INDanube aims to generate and to facilitate innovation projects through its services and shall engage in the build-up of a policy framework which enables and supports innovation in Danube IWT. This policy framework shall be embedded in the existing initiatives of the European Commission which foster the further development of the inland navigation sector in Europe especially such of the TEN-T, the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and NAIADES II.
INDanube organizes the knowledge transfer in the Danube region regarding the innovation needs being derived from the perspective of the society, the vessel and fleet operators and their partners along the logistics and value chain.
As such, INDanube tackles the crucial elements of innovation, which mainly are: