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Mediterranean integration

16th SEPTEMBER 2022: Mediterranean integration – The challenges of enhanced cooperation for the promotion of sustainable and resilient food systems. The debate will be held in a hybrid format, In the CIHEAM Montpellier Institute and online (FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM).

The Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) are joining forces around a round table that aims to shed additional light on the challenges faced by agriculture and food actors in the Mediterranean region, to propose courses of action in terms of regional cooperation and to identify research priorities for future joint analyses. This meeting will give the floor to partners engaged in the research and implementation of sustainable solutions, experts from the CMI and the CIHEAM, regional leader on the issues of sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition security, development of rural and coastal territories and who has the capacity to play a key role in accelerating regional integration in the agri-food sector.

This round table is an opportunity to present the report of the CMI and the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economic Sciences (FEMISE) published in February 2022 “Post Covid-19: growth opportunities, regional value chains and Mediterranean integration” which analyzes the impacts of the global health crisis of COVID-19 on the food security of Mediterranean South Shore countries. These countries, already challenged by the scarcity of their natural resources, climatic crises, and heavily dependent on food imports are today confronted with the Russian-Ukrainian war and its consequences on the agricultural commodity markets. In addition to a documented inventory of the food and agricultural situation in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East, the report also offers recommendations to strengthen the resilience of agri-food systems, capable of producing enough and being more productive, and for which the dynamics of
regional cooperation seem to be the keystone.

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Minister of Agriculture of Lebanon in Montpellier

As part of its cooperation activities with Lebanon, CIHEAM Montpellier hosted His Excellency Mr. Al Hajj Hassan Abbas, Minister of Agriculture of Lebanon from June 6 to 9, 2022. A program of meetings with regional institutions and agrifood structures in Occitanie has been implemented by CIHEAM Montpellier to support the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture in its search for solutions to the current food crisis in the country.

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AGREEMed: Vacancy annoucement

The AGREEMed project is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow – Full-time contract, renewable up to 2 years – Deadline for Submission: 28th of August 2022.

Context

AGREEMed (Innovative Aquifers Governance for Resilient Water Management and Sustainable Ecosystems in Stressed Mediterranean Agricultural Areas) is a newly awarded project under the PRIMA S2 programme. The main objective of the AGREEMed project is “to improve the capacities of water actors in developing integrated aquifer management plans and demonstrating such development in strategic pilot areas (watersheds) in the Mediterranean region: Souss-Massa in Morocco, Hammamet in Tunisia, and Jordan Valley in Jordan”. The targeted aquifer management plans will contribute to safeguarding groundwater resources, supporting socio-economic growth, and preserving ecosystems in the context of global changes. Transferring scientific knowledge, exchanging successful institutional and technological innovations between partners as well as developing pilot area’s specific solutions are the key pillars of AGREEMed project.

CIHEAM-IAMM is the leader of a WP4 aiming at the definition of the conceptual, methodological, and operational requirements as well as designing a “Household Farm-Watershed-Nexus Platform” which will serve as a DST to assist in making irrigated farming systems in the three pilot areas more sustainable.

Role

The Postdoctoral Fellow (PF) will play a central role in the WP4 and will be a full member of the project team. Working side-by-side with the Personal Investigator, the PF be responsible for the creation of the Farm-Watershed Nexus platform by mainly the development use of a bio-economic model. Moreover, the PF will coordinate the exchanges within the consortium partners and facilitate the acquirement of the necessary data. He will attain all the necessary meetings and workshops of the project in order to guarantee the well execution of the WP4 Tasks.

Activities and tasks

  • Collaborate with the other partners for the collection of the necessary data;
  • Develop bio-economic model;
  • Assist the coordinator in the supervision and implementation of the WP4, and in following the project work plan;
  • Contribute to the create the Farm-Watershed Nexus platform;
  • Attend the consortium meetings.

Job specifications

  • Contract duration: fixed term contract of 12 months renewable 1 time (up to 24 months);
  • Full-time (37,5h per week);
  • 8 weeks’ annual leave;
  • Salary: According to CIHEAM-IAMM index payroll;
  • Location: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (Route de Mende, Montpellier, France) with occasional travels in different partner countries.

