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European Forum Wachau, 21 - 22 May 2011

Welcome to the official website of the European Forum Wachau! The page gives information about former events with their interesting participants, speeches and discussions. Furthermore you can get the latest news concerning the European Forum Wachau 2012.

 

***European Forum Wachau 2012***

Abbey of Göttweig (16 - 17 June 2012)

 

 

To download this year's programme, click here!

 

„Regional Politics – World Politics“

Competitive Regions in a Globalized World

 Working Groups

 

  1. Crisis management under the European Union's external policy
  2. The future of the Union's regional policy: competitiveness and the new financial perspective
  3. Regions in global competition - advantages of economic cooperation
  4. The Danube:Region of culture and creative industries

 

Once again we can look back on an interesting event with a lot of revealing contributions and honorable guests. You can download the speeches by clicking the names.

 

Saturday, May 21st 2011:

 

  • Robert Menasse                                                                                                                                             Novelist and Essayist, Vienna/Brussels
  • Erwin Pröll                                                                                                                                                     Governer of Lower Austria, St. Pölten
  • Johannes Hahn                                                                                                                                             European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Brussels
  • Rosen Plevneliev                                                                                                                                            Minister for Regional Development of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia
  • János Martonyi                                                                                                                                               Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary, Budapest
  • Wolfgang Waldner                                                                                                                                               State Secretary, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Vienna

 

 

Sunday, May 22nd 2011:

 

  • Barbara Schwarz                                                                                                                                          Minister for Employment, Family, Social and EU Affairs, Government of Lower Austria, St. Pölten on behalf of Governer Erwin Pröll
  • Mercedes Bresso                                                                                                                                          President of the Committee of the Regions, Brussels
  • Klaus Tschütscher                                                                                                                                           Head of Princely Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
  • Borut Pahor                                                                                                                                                               Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana
  • Michael Spindelegger                                                                                                                                     Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Vienna

 

Download "Göttweig Declaration 2011"


 To open the programme of last year's European Forum Wachau 2010, click here.

Download "Göttweig Declaration"

 


Working Groups 2010

2011-02-14

Apart from the plenary sessions four Working Groups were dealing with different issues. Here you can find information concerning the topics and the according chairman, rapporteur and contributors.

 

  1. Challenges for internal and external security in the Danube region
  2. Opportunities and benefit of the Danube-Strategy for the Regions
  3. Economic, social and infrastructure development in the Danube region
  4. The Danube region – area of culture and nature

Guests and Speeches 2010

2011-02-14

Once again we can look back on an interesting event with a lot of revealing contributions and honorable guests. You can download the speeches by clicking the names.


Reports of the international press 2010

2010-06-30

Here you can find the reports of the international press regarding the European Forum Wachau 2010.