The compendium is devoted to the issues of development of the Danube region. The authors dwell on the issues of transport infrastructure development of the Danube-adjacent areas and perspectives of increase of energy efficiency of the region using IT, principles of environmentally aware business.Special attention is paid to the analysis of conditions of development of the Ukrainian part of the Danube region in view of environmental protection as the main direction of the EU Danube strategy, in particular the issues of water resource management, biodiversity and landscape preservation and renovation of ecosystems in the Danube basin.Inofficial Ukrainian translation of the EU Strategy for the Danube region is also included. The compendium will be useful for scholars, public officials and wide public.