Deadline: 15-Mar-22
The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Areas (PRIMA) is offering grants under “2022 Water Management Programme” to Sustainable and integrated management of natural and artificial water storage systems and distribution infrastructure.
The specific goal is to improve the water storage and distribution capacities in representative demo areas through a combination of soil-water conservation practices integrated into appropriate management regulations. Particular attention should also be given to the governance aspects to understand and deal with the issues of multi-functionality in water use and distribution and water network efficiency (including the use of ICT solutions to improve management of water networks) within the agri-food sector, avoiding water losses optimising the water storage potential.
The entire water cycle (winter/summer) should be considered when approaching dams and reservoirs, including the proper soil and water conservation upstream of the water storage resources. This is required to ensure the optimum and efficient functioning of the entire water regulating infrastructure.
The potential capabilities of natural wetlands for storing and purifying water sources should be better valorised, finding optimum equilibrium between ecological water flow and storage and water use by different economic sectors and particularly by the agri-food industry.
Funding Information
Total indicative amount allocated to this call: EUR 8.2 million
Expected Impacts
- Improvement of the availability of water resources through the optimisation of the management, operation and conservation of natural and artificial water storage systems and water distribution infrastructure;
- Reduction of sedimentation in water storage facilities adopting soil and water conservation practices;
- New ecological methods for the design of nature-based solutions based on the seasonal water balance;
- Improvement of the management of natural wetlands for ecological water conservation, water treatment and re-use and water storage.
- Better designed Nature-Based-Solutions to include the whole summer/winter water cycle.
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 with 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.
- These Associated Countries (AC) and Third Countries (TC) re the Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC).
- In addition, the following entities are eligible to receive funding through PRIMA grants:
- Any legal entity created under the European Union law.
- Any international European interest organisation. For these two types of entities, their place of establishment is not relevant for eligibility for funding.
- Any international organisation (IO) OR any legal entity established in countries as PS may 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.
For more information, visit https://prima-med.org/submit-your-project/thematic-area-1-water-management-2022/
