DALIA Danube Lighthouse workshop

DALIA Danube Lighthouse Open Call project development workshop 

Date: 2 October 2024, 13.30-16.30

Location: HUNGEXPO C Pavilion (1101 Budapest, Albertirsai út 10.)

The Danube River basin is home to nearly 80 million people and is shared by 19 European countries, indicating the need to address the river basin level challenges internationally. There are indeed many water quality and management challenges whereas, the EU-funded DALIA project brings together 22 expert organisations from eight EU and associated countries to demonstrate good practices that properly manage this complex and fragile ecosystem.      

Nine such good practices have been demonstrated, further developed and replicated during the project. The Plastic Cup Association, as a project partner, is the host of the Bodrog River pilot site, where it is developing replicable, European-level good practices to tackle plastic pollution of rivers building on the knowledge accumulated over the history of the Plastic Cup. The DALIA open call for proposals, launched in the summer and open until 16^th of October, aims to replicate these good practices elsewhere. The Riversaver Replication Pack by the Plastic Cup Association is one of the solutions that can be applied, that support the revitalisation of rivers affected by plastic pollution by involving local communities.       

The event aims to present this call for proposals and to interactively generate projects based on the Plastic Cup’s best practices and hopefully facilitate the submission of multiple proposals.    

https://dalia-danube.eu/index.php

https://dalia-danube.eu/index.php/opencall

PROGRAMME

13:30 – Registration, networking, coffee

Moderator: Peter Kovács, Director of Water Affairs in Hungary – Ministry of Energy

14:00-14:10

Welcome note on behalf of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region – Dr. Viktor Oroszi, Head Of Division of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

14:10-14:25

Introduction of the DALIA project and the open call – Boglárka Lakatos, international project manager, General Directorate of Water Management of Hungary

14:25-14:40

Plastic Cup tools for local communities engagement – Dr. Attila Dávid Molnár, founder, working group leader – Plastic Cup Society

14:40-14:55

Introduction of the Riversaver platform and the Riversaver Replication Pack – Miklós Gyalai-Korpos, working group leader – Plastic Cup Society

14:55-15:10

Situation report from Romania – Ramon Knoester, founding director, ClearRivers

The objective of the interactive session is to catalyze the development of such projects within the frames of the DALIA open calls that build on the replicable good practices of the Plastic Cup. More details from these can be learned from the call. 

Complete call: https://dalia-danube.eu/index.php/opencall

Replicable good practices (from page 11): https://kms.dalia-danube.eu/docs/13/DALIA_OC_Annex_2_DPS_Replications_List.pdf

The Riversaver Replication Pack is based on three pillars, which is the foundation for the work of the three groups participating in the interactive session 

• Management of transnational riverine litter (plastic) pollution 
• Awareness raising (incl. communication and education) about plastic pollution in rivers 
• Data collection and management (harmonized plastic pollution monitoring in rivers):

16:45-16:15: Summary, conference closing
Opportunity for networking, informal discussion
Networking at the OVF/Plastic Cup stand: toasting, showing around!

The DALIA project is supported by the EU Horizon Framework Programme, grant agreement 101094070.

We look forward to welcoming our partners in October!

Please, register at the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/242393359916366

The programme is organised by the Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises

On professional issues, please contact:
Miklós Gyalai-Korpos, working group leader
Plastic Cup Society
innovacio@petkupa.hu

For more information about the conference and expo, please contact:
Gergely Hankó, managing director
Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises
ugyvezeto@kszgysz.hu