As part of the ARSINOE project implementation plan, on September 18, 2025, a workshop entitled "Innovative Solutions for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Danube Delta" was held at the Murighiol Town Hall. The event was attended by representatives of the local administration, researchers, citizens and representatives of the business community.
The team of researchers from Constanța from the Black Sea Universities Network, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Eden Mamut, presented the System Innovation Approach methodology developed within the project, the software applications for processing data from various sources, including satellite data, the models that were developed for the pilot section between the communes of Nufărul and Murighiol on the St. George branch of Danube River, and the structuring of a Digital Twin application that allows the monitoring and forecasting of water quality in different areas of the St. George branch.
It was also presented and demonstrated the use and the benefits for interested users, local authorities, or the general public, offered by Virtual Reality Application to ensure the most complete information possible, in order to collaboratively find solutions to increase the resilience of communities in the Danube Delta to the effects of climate change.
Mayor Alexandru Ignat highlighted the importance of providing citizens with accurate and transparent information about the quality of the Danube River's waters and the fact that this data, now available directly on the Murighiol Town Hall website https://www.primaria-murighiol.ro/, offers a new perspective for the citizens, local authorities, the business community, and tourists visiting the town.
Dr. Manuela Sidoroff presented the importance of the project and the prospects for upscaling the results within the Danubius-RI project.
Assoc. Prof. Gabriel Prodan, from Ovidius University of Constanța, presented the results of research on identifying data sources and models that have been used by the research team.
Dr. Laurențiu Oancea and Mr. Claudiu Nazar gave a practical demonstration of how to use the applications developed within the project, both through the use of Virtual Reality systems and by direct access from the website https://www.primaria-murighiol.ro/.
Dr. Marian Tudor, Director of INCD Delta Dunării, presented the need to disseminate these results in schools in order to draw teachers' attention to the opportunities offered by the ARSINOE project results.
Dr. Edward Bratfanof, Vice President of the Biotechnology Cluster, and Mr. Marian Ivanciu expressed the importance for business communities in tourism, fish farming, agriculture, and other related activities, the use of these tools and how could be reduced the exposure to extreme events or natural disasters, such as drought, floods, or intense heat waves.
The work of the BSUN research team was synchronized with the activities carried out by research teams in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, with a view on developing a holistic approach, as a virtual watershed for the ecosystems linking the Danube River with the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, the western part of the Black Sea and further through the Bosphorus Strait to the Marmara Sea and, respectively, through the Dardanelles Strait to the Aegean Sea.
„The results obtained by the implementation of ARSINOE project provide a basis for several new approaches to climate change phenomena in our area and will be continued at the Constanța branch of the National Center of Competence for Climate Change Adaptation”, said Prof. Eden Mamut.
The ARSINOE project – “Strengthening the resilience of regions to climate change through systemic approaches and innovative solutions” was funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 program and involved 41 partners from EU member states. More information about the project can be found at: https://arsinoe-project.eu/.
tags: Arsinoe ClimateChangeAdaptation DanubeDelta EdenMamut DigitalTwins VirtualReality