Danube Financing Dialogue

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The Danube Financing Dialogue (DFD) is a pilot initiative of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and started in 2012. The DFD consists of a series of events which bring together organisations from the Danube Region looking for financing for their projects and financing institutions that can provide financing support from the entire Danube Region. The DFD provides a unique platform for stimulating match-making of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), public organisations, local authorities and other project promoters on the one hand, as well as national and international financing institutions on the other hand. The DFD is coordinated by PAC 10 (Priority Area Coordination 10 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR)) of the City of Vienna, with the financial support of the European Commission. The events are hosted by the National Bank of the respective Danube country. Especially SMEs have a crucial role to play and are the backbone of the EU’s internal market. With regard to this, the DFD advocates an optimistic attitude as a solid basis for the economic future of the Danube macro-region. It also goes beyond simple events since it provides a long-term framework for discussion in a macro-region that was not only particularly hit by the financial and economic crisis, but also by major conflicts in the recent past. It intends to give new impetus to the already existing, but often unknown, funding sources for project promoters. This is even more important with the new EU multiannual financial framework (2014-2020) ahead.

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