Partnership for Research and Innovation
Who is PRIMA?
The most ambitious joint programme to be undertaken in the frame of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation.
Discover PRIMAA common research effort
Research and innovation for Euro-Mediterranean challenges
Environmental and social changes are deeply affecting Euro-Mediterranean agro-food systems and water resources. Climate change, unsustainable agricultural practices, over-exploitation of natural resources, new lifestyle behaviours and low profitability of smallholders put a strain on the sustainable and healthy development of the Region, with major impacts on our societies.
The increased complexity and multidimensionality of such social, economic and environmental challenges can only be tackled through common efforts and resources with a research and innovation approach.
PRIMA — Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area — consists of European Union Member States, Horizon Europe Associated Countries and Mediterranean Partner Countries on an equal footing basis through co-ownership, co-management and co-funding, with the participation of the European Commission under the framework of Art. 185 TFEU.
Participating States • March 2026
19 countries committed to the initiative
Member States, Horizon Europe Associated Countries and Mediterranean Partner Countries participate on an equal footing basis.
12
EU Member States
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Portugal
- Spain
- Slovenia
3
Associated with Horizon Europe
- Egypt
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
4
Not associated with Horizon Europe
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Morocco
- Algeria
Mission
By funding R&I through competitive calls, PRIMA aims to:
“build research and innovation capacities and to develop knowledge and common innovative solutions for agro-food systems, to make them sustainable, and for integrated water provision and management in the Mediterranean area, to make those systems and that provision and management more climate resilient, efficient, cost-effective and environmentally and socially sustainable, and to contribute to solving water scarcity, food security, nutrition, health, well-being and migration problems upstream”.
PRIMA also aims to contribute to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 through the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
PRIMA themes
Explore PRIMA’s research areas and planned innovations
Farming Systems
Agri-Food Value Chain
WEFE Nexus
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