1. Welcome WELCOME Novi Sad , 09th of July Daniela Schily, General Director of DCC
Danube Competence Center
Čika Ljubina 8, Belgrade,Serbia
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2. The Danube – tourism destination with 2000 km of unexplored territory?
Length: km, 2000 in South-Eastern Europe countries: 10, 6 in SEE tourism markets shared : culture and history, nautical tourism, city breaks, sports and adventure tourism, convention, wine
Danube Competence Center
Čika Ljubina 8, Belgrade,Serbia
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3. Status quo - East vs West?
Danube Competence Center
Čika Ljubina 8, Belgrade,Serbia
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4. We are all individuals – but ...…
Danube Competence Center
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5. ...being competitive and co-operative
Linking our information better, designing joint information systems
Bundling our activities
Integrating our programmes
Pooling our capital and resources
Merging campaigns through networked databases
Running cross-border programmes
Building the capacity of our stakeholders
In effect, contributing to better
environmental awareness, service standards and infrastructure
…we can promote the diversity of our region and create our own brand
Danube Competence Center
Čika Ljubina 8, Belgrade,Serbia
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6. WE CAN DO IT. - YES, WE CAN Who’s on board. How do we work
WE CAN DO IT? - YES, WE CAN Who’s on board? How do we work? What do we do?
Board of directors
Working groups
Experts
Activities
Capacity building
Networking
Promotion (Fairs & events, study tours, Road shows, common materials)
Development of regional projects
Fundraising
31 Members from six countries
public: nature parks, TOs, mayors,
private: tourism , wine, bicycle and nature associations, hotels, tour operators, travel guides, harbours, business centres, etc.
(Endorsements by the Ministries of Tourism/Economy/Culture)
Danube Competence Center
Čika Ljubina 8, Belgrade,Serbia
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7. Facing the future, tackling the challenges … - the Danube Competence Centre
Danube Competence Center
Čika Ljubina 8, Belgrade,Serbia
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8. Thank you for your attention and welcome to the DCC!
Danube Competence Center
Čika Ljubina 8, Belgrade,Serbia
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