International Workshop on Flood Protection Education Network in the Danube Basin

Following the severe floods of 2013 and 2014 after a series of consultation with experts of water directorates EUSDR PA 5 (to manage environmental risks) members realized the need of the 14 Danube countries in 2015 to establish an international training and education network on flood protection. The topic was also included into the first Flood Risk Management Plan of the Danube Watershed prepared by ICPDR and endorsed by the ICPDR Ministerial Meeting with the Danube Declaration in February 2016. Last year with the coordination of the Danube Region Strategy (EUSDR PA5) the National University of Public Service Hungary signed a Collaboration Framework Agreement with German, Slovakian and Serbian universities in order to develop an international curriculum on flood protection engineering as the core of the proposed education network.