Projects
SWIM- Sustainable Water and Integrated Management of Fish Migration and their Habitats in the Danube River Basin and NW Black Sea
A Mission Ocean Project
Start: 09/2025
End: 08/2029
At seven pilot sites in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania and Ukraine, SWIM is implementing a total of 13 measures to establish new standards for water body health. The insights gained are intended to serve as a model for future environmental restoration projects in Europe, which will not only promote environmental protection but also contribute to healthier living environments for people. In this way, the aim is to create a future with thriving ecosystems and communities worth living in.
In order to gather as many ideas and innovations as possible and ultimately put them into practice, SWIM brings together various transnational partners, ranging from government representatives and NGOs to researchers and local communities. The partners pool their expertise to connect stakeholders, support sustainability, identify opportunities and develop recommendations.
In order to gather as many ideas and innovations as possible and ultimately put them into practice, SWIM brings together various transnational partners, ranging from government representatives and NGOs to researchers and local communities. The partners pool their expertise to connect stakeholders, support sustainability, identify opportunities and develop recommendations.
Role of the FZI
The FZI is supporting the SWIM project by developing an interactive 3D environment which, as a digital twin of the pilot sites, is intended to assist with the analysis of the water bodies.
At the same time, the FZI is helping to establish the SWIM Alliance, thereby ensuring the sustainability of the project’s results beyond the project’s duration and strengthening the exchange between research and practice.
At the same time, the FZI is helping to establish the SWIM Alliance, thereby ensuring the sustainability of the project’s results beyond the project’s duration and strengthening the exchange between research and practice.
Contact person
Staff
Division: Innovation, Strategy and Transfer
Headquarters Karlsruhe
Research focus
Applied Artificial Intelligence
AI from research to practice: We promote applied AI for business and small and medium-sized enterprises, integrating technology with law and ethics.
Energy and Sustainability
Sustainability and practical relevance are key: We develop IT innovations for companies that contribute to a climate-friendly and resource-efficient economy.
Funding notice:
The SWIM Project is co-funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme (project no. 101215230), under the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters”.
Project partners:
- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
- Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
- National Institute for Research and Development Danube Delta
- Croatian Waters
- DANUBE DELTA BIOSPHERE RESERVE AUTHORITY
- International Association for Danube Research
- Institute of Hydrobiology NAS of Ukraine
- Technical University Košice
- CEKOM
- Novi Sad University
- METCENAS: Methodological Center for Environment Assessment, o.p.s
- University of Prague
- GEOSTUD
- International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems – Macedonian Section
- Water Research Institute of TG Masaryk
- ADRIA INNOVATION HARBOUR
- Public institution for the management of protected parts of nature and the ecological network of the Virovitica-Podravine County
- JPNPCG
- MPVIZO
- RPK Sombor
- FZI Research Center for Information Technology
- ŠRU-ODRA
- Institutul National de Hidrologie si Gospodarire a Apelor
- COMPLEX DELTA SRL
- HIDROING
- INOVA+ Innovation Services S.A.