1. OUTPUTS AND RESULTS WP6 “NETWORKING” Closure Conference 1 February 2012, Kormoran Hotel, Samorin - Cilistov

2. DATOURWAY NETWORK Total number of participating organizations: 143 Participation by partners countries:  Hungary – 42 participants  Serbia – 31 participants  Bulgaria – 24 participants  Croatia – 21 participants  Italy – 18 participants  Slovakia – 8 participants  Romania – 7 participants 2

3. DATOURWAY NETWORK Type of participants:  local authorities: municipalities, regions, provinces, counties  regional associations  river/water management authorities  regional development agencies/councils/centers for entrepreneurship  branch associations/chambers of commerce, industry, economy  tourism/sport/eco organizations  research institutes/centers/associations  private companies 3

4. DATOURWAY NETWORK  Participating organization certified their consent by signing Letters of Intent  The networking database is published in the Conference book for the Network Building Conference on 25 November 2011 in Sofia  Network Building Conference gathered more than 100 participants from the partners countries 4

5. DATOURWAY NETWORK Programme of Network Building Conference 25 November 2011, Sofia  Official opening  Introduction of the DATOURWAY project – partnerships and stakeholders  Presentation of the Investment Guidebook  Networking activities: national/regional experience; DATOURWAY on-line forum   Presentation of successful cooperation, initiatives, good practices in the Danube region  Possibilities of Danube Tourist Destination Management. Establishment of Transnational Association of Danubian municipalities 5

6. DATOURWAY NETWORK Follow – up:  Two organizations from Hungary and one from Bulgaria started the work on the establishment of International Association of Danubian Municipalities  After the popularization of the Network during the Network Building Conference new organizations are in process of joining dateName, Place6

7. Big River Projects Guidebook Contents 1.Background:  Background and purpose of the Guide  Key facts about the River Danube  Tourism potential along the Danube River 2.Countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia 3.Implemented tourist projects:  Integrated tourism  Eco-tourism  Culture and historical tourism  Tourist facilities and infrastructure  Active tourism and water sports 7

8. Annexes: 1.Annex 1, DATOURWAY project outputs 2.Annex 2, Danube River’ main tributaries, ports and largest bridges over the Danube 3.Annex 3, Useful Internet links 8 Big River Projects Guidebook

9. Projects distribution by type of tourism:  Integrated tourism -24 projects  Eco-tourism - 16 projects  Culture and historical tourism – 13 projects  Tourist facilities and infrastructure – 9 projects  Active tourism and water sports – 10 projects Total number of projects: 72 Big River Projects Guidebook 9

10. Projects distribution by countries:  Bulgaria– 11  Croatia – 9  Hungary – 12  Italy -13  Romania – 10  Serbia – 9  Slovakia – 8 Big River Projects Guidebook 10

11. Projects distribution by countries: Bulgaria is most active in culture and historical tourism projects Croatia is most active in active tourism and water sports projects Hungary is most active in eco projects Italy, Serbia and Slovakia are most active in integrated projects Romania submitted equal number of integrated, eco and culture and historical tourism projects Big River Projects Guidebook 11

12. General information for the projects:  Project beneficiary/promoter  Short description  Period of implementation  Project budget and source of financing  Additional sites of interest in proximity Big River Projects Guidebook was published in 4000 copies, presented during the Big River Conference on 24 November 2011 in Sofia, delivered to all partners and circulated in the DATOURWAY project region. Big River Projects Guidebook 12

13. Big River Conference 24 November 2011, Sofia With the joint efforts of the project partners the conference was recognized as an official event in the Programme of Priority Axis 3 of the European Strategy for the Danube Region. The Bulgarian EUSDR – PA3 coordinator Mr. Ivo Marinov, Deputy Minister for Economy, Energy and Tourism, officially opened the conference. 13

14. Programme  Official opening  European Strategy for the Danube Region as a Linkage between the Southeast European Regions  Presentation of the DATOURWAY Project  Presentation of the Big River Projects Guidebook  Successful projects presentation  Tourism Development along the Danube  Potential for tourist development in the Danube Region  Supporting social-economic conditions of tourism  Improvement of environmental and infrastructural conditions for tourism Big River Conference 24 November 2011, Sofia 14

15. Additional output – Conference book for BRC and NBC Beyond the scope of a habitual event’s conference book, but rather a means for dissemination of project results:  Summary of the almost implemented project  Updated description of the partners organizations  Summarization of DATOURWAY project results   Conferences’ programmes  Networking database  Presentation of key networking organization per countries 15

16. Thank you for your kind attention! George Tabakov Chairman Bulgaria Economic Forum