LENA Local Economy and Nature Conservation in the Danube Region

Exploring opportunities for sustainable wild plant use in Slovenia The second training workshop on the sustainable use of wild plants in and around protected areas took place in the Triglav National Park Info Centre in Stara Fužina, Bohinj,...

Bohinj (Slovenia), 5.06.2018 – During last week team meeting of the project, a policy workshop was held aiming to discuss with stakeholders policy makers from different levels (local, national, EU) the policy analysis developed within LENA...

Kranj, 8th June 2018 – Regional Development Agency Gorenjska, BSC Kranj organised the fourth partner meeting of the INTERREG - Project LENA "Local Economy and Nature Conservation in the Danube Region". More than fifty participants from seven...

Producing jam from wild fruit as additional income opportunity for rural population Beregdaróc 22&23 May 2018 –  A training workshop on the sustainable use of wild plants explored cooking jam from wild berries to support the livelihood of...

Otok, Vukovar Srijem County, Croatia 09.-16.05.2018. From 09. to 16. of May in Croatia in City Otok as part of LENA project was held third group of education for breeders of black Slavonian pigs from the area of Vukovar Srijem County. This...

(Ulm, 30.04.2018) 15 participants from 6 countries were trained to become "Danube Guide" trainers, on a five-day workshop at National Park Donau-Auen in Orth (Austria). The qualification of the trainers focused on different aspects, such as...

Two-day free workshop for fishermen on Sustainable Fisheries was held in Belene on 25 and 26 April 2018. It involved nearly 80 people from the municipalities of Nikopol and Belene. The lecturers were from the regional Inspection of Fisheries and...

Zagreb, 27.04.2018. From 24. to 27. of April in Croatia there was Week of EU funds in Croatia. As part of this event last day was reserved for presentations of transnational and other Programmes of cross-border cooperation. This event was...

The beginning of April found us on the Danubian lands, where we are setting up cyclo trails along the natural riches of the Natura 2000 Ciocănești-Dunăre site. And as natural riches are closely linked to people living in the area, we stopped...

WWF Bulgaria is starting a tender to choose event organizer within the project LENA - Local Economy and Nature Conservation in the Danube Region. For more information please follow the...

Danube Guides Train the Trainer Course is going to be held in Orth an der Donau (Austria) next week.    Time: 16th - 20th April 2018 Place: National Park Danube Floodplains (Donauauen) in Orth / Donau, Austria   Program:...

Within the framework of the implementation of LENA Project partners from Croatia and Serbia, Vukovar Srijem County and Danube Soya, had a Meeting on Agriculture Faculty in Osijek. This Meeting also attends Professor Vladimir Margeta from...

On 8 March, the Danube Office participated in the 6th Donausalon in Berlin. This event takes place every year and is hosted by the Landesvertretung Baden-Württemberg. This year's event was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Bosnia and...

Ulm, 6th February 2018 – Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm organised the third partner meeting of the INTERREG-Project LENA "Local Economy and Nature Conservation in the Danube Region". Forty participants from seven Danube countries discussed the best...

Tuttlingen. Whether for tourism in the Danube valley or for the local bike sellers – the trend towards e-bikes has positive effects on economy in our region. This is one of the outcomes of the regional conference “e-bikes and nature tourism”. The...

Within no time e-mobility has become one of the biggest trends nowadays. Within the role model “mobility” also the twelve municipalities as members of the Landscape Park Young Danube set out to work on the improvement of the infrastructure of...

On 18th and 19th October, 2017 LENA Project was presented during the 6th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube region (EUSDR).  The forum took place in Budapest and was jointly organized by Hungary – holding the current Presidency of the...

Within the framework of the implementation of LENA Project Regional development agency Gorenjska, BSC Kranj (partner from Slovenia) organised Regional capacity building workshop: Harvesting plants as economic activity in the protected areas....

The aim of the workshop was to conduct work with local stakeholders to better understand the current market situation and to identify current needs and challenges of wild plant harvest in the region. After György Pálinkás, the Mayor of...

Within the framework of the implementation of LENA Project Vukovar Srijem County (partner from Croatia) conducts free education of current and potential breeders of black Slavonian pig from the area of Vukovar Srijem County with the aim of...