Call: PRIMA WEFE NEXUS Award

“PRIMA Woman Greening Food Systems Award in the Mediterranean Region” recognizes and celebrates the outstanding contributions of women in promoting sustainable and resilient food systems. The award aims to highlight the achievements of women who have made significant strides in driving positive change within the food and agriculture sector in the Mediterranean Region.

PRIMA will award two winners with a recognition prize of 10 000 EUR each.

The “PRIMA Woman Greening Food Systems Award in the Mediterranean Region” will provide the winner of each of the two Prizes with high visibility in the public interest and increased media coverage. The contest’s specific rules^[1] will be published on the PRIMA website as soon as the PRIMA 2024 calls are public and actively disseminated elsewhere to maximise participation.

Contestants will have to provide proof of eligibility[2] and a written description of their achievements in the “PRIMA Woman Greening Food Systems Award in the Mediterranean Region” field, which will be presented to an independent panel of experts for evaluation.

^[1] The PRIMA Green Food Security Innovation Award rules of contest will be adopted by the Director of PRIMA.IS

^[2] The contestants for the PRIMA prizes should be at least one legal entity established in a PRIMA PS. The demonstrated practices must be implemented in the Mediterranean Region

Prize Amount(s): two awards of EUR 10 000 each

Budget of the prizes: EUR 20 000

An independent panel of experts will evaluate all eligible applications. The prizes will be awarded, after the closure of the contest, to the contestant(s) who, in the opinion of the panel, best address the following criteria:

In addition to their scientific excellence, the proposed solutions should,

• demonstrate how their proposed solutions can contribute to broader socio-economic development goals in the Mediterranean region. This could include demonstrating the potential for job creation, economic growth, and improved social well-being,
• demonstrate that they have directly utilized or played an active role in the uptake of their proposed solutions by third parties, such as policy makers or businesses. They should provide evidence of their contribution to policy change or the implementation of their solutions by third parties.
• demonstrate the potential for replication and upscaling of their proposed solutions. They should provide a clear plan for how their solutions can be replicated and scaled up in other regions or countries, and how they can be integrated into existing food systems.

Recognition prizes.

Prize contests will be launched in the first quarter of 2024 and remain open until the second quarter of 2024. (see Section 5.1.5 for Model Rules of Contest (RoC) PRIMA Prizes).

PRIMA Annual Work Plan 2024

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Electronic submission system Handbook

PRIMA WEFE NEXUS Award RoC

PRIMA WEFE NEXUS Award – template – I

PRIMA WEFE NEXUS Award- template – II

If you have any questions related to the Award, please get in touch with Prof. Ali Rhouma : [email protected]