Description
On the basis of an initiative developed by Austria, Romania, the European Commission and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the Danube Co-operation Process was formally launched at its First Ministerial Conference by the adoption of a Declaration by the European Commission, the Stability Pact and the 13 participating countries of the Danube Basin.
Its objectives, as laid down in the Declaration, are to “broaden and deepen present Danube Co-operation and give to it clear political and economic dimensions, without creating new institutions, but taking stock of and using the existing structures and, where necessary, harmonizing their objectives and efforts, providing a focus, where appropriate, for their efforts within the Danube region”.
