The project objectives aim to developing, through specific & adequate activities, a competitive network of research institutions & bioethics centers in the region, having a great interest to develop their own qualified cadre at the junction of Bioethics with TR domains. A Center of Education & Research in Bioethics will be developed within the Life Science Institute from UASVM Cluj-Napoca. Danube BEST-NetWORK will offer an independent body in the region to advise policy makers & to stimulate the debates on bioethics & TR. Expected Results: The project will improve the quality of education and of the teaching curriculum in various fields of Bioethics. By its complex activities and pragmatic outcomes the BEST-NetWORK project will contribute to the public awareness on some current debates concerning the application of bioethics standards in translational research (e.g: research misconduct), animal bioethics, benefits of multidisciplinarity, as well as on the challenges raised by the developing of knowledge based society.Cooperation and collaboration with similar networks (EATRIS in Europe, NIH in USA) is targeted.