{"id":17303,"date":"2026-11-13T13:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/?p=17303"},"modified":"2026-11-13T13:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:12:35","slug":"highlights-from-the-dcs-wg-tech-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/en\/2026\/11\/13\/highlights-from-the-dcs-wg-tech-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from the DC WG TECH Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>10-12 November 2026 | Budapest\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Danube Commission Working Group on Technical Matters (WG TECH) met in Budapest from 10 to 12 November 2026 and was chaired by Mr Ivelin Zanev (Bulgaria). It brought together the delegations of the Danube states, Observer states (Belgium, Netherlands), representatives of international organisations, riparian water management authorities and the shipping industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Building on an enhanced meeting format, the agenda was structured around focused thematic blocks, enabling rich contributions from external speakers and representatives of the inland navigation sector, including security in IWT and in ports, automation in inland navigation, fleet modernisation initiatives and climate change impact on Danube navigation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Press_Release_WGTECH_Nov2026.pdf\">Read the full press release \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 1036px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 504px; border-style: hidden;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 504px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4738-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4738-edited.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4738-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4738-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4738-edited-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 504px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4751.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4751.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4751-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4751-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4751-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 532px; border-style: hidden;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 532px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4753.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4753.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4753-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4753-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4753-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 532px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4698.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4698.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4698-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4698-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4698-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-10-142414.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-10-142414.png 800w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-10-142414-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-10-142414-768x550.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4731-e1794570460446.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4731-e1794570460446.jpg 792w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4731-e1794570460446-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4731-e1794570460446-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_4731-e1794570460446-768x776.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paks2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paks2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paks2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paks2-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>10-12 November 2026 | Budapest\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":17306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","video_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meetings","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17303"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17326,"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17303\/revisions\/17326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danubecommission.org\/dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}