UNIMED General Assembly 2018

1. PRIMA AWP 2019
Unimed General Assembly
Shaping the Mediterranean
From Cooperation to
Integration
Venice, 25 October, 2018
Prof. Angelo Riccaboni
Università di Siena
Chair, Fundacion PRIMA

2. MED Challenges don’t know borders
Climate change
Soil and water stress
Overweight and obesity
Rural depopulation & urbanization
Migration flows
R&I and strong involvment of stakeholders, incl private sector & consumers

3. Who We Are
11 EU Countries and 8 non-EU Countries on an equal footing

4. Strong leadership and stakeholders engagement are crucial

5. trategic Research and Innovation Agenda
raft - August 10th 2017
MANAGEMENT OF WATER
Integrated and sustainable management of water
for arid and semi-arid Mediterranean areas
FARMING SYSTEMS
Sustainable farming systems under Mediterranean
environmental constraints
AGRO-FOOD VALUE CHAIN
Sustainable Mediterranean agro-food value chain
for regional and local development
817 partnerships, 5473 research units from 24 countries

6.  Calls 2018

7. reuse of olive mill wastewaters
efficient use of non-conventional water resources in semi-arid areas
mixed cropping-beekeeping system
sustainable mediterranean grain legumes farming systems
production and consumption of camel milk
blockchain-based applications
First 40 beneficiaries: late December

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Numbers of proposals received
362
94 Proposals30 Proposals

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12. AWP 2019 update

13. c
v
SAC
Identify the scientific
priorities for the AWP
2019
23 February 2018
Inter Service Consultation
1° week October-15
November
Adoption by the
BoT &
Publication of the
2019 calls by
December
2018/January
2019
Deadline Submission
Section 1
13 February 2019PRIMA
Secretariat
Draft concept note
to SAC
6 April 2018
First Draft of
AWP 2019 to
BoT
18 May 2018
AWP 2019 : Roadmap
PRIMA IS
receives
comments by
BoT +EC
Approval by the EC
End November
2018
SAC: Scientific Advisory Committee
BoT : Board of Trustees
PRIMA IS: PRIMA FOUNDATION SECRETARIAT
EC: European Commission
Revision of SAC on
concept note
16 April 2018
PRIMA IS writing
First Draft AWP 2019
Evaluation of PRIMA
AWP 2019 by external
experts
6-30 September
2018
Grant
Agreements
31 Dec
2019
Deadline Submission
Section 2
29 January 2019

14. AWP 2019
AWP S1 N.Projects S2 N.Projects
2018 9 30
2019 18 35
AWP Financial contributions
Financial contribution
EU Grants
Financial contribution
PS Grants
2018 18 M€ 33M€
2019 28 M€ 35M€
Total EU+PS 46M€ 68M€
1) EU and PS financial contribution increased
2) The number of projects foreseen to be funded for 2019 Calls increased
3) More focus in terms of SRIA priorities addressed (from 12 to 6 SRIA priorities) and topic scope

15. PRIMA Annual
Work Plan 2019
SRIA Priorities
The objective of Section 1 and 2 Calls
of PRIMA AWP 2019 will focus on
the following SRIA priorities
THEMATIC AREA 1 WATER MANAGEMENT
•Priority 1 Water resources availability and quality within catchments and aquifers
•Priority 2 Sustainable Integrated water management
THEMATIC AREA 2 FARMING SYSTEM
•Priority 1 Adaptation of farming systems to climate change
•Priority 2 Developing sustainable and productive agro-ecosystems
THEMATIC AREA 3 AGRO-FOOD VALUE CHAIN
•Priority 2 Food Safety in local food chains
•Priority 3 Implementation of innovation in the Agro-food chain, promoting higher
quality, sustainability and competitiveness, with particular reference to smallholders

16. • Enhance innovation potential in the Mediterranean, a novel innovation model for the PRIMA programme tailored to its
specificities that captures all the actors, and above all the critical mass of end users: creation of local innovation
structures (Open Innovation-Open Research Labs)
• PRIMA AWP 2019 will address topics focusing on the Nexus among Water, Ecosystems and Food, which are expected to
become even more complicated in the future due to the impacts of Mediterranean challenges
• Embracing inter and transdisciplinary approaches and engaging a wider diversity of disciplines including social sciences
and humanities
• Capacity building activities will be key transversal component of project proposals, enhancing research and innovation
capacities in the field of water management and agro-food systems.
• Ensure Integration and Alignment activities to foster alignment among national programmes. Coordination with other
EC initiatives (JPIs, KIC-Food, EIP-AGRI and EIP-Water, ENI-CBC-MED) to avoid fragmentations overlap and duplications.
PRIMA Annual Work Plan 2019
Orientations

17. AWP 2020

18. c
SAC
Identify scientific
priorities for the AWP
2020-21
20 November 2018
Inter Service Consultation
20 July 2019
Adoption by the
BoT &
Publication of the
2019 calls
2-3 October
2019
PRIMA
Secretariat
Draft concept note
Sent to SAC
31 January 2019
First Draft of
AWP 2019 to
BoT
28 February 2019
AWP 2020-2021 :
Roadmap
PRIMA
Secretariat
receives
comments by
BoT +EC
Approval by the EC
2-3 October
SAC: Scientific Advisory
Committee
BoT : Board of Trustees
PRIMA IS: PRIMA
FOUNDATION
SECRETARIAT
EC: European
Commission
Revision of SAC
of concept note
15 february 2019
PRIMA Secretariat
Writing First Draft AWP
2019
Evaluation of PRIMA
AWP 2019 by external
experts
20 June-July 2019
Grant Agreements
End December
2020
AWP 2019 Evaluation
AWP 2019
AWP 2018
SRIA
PRIMA-FAO
Workshop
Public Consultation
Outcome
Calls 2018

19. Public Consultation
The first public consultation on the PRIMA Annual Work Plan priorities
from 1st October to 30th October 2018, is now open at the link:
https://goo.gl/forms/1ZcJPESiERAptWnX2

20. PRIMA – FAO Event
Current and Future Scenarios in the Water and Agro-Food sector: the
Mediterranean Perspective
20 November 2018
Sheikh Zaied Centre -FAO Headquarter,
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00153
Rome

21. The observatory
promotes research,
innovation and
education best
practises in Euro
Mediterranean Agri-
Food systems
https://primaobservatory.unisi.it

22. Main goals
-to support new solutions based upon research and innovation
-to promote partnerships among Euro Mediterranean researchers,
innovators, enterprises, stakeholders
-to attract new investments and interests
How
-sharing good research and innovation practices
-valorising successful stories of innovation in agri-food systems

23. MOOC “Sustainable Food Systems: a Mediterranean Perspective”

24. POI and MOOC
Cristiana Tozzi
prima@unisi.it
UNIMED
Subnetwork on Food and Water
Unimed-fw@uevora.pt
Marina Zipoli
m.zipoli@uni-med.net

25. We have the means and the capacity to deal
with our problems,
if only we can find the political will
Kofi Annan

26. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION