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SI Clubs along the Danube connect to a network
The representatives of the Soroptimist International Clubs along the Danube had met from 12th to 15th of July 2018 within the frame of the 11th Danube Festival Ulm/New-Ulm and the meeting of the partners of the education network Danube-Networkers.

The SI-Danube Club network goes back to an initiative of the SI Club Ulm/Donaustadt. Representatives of ten Clubs from Moldavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Germany wanted to create a Danube-axis within the existing SI-Europe-Union. In the future, the Clubs from the Danube countries want to take efforts to intensify the joint project work with the aim promoting European understanding between civil societies in the Danube countries on the basis of the soroptimist principles.

On Saturday, 14th July 2018, the founding meeting of the SI Danube-Network took place. The representatives presented the work of their Clubs as well as their ideas about the future cooperation. A Resolution prepared by SI Ulm-Donaustadt, describing the goals of the SI Danube-Network, was discussed and adopted.

On Sunday, 14th of July 20918, all representatives of the Clubs took part in the Danube-Networkers so called "Danube-Bridge-Breakfast" on the Herdbrücke, the Soroptimist sisters from Bregenz, Austria, joined in – a symbolic bridge over the Danube with much communication and many visitors from Ulm and its region.

The meeting in Ulm was enriching for all participants and surely a successful start for a hopefully fruitful future cooperation.

SI Danube Network

"SI Danube" is an international women's network along the Danube River. It belongs to the European Union of "Soroptimist International", the worldwide service club of professional women (founded in California, 1921). "SI Danube" came into being in 2018 in Ulm, Germany. The network includes SI clubs in the Danube countries from Ulm to the Black Sea. SI Danube promotes the exchange of women and supports women and girls in these European countries.


Our Projects

From 2017 to 2019, Soroptimists around the world were called to work on the theme of "water". The first conference of SI DANUBE in Ruse, Bulgaria, concluded the educational project "Danubius". Children are taught in a practical way and in cooperation with schools about the necessary protection of the natural environment of the Danube and about water quality. Further projects under construction are mutual visiting programs for women.

 

The clubs from the Danube countries want to promote European understanding between civil societies in the Danube countries on the basis of soroptimistic principles and goals. In the International Danube Festival program SI clubs actively participate in the popular "Bridge Breakfast" of the "Danube-Networkers" on the Herd Bridge in Ulm. This creates a symbolic bridge across the Danube with many contacts among Danube guests and locals.


What do we support?

Women of "SI Danube" clubs are connected in a special way - by the bond of the Danube and by the common values and goals they carry as Soroptimists. SI Danube aims to promote the acceptance of European values and civil peaceful coexistence in the communities along the Danube. SI Danube builds cross-border friendship and understanding among women. They work on joint projects.



The clubs from the Danube countries want to do project work together in a network. Their goal is to promote European understanding between civil societies in the Danube countries on the basis of Soroptimist principles and goals. A joint resolution describing the goals of the SI Danube network in more detail was adopted in Ulm in 2018. Regular meetings of SI Danube take place at the International Danube Festival in Ulm. 

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