Selection process

The application must be written in English and include a CV and a cover letter concerning the missions defined in the job description.

CIHEAM Montpellier is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and gender. Position open to people with disabilities.

  • Deadline for Submission: 28th of August 2022
  • Selection Committee: 1st of September 2022
  • Starting Date: as soon as possible

The application file must be sent by email to emploi@iamm.fr

Contact for any information on the project: belhouchette@iamm.fr

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RUR’UP Project: First International Summer School

From July 17 to 23, 2022 in Pindos (Greece), as part of the Erasmus+ RUR’UP Project and its “Sustainable development of peripheral rural areas” training, students from CIHEAM Montpellier joined a group of more than 25 participants from 7 Universities and Higher Education Centers in Europe (Ireland, Croatia, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, France and Greece) to participate in an international summer school in the Pindos region, Greece.

For 7 days, students from different backgrounds worked in international teams and combined classroom and field activities. They had the opportunity to exchange with local actors and put into practice the knowledge acquired during the RUR’UP online training, which took place between March and June 2022.

After a first moment of “icebreaker” where the participants met face-to-face with their online course comrades, it was time for an intense week of training and practice. More concretely, the RUR’UP Summer School has enabled our students to:

  • Improve their understanding of the social, environmental and economic characteristics of peripheral rural areas in their regional contexts;
  • Acquire knowledge on the multi-stakeholder participatory approach of these areas;
  • Acquire awareness of the various existing innovations and learn about the innovation process and its transferability from innovative processes to other contexts;
  • Put into practice international collaborative work, and 100% English!

RUR’UP: an innovative training in every sense of the term

The RUR’UP training and Summer School marked a turning point and gave meaning to innovation in training and education, both for the scientific content and the methodological approach, or for the certification of acquired knowledge :

A focus on agricultural systems with high natural and territorial value and peripheral rural areas in Europe;

Pedagogical tools and innovative evaluation methods: modules based on concrete case studies, implementation of active pedagogies, peer and inter-university evaluation system, discussion forums with local actors, etc.

Certification of acquired knowledge through Open Digital Badges

A first edition and possible sequels

The feedback from the students and all the participants was very positive, they were very satisfied to have taken part in this major event of the RUR’UP project: a great success that needs to be repeated. Continuations of online training with new European universities are already being studied for the next school year. Join us on this 100% sustainable adventure!

>> Download the Summer School presentation

>> Find out more about the RUR’UP project

The Erasmus+ RUR’UP project and the “Sustainable development of peripheral rural areas” training are carried out in France by the CIHEAM Montpellier.

Coordination and contact: Maite Puig de Morales (puigdemorales@iamm.fr)

MED-Amin: Save the date!

November 22-23, 2022: MED-Amin network meeting

This meeting is jointly organized by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and CIHEAM Zaragoza, as well as CIHEAM Montpellier as coordinator of the MED-Amin network.

It will bring together decision-makers from the Mediterranean countries of CIHEAM and relevant international organisations, as well as representatives of the main cereal market operators, to draw the way forward for a strengthened MED-Amin early warning system, to share updates on cereal markets and market forecasts in particular related to the conflict in Ukraine, to present the MED-Amin 2021-2022 activities and to discuss future activities in a context of tense agricultural markets and uncertain food security.

A session will be dedicated to mechanisms to strengthen information systems and cooperation in the Mediterranean. High-level representatives will provide institutional and strategic insights into the current and anticipated information needs of Mediterranean countries to prepare, monitor and operationalize food crisis and emergency management strategies.

>> Have a look at the agenda of this meeting

CIHEAM ‘YOUTH INNOVATION’ AWARD

In 2022, the CIHEAM celebrates its 60th anniversary with the aim of projecting the organization into the Mediterranean of tomorrow, responding to new emerging challenges, and mobilizing young people.

This special year is the ideal time to reward innovations carried out by young people and give them greater visibility.

 

Download the call here and apply!

Closing of the call: 15 September 2022

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