DANube SEdiment Restoration: towards deployment and upscaling of sustainable sediment management across the Danube River basin

DANSER project aims to address the urgent need for sustainable sediment management at a river basin scale, focusing on the Danube River-Black Sea system and targeting large-scale deployment and impact already in the mid-term (2030). Through the demonstration of innovative and holistic solutions to gain deeper insight into the sediment status and cause-effect relations, this project seeks to restore sediment balance, improve sediment flow and quality, and integrate such actions and knowledge with the EU and Worldwide counterparts. In an ample coverage throughout DEMOS, Associated Regions (AR), Expert Advisors, clear articulation with the Danube Lighthouse initiatives and the Mission Ocean orientations, together with pro-active synergies with twin projects, stakeholders and communities, the DANSER approach will respect and duly build upon previous projects and the most relevant guidance documents produced therewith to develop, validate and promote key passive and active measures to mitigate human interference in the sediments natural flow and possibly recover on its balance and quality in critical stretches of the basin.