Danube SKILLS consortium is pleased to announce the official launch of the project on February 21st 2017, at Capital Plaza Hotel, in Bucharest.

The project, led by CERONAV- Romanian Maritime Training Centre and  gathering a total of 22 partners and Associated Strategic Partners from 8 Danube riparian countries and beyond the Danube region (France, Belgium, the Netherlands) has set the following main objectives:
• Make public institutions in charge with nautical training and certification fit to implement common European standards; 
• Make public institutions responsible for Danube navigation development fit to provide services to actively trigger raise of modal share of  Green Danube transport and to act as 1-stop-shops for Danube logistics;
• Set-up of institutional (=sector-wide) Capacity Building cooperation for improving legal and policy framework on nautical qualifications and Danube transport promotion.

An impressive number of participants and keynote speakers, including representatives of the Romanian Ministry of Transport, European river commissions and relevant organisations and authorities within the Danube region and beyond, as well as prominent national stakeholders, will attend the event and contribute to its success and subsequent widespread promotion all over Europe.
 
Project webpage: http://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/danube-skills  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanubeSkills/