- This award recognises innovative solutions designed to accelerate green and blue transitions in Mediterranean food systems
- Launched with the support of UfM, UNIMED and BusinessMed, this year’s call is open from 20 May to 15 August 2024
CIHEAM initiated the Youth Innovