Ongoing

International Projects

Danube Crafts

DanubeCrafts respond to the common challenge of Danube region by addressing rich cultural heritage and unexploited potential of traditional crafts, customs, and rituals, together with the untapped potential of thematic tourism in Danube region.

Danube4Rural.com

The Danube4Rural.com project tackles one of the major challenges facing rural areas in the Danube Region—depopulation. It aims to develop an integrated transnational governance model that supports local and regional authorities in attracting remote workers by leveraging the inherent strengths of rural areas, such as a higher quality of life, more space, lower living costs, and a preserved natural environment. 

SMILE Incubator

The SMILE Incubator project responds to key challenges faced by the Danube Region’s remote rural areas, including high emigration rates, brain drain, ageing populations, and a growing gap between urban and rural territories. 

Danube Crafts

DanubeCrafts respond to the common challenge of Danube region by addressing rich cultural heritage and unexploited potential of traditional crafts, customs, and rituals, together with the untapped potential of thematic tourism in Danube region.

Danube4Rural.com

The Danube4Rural.com project tackles one of the major challenges facing rural areas in the Danube Region—depopulation. It aims to develop an integrated transnational governance model that supports local and regional authorities in attracting remote workers by leveraging the inherent strengths of rural areas, such as a higher quality of life, more space, lower living costs, and a preserved natural environment. 

SMILE Incubator

The SMILE Incubator project responds to key challenges faced by the Danube Region’s remote rural areas, including high emigration rates, brain drain, ageing populations, and a growing gap between urban and rural territories. 

DINAMIC DANUBE

The DINAMIC DANUBE project represents a strategic partnership of 13 organizations, combining academic expertise and business support capabilities to jointly address the complex socio-economic challenges facing rural areas in the Danube Region. 

RESONANCE

RESONANCE promotes green and energy-efficient communities by harnessing the benefits of adaptive street lighting systems, using traffic and air quality/noise sensors to improve environmental and traffic monitoring and management, retrofitting electric vehicle charging points to lampposts.

PROSPERO

Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs) stand at the crossroads of economic growth and social evolution, playing a pivotal role in fostering pluralism, social cohesion and community empowerment.

DINAMIC DANUBE

The DINAMIC DANUBE project represents a strategic partnership of 13 organizations, combining academic expertise and business support capabilities to jointly address the complex socio-economic challenges facing rural areas in the Danube Region. 

RESONANCE

RESONANCE promotes green and energy-efficient communities by harnessing the benefits of adaptive street lighting systems, using traffic and air quality/noise sensors to improve environmental and traffic monitoring and management, retrofitting electric vehicle charging points to lampposts.

PROSPERO

Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs) stand at the crossroads of economic growth and social evolution, playing a pivotal role in fostering pluralism, social cohesion and community empowerment.

SMARTAUTO

The integration of automated vehicles (AVs) represents a transformative opportunity for European regions, promising enhanced mobility, economic growth, and environmental sustainability. However, the success of AV implementation hinges on overcoming the challenges identified in the Commission’s expert report – namely, fragmented efforts and limited knowledge transfer between regions.

SMF Danube Coves

Enhancing the development of Centres of Vocational Excellence in the Danube Region by fostering competence and skill development, business-education cooperation and transnational networking. 

Circular Minds (CG4C) – Circular Governance for Change

Circular economy is a systemic and global transition, but without local and organisational implementation, there will be no worldwide impact. New approaches, new business models and different relations with suppliers and supply chains lead to changes in internal policies and behaviour in organisations. 

SMARTAUTO

The integration of automated vehicles (AVs) represents a transformative opportunity for European regions, promising enhanced mobility, economic growth, and environmental sustainability. However, the success of AV implementation hinges on overcoming the challenges identified in the Commission’s expert report – namely, fragmented efforts and limited knowledge transfer between regions.

SMF Danube Coves

Enhancing the development of Centres of Vocational Excellence in the Danube Region by fostering competence and skill development, business-education cooperation and transnational networking. 

Circular Minds (CG4C) – Circular Governance for Change

Circular economy is a systemic and global transition, but without local and organisational implementation, there will be no worldwide impact. New approaches, new business models and different relations with suppliers and supply chains lead to changes in internal policies and behaviour in organisations. 

Greet GEO

Greet GEO will increase the capacity of regional innovation ecosystems, especially SMEs in certain less developed Central European (Pannonian Basin) regions and in selected outermost regions in a synergetic manner. It focuses on the utilization of geothermal resources with a holistic approach, with niche pilots in deep geothermal and shallow geothermal, in line with the specific domains and niches, and needs of the target regions.

GRANDIS – Green, digital, female-driven SMEs

Uncapping the entrepreneurial potential of women is a powerful driver to boost the twin transition. Gender quality is not just about social justice. Research shows that female- led initiatives are making headway towards sustainable development; that female entrepreneurs reach positive socio-economic results; and that climate action is not gender neutral.

DARKERSKY4CE – Strategic Transnational Approach to Reduce LIGHT pollution in Central Europe

DARKERSKY4CE project aims to reduce light pollution in central Europe by changing how it is perceived by policy makers, tourism facilities tourists, and locals.

