The Urban Platform Danube Region
Letter of Commitment
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I hereby declare in my capacity as representative of the your city, city association, city network or region
mentioned above to contribute to the Urban Platform Danube Region and to take an active role in
enabling the functioning of the Urban Platform Danube Region by:
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providing and exchanging information on the UPDR website;
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participating in the joint meetings of the UPDR and the CoDCR;
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contributing to the goals and aims of the UPDR declaration (see annex below).
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The Joint Declaration for the URBAN PLATFORM DANUBE REGION
Bucharest, 28 October 2013
We, the Cities, Regions and City associations of the Danube Region agree on the following aims and
principles:
We agree with the European Commission that “Cities and metropolitan areas are the engines of
economic development. They are also on the frontline when it comes to tackling obstacles to growth and
employment, such as social exclusion and environmental degradation”. The Danube Region is one of the
European regions with the largest density of cities, many of them capital cities, and metropolitan areas,
giving the Region a potentially powerful and competitive polycentric urban structure.
We confirm that, if the EU Strategy for the Danube Region is to be successful, the goals of Europe 2020
and of the new EU structural fund period must be implemented especially in urban regions, as was
recognized in the Action Plan for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region on 8 December 2010.
We take note that due to the historical, economical and geographical reality of the Danube Region, the
dissemination of information and experiences and the transnational exchange and cooperation between
the cities, regions and city associations of the Danube Region, although having a long tradition in some
areas, can still be improved.
We invite cities, regions and city associations of the Danube Region, to join the Council of Danube Cities
and Regions to build, in the spirit of the Action Plan for the EU Strategy of the Danube Region, an Urban
Platform, which shall support the cities and regions of the Danube Region to become strong
stakeholders in a shared Danube Strategy.
The Urban Platform Danube Region shall build on existing structures such as the Council of Danube
Cities and Regions as well as other networks or associations of cities and regions in the member
countries of the EUSDR. It shall work with a lean organization, underpinned by an electronic platform
monitored by members of the Urban Platform (“Advisory Committee”) and a Secretariat.
We intend, trough the “Urban Platform Danube Region”, to support the institutions of the EUSDR and the
EU Commission in the sense of multi-level governance as well as to serve as a strategic partner to the
national governments in their implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.
We aim, with the creation of the “Urban Platform Danube Region”, at systematically extending the
cooperation between cities, city associations and regions, throughout the entire Danube Region and on
all levels of governance, to further, trough the exchange of information and experts and best-practice
projects, trough common studies, conferences and strategies the central aim of the EU Strategy for the
Danube Region:
“By 2020, all citizens of the Region should enjoy better prospects of higher education, employment and
prosperity in their own home area. The Strategy should make this a truly 21st century region, secure and
confident, and one of the most attractive in Europe.” (Communication from the Commission on the
EUSDR, 8 December 2010).
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