Participants in the LIFE DICCA-project

Stakeholders on the Danube Island

Alongside Municipal Department - Water Management (MA 45), other municipal departments of the City of Vienna, the municipal district councils of Floridsdorf and Donaustadt, companies and local businesses are directly or indirectly concerned with the use and upkeep of the Danube Island and its environment.

• Municipal Department 22 - Environmental Protection (MA 22)
• Municipal Department 42 - Parks and Gardens (MA 42)
• Municipal Department 49 - Forestry Office and Urban Agriculture (MA 49)
• Municipal Department 48 - Waste Management, Street Cleaning and Vehicle Fleet (MA 48)
• Municipal Department 31- Vienna Water (MA 31)
• Municipal Department 58 - Water Rights (MA 58)
• Municipal Department 29 - Bridge Construction and Foundation Engineering (MA 29)
• Municipal Department 28 - Road Management and Construction (MA 28)
• Wien Kanal - Vienna Waste Water Management
• Municipal Department 18 - Urban Development and Planning (MA 18)
• Municipal Department 21 - Neighbourhood Planning and Land Use (MA 21)

Landowners (apart from the City of Vienna):

• Donauhochwasserschutz-Konkurrenz (DHK) (Danube Flood Protection Association)
• viadonau - Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH (government agency for the preservation and development of the Danube waterway)

Project expertise

• Executive Office for the Coordination of Climate Protection Measures
• Municipal Department 22 - Environmental Protection (MA 22)
• Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG)

Project supporters

• City of Vienna:
  • Municipal Department - Vienna Water (MA 31)
  • Municipal Department - Forestry Office and Urban Agriculture (MA 49)
  • Municipal Department - Parks and Gardens (MA 42)
  • Wien Kanal - Vienna Waste Water Management
• Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism
• Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology
• University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU): Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management and Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
• Executive Office of the Regional Government of the Province of Lower Austria, Water Group, Department of Water Management
• Nationalpark Donau-Auen (Danube Wetlands National Park)
• viadonau
• Municipality of Nijmegen (Netherlands)
• City of Ulm (Germany)

Target groups - Austria

• Visitors to the Danube Island
• Local residents
• Various users and groups of users of the Danube Island, for example:
  • Sports clubs (rowing clubs, sailing clubs, other types of water sports)
  • Restaurants, cafés and bars
  • Angling associations
  • Local businesses such as boat and bike hire companies, campsite operators
  • Schools and nurseries in the project area
  • Universities and other higher education institutions
  • Event organisers
  • Nature conservation organisations and other NGOs
  • Social institutions
  • Other leisure and recreation facilities

Target groups - international

• Municipal administrations and political representatives of other European cities
• Universities and other higher education institutions, interdisciplinary research institutions, national and international professional associations
• International climate action organisations and platforms
• Other EU projects whose objectives are related to those of this project