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The International Association for Danube Research (IAD) was founded in 1956 and is the longest existing international scientific network in the Danube Region. IAD is an Association according to Austrian law with the goal of promoting and coordinating activities in the fields of limnology, water management, water protection and sustainable development in the Danube River basin (current structure and contact).

In 1998 IAD obtained observership in the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR). Our delegates participate in various Expert Groups and develop tools and measures to protect the Danube River and to reach a sustainable river basin management as ultimate goal of the Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD)

As representative of the scientific community IAD also actively supports the implementation of the macro-regional EU-Danube Strategy as a step towards sustainable development in the Danube region.

New and renewal membership see options at the bottom of this page!

Application:
Paper Registration Form (download Word-Document)

Resolution of the 39th IAD conference (Szentendre, Hungary)

Resolution of the 40th IAD conference (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Resolution of the 41th IAD conference (Sibiu, Romania)

Links to national sub-associations of IAD:

Österreichisches Komitee Donauforschung, Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Donauforschung

Further links of support:

FDG Austria, DI Norbert Exler

News

2024-Aug-13,
DALIA Open Call:

open until Wednesday, 16th October 2024, at 5 PM CET


DALIA project launches Rivers Revived Call for Associated Regions, inviting local and regional authorities to apply for a chance to secure a grant of up to 100K EUR for river restoration. Open Call homepage.

2024-June-25,

IAD Summer School at Danube Delta, 2024, handout is available

By the end of August 2024, 20 student applicants nominated by IAD national representatives and IAD expert group leaders will attend the one-week IAD Summer School in the Danube Delta. 10 students will be from Romania and Austria, another 10 from Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia.
The summer school will focus on microplastic, along with wetland biodiversity & nature conservation, reed management & landscape development in the context of climate warming mitigation. Lecturers, volunteering their time, will also represent many IAD countries and will share their expertise in diverse scientific fields from microbiology, biota field surveys, reed management, wetland landscape planning, nature conservation and climate research to environmental education. Transport, accommodation, and meals are funded by "Executive Agency for Higher Education, research, Development and Innovation Funding" Romania, the Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea, Romania (DDNI Tulcea) and IAD.

2024-Febr-26,
Conference announced:

ABIC, September 2024


The 9thAquatic Biodiversity International Conference (ABIC) is open for registration, organised in a hybrid way (physical presence and online, in Sibiu, 20-24.9.2024). More details about this conference can be found here on the ABIC_9 Website.

2022-March-11

We, the International Association of Danube Research (IAD), are concerned about the war in the Ukraine, a Danube Basin country. As a scientific NGO, we believe that dialogue is the key to progress and any dispute should be solved based on rational arguments. We would like to express our solidarity with the people of Ukraine during these times. Every death is one too many and in the meantime there are enough victims, so that our hope is that the fighting will end soon and a dialogue for a long-lasting peace can begin.

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