- Title
- Support for the development and consolidation of DANUBIUS-RO
- Objective
- Providing support for the development of human and operational resources of DANUBIUS-RO through actions that consolidate the existing scientific base, extend national and international connectivity and prepare the logistical and functional framework for the activities within DANUBIUS-ERIC.
- Program
- National Research, Development and Innovation Plan 2022–2027, Program 5.9 – Research in areas of strategic interest, Subprogram 5.9.4 – River systems, deltas, seas – DANUBIUS
- Bduget
- 49,290,894.67 lei
- Director
- Mihaela Păun
- Contact
- 021-2207780 – telefon
- 021-2207695 – fax
- office@incdsb.ro
The project aims to achieve the following objectives:
The general objective of the project Support for the development and consolidation of DANUBIUS-RO (DANUBIUS-RO-2) involves ensuring support for the development of the human and operational resources of DANUBIUS-RO and is approached through a coherent set of actions that simultaneously aim to consolidate the already created/existing scientific base, increase national connectivity (by expanding the effective participation of several academic and research entities in the activity DANUBIUS-RO) and international, as well as preparing the logistical and functional framework necessary to start activities within the legal and administrative framework of DANUBIUS-ERIC.
The emphasis is on concentrating, forming and activating an interdisciplinary academic community, which will support the development and use of the infrastructure both from a scientific point of view and from a management and governance perspective.
The specific objectives of the project are:
- Strengthening institutional, scientific and digital capacity
- Operationalization of the international structure DANUBIUS ERIC
- Expanding national and international collaborations
- Integration of new research facilities, including a new Supersite at the Iron Gates
- Creation of an interdisciplinary academic community
About
The DANUBIUS-RO-2 project responds to the national commitments assumed by Romania as the coordinating state of the European research infrastructure DANUBIUS-RI (International Center for Advanced Studies on River-Sea Systems – a distributed research infrastructure, with a pan-European character, dedicated to the integrated study of river, delta and sea interactions) and supports the transition from the preparatory to the operational phase.
Currently, the national infrastructure DANUBIUS-RO (the national component of the DANUBIUS-RI infrastructure, including the central HUB, the Danube Delta supersite and the Data Center) is under development, with essential components at various stages of technical and logistical preparation.
In parallel, in June 2025, international recognition also took place, through the official establishment of DANUBIUS ERIC, a European legal entity, of the ERIC type (European Research Infrastructure Consortium), responsible for the governance and unitary operation of the pan-European DANUBIUS-RI infrastructure).
This project aims to strengthen human resource capacity, expand the physical and digital infrastructure, as well as consolidate Romania’s international position within the DANUBIUS-RI initiative and the DANUBIUS-ERIC consortium. At the same time, the project creates the premises for the sustainable and integrated operation of the DANUBIUS infrastructure at national and European level.















Department: MANAGEMENT | GENERAL DIRECTOR / PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER
Departament: DEZVOLTARE TEHNOLOGICA, TRANSFER TEHNOLOGIC SI PLANIFICARE SPATIALA
Departament: CENTRUL DE INFORMARE TEHNOLOGICA „DELTA DUNARII”
Department: LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH BASES

Departament: CONSERVAREA BIODIVERSITATII SI UTILIZAREA DURABILA A RESURSELOR NATURALE
Departament: SISTEM INFORMATIONAL SI GEOMATICA
Departament: RESTAURARE ECOLOGICĂ ŞI REDRESARE SPECII









