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2. EU
funded Programmes
2.1 ERANETs
Several ERANET and ERANET plus/COFUND projects under FP7 and H2020 are worth to be
considered to have a comprehensive overview of the critical mass already built through joint
activities in last five yearsin Europe and its neighbourhood, with a particular focus on the initiatives
dealing with themes related to PRIMA and/or involving PRIMA partner countries.
12 initiatives have been considered to this purpose, which are briefly summarized in the following
table:
N.
Name
Status
(ongoing/closed)
Countries
Themes
Budget committed
Projects
funded
EU
AC
MPC
1
ARIMNET
Closed
6
2
4
Agricultural Research
7 M Eur
10
(78
eligible)
2
ARIMNET 2
Ongoing
9
2
4
Agricultural research
7 MEur (1
st
call)
10 (146
eligible)
3
EUPHRESCO
Ongoing
21
1
0
Phytosanitary research
8,9 M Eur
47
4
ICT-AGRI (1 & 2)
Ongoing
15
2
0
ICT for agriculture
--
24
5
RURAGRI
Closed
20
2
0
Agricultural,
rural
development
8,5 M Eur
5
6
ERACAPS
Closed
17
1
0
Plant science
40 M Eur
26
7
C-IPM
Ongoing
20
1
0
Integrated
Pest
Management
5,8 M Eur
7
8
ERANETMED
Ongoing
10
(incl.1
int.og.)
1
6
Water, Energy (1
st
call)
Water, Energy, Food (2
nd
call)
12 M Eur (1
st
call) + 11 M Eur
(2
nd
call)
21
(190
eligible)
9
FACCE ERANET
PLUS
Ongoing
17
1
0
Climate change adaptation
18 M Eur
11
(40
eligible)
10
FORESTERRA
Closed
9
1
3
Mediterranean
forest
ecosystem
1,5 M Eur
--
11
SUSFOOD
Closed
18
1
0
Sustainable food systems
17 M Eur
15
12
ERA-ARD II
Closed
14
1
0
Agricultural Research
3,9 M Eur
11
13
WATERWORKS
2014
Ongoing
12
3
0
Water
Management
in
extreme events
9 M Eur + 5 M Eur EC top-up
Under
evaluation
14
WATERWORKS
2015
Ongoing
23
2
2
Sustainable water use in
agriculture.
18 M Eur + 7,9 M Eur EC top-
up
Pre-
announce
ment
Table 2 – ERANETs having potential synergies with PRIMA
As shown in the table,
an important common financial effort of more than 174MEuro has been
possible, on a variable geometry, focusing relevant challenges of the Mediterranean region.
Although the presence of EU countries is still prevalent, the participation of MPC in dedicated joint
activities like dedicated
ERANET tools (ERANETMED, ARIMNET, FORESTERRA), show an important
participation of non-EU Mediterranean countries (Figure 4), demonstrating: -) the strong political
willingness of EU and non-EU Mediterranean countries to engage together in joint activities, -) the
rather important financial availability for funding the relevant challenges and the need of
instruments beyond ERANET that could ensure more continuity and long-standing cooperation.