General aims of the Cluster are:
- to fulfil the desire of cultural players in the Danube region to increase the number of quality cooperations
- to establish the „Danube” as a quality cultural brand, to strengthen the Danube community and identity through more dialogue between the different players
- to create a platform that serves as a permanent room for strategic policy exchange on cultural matters in the Danube area based on policy priorities both from policy/administration side as well as from the side of the NGOs mixing in a new approach top-down and bottom-up initiatives in order to best support the attractiveness and innovation potential of the Danube Region (see also: TAF-DRP application)
- to fight for a so-called „small project fund” for joint contemporary cultural projects in the Danube region
- to fulfil the action plan of the EUDRS and the targets of Priority Area 3 (Culture and Tourism)
Activities of the Cluster are:
- Danube Lounge
- Donaubootschafen
- Drops of the Danube
- KulturKanal
- Danube Culture Dialog
The network and the partners of the Cluster
Until now the following institutions and organisations are willing to become official members of the association:
- Europäische Donau-Akademie, Ulm (DE) www.donauakademie.eu
- Donumenta e.V., Regensburg (DE) www.donumenta.de
- Kultur Kontakt Austria, Vienna (DE) www.kulturkontakt.or.at
- Duna Múzeum, Esztergom (HU) www.dunamuzeum.hu
- The Bridgeguard Artist and Science Residency Programme, Stúrovo (SK) www.bridgeguard.org
- Mindspace, Budapest (HU) www.mindspace.hu
- Balkankult Foundation, Krusedol (RS) www.balkankult.org
- The Red House of Debate and Culture (BG) www.redhouse-sofia.org