Project acronym: SWIM
Website: https://swim-danube.eu/
Project number: 101215230
Project title: Sustainable Water and Integrated Management of Fish Migration and their Habitats in the Danube River Basin and NW Black Sea
Call: HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-01
Project schedule: 1.9.2025 – 31.8.2029
Project coordinator: University Of Zagreb, Faculty Of Mechanical Engineering And Naval Building
Project leader: RNDr. Zuzana Boukalová
Contact person: Ing. Marie Cerhová, Ph.D.
Total project budget: 7 521 499.38 EUR
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SWIM project aligns with the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters,” aiming to restore, protect, and enhance habitats of migratory fish species in the Danube River Basin and the Northwestern Black Sea region. By developing and implementing innovative, sustainable, and scalable solutions through 13 activities foreseen at 7 pilot sites, SWIM seeks to improve habitat connectivity, quality and conservation, and overall, the aquatic ecosystems health.
A key element of SWIM’s strategy is fostering transnational cooperation among diverse stakeholders and across different societal levels, co-designing joint solutions with governmental bodies, NGOs, researchers, and local communities, working through SWIM Alliance. This broad involvement aims to raise public support and ensure the long-term sustainability of the habitat restoration and protection measures, fostering biodiversity conservation, enhancing ecological resilience and the provision of ecosystem services, and thus promoting the socio-economic wellbeing of the local communities.
The project team, led by the University of Zagreb, brings together 26 partners and 16 associated partners from 13 countries.