The Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism is coordinating the development of strategy for the cross-border area Romania - Bulgaria. The strategy aims to identify and prioritize joint projects that will be financed from European funds in the period 2014-2020. Ministries in Romania and Bulgaria, local authorities and other potential beneficiaries are involved in drafting the strategy, which will later be subject to public consultation.

One year after the launch of the Danube Strategy, Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn is making a tour of the region to meet those who are putting the plan into action. He will discuss how to accelerate implementation of the Strategy which can be an important instrument in creating jobs and growth. The trip is also an opportunity for him to see at first-hand the progress being made through macro-regional cooperation, and to raise awareness, at political and public level, of the added value of the strategy.