Decision 2017/1324 - Participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) jointly undertaken by several Member States - Main contents
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Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (‘PRIMA’)
SUMMARY OF:
Decision (EU) 2017/1324 approving the EU’s participation in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS DECISION?
It approves the EU’s participation in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA), an initiative involving a number of EU countries as well as several countries in the Mediterranean area.
KEY POINTS
Participating countries
Currently the ‘participating states’ are: Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco are expected to join PRIMA once they conclude international agreements for scientific and technological cooperation with the EU setting out the terms and conditions of their participation in PRIMA.
Other countries (both EU and non-EU) will be able to join at a later stage, provided they fulfill the conditions for participation in PRIMA.
Objectives
The idea behind PRIMA is to pool the knowledge and financial resources of the EU and the participating states to build research and innovation capacities and develop knowledge and joint innovative solutions for agro-food systems in the Mediterranean area.
The main objectives are to:
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-make the agro-food systems and integrated water provision and management more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and environmentally and socially sustainable;
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-contribute to solving water scarcity, food security, nutrition, health, well-being and migration problems upstream.
Management and organisation
The programme will be managed by an implementation structure, known as PRIMA-IS, based in Barcelona. PRIMA-IS will receive the EU’s financial contribution and be responsible for implementing PRIMA and monitoring the projects that it finances, as well as the projects that are funded by the participating states.
PRIMA will operate on the basis of annual work plans that it adopts, after the approval of the European Commission.
Approximately 25% of the PRIMA-IS funding is intended to finance the research work of bodies (e.g. universities, research institutions, companies, etc.) in the non-EU participating states. Information about the activities receiving support from PRIMA will be publicly available.
Budget
The EU will contribute up to €220 million from the Horizon 2020 research and innovation framework programme. The participating states will contribute financially or in-kind at least €220 million during the period from 7 August 2017 to 31 December 2028.
FROM WHEN DOES THE DECISION APPLY?
It has applied since 7 August 2017.
BACKGROUND
For more information, see:
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-The PRIMA initiative (European Commission).
MAIN DOCUMENT
Decision (EU) 2017/1324 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 on the participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) jointly undertaken by several Member States (OJ L 185, 18.7.2017, pp. 1-15)
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in ´Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)` and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1906/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 81-103)
Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 104-173)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Council Decision 2013/743/EU of 3 December 2013 establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decisions 2006/971/EC, 2006/972/EC, 2006/973/EC, 2006/974/EC and 2006/975/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 965-1041)
See consolidated version.
last update 08.11.2017
This summary has been adopted from EUR-Lex.
Decision (EU) 2017/1324 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 on the participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) jointly undertaken by several Member States