March 2015

1. DELTA DU DANUBE. Études des relations étroites entretenues entre les communautés agro-pastorales et leur environnement au cours de la préhistoire récente.Project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development in France. Partners: UMR 5602 Toulouse (France), MNIR Bucharest, GeoEcoMar Bucharest, DDBRA, Anthropological Institute Bucharest. ICEM Tulcea Scientific Responsible: Cristian Micu. ICEM Tulcea members of the research team: Sorin Ailincăi, Florian Mihail. Implementation period: 2015.
2. Delta du Danube (réserve biosphère) – un rétro-observatoire des changements socio-environnementaux.Project funded by the Institute Ecology et Environnement (France), through the Sites d’Etudes en Ecologie Globale programme. Scientific Partners: Géographie de l’environement Toulouse, Université de La Rochelle, Littoral, environnement et société (LIENSs), La Rochelle, Cultures et Environnements. Préhistoire, Antique, Moyen Age (CEPAM), Nice, Université de Strasbourg (France), ICEM Tulcea, MNIR Bucharest, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, GeoEcoMar Bucharest (Romania). Institutional partners: Tulcea County Council, DDBRA, Danube Delta National Institute. ICEM Tulcea Project team members: Cristian Micu, Sorin Ailincăi, Florian Mihail. Implementation period: 2015.
3. New research and non-invasive investigation techniques of archaeological sites in Central Dobrudja (case study: Casimcea river basin) – scientific research project PN-II-PT-PCCA 2013-4-0732.Project funded by the Council for Scientific Research and Higher Education through the Collaborative Applied Research Projects (CACM) programme, implemented by SC Internio System SRL, MINAC and ICEM Tulcea. ICEM Tulcea Project team members: Mihaela Iacob, Dorel Paraschiv, Marian Mocanu, George Nuţu. Implementation period: 2015.
4. Living with the dead. Burials in the Early Iron Age settlements between the Balkans, Tisza and Dniester Rivers – Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, postdoctoral research topic under the “MINERVA – Cooperation for elite career in doctoral and postdoctoral research” project, contract code: POSDRU/159/1.5/S/137832.Project financed from the European Social Fund through Human Resources Development 2007-2013 Sectorial Operational Programme; Romanian Academy, “Vasile Pârvan” Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest.
5. (L)IBIDA. Una città ai confini dell`Impero (2013-2017)
   Partners: ICEM Tulcea and Università degli Studi di Sassari (Sardinia). Funding: Ministerio degli Affari Esteri, Ministerio dell`Istruzione dell`Università e della Ricerca, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna. Project Managers: Mihaela Iacob, Dorel Paraschiv (ICEM Tulcea), Alessandro Teatini, Antonio Ibba (Università di Sassari). Romanian research team: researchers and professors of the Institute of Archaeology Iaşi, “Al. I. Cuza” University (Faculty of History and Faculty of Biology) Iași, “Fr. Rainer” Institute of Anthropology (Bucharest), “Vasile Pârvan”  Institute of Archaeology Bucharest, “Dunărea de Jos” University Galați, National Museum of Romanian History Bucharest, National Museum Complex Iași. Italian team: professors, PhDs, specialists from the Università di Sassari, Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra, University Health Network in Toronto.

Projects for the enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage value

1. Valorisation of the historical heritage – Halmirys Fortress – specific to Murighiol fishery area.

Operational Programme for Fisheries. Measure 3 – Protection, conservation and enhancement of natural and cultural heritage of the area. Action 2: Investments in protection, conservation and valorisation of the cultural heritage, including the immaterial one, in the FLAG area Sustainable Fishery in the Danube Delta. Indicator 1: Rehabilitation of cultural or religious objectives. Respondents: Sorin Ailincai, George Nutu. Implementation period: January to August 2015.

2. Valorisation of the historical heritage – Argamum Fortress – specific to Jurilovca fishery area.

Operational Programme for Fisheries. Measure 3 – Protection, conservation and enhancement of natural and cultural heritage of the area. Action 2: Investments in protection, conservation and valorisation of the cultural heritage, including the immaterial one, in the FLAG area Sustainable Fishery in the Danube Delta. Indicator 1: Rehabilitation of cultural or religious objectives. Respondents: Cristian Micu, Dorel Paraschiv. Implementation period: January to August 2015.

3. Valorisation of the historical heritage – Enisala Fortress – specific to Sarichioi fisheries area.

Operational Programme for Fisheries. Measure 3 – Protection, conservation and enhancement of natural and cultural heritage of the area. Action 2: Investments in protection, conservation and valorisation of the cultural heritage, including the immaterial one, in the FLAG area Sustainable Fishery in the Danube Delta. Indicator 1: Rehabilitation of cultural or religious objectives. Respondents: Sorin Ailincai, Aurel Stanica. Implementation period: January to August 2015.

4. DeltaCraft

PA17 / RO13 Programme – Promoting diversity in culture and art in European cultural heritage, funded by the SEE Financial Mechanism 2009-2014, registered with UMP under number LP148/04.08.2014. Project Coordinator: Centre for Sustainable Policies Ecopolis. ICEM Tulcea Respondent: Iuliana Titov. Implementation period: 2015.