Ecosystem Services and Collaborative Research for Adaptive Communities in the Danube Green Corridor Area

  • Project idea information

    Priority

    Innovative and socially responsible Danube region - Improve framework conditions for innovation - Foster sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage and resources - Improve energy security and energy efficiency - Improve institutional capacities to tackle major societal challenges

    Project Idea Promoter
    (name of the institution)

    Geodinamic Research Centre Univeristy of Bucharest - www.geodinamic.ro

    Needs and challenges
    (Needs, main problems or challenges to be addressed)

    Lower Danube floodplain rural areas have evolved from communities living in harmony with nature with a mixed economy to communities relying on extensive agriculture practiced in agricultural precincts maintained by high energy, low efficiency structural w

    Objectives
    (main and specific objectives to be achieved)

    1. Develop innovative research projects using hydroinformatics environments, applicative and active participative research to identify pro-adaptive socio-metric and psycho-metric indicators
    2. Help develop social and eco-innovative income generating a

    Main results and core outputs

    1.Educational cross-disciplinary e-platform
    2. Participative GIS application for Danube Green Corridor
    3. Socio and psycho-metric indicators identified and correlated with spatial-temporal analyses
    4. Social enterprise and social economy using the pr

    Main foreseen activities

    Partnership Development
    Project management
    Conferences
    Training, Coaching, Mentoring technical assistance for innovative applicative research and partnership development
    Development of on line programme platform and website
    Doctoral/Post-doctoral stu

    Innovative character of the project idea

    The project idea is based on collaborative participative research for solutions addressing flood risk mitigation, protection and adaptation. Knowledge, technology and information will be transferred from Geodinamic directly to communities through the deve

    Estimated Total Budget
    (in EUR)

    2.28 million Euro

    Estimated duration
    (in months)

    36

  • Partners involved at this stage

    ERDF Partners

    Yes

    IPA Partners

    Not yet

    Associated Strategic Partners

    Not yet confirmed

  • Partners requested

    ERDF Partners

    Yes

    IPA Partners

    Yes

    Associated Strategic Partners

    Yes

  • Contact Person

    Name

    Prof. Iuliana Armas

    Address

    Geodinamic, Faculty of Geograpy, University of Bucharest, Balcescu Bulevard, Bucharest, Sector 1

    Country

    Romania

    Is the applicant the project's potential Lead Partner?

    If not, is the potential Lead Partner already being chosen?

Programme co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI)