Brussels, 01/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - A new Euro-Mediterranean project in the field of research was launched over the summer - ERANETMED. This programme, which is an EU initiative, aims “to promote the coordination activities of research”, says an official source. The secretariat general of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is associated to the programme. The objective is “to develop joint research and strengthen new approaches and innovative technology in the Mediterranean region”.
The areas covered by the call for proposal (which closes on 1 November) include “renewable energy and energy efficiency, the management of water resources or a combination of water and energy issues in the same project”.
The projects selected will have to cover “at least three different countries, at least one of which is an EU member state or an associated country, and another a Mediterranean partner country”. ERANETMED will be financed from the resources of the seventh European framework programme. (FB)