Greet GEO

A Greet GEO projekt célja a geotermikus energia kutatásának és hasznosításának előmozdítása a zöld átmenet érdekében. Ez a projekt összekapcsolja a geotermikus energia kutatásának és felhasználásának különböző szereplőit, hogy fenntarthatóbb energiatermelési megoldásokat fejlesszenek ki, amelyek segíthetik a kkv-k törekvéseit.

GRANDIS – Green, digital, female-driven SMEs

Uncapping the entrepreneurial potential of women is a powerful driver to boost the twin transition. Gender quality is not just about social justice. Research shows that female- led initiatives are making headway towards sustainable development; that female entrepreneurs reach positive socio-economic results; and that climate action is not gender neutral.

DARKERSKY4CE – Strategic Transnational Approach to Reduce LIGHT pollution in Central Europe

DARKERSKY4CE project aims to reduce light pollution in central Europe by changing how it is perceived by policy makers, tourism facilities tourists, and locals.

REUSE2030 – REshaping Central Europe IndUstry Sustainability through circular Economy models by 2030

In Central Europe, the mechanical sector encompasses various sub-sectors, including machinery, industrial equipment and manufacturing as significant contributor to the economy of Central Europe, employing millions of people and generating a substantial share of the region’s exports.

 

CE-PRINCE – Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy

PRINCE aims to support the transition to Circular Economy in Central Europe (CE) leveraging on Green Public Procurement (GPP) as a means to improve companies circularity while reinforcing the public sector capacity to publish tenders containing more and more elements of circularity.

OPTI-UP – Optimizing and greening Public Transport networks through Integration with Urban Planning and data driven approaches

The OPTI-UP project aims to optimize public transport (PT) networks in small and medium-sized cities in central Europe through integration with urban planning and data-driven approaches, while also making PT more environmentally friendly.

REUSE2030 – REshaping Central Europe IndUstry Sustainability through circular Economy models by 2030

In Central Europe, the mechanical sector encompasses various sub-sectors, including machinery, industrial equipment and manufacturing as significant contributor to the economy of Central Europe, employing millions of people and generating a substantial share of the region’s exports.

CE-PRINCE – Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy

PRINCE aims to support the transition to Circular Economy in Central Europe (CE) leveraging on Green Public Procurement (GPP) as a means to improve companies circularity while reinforcing the public sector capacity to publish tenders containing more and more elements of circularity.

OPTI-UP – Optimizing and greening Public Transport networks through Integration with Urban Planning and data driven approaches

The OPTI-UP project aims to optimize public transport (PT) networks in small and medium-sized cities in central Europe through integration with urban planning and data-driven approaches, while also making PT more environmentally friendly.

HyEfRe – Hydrogen integration for efficient renewable energy sytems

HyEfRe will counteract challenges related to low integration and balancing of fluctuating renewable energy sources (wind and photovoltaic), suboptimal energy efficiency and lack of carbon-neutrality in CE energy systems, resulting in high energy prices and climate change.

HERCULES – Enhancing the energy transition in Central Europe with the support of renewable energy communities

The energy transition, the access to RES with lower infrastructure investment costs can be greatly increased if citizens and SMEs are involved in the form of communities aiming at sharing energy with savings.

Danube DNA

The Danube DNA will be the nucleus of integrative smart specialization, skills development, cross-sectorial collaborations, SMEs transformation, and transition towards industry and logistics 4.0, through the transfer of knowledge, inter‐regional capacity building, jointly developed solutions, and implementation of innovative and sustainable pilot actions.

HyEfRe – Hydrogen integration for efficient renewable energy sytems

HyEfRe will counteract challenges related to low integration and balancing of fluctuating renewable energy sources (wind and photovoltaic), suboptimal energy efficiency and lack of carbon-neutrality in CE energy systems, resulting in high energy prices and climate change.

HERCULES – Enhancing the energy transition in Central Europe with the support of renewable energy communities

The energy transition, the access to RES with lower infrastructure investment costs can be greatly increased if citizens and SMEs are involved in the form of communities aiming at sharing energy with savings.

Danube DNA

The Danube DNA will be the nucleus of integrative smart specialization, skills development, cross-sectorial collaborations, SMEs transformation, and transition towards industry and logistics 4.0, through the transfer of knowledge, inter‐regional capacity building, jointly developed solutions, and implementation of innovative and sustainable pilot actions.

DANUBE WOOD(s)ROUTE

The main goal of the project is to utilize the natural resources and cultural features of the forests in the Danube Region in order to create sustainable and innovative ecotourism and develop related services.

RISE – Rising competences & skills in less developed Danube regions through food sector cross-topic innovations

Main problem is related to innovation capacity in remote areas. In partner regions those areas are facing declining employment opportunities in traditional industries as result of structural change.

NRGCOM – Creating appropriate operational conditions for renewable energy communities in the Danube Region

The goal of the project is to provide the Danube Region with proper environment and informed society, where community renewable energy initiatives can be launched and expand unhindered, thus facilitating the green transition and increasing energy efficiency, contributing to the achievement of the decarbonisation climate targets and enhancing energy security.

DANUBE WOOD(s)ROUTE

The main goal of the project is to utilize the natural resources and cultural features of the forests in the Danube Region in order to create sustainable and innovative ecotourism and develop related services.

RISE – Rising competences & skills in less developed Danube regions through food sector cross-topic innovations

Main problem is related to innovation capacity in remote areas. In partner regions those areas are facing declining employment opportunities in traditional industries as result of structural change.

NRGCOM – Creating appropriate operational conditions for renewable energy communities in the Danube Region

The goal of the project is to provide the Danube Region with proper environment and informed society, where community renewable energy initiatives can be launched and expand unhindered, thus facilitating the green transition and increasing energy efficiency, contributing to the achievement of the decarbonisation climate targets and enhancing energy security.

TEX-DAN – Moving forward with circularity in textile and fashion value chains

TEX-DAN aims at the uptake of technologies at SMEs for improved circularity in the textile and fashion (T&F) value chains through transnational collaboration in the Danube Region.

Circular SME Scan in Hospitality

Sustainable tourism, hospitality development requires informed participation of all relevant stakeholders, as well as strong political leadership to ensure wide participation and consensus building.

Upskilling local public actors for e-bus transition

Upskilling local public actors for e-bus transition (Skilled-eBus-Transition) project focuses on electric bus related VET skills and capacity building for green and climate friendly mobility.

TEX-DAN – Moving forward with circularity in textile and fashion value chains

TEX-DAN aims at the uptake of technologies at SMEs for improved circularity in the textile and fashion (T&F) value chains through transnational collaboration in the Danube Region.

Circular SME Scan in Hospitality

Sustainable tourism, hospitality development requires informed participation of all relevant stakeholders, as well as strong political leadership to ensure wide participation and consensus building.

Upskilling local public actors for e-bus transition

Upskilling local public actors for e-bus transition (Skilled-eBus-Transition) project focuses on electric bus related VET skills and capacity building for green and climate friendly mobility.

DaWetRest – Danube Wetlands and flood plains Restoration through systemic, community engaged and sustainable innovative actions

DAnube WETlands REStoration (DaWetRest) Lighthouse is designed to develop and demonstrate (pilot) concrete solutions applied on the Danube basin to address the challenges faced by its inland and coastal wetlands ecosystems’, namely on (i) biodiversity, (ii) water quality and availability, (iii) climate resilience and/or neutrality and (iv) socio-economic benefits for the local communitie

CIREVALC – Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

CIREVALC aims at introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors through community building, strengthening circular economy skills of enterprises, non-business entities and local communities and through improving policy learning.

PROMOTER – PROMoting TERritorial strategies for sustainable mobility through green energy prosumer hubs

PROMOTER enables EU to achieve its climate neutrality and re-power, by pursuing innovative decarbonised mobility, thus contributing to a greener territorial quality. To contribute this change, it promotes green energy hub-production at local level supporting sustainable transport.

DaWetRest – Danube Wetlands and flood plains Restoration through systemic, community engaged and sustainable innovative actions

DAnube WETlands REStoration (DaWetRest) Lighthouse is designed to develop and demonstrate (pilot) concrete solutions applied on the Danube basin to address the challenges faced by its inland and coastal wetlands ecosystems’, namely on (i) biodiversity, (ii) water quality and availability, (iii) climate resilience and/or neutrality and (iv) socio-economic benefits for the local communitie

CIREVALC – Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

CIREVALC aims at introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors through community building, strengthening circular economy skills of enterprises, non-business entities and local communities and through improving policy learning.

PROMOTER – PROMoting TERritorial strategies for sustainable mobility through green energy prosumer hubs

PROMOTER enables EU to achieve its climate neutrality and re-power, by pursuing innovative decarbonised mobility, thus contributing to a greener territorial quality. To contribute this change, it promotes green energy hub-production at local level supporting sustainable transport.

Ongoing

National Projects

2020-3.1.4-ZFR-EKM – Energiaközösségek kialakítását és működését támogató mintaprojekt megvalósítása

Establishment and operation of an energy community in District VII. of Budapest. The overall goal of the project is to establish and operate an energy community in District VII. of Budapest, which integrates a wide range of stakeholders and relevant actors (energy consumers, producers, service providers, actors with different energy and legal characteristics and interests) to a common system, and at the same time, it presents and organizes as much of the traditional and innovative technical and financial solutions as possible.

2020-3.1.4-ZFR-EKM – Energiaközösségek kialakítását és működését támogató mintaprojekt megvalósítása

Establishment and operation of an energy community in District VII. of Budapest. The overall goal of the project is to establish and operate an energy community in District VII. of Budapest, which integrates a wide range of stakeholders and relevant actors (energy consumers, producers, service providers, actors with different energy and legal characteristics and interests) to a common system, and at the same time, it presents and organizes as much of the traditional and innovative technical and financial solutions as possible.