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104th Session of the Danube Commission

On December 17, 2025, the Danube Commission (DC), under the presidency of H.E. Mr. Christo Polendakov, held its 104th session in Budapest. The meeting was attended by delegations from ten Danube countries of the DC (Republic of Austria, Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Hungary, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Republic of Serbia, Slovak Republic and Ukraine), as well as by observer states (Czech Republic, France) and international organizations (Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine, Moselkommission, EC-DG MOVE).

In his opening speech, the President of the DC expressed his hope that in 2026 the organisation will continue to ”put in every effort to ensure that the Danube will be utilised only for peace, prosperity, connectivity, development, fisheries, environment, water resource […] This river is a corridor not only of economy, nature, but also of culture and solidarity, under the umbrella of peace”.

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DC Secretariat participates in the Green Inland Ports Final Conference (Vienna, Austria)

On 26–27 November 2025, the Director General of the DC Secretariat, Mr. Manfred Seitz, and Mr. Dejan Trifunovic, Counsellor, took

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PLATINA4Action Strengthens European Cooperation for a Green and Smart Inland Waterway Transport System

The Second Stage Event of the PLATINA4Action project was hosted by Danube Commission in Budapest on 4 November 2025.

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The Danube Commission hosted the PLATINA4Action 4th Technology Transfer Workshop on 03 November 2025 in Budapest

The PLATINA4Action project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme, successfully held its Fourth Technology Transfer Workshop in Budapest on 3 November 2025.

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On 29 October 2025, the General Director of the Danube Commission Secretariat, Mr Manfred Seitz, participated in the Symposium celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the CESNI Committee, which was organized in Rotterdam (NL)

The meeting addressed the key challenges for inland waterway transport (IWT) and waterway management, as well as international governance and cooperation on IWT in a broader European perspective, including the Danube Region.

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16th Meeting on the Follow-up of the Joint Statement launched JS 2.0, a milestone marking a significant step forward in harmonizing navigation and environmental protection in the Danube River Basin.

The 16th Meeting on the Follow-up of the ‘Joint Statement on Guiding Principles on the Development of Inland Navigation and Environmental Protection of the Danube River Basin’ (Joint Statement) took place in Budapest, organised by the Danube Commission, in a hybrid format, on October 22, 2025.

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The Danube Commission joined the consortium for the new Technical Assistance project for the Implementation of the digitalization vision for inland waterway transport as part of the European Green Deal.

The DiVINE (Digitalisation Vision Inland Navigation Europe) is coordinated by the European IWT Platform and co-funded through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and aims to support the European Commission DG MOVE in implementing the Digitalisation Vision for Inland Waterway Transport as part of the European Green Deal.

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