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.

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.

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.

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.

On September 29, 2025, the General Director of the Secretariat of the Danube Commission, Mr. Manfred Seitz, had a bilateral

As keynote speaker at the event, the General Director of the Secretariat of the Danube Commission, Mr. Manfred Seitz presented the activities of the organization aimed at ensuring a good navigation status on the Danube, monitoring the fairway maintenance measures of the member states, and supporting several waterway infrastructure projects.