Welcome to the DLL Business Club

Who can join?

The DLL Business Club is open to everyone – business owners, entrepreneurs, students, innovators, or simply anyone curious about how business and ecological restoration can work together.
No entry criteria, no prior experience required. The only thing you need is the willingness to learn and engage with the topics we’ll cover in our training modules.

Business with purpose

We help you turn nature-positive ideas into real ventures. From fish-friendly hydropower to eco-tourism and sustainable fisheries, we show how business can thrive with impact.

Hands-on, practical learning

What makes the DLL Business Club different is its action-driven, tailored approach.
This isn’t just another training — it’s a space where you apply what you learn and move your idea forward.

• Turn your nature-positive idea into a real project or venture

• Get one-on-one business mentoring tailored to your goals

• Follow training modules designed for immediate use — from funding to market analysis to communication

You won’t just learn — you’ll build, test, and act.

✅ All participants will receive a certificate of completion after successfully finishing the training programme.

Be part of a community

Join a growing network of like-minded entrepreneurs. DLL Business Club is designed to connect people and engage with other entrepreneurs, restoration experts, researchers, investors, and policymakers across the Danube region.

What you’ll gain

Access to expert-led trainings on:

• Nature-based business design

• Funding strategies & proposal writing

• Market analysis

• Digital marketing for conservation

Plus:

• One-on-one mentoring tailored to your idea

• Opportunities to network with peers, investors, scientists, and policymakers

•  Guidance on connecting your idea to real demo sites & EU funding programmes (LIFE, Horizon)

DLL Business Club welcomes visionaries from sectors including:

• Hydropower & Energy – interested in fish-friendly upgrades and eco-certification

• Tourism & Hospitality – developing eco-routes, migration trails, or eco-lodges

• Fisheries & Aquaculture – exploring traceable, sustainable, habitat-aligned practices

• Transport & Logistics – aiming for fish-safe, low-impact river corridor solutions

• Food Industry Brands – building value around fish-friendly or river-based identity of processed food

• Digital & Green Innovation – building platforms for ecological services or education

• Or any other field where business and rivers can grow together.

Subscribe to the DLL Business Club Newsletter

Be the first to hear about upcoming training, funding calls, and new pilot opportunities.

Take part in free online training sessions

Enrol in our business training modules, covering:

✔ Innovative business models for ecological restoration

✔ Funding mechanisms and proposal writing

✔ Market analysis for green sectors

✔ Digital marketing for habitat advocacy

Sessions will be subtitled in local languages and each training module will be delivered as a single 4-hour session once a week.

Register anytime:

Book a one-to-one business mentoring session

Have an idea or business challenge? Sign up for one-to-one online mentoring sessions with our experts.

Attend events

Watch our website for regional events, site visits, and virtual meetups bringing businesses and restoration actors together.