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ERA-NET MED
Scope and Objective
Synergies and complementarities with PRIMA
Following the Conference of Barcelona on 2012, the
ERANETMED responds to the need to develop new ways
of “sustainable” cooperation, in which both European and
MPC partners will equally participate and benefit from the
output and the opportunities created by the project. The
ERANETMED will consider a broad area for research,
addressing not only the most important societal
challenges of the region but also actions to enhance
innovation through applied research, capacity building,
mobility and clustering.
The ERA-NET MED and ARIMNet Consortia, which are
composed of a relevant number of partners of the PRIMA
Programme will be pivotal in ensuring that awareness on
the PRIMA themes and activities is raised within these
Consortia and within the beneficiaries of the activities
developed and funded by the ERA-NET and CSA, since
they are composed of key stakeholders for the scope of
the project.
However, and also facilitated by the mutual presence of
many partners and Member States, ACs and MPCs,
evaluations on how to best capitalize the more
coordinated, long lasting, broad and impactful PRIMA
Programme will be performed. This will ensure that the
heritage from these ERA-NETs will not be lost, but at the
same time will ensure to reach the maximum impact
within an initiative of broader scope.
ERA-NET ARIMNet (Agricultural Research In the Mediterranean Network)
Scope and Objective
Synergies and complementarities with PRIMA
ARIMNet aims at coordinating National Agricultural
Research Programmes to strengthen the capacities of its
members to address, in coordinated way, the major
challenges
that
the
Mediterranean
agriculture.
particularly those involving food security, natural
resources management and mitigation of threats
resulting from global change.
ERA-NET MED and ARIMNet Consortium, which are
composed by a relevant number of Partners of the PRIMA
Programme will be pivotal in ensuring that awareness on
the PRIMA Themes and Activities will be raised within
these Consortia and within the beneficiaries of the
activities developed and funded by these ERA-NET and
CSA, since they are composed by key stakeholders for the
scope of the project.
However, and also facilitated by the mutual presence of
many partners and Member States, ACs and MPCs,
evaluations on how to best capitalize the more
coordinated, long lasting, broad and impactful PRIMA
Programme will be performed. This will ensure that the
heritage from these ERA-NET will not be lost, but at the
same time will ensure to reach the maximum impact
within an initiative of broader scope.
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Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI)
Scope and Objective
Synergies and complementarities with PRIMA
FACCE-JPI provides and steers research to support
sustainable agricultural production and economic growth,
to contribute to a European bio-based economy, while
maintaining and restoring ecosystem services under
current and future climate change. The 5 thematic areas
of FACCE-JPI are: Sustainable food security under climate
change; Environmentally sustainable growth and
intensification of agricultural systems; Assessing and
reducing
trade-offs
between
food
production,
biodiversity and ecosystem services; Adaptation to
climate change throughout the whole food chain;
greenhouse gas mitigation
During their lifecycle, each JPI developed joint actions or
knowledge hubs and mobilised a community of European
researchers.
Addressing both the Governing bodies of the three JPIs
and the beneficiaries of the ongoing joint actions or
knowledge hubs will be a critical step in ensuring that
awareness on the PRIMA Themes and Activities will be
raised.
Furthermore, representatives of JPI FACCE will
significantly contribute to the public discussion of PRIMA.
The Joint Programming Initiative “Agriculture, Food
Security and Climate Change” (FACCE –
JPI) results from a long process encompassing earlier
proposals initiated by INRA (FR) and
BBSRC (UK), and brings together 21 MS/AC, committed to
addressing the challenge of providing sufficient high
quality food through sustainable agriculture in the
context of climate change.
Among them, there are not only the vast majority of EU
countries, but also Mediterranean Countries like Turkey.
These activities of creation of synergies and
complementarities will be also aimed at enlarging the
number of Mediterranean Countries that might benefit
from the participation of the JPI.
As indicated in the FACCE-JPI European and International
Strategy, Member-countries suggest promoting greater
coordination with selected European initiatives active in
the FACCE-JPI remit and involving EU strategic partners.
Moreover, it was suggested that, in a second phase,
cooperation at joint research action level should have
been considered with selected initiatives to support the
implementation of FACCE’s and these initiatives’ strategic
research priorities. These include the ERA-NET on
Coordination Agricultural Research in the Mediterranean
Area (ARIMNet2), IntensAfrica, a European initiative
aimed at working with Africa on sustainable agricultural
intensification, and PRIMA.
Therefore, in the long run, being the JPI FACCE a relevant
initiative but well in line with Pillar II of the PRIMA
Programme, evaluations on how to best capitalize from
the differences between this JPI and the more
coordinated, long lasting, broad and impactful PRIMA
Programme will be performed.
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