The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean
Area (PRIMA) is pleased to launch a open call for the 2021
Nexus Management Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems resources in the Mediterranean
region: from concepts to practical solutions.
The call for proposals aims at creating a PRIMA portfolio of
demonstration cases at specific sites in the Mediterranean region to
operationalize the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus concept and
translate conceptual considerations first into practical solutions and then
into specific policy-making processes. To this end, technologies, processes and
management models, including decision support system tools, digital solutions,
data infrastructure, should be implemented and validated in demonstration areas
under a practical approach. This action should identify and implement solutions
for gaining efficiency and saving of water-energy-food resources.
Proposals should address the interdependency of
food, water and energy securities by analysing trade-offs and synergies between
sectors and potential impact on social stability due to resource shortages and
climate change. Activities should analyse good practices for resource
allocation and assess the economic, environmental and social implications of
various choices. For the proposed cases, Nexus interventions should be
identified and prioritized, also considering ecosystems and natural
infrastructure, in a participatory dialogue with water right holders and
stakeholders accounting for the specific social and economic circumstances.
Funding Information
PRIMA considers that proposals requesting a
contribution from the EU in the range of EUR 4 million and with the duration of
36 months.
Expected Impacts
- Support the identification and
development of practical solutions where the use of a nexus approach can
lead to improved outcomes in the integrated management of
water-energy-food-ecosystems resources.
- Increased water and energy use
efficiency contributing to the reduction of conflicts in the allocation of
resources and adaptation and resilience to climate change.
- Enable the deployment of
methodologies and guidelines stimulating the reduction of water use and deliver
tools addressing the cascading effects and impacts on other sectors in a
circular economy perspective.
- Demonstrate how science can
strengthen institutional capacities, support the intra-regional dialogue
and integration of knowledge, and positively benefit multiple SDGs.
- Ensure viability and
replicability of the demonstration cases also after the end of the
project.
- Demonstrate how the nexus
approach provides the opportunity for building regional resilience to
climate change.
Eligibility Criteria
- Legal entities established in
the following countries and territories are eligible to receive funding
through PRIMA grants:
- The PRIMA Participating
States: The following Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU):
Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta,
Portugal, Spain, Slovenia. It includes the Overseas Countries and
Territories (OCT) linked to these Member States.
- The following Third Countries
associated to Horizon 2020 (AC): Israel, Tunisia, and Turkey.
- The following Third Countries
not associated to Horizon 2020 (TC), having concluded international
agreements for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the
terms and conditions of their participation in PRIMA: Algeria, Egypt,
Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.
- In addition, the following
entities are eligible to receive funding through PRIMA grants:
- Any legal entity created under
Union law
- Any international European
interest organization.
- Any international organisation
(IO) OR any legal entity established in countries not listed above as PS
will be eligible for funding provided that at least one of the following
conditions is fulfilled:
- participation is deemed to be
essential for carrying out the action;
- such funding is provided
under a bilateral scientific and technological agreement or any other
arrangement between the Union and the international organisation or, for
entities established in a country which is not a Participating State,
the country in which the legal entity is established.
Post Date - 19-Mar-2021