The Danube river is an excellent environment for the cooperation of water stakeholders, bridging with potential local organisations in different other fields like meteorological, health, social life, energy, transport, etc. The main goal of the Lower Danube River Basin Regional Hub is to improve the cooperation in partnerships between various stakeholders along the river and to connect and exchange knowledge with international water sector experts via Watershare.

1. Topics:

1.1 Identification of water stakeholders ( water utilities, local administrations, R&D, NGOs) and their development processes in each of the local hubs(separate for each country)

1.2 Identify and engage stakeholders from different related water sectors( agri-food, energy, transport, etc) and create matrix activities at each country level.

2. Activities:

2.1.Creation of local ‘’bottom-up’’ approach in local hubs by inviting citizens to co-participate in water development projects.

2.2.Development of nature based solution (NBS) concepts along the Romanian territory, in connection with agri-food stakeholders

2.3.Training of local stakeholders in circular economy solutions for their respective needs

2.4.Co-creation of local sustainable development water processes/projects within Romanian sustainable strategy implementation framework.

2.5.Presentation of various demo-cases in regional, national or international promotional events( Danube Water Forum, etc.)