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

Crisis management under the European Union's external policy
The future of the Union's regional policy: competitiveness and the new financial perspective
Regions in global competition - advantages of economic cooperation
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:

Presentation of the Reports of the Working Groups with the contribution of the Assembly of European Regions Youth Team

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.

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

Guests and Speeches 2010