ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING AN INNOVATIVE MARINE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER NETWORK FOR ENHANCING THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE BLACK SEA BASIN- EFXINNOS
Project aims develop and operate a novel, cost-effective, technologically-advanced, sustainable network of marine monitoring platform.
A series of mobile and static platforms, autonomous underwater vehicles, remotely-operated vehicles and buoys, equipped with the appropriate physico-chemical sensors, side scan sonars and cameras will be operated at selected pilot areas of ecological significance.
All activities will take place during two years.
The project is coordinated by the Democritus University of Thrace, funded by Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin and co-funded by the European Union with a total budget of € 1,643,648.40
Project Partners:
- Democritus University of Thrace (Greece);
- Union of Bulgarian Black Sea local Authorities (Bulgaria);
- National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” (Romania);
- Ilia State University (Georgia);
- Istanbul University (Turkey);
- Technical University of Varna (Bulgaria).