANGYAL, Anna BOGNAR, Andras Responsible author(s): CSONDOR, Mate BABJAK, Nora JENEY, Bela KARDON (RCISD) Mapping of relevant stakeholders describing activities, positions, and good practices including recommendations for synergies (D2.9) Danube-INCO.NET Document Control Sheet Work package Number WP2 Work package Title Policy Dialogue Task Number T2.2 Task Title Policy Framework Coordination Deliverable Number D2.9 Mapping of relevant stakeholders describing activities, positions, and Deliverable Title good practices including recommendations for synergies File Name Deliverable2_9_updated Number of pages 99 Dissemination level Public Main author Virag ZSAR (RCISD) Zsuzsanna ANGYAL, Anna BOGNAR, Mate BABJAK, Andras CSONDOR, Contributors Elke DALL, Martina HARTL, Nora JENEY, Bela KARDON, Davor KOZMUS Quality Assurance Lena Tsipouri Versioning and Contribution History Version Date Author/Editor Contributors Description/Comments Virag Zsar Nora Jeney, Zsuzsanna Angyal, _v01 15.11.2014 Anna Bognar, Mate Babjak, Bela Kardon Elke Dall, Feedback _v02 09.12.2014 Martina Hartl Virag Zsar Nora Jeney, Anna Revised version based on _v03 13.01.2015 Bognar, Bela feedbacks collected Kardon _v04 24.01.2015 Lena Tsipouri QA Virag Zsar Nora Jeney Revised version based on _05 24.02.2015 feedbacks collected _v06 10.03.2015 Lena Tsipouri QA _07 15.04.2015 Virag Zsar Nora Jeney Revised version 2 Mapping of relevant stakeholders describing activities, positions, and good practices including recommendations for synergies (D2.9) Danube-INCO.NET _08 25.04.2015 Lena Tsipouri QA _Final 28.04.2015. Virag Zsar final version Virag Zsar, updated and extended _updated 15.08.2016 Andras Csondor version _Final 29.09.2016 Lena Tsipouri QA Document last saved on 05.10.2016 3 Mapping of relevant stakeholders describing activities, positions, and good practices including recommendations for synergies (D2.9) Danube-INCO.NET Content Content .................................................................................................................................................... 4 List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................ 8 List of Figures & Pictures ..................................................................................................................... 8 List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................ 9 1 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... 11 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Objectives and the structure of the report .............................................................................. 14 2.2 Methodology ............................................................................................................................ 15 2.3 Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 22 2.4 Limitations ................................................................................................................................ 23 3 Introducing stakeholders, related programmes and activities with a special focus on their relevance to R&I activities within Danube Region ................................................................................ 24 3.1 Stakeholders based in the Danube Region............................................................................... 24 3.1.1 Networks.......................................................................................................................... 24 Danube Rectors’ Conference (DRC) ............................................................................. 24 Danube Universities (DU) ............................................................................................. 25 Council of Danube Cities and Regions (CoDCR) ........................................................... 26 Urban Platform Danube Region (UPDR)....................................................................... 27 Danube Alliance ............................................................................................................ 27 Danubiz ......................................................................................................................... 28 European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC): Danube Innovation Partnerships, Scientific Support for the EUSDR .................................................................................. 28 Danube Strategy Research Network (DSRN) ................................................................ 30 Danube Cluster Network (DanuClus) ........................................................................... 30 Young Citizens Danube Network (YCDN) ..................................................................... 30 Danube Civil Society Forum (DCSF) .............................................................................. 31 European Danube Academy ......................................................................................... 31 3.1.2 Associations with the status of international organization ............................................. 31 International Association for Danube Research (IAD) ................................................. 31 International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) ................ 32 3.1.3 Associations/NGOs .......................................................................................................... 32 Danube Chambers of Commerce Association (DCCA) ................................................. 32 3.1.4 Other types of initiatives/stakeholders ........................................................................... 32 Ulm Follow-up Group ................................................................................................... 32 4 Mapping of relevant stakeholders describing activities, positions, and good practices including recommendations for synergies (D2.9) Danube-INCO.NET European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC): Danube Innovation Partnerships, Scientific Support for the EUSDR .................................................................................. 33 Steinbeis Danube Center .............................................................................................. 34 Viadonau ...................................................................................................................... 35 Danube Area Interregional Group at the Committee of the Regions .......................... 35 3.2 Regional and/or transnational stakeholders ............................................................................ 36 3.2.1 Networks.......................................................................................................................... 36 The Regional Network for Central and South Eastern Europe of ICA (CASEE) ............ 36 3.2.2 Committees, councils with the status of international organization .............................. 36 Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) ..................................................................... 36 Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) ............................................................................ 37 Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) ....................................................... 38 3.2.3 Organizations with an intergovernmental feature .......................................................... 38 Central European Initiative (CEI) .................................................................................. 38 Salzburg Forum ............................................................................................................. 40 Visegrad 4 Cooperation (V4) ........................................................................................ 41 3.2.4 Agencies, funds at transnational level ............................................................................. 42 Visegrad Fund ............................................................................................................... 42 Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies (CEEPUS) .................. 42 Western Balkans Research and Innovation Strategy Exercise (WISE) Centre ............. 43 Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF) ........... 44 3.2.5 Other types of initiatives/stakeholders ........................................................................... 44 Southeast Europe Investment Committee (SEEIC) ...................................................... 44 Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) ..................................................................................... 45 Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives (CESCI) .................................... 45 Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) ........................................ 46 3.3 European Union 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