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A new activity to develop the technical
guidelines for the establishment of an
inventory on discharges, emissions and
losses proposes to put the Danube in
the spotlight as a case study for priority
substances.

Partners throughout Danube countries are working together for the same
shared concern and outcome: a stakeholder-oriented flood risk assessment for
the Danube floodplains.

The European Union’s new Strategy for the
Danube brings together policies and structures
to provide new opportunities for sustainable
development in the region.

A proposed regulation would uniformly
limit phosphorous compounds in laundry
detergents, resulting in a major
reduction of pollution loads to the Danube
River and beyond to the Black Sea.

While flood risk management means cooperative planning, countries
around the region are putting ideas into action to protect themselves
against threatening waters.

A new game puts the Danube Basin and its natural and cultural treasures in the
spotlight and gives players the incentive to spend time exploring the river – proving
that learning doesn’t have to be boring.

ICPDR President for 2011, Mykola Melenevskyi speaks about finding strength for the Danube through its cooperation in the Danube Delta, and the role of the ICPDR in implementing a sustainable strategy for the Danube region.

Danube Basin, 29 June 2011. Danube Day 2011 will be celebrated on the 29th of June and calls on people of the 14 countries to get active in protecting water resources. This year, the annual Danube Day will receive a lot of attention, as it coincides with the adoption of the European Union (EU) Danube Strategy. This set of EU policies and initiatives will affect the lives of more than 100 million Europeans who live in the Danube catchment area and neighbouring regions.