DANTE

DANTE – Improving Administrative Procedures and Processes for Danube IWT

The Hungarian Federation of Danube ports participates in the DANTE project as Associated Strategic Partner.  Members of the Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports are highly engaged towards improving IWT on the Danube. In this regard, it is of outmost importance to contribute to such initiatives by means of participating at the relevant meetings and providing HFIP´s contribution.

HFIP will support the Partnership by identifying the administrative and fiscal barriers along the Danube from the ports´ perspective, contribute to the setting up of the database, analysing the results and providing professional support in order to eliminate the different types of bottlenecks for IWT.

About the project and the needs

The DANTE project is co-funded by European Union Funds (ERDF, IPA) under the Danube Transnational Programme and will run for 30 months (January 2017 – June 2019). It will be implemented by a transnational consortium of 16 co-funded organisations and 12 associated strategic partners (public authorities, consulting companies, universities and NGOs) from 10 European countries, of which Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports (HFIP) is also a member as one of the strategic partners (ASPs). The project has a total budget of 1.982.786,00 Euro, out of which ERDF contribution amounts 1.650.134,75 Euro & IPA contribution amounts 35.233,35 Euro.

DANTE aims at identifying and eliminating the administrative barriers for inland waterway transport (IWT) on the Danube & its navigable tributaries as a joint initiative of the private sector and the national public authorities responsible for these barriers. The project partners will develop good practices and guidelines for effective administration of IWT activities in relation to the identified barriers. The proposed solutions will be discussed with the responsible authorities at national and transnational working tables. This approach shall deliver quick solutions and facilitate a wide harmonisation of procedures and processes along the Danube river. One key element for the successful project implementation will be the development of a transnational IWT barrier reporting tool for collecting user experiences.

Project coordinator: Pro Danube International – Association for the promotion of transportation on the Danube
Handelskai 265, 1020, Wien, Austria
www.prodanube.eu

More information about the project:
http://www.interreg-danube.eu/dante