2018 has started for the DAPhNE Project Partners with an important series of project meetings.

On 14 February 2018 Pro Danube Romania (PDR) and the National Company – Maritime Danube Ports Administration SA Galati (APDM) hosted in Galati, Romania the 1st Steering Committee Meeting of the DAPhNE project which included the 1st Year Review as well as the 2nd Consortium Meeting together with the 3rd Work Package Leaders Meeting.

These meetings brought together 49 participants, each member of the Project Consortium being represented. The Joint Secretariat of the Danube Transnational Programme was represented by Mr. Antonio Melas, Financial officer, who discussed the status of the project activities with the project partners giving them a short feedback and further suggestions on the smooth ways of continuing the implementation of the project.

The Work Package leaders informed the participants about the status of the activities under their responsibility and introduced the next steps to be done until the end of 2018. Also, the links between the results of the work packages and the possible cooperation within the project framework were discussed, in order to achieve the best quality deliverables and outputs foreseen.

The next Work Package Leaders Meeting, which will be hosted by Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPICo), is scheduled for 16 May 2018, in Sofia, Bulgaria.