Deltares is the Dutch institute for applied research and development on issues related to water and soil management in delta areas. The primary task of Deltares is bringing together science and application.

The Cambridge Coastal Research Unit (CCRU), University of Cambridge, carries out fundamental research on coastal, estuarine and nearshore processes, landforms and ecosystems, with a particular focus on flood and erosion risk reduction in the coastal zone.

GeoEcoMar is a Romanian Research Institute with excellent expertise in geology, geoecology and geophysics, focusing on the Danube – Danube Delta – Black Sea macrosystem in particular and aquatic environments in general.

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, NIOZ, is the Dutch national marine science institute. Our mission is to gain and communicate scientific knowledge on the world's oceans, seas and estuaries for the understanding and sustainability of our planet. NIOZ facilitates and supports fundamental as well as applied marine research and education in the Netherlands and Europe.

UCA is the leader of the “International Campus of Excellence in Marine Science”(CEI·MAR), bringing together universities, research institutes, companies and social agents in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, forming a collaboration platform between scientists and end-users.