Project name

DANOVA NEXT

Project period

January 1st 2024 -  June 30th 2026

Project value

2.622.400,00 EUR (ERDF 2.097.920,00 EUR)

Project description

The DANOVA NEXT project (PROJECT ID: DRP0200298) continues the DANOVA project, successfully implemented as part of the INTERREG DUNAV 2014-2020 program.The goal of the "DANOVA NEXT" project is to improve the accessibility of transport in the Danube region for all people with disabilities (visual/hearing impairments and people with reduced mobility) by strengthening innovation and technology transfer to create new customized, innovative services and providing fully accessible Digital Travel Information Services (DTIS ) through the creation of a smart network between airports, ports and local urban transport.

The DANOVA NEXT project defined three specific goals:

  • Developing a strategic framework for accessible transport in the Danube region,
  • Creation of a smart transport network for PRM data on digital availability
  • Testing of innovative services to increase the level of accessibility of transport hubs in the Danube region

The realization of the DANOVA NEXT project is expected through:

  • developing solutions for providing services that are highly adapted to the type of disability of each individual user,
  • developing solutions for providing a service that is accessible to users regardless of the type of disability (DTIS) with the help of innovative visual or sound formats.

The project consortium consists of 16 partners and 2 associated partners:

  • 5 airports (Dubrovnik, Sarajevo, Airports of Montenegro, Budapest, State Enterprise Chisinau airport),
  • 2 sea ports (Pula and Kotor),
  • 3 urban city transports (Maribor Municipality, Public City Transport Bratislava and Czech smart city cluster),
  • 3 technical partners (Romanian National Association of the Deaf, Austrian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted, Community of Persons with Disability Croatia),
  • 3 research partners (University of Maribor, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Bulgarian Association for Transfer of Technology and Innovation - BATTI
  • 2 associated partners (Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities Croatia and the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs of Montenegro).

The project started on January 1, 2024, and will last 30 months until June 30, 2026. The introductory meeting of the DANOVA NEXT project was held in Dubrovnik on February 22, 2024.

The total project budget amounts to EUR 2,622,400, of which EUR 2,097,920 is co-financed with grants from the INTERREG DANUBE 2021-2027 program through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) at an 80% co-financing rate.

Dubrovnik Airport's total budget for the project is EUR 343,000, of which co-financing from the ERDF amounts to EUR 274,400.