transforming the scientific results into commercial success and to enable a broader access to knowledge. Transnational cooperation can take an important role in developing common orientations, frameworks and tools (policy instruments) by bringing together key players including public institutions, RTD facilities, SMEs and technology transfer institutions and finance practical pilot activities to demonstrate and evaluate the feasibility of transnational tools and services. Overall, the main envisaged results are: Improved strategic frameworks and cooperation to build up excellent research infrastructure in the Danube region. More effective collaborative research & innovation activities and support of competent networks between enterprises, R&D centres, education and higher education and the public sector to enhance the commercial use of research results, foster technology transfer and broaden access to knowledge. Improved coordination and developed practical solutions for cluster policies and transnational cluster cooperation for innovation development in technological areas (e.g. environmental technologies and energy efficiency) and areas (service innovation, social innovation) based on smart specialisation approaches (RIS3). Improved strategic frameworks and developed practical solutions to tackle bottleneck factors that hinder the innovation in SMEs, e.g. better access to innovation finance, support for innovative start-ups, and better assistance with the management of intellectual property rights. Specific attention should be given to the cross cutting issues of general interest such as eco-innovation (e.g. in order to tackle climate change adaption and mitigation and the pressure on resources), social innovation (e.g. to meet social needs related to demographic change, ageing population) and service innovation (e.g. related to strengthening the employment and knowledge intensive cultural and creative industries) where the programme sets a priority and which can be tackled at different levels. Since the participation in cooperation initiatives is very uneven in the Danube region, especially actors and organisations from less developed regions of the Danube area need to be better integrated into cooperation processes and competent networks. 3/P1/1.1: Programme-specific result indicators (by specific objective)
sector and strengthening entrepreneurial spirit developed and or/implemented. P05 Number of tools for increasing competences of employees in the business sector and strengthening entrepreneurial spitit developed and or/implemented Number 26 Monitoring system yearly P06 Number of actions for increasing competences of employees in the business sector and strengthening entrepreneurial spirit developed and or/implemented Number 7 Monitoring system yearly P07 No. of documented learning interactions of fully implemented operations Number 81 Monitoring system yearly CO26 No of enterprises cooperating with research institutions (EU) Enterprises 450 Monitoring system yearly CO04 No of enterprises receiving non- financial support (EU) Number 450 Monitoring system yearly (EU): EU common indicator (P): Programme specific indicator
P16 Number of pilot actions for strengthening approaches to preservation, restoring and management of and wetlands developed and/or implemented Number 3 Monitoring system yearly P17 Number of strategies for improved strategic and operational cooperation and interoperability among the emergency response authorities and stakeholders developed and/or implemented Number 5 Monitoring system yearly P18 Number of tools for improved strategic and operational cooperation and interoperability among the emergency response authorities and stakeholders developed and/or implemented Number 10 Monitoring system yearly P19 Number of actions for improved strategic and operational cooperation and interoperability among the emergency response authorities and stakeholders developed and/or implemented Number 3 Monitoring system yearly P07 No. of documented learning interactions in finalised operations Number 33 Monitoring system yearly (EU): EU common indicator (P): Programme specific indicators
multimodality including rail and including addressing organisational and legal barriers. Contribute to ensure accessibility of rural areas, especially those affected by demographic change. Main target groups and types of beneficiaries supported under the investment priority The main target groups are public and private actors who benefit from transnational achievements such as policy integration, knowledge transfer and capacity building, concrete solutions in the fields of sustainable and better interconnected transport. Beneficiaries are according to their legal form local, regional and national public authorities/institutions, bodies governed by public law, EGTC, international organisations and private bodies. Beneficiaries comprise according to their thematic scope among others local, regional and national public authorities and organisations established and managed by public authorities responsible for transport and economic development, infrastructure and (public) service providers (e.g. for public transport), Public and private logistics and public transport operators, interest groups including NGOs (e.g. international organisation, environmental organisations, voluntary association, etc.), business support organisation (e.g. chamber of commerce, business innovations centres), research and development institutions, universities with research facilities, higher education, education/training centre and school. Specific territories targeted under the investment priority No specific focus areas are defined. The entire programme area is eligible. 