KOHESIO · Q4299639 · AT

Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

In the Danube Basin an increasing discrepancy between surplus and lack of sediment can be observed. This leads to an increase of flood risks and a reduction of navigation possibilities, hydropower production and biodiversity. Thus, sediment transport and sediment management are urgent issues, which can only be treated in a transnational basin wide approach as sediments don’t regard administrative or political borders. The lack of sediment management has been recognized by the ICPDR in the Danube River Basin Management Plan in 2009 and 2015. Thus, the main objective of this project is to impro…

EU budget
€3.0M
Total project cost
€3.6M
Period
2017-01-01 → 2019-11-30
Thematic objective
TO06Environment and resource efficiency

About the Environment and resource efficiency objective

Thematic Objective 6 finances environment and resource efficiency — water and waste management, biodiversity protection, contaminated-site remediation, air quality, and the circular economy.

Co-funding: the EU contributes €3.0M toward a total project cost of €3.6M — a co-funding rate of 85%, with the remainder covered by national, regional or private sources.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the EU budget for this project?
The EU contributes €3.0M toward a total project cost of €3.6M, a co-funding rate of 85%.
Which fund or thematic objective does it belong to?
This project falls under EU Cohesion Policy thematic objective TO06 — Environment and resource efficiency — financed through the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Which country is the project located in?
The project is located in AT.
What is the project period?
The project runs from 2017-01-01 to 2019-11-30.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete project record — beneficiary, location and related funding decisions — is published on Kohesio, the European Commission's open-data platform, under reference Q4299639.