DANS2 project is a support project for the DANUBIUS-RO project and has as main objective the transmission of the final form of the application to the European Commission, which involves, besides the technical and financial documentation (European feasibility study, cost-benefit analysis, demand analysis), a series of specific studies. In addition and in order to comply with the limits imposed by the ESFRI statute (10 years from the entry on the roadmap), DANS2 project has foreseen the following actions to prepare for the launch of the implementation period of the Romanian pan-European infrastructure construction activities DANUBIUS-RI:

– Procurement of services for the writing of the service procurement documentation: execution of construction works, supervision of construction works, management and financial reporting, legal advice, technical consultancy for the writing of  documentation and assistance during the initiation and conduct of award procedures until the completion of the implementation of the DANUBIUS-RI project;

–  Acquisition of DDE design services, external design verification, software development for the management of research activity in the Hub’s laboratories;

– Benchmarking for research equipment and development of technical specifications;

– Updating the technical-financial planning – Study for the exterior design of the Hub location.

The project aims to prepare Romanian participation in the DANUBlUS-Rl project in optimal conditions and to expand the network of potential new users of the infrastructure by identifying, contacting, obtaining new letters of support, carefully following and taking into account their feedback in future developments.

The DANS2 project is a continuation of the DANS project, which was financed from the state budget, so it finances all the studies that are missing to complete the European application and obtain the funding for the major DANUBIUS-RO project: EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) Study for the Hub and Supersite; Carbon Footprint Assessment Study for the Hub and Supersite; Study on the safe use and disposal of laboratory chemicals for the Hub and Supersite; Appropriate Assessment Study for Natura 2000 sites for the Supersite; Study on basic elements for assessing the risks and vulnerabilities to climate change adaptation for the Supersite; Nzero energy efficiency – compliance with the European Commission Directive for the Hub and new research stations in the Supersite.

DANS2 is a project that is co-financed by the EUROPEAN UNION from the European Regional Development Fund through the Competitiveness Operational Program 2014-2020. The pan-European distributed infrastructure DANUBIUS-RI addresses Smart Specialization Domain 3: Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Subdomain 3.2 Environment and Climate Change.