2.A.6.2/P3/7c Guiding principles for the selection of operations (Reference: (b)(iii) of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) Investment priority 7c The selection of operations will be carried out in accordance with Article 12 of the ETC Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013. The guiding principles for project selection are described in section 5.3.3 of the cooperation programme and are not repeated here. The detailed assessment criteria will be laid down and made available to potential applicants in the Programme Manual and in the call-specific Application Packages. 2.A.6.3/P3/7c Planned use of financial instruments (where appropriate) (Reference: (b)(iii) of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) Investment priority 7c Planned use of financial instruments Not applicable
Not applicable 2.A.6.4/P3/7c Planned use of projects (where appropriate) (Reference: point (b)(iii) of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) Investment priority 7c Not applicable 2.A.6.5/P3/7c Output indicators (by investment priority) (Reference: point (b)(iv) of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) Table 4/P3/7c: Common and programme-specific output indicators ID Indicator (name of indicator) Measurement unit Target value (2023) Source of data Frequency of reporting P20 No of strategies for the improvement of transport and transport systems Number 13 Monitoring system yearly P21 No of tools for the improvement of transport and transport systems Number 26 Monitoring system yearly P22 No of developed and/or implemented pilot actions for the improvement of transport and transport systems Number 7 Monitoring system yearly P07 No. of documented learning interactions in finalised operations Number 39 Monitoring system yearly (EU): EU common indicator (P): Programme specific indicator
Output indicator P07 Number of documented learning interactions in finalised operations Number 0 60 MA (monitoring system) Indicator will be measured based on final reports of projects. The output indicator relates to 60% of the financial allocation to the priority as every project in the priority is expected to develop and document three joint learning experiences.
2.A.6.5/P4/11a Output indicators (by investment priority) (Reference: point (b)(iv) of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) 4/P4/11a: Common and programme-specific output indicators ID Indicator (name of indicator) Measurement unit Target value (2023) Source of data Frequency of reporting P26 Number of strategies for strengthening institutional capacities and transnational multilevel governance developed and/or implemented Number 7 Monitoring system yearly P27 Number of tools for strengthening institutional capacities and supporting transnational multilevel governance developed and/or implemented Number 14 Monitoring system yearly P28 Number of pilot actions for strengthening institutional capacities and supporting transnational multilevel governance developed and/or implemented Number 4 Monitoring system yearly P07 No. of documented learning interactions in finalised operations Number 21 Monitoring system yearly
P29 Number of EUSDR Priority Areas financed Number 12 Monitoring system yearly P30 Number of project plans preparedthrough the seed money facility Number 50 Monitoring system yearly P31 EUSDR Strategy Point implemented Number 1 Monitoring system yearly (EU): EU common indicator (P): Programme specific indicator
SECTION 5: IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS FOR THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME (Reference: Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) authorities and bodies (Reference: Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) 21: Programme authorities (Reference: (a)(i) of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) Authority/body Name of authority/body and department or unit Head of authority/body (position or post) Email Managing authority (MA) Ministry for National Economy Hungary, Danube Programme Managing Authority and Joint Secretariat Head of Managing Authority (Head of department) Imre.csalagovits@ngm.gov.hu Certifying authority, where applicable (CA) Hungarian State Treasury President Audit authority (AA) Directorate General for Audit of European Funds (EUTAF) Director General The body to which payments will be made by the Commission is: (Reference: point (b) of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) the managing authority the certifying authority Table 22: Body or bodies carrying out control and audit tasks (Reference: points (a)(ii) and (iii) of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013) Authority Name of authority Head of authority Address Email Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks Agency for Regional Development of the Republic of Croatia (ARD) Ms. Ines Kos, Director Vlaška 108, 10002 Zagreb,Croatia i Body or bodies designated to out control tasks Central Financing and Contracting Unit (CFCU) within the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of BiH (MFT BiH) Assistant Minister Bosnia and Herzegovina Body or bodies designated to out control tasks Centre of Regional Development of the Republic Mr Zdeněk Vašák, Head of CRD Vinohradská 1896/46 120 00
