FAQs

DANSER is a co-funded project by the European Union, part of the ‘Restore Our Ocean and Waters by 2030′ Mission. The project focuses on restoring and sustainably managing sediment balance and water quality in the Danube River Basin. To address the impact-driven approach of the Mission, the DANSER project will engage with other ecosystem areas that can benefit from the demonstration activities – referred to as ‘Associated Regions’. In this regard, the project establishes an administrative and financial procedure to support the selected ‘Associated Regions’ through funding support to third parties, enabling them to closely follow the demonstrators’ activities while also preparing for replication actions in their own ecosystems.

Local and/or regional authorities from EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries, excluding the countries that are part of the DANSER project consortium (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Ukraine).

Associated Regions will act as strategic partners, integrating DANSER solutions into their territories and promoting sustainable sediment management across different basins.

The Associated Regions will lead to the replication of DEMO activities, contributing valuable data to the Lighthouse’s development and piloting phase. The activities that selected beneficiaries may carry out include:

  • Sediment monitoring actions.
  • Data collection (historical data sets, forecasts).
  • Actions to raise awareness about sediment flow alterations.
  • Planning of future actions for sediment management and restoration.
  • Development of implementation plans on a larger scale.
  • Identification of funding sources for future implementation actions.
  • Identification of relevant business cases and models for sustainability and scaling up.
  • Workshops to disseminate the activities and results.

Additionally, the insights from the ‘Associated Regions’ will enrich the Lighthouse knowledge base in the long term.

The project will share outcomes, provide technical assistance, and help these regions build capacity for implementing their own replication plans, including the development of roadmaps and action plans, insights into sediment dynamics, and support in implementing restoration solutions.

The financial support up to EUR 65,000, how it will be paid in two lump sums, and how the amount will be calculated based on the proposal score.

Describe the submission process, including the use of the EU Survey link and the requirement to submit the Proposal Technical Template in PDF format.

From 1st September to 1st November 2025.

Applicants can send inquiries via email (info@danserproject.eu).