Strategic projects

Brochure on strategic projects
List of awarded grant contracts

Some fact sheets presenting the main features of the funded strategic projects - partnership, objectives, expected results, activities and budget - can be consulted below.

Priority 1 Promotion of socio-economic development and enhancement of territories

Topic 1.1 Agro-food industry

• Agro-clusters locaux pour des produits laitiers méditerranéens typiques et innovants (LACTIMED)
• Mediterranean Diet and enhancement of traditional foodstuff (MedDiet)

Topic 1.2 Sustainable tourism

• A cross-border network to increase sound and harmonious tourism in Italy, Spain, Lebanon and Tunisia (Live your tour)
• Improvement of Mediterranean territorial cohesion through setup of a tourist-cultural itinerary (UMAYYAD)
• International Augmented Med (I AM)
• Mediterranean Experience of Eco-Tourism (MEET)
• Sustainability and Tourism in the Mediterranean (S&T MED)

Topic 1.3 Integrated coastal zone management

• Integrated monitoring of jellyfish outbreaks under anthropogenic and climatic impacts in the Mediterranean sea: trophic and socio-economic risks (MED-JELLYRISK)
• Bridging the Implementation Gap: Facilitating Cross-Border ICZM Implementation by Lowering Legal-Institutional Barriers in the Mediterranean Sea Basin (MARE NOSTRUM)

Priority 2 Promotion of environmental sustainability at the basin level

Topic 2.1 Water management

• Adaptation to climate change through improved water demand management in irrigated agriculture by introduction of new technologies and best agricultural practices (ACCBAT)

Topic 2.2 Waste treatment and recycling

• Plateforme stratégique euro-méditerranéenne pour une gestion adaptée des déchets (MED-3R)
• Selective collection of the organic waste in tourist areas and valiorization in farm composting plants (SCOW)
• The Green MED Initiative (GMI)

Topic 2.3 Solar energy

• Development and implementation of decentralised solar energy-related innovative technolgies for public buildings in the Mediterranean Basin countries (DIDSOLIT-PB)
• Fostering Solar Technology in the Mediterranean area (FOSTEr in MED)
• Machrek Energy Development-Solar (MED-Solar)
• Mediterranean Development of Support schemes for solar Initiatives and Renewable Energies (MED-DESIRE)
• Strategic Hubs for the Analysis and Acceleration of the Mediterranean Solar Sector (SHAAMS)
• Small scale thermal solar district units for Mediterranean communities (STS-Med)