On 29th June 2017, the State of Baden-Württemberg organized an Information and Participation Day in Stuttgart in the framework of the European Strategy for the Danube Region, which aims at making the Danube Region one of the most attractive regions of the 21st century. The FORESDA consortium was represented by Claire Duval, from the Regional Development Agency of Northern Black Forest - among other 100 participants from all over the State of Baden-Württemberg.  As Baden-Württemberg coordinates priority number eight dealing with the competitiveness of SMEs, Michael Kleiner from the Ministry of Economics mentioned FORESDA as one of the projects targeting this priority area.