The winners of the first Danube Flood Resilience Innovation Competition (DFRIC) were announced during the 3rd Annual Practitioner Forum, which was held from 15-18 March in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The DFRIC was aimed at identifying innovative approaches and ideas related to challenges in the field of “equipment and technologies” and its related subtopics. In this year’s competition a total of 14 submissions were received (8 projects & 6 project ideas). The entries were provided by academia (7), practitioners (6) and industry (1) stakeholders from eight countries of Danube region.
The following entities received the highest ratings of our independent jury in the category “Project”
The following entities received the highest ratings of our independent jury in the category “Project idea”
The DAREnet consortium congratulates all winners of the DFRIC and is looking forward to supporting these initiatives in jointly developing their innovative ideas further.
The second DFRIC will tackle issues related to “standards & procedures” and will be announced shortly. Stay tuned!