2023 funding opportunities to invest
in the sustainable development

According to the 2023 work programme, the Section 1 calls address four thematics, each call have a budget of EUR 8.2 M, i.e the total budget of the section for 2023 is EUR 32.8 M:

• Call 1 Water management: Integrated adaptive wastewater management plans in the Mediterranean region.
• Call 2 Farming systems: Actions to restore and return degraded lands in the Mediterranean region into productive agroecosystems.
• Call 3 Agri-food value chain: Increasing resilience of agri-food supply chain (cereal) in the MENA region.
• Call 4 Water-energy-food-ecosystems: Accelerate adaptation and mitigation to climate change in the Mediterranean region by deploying WEFE nexus solutions.

Section 2, a single multi-topic call

The overall budget of section 2 is EUR 36.1 M in 2023, it is split in 3 calls, each single project submitted should have an overall budget superior to EUR 1.5 M, whatever the call. The 3 calls themes are:

–  Call 1: Water Management

This call seeks to fund projects that create new governance models based on solid data and resulting, in the medium and long term, in improved agreements for the sustainable management of water resources under conditions of climate change, by establishing a solid process involving all relevant stakeholders at the local, national or transboundary levels.

–  Call 2: Farming system

Proposals should couple renewable energy sources with circular farming systems. Projects should address the lack of non-sustainable agricultural practices, as well as an increase in water and inputs used for irrigation and fertilisation. Moreover, the production costs and GHG emissions are higher, while there is a decrease in farmers income.

–  Call 3: Agri-Food Value Chain

This call seeks to assess novel antimicrobial food packaging and coating materials to reduce food waste to improve safety in the Mediterranean food supply chain to preserve/prolong food quality and shelf-life, as well as develop new food packaging technologies, minimising hazards of foodborne pathogens.

Deadlines/cut-off dates 2023:

For each section there are different deadlines, for each call the application should be prepared in two stages, you can see the various cut-off dates and evaluation results dates for 2023: