The aim of Danube Business Forum was to provide a platform for institutional and corporate leaders to exchange views on emerging regional issues related to the EU Danube strategy, identify and exploit potential in the field of energy, transport, agribusiness and IT, and consider mutual investment opportunities. The Forum also encouraged partnerships between companies, cities and regions in order to build prosperity and the competitiveness of the Danube Region.

The following topics were included during the three days of the Danube Business Forum:

Development of cooperation in the energy sector, intermodal transport, agribusiness and ICT,

Environmental protection and sustainable use of natural resources in the Danube Basin,

Strengthening regional economic partnerships to improve investment opportunities,

Supporting the competitiveness of enterprises, including cluster development, and the improvement of institutional capacity and cooperation,

Creating a knowledge economy, the active role of science, innovation incentives and encouraging the creative industry for new jobs.

Danube Business Forum, a completely fresh and new significant regional event that gathers a large number of countries and participants, was also introduced and promoted in Brussels at the Open Days of the region: The OPEN DAYS - European Week of Regions and Cities 6-9.10.2014.

The Programme of the Third Danube Business Forum has been designed accordingly so that three days provided for three plenary sessions and six panels, which brought together participants from the fields of economy, science, culture, politics and diplomacy, who naturally connect the Danube.

Forum Program can be dowloaded here.

Photographs of Danube Business Forum can be downloaded here.