INTERREG DANUBE REGION PROGRAMME

Programme management structure

Programme implementing body Responsible institution 
Managing Authority: Ministry for Public Administration and Regional Development
National Authority in Hungary:

Ministry for Public Administration and Regional Development

Department for International Territorial Development Co-operation

Joint Secretariat:

Ministry for Public Administration and Regional Development, Budapest

https://interreg-danube.eu/contact-us

National Contact Point in Hungary:

Ministry for Public Administration and Regional Development

Department for International Territorial Development Co-operation 

Béla Hegyesi 

phone: +36 1 896 05 94

e-mail: bela.hegyesi@ktm.gov.hu

First level control (FLC) in Hungary:

Széchenyi Programme Office Nonprofit LLC.

International Directorate 

Control Department

Programme website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

The Monitoring Committee is the decision-making body, which supervises and monitors the Programme implementation.

Programme website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

RESULTS OF THE 2014-2020 PROGRAMMING PERIOD

In the 2014-2020 programming period, a total number of 116 projects received support in the framework of the Danube Transnational Programme. A detailed description of the implemented projects can be found on the programme website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/search-approved-projects

208 Hungarian partner organisations participated in the implementation of the winner projects. This meant a total amount of almost 31 million euros ERDF support, complemented by more than 4 million euros of national co-financing.  

 

INFORMATION ON THE 2021-2027 PROGRAMMING PERIOD

The programme area, compared to the one of the 2014-2020 programming period, remains unchanged:

The Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) gathers one of the highest numbers of participating countries among all the Interreg programmes: 9 EU countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany - Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria-, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) and 5 non-EU countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine - four provinces: Chernivetska Oblast, Ivano-Frankiviska Oblast, Zakarpatska Oblast and Odessa Oblast). 

Total budget of Interreg funding for projects is € 278 million, included IPA and NDICI funding for non-Member State partners.

 

Approved priorities:

Priorities Specific Objectives
PO1 A smarter Danube Region SO1.1 – Enhancing innovation and technology transfer
SO1.4 -  Developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship
PO2 A greener, low-carbon Danube Region SO2.2 – Promoting renewable energy
SO2.4 – Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster management
SO2.5 – Improving water and sediment quality
SO2.7 – Protecting and preserving the biodiversity in ecological corridors and eco-regions
PO4 A more social Danube Region SO4.1 – Accessible, inclusive and effective labour markets
SO4.2 – Accessible and inclusive quality services in education, training and lifelong learning
SO4.5 – Socio-economic development through heritage, culture and tourism
ISO1 -  A better cooperation governance in the Danube Region Increased institutional capacities for territorial and macro-regional governance

First level control in Hungary
Control activities related to the Hungarian beneficiaries are carried out by the Széchenyi Programme Office Nonprofit LLC, based on the Government Decree No. 574/2021 (X.12.) 

Reporting package for Hungarian beneficiaries

 

Contacts:

Széchenyi Programme Office Nonprofit LLC.
International Directorate, Control Department

1053 Budapest, Szép u. 2. IV. emelet

Márta Gordos, Head of Department
Phone: +36 1 224 32 10
e-mail: gordos.marta@szechenyiprogramiroda.hu

Péter Kovács, Senior Programme Coordinator
Phone: +36 1 457-5567
e-mail: kovacs.peter@szechenyiprogramiroda.hu