Praha 2, Czech Republic Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks Federal Chancellery Department IV/4 Spatial Planning and Regional Policy Mr Georg Schadt, Head of Department Ballhausplatz 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy, Control Office, Control Division - ETC, IPA and IFM Programmes Ms. Dragar, Head of Control Division - ETC, IPA and IFM Programmes Kotnikova 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks Government Office of the Slovak Republic, Division of Operational Programmes Kostolny Peter, General Director of the Section of Operational Programmes Nám. slobody 1, 81370, Bratislava, Slovakia Body or bodies designated to out control tasks Ministry of Finance and Economics Prüfbehörde - EU-Finanzkontrolle (EFK) (Audit Authority - Control (EFK) Ms. Sibylle Weißenberger, Deputy Head of the Audit Authority - EU-Financial Control (EFK) Neues Schloss Schlossplatz 4 Stuttgart Germany Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks Ministry of Finance Republic of Serbia, Department for Contracting and Financing of EU Funded Programmes (CFCU) Nataša Šimšić, Assistant Minister 11000 Belgrade, 20 Kneza Miloša St., Republic of Serbia Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks Ministry of Finance (Directorate for finance and contracting of the EU assistance funds – CFCU) Marija RADENOVIĆ, General Director Serdara Jola Piletića bb, 81 000 Podgorica Montenegro Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration Directorate for First Level Control Director Romania Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks “Territorial Cooperation Management” DG at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works Maria Duzova, Director General 1202, “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” str., 17 – 19, Bulgaria Body or bodies designated to carry out control tasks European Cooperation Programmes Control Department Central Control Unit within the Széchenyi Programme Office Consulting and Service Non-profit Limited Liability Company (Széchenyi Programiroda Non-profit Ltd.) Ms Márta Gordos, head of department Szép utca 2, Budapest Hungary
Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Agency for the of European Union Programmes Implementation System (ARPA) Mr. Neven Šprlje, Director 4/V Alexandera von Humboldta Street, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Authority Mila BARJAKTAROVIĆ, Head of Audit Authority Montenegro, Beogradska 24 b, Podgorica Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out tasks Authority Office of EU Funds Miloš Todorović,Director 11000 Belgrade, 4 Nemanjina St., Republic of Serbia Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Audit of European Union Funds Executive Agency Lyudmila Rangelova, Executive Director Sofia 1040, “Slavyanska” str., 4, Bulgaria Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Audit Unit on behalf of the Audit Authority - Control (EFK) Mr. Christian Debach (Head of the Audit Unit) Postfach 10 02 65 D-76232 Karlsruhe, Germany Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Directorate General for Audit of European Funds (DGAEF) Mr Balázs Dencső Bartók Béla út 105-113. H-1115 Budapest, Hungary Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Federal Chancellery Department IV/3, ERDF Control Mrs Susanna Rafalzik, Head of Department Ballhausplatz 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, Section of Audit and Control Iveta Turcanova, General Director of the section of Audit and Control Stefanovicova 5, 81782, Bratislava, Slovakia Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Ministry of Finance, Audit Authority Director of Audit Authority Department Mr Evžen Mrázek Letenská 15, 118 10 Prague 1, Czech Republic Body or bodies designated to be responsible for carrying out audit tasks Budget Supervision Office of the Republic Of Slovenia Mrs Nataša Prah, Director Fajfarjeva 33 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 Output indicator P07 Number of documented learning interactions in finalised operations Number 0 20 4 Financial indicator P4 Amount of eligible expenditure entered into the accounting system of the certifying authority and certified by the authority EUR 4 134 694,00 (12,20%) 33 890 932,00 4 Key implementation step P4 Number of documented learning interactions (in approved applications) Number 5 7 4 Output indicator P07 Number of documented learning interactions in finalised operations Number 0 7 4 Output indicator P30 Number of projects (pre)financed through the seed money facility Number 0 50 .