Project Output 3.1. Support for the Institutional Development of NGOs and Community Invovlement: Developing the DEF Network
Under the long-term development objective of the Danube Regional Project, being financed by UNDP/GEF, and to contribute to sustainable development in the Danube River Basin, the component "Support for Institutional Development of NGOs and Community Involvement: Developing the DEF Network" aimed to fully developed platform of non-governmental organizations in the Danube River Basin. The support targeted to strengthen the Danube Environmental Forum (DEF) as umbrella organization, to enhance the network and its members’ capabilities to respond to transboundary pollution issues with a focus on nutrient reduction, and to empower the network to respond to current priority issues as well as those that may arise in the future.