The Danube is the
longest river in the
European Union.
Innovations …
… need efficient
partnership!
As the challenges of the future have to be solved on crossborder level, nine partner organisations from the entire
Danube Region are working together on the WANDA
project. The involvement of observers ensures the enhancement of the project’s quality through external feedback.
The Danube River …
2,845 kilometres long, the Danube River connects 10
countries on its way from the origin in the Black Forest in
Germany to the Black Sea. The river and its catchment area
are an invaluable and unique ecosystem providing habitat for
the most diverse fauna and flora.
... is an international
waterway ...
Given the historical and technical developments in the
last centuries the Danube River is gaining increasing
importance as an international waterway. Although inland
navigation is an environmental-friendly transport mode,
concepts for handling the potentially negative side-effects of
an increase in passenger and cargo traffic on the Danube still
have to be developed.
… which has to be protected
from pollution!
The project „WAste management for inland Navigation on
the DAnube“ (WANDA), was created in order to ensure the
protection of the Danube and its ecosystem from pollution.
The aim of WANDA is to find common solutions for a sustainable, environmentally sound and cross-border coordinated
approach to ship waste management for cargo vessels along
the Danube.
© via donau, Vessels at Lock Melk
From the very start, already during the project design
phase, the innovative approach has been one of the basic
characteristics of WANDA. The following innovations result
from this approach:
A comprehensive examination of different legal and technical
framework conditions in the Danube riparian countries enables
the development of adapted implementation concepts.
Technical innovation comprises test pilot actions for ship
waste management in the Upper and Lower Danube countries.
Administrative innovation comprises the development of
a financing model for oily and greasy ship waste.
RESIDUAL
WASTE
DIFFICULT
WASTES
living / working
engine
bilge
Partners from
Non-EU-countries
© via donau
AT
via donau
Austrian Waterway Company
SK
VUVH
Water Research Institute Bratislava
HU
KTI
Institute for Transport Sciences Non Profit Ltd
HU
RSOE
National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications
RO
APDF
National Company The Administration of River
Ports on the Danube J.S.Co Giurgiu
RO
APDM
Maritime Danube Ports Administration
BG
EAEMDR
Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River - Ruse
HR
PAV
Public Institution Port Authority Vukovar
RS
PLOVPUT
Directorate for Inland Waterways
RECYCLABLES
RESIDUALS (non-hazardous)
BULK
WASTE
Partners from
EU-countries
Waste
paper
Clear
glass
Plastic
packaging
Metal
packaging
tanks
Oil filter,
lubricants,
Bilge water
oil-contaminated
cleaning rags Waste oils
Coloured
glass
cargo
Slops
Swilling-out water
Cargo residues
HAZARDOUS WASTES
© via donau, Wastes generated on board cargo vessels
… and efficient partnership
brings high quality results!
The outputs of the project activities aim at sustainable,
long-term oriented and integrated results and solutions:
WANDA paves the way for future large-scale and long-term
ship collection services along the entire Danube stretch.
The project activities contribute to the reduction of environmental risks related to (illegal) ship waste discharge.
Skippers navigating on the Danube River, ship-owners and
fleet operators will be provided with clear structures and
procedures for coordinated ship waste disposal.
Facts and Figures
The Project title is Waste management for inland navigation
on the Danube (WANDA).
Duration
04/2009 – 03/2012
Accessed funds
European Regional Development Funds
(ERDF)
Total budget
1,667,240 EUR
Lead Partner
via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH
Observers
International Commission for the
Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR),
Danube Commission (DC),
Central Commission for the Navigation of
the Rhine (CCNR), Water- and Shipping
Directorate South (WSD-Süd), International
Sava River Basin Commission (SC)
Website
www.wandaproject.eu
Contact
Harald Beutl, Project Coordinator
via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH
Am Brigittenauer Sporn 7
1200 Vienna, Austria
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +43 50 4321-1629
Fax: +43 50 4321-2050
Responsible authorities and stakeholders will be provided
with concrete results for their policies, national follow-up
initiatives will be facilitated.
© A. Paltram, Waste Collection Point at Lock Persenbeug
Imprint
© via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH
Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Wien, E-Mail: [email protected]
The framework programme
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Cover Photo: © A. Schaffer, grey heron
October 2009
WANDA is funded by the South East Europe Transnational
Cooperation Programme (SEE) of the European Union and
was approved in June 2009. The SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme which is running from 2007 to 2013 includes
16 countries and shall contribute to the improvement of the
territorial, economic and social integration process in South
East Europe.
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consortium and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union/European Commission nor is the Managing Authority of the
SEE Programme liable for any use that may be made of the information
contained in this brochure.
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