FCT organizes Workshop Structuring Policy Recommendations for PRIMA: From Dialogue to Action

On October 28, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) organized the Workshop Structuring Policy Recommendations for PRIMA: From Dialogue to Action, an international event held as part of the Coordination and Support Action FUTURE4PRIMA - a European project in which the FCT participates, funded by the Horizon Europe programme.

The main objective of this event was to debate the recommendations that will guide the future of the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Region - PRIMA - after 2028. PRIMA. The initiative was a space for sharing ideas and proposals between national stakeholders from the scientific, academic, business and governmental systems, and the FUTURE4PRIMA partners.

The meeting, which took place in a hybrid format and was attended by 35 participants, gave room for interaction and a collaborative spirit that resulted in an informative and strategic dialog that could help shape PRIMA's future framework.

FCT represents Portugal in PRIMA, a partnership co-funded from 2018 to 2028 by the European Union's R&I Framework Programs, which covers areas such as water management, agricultural systems and the agri-food chain, integrating the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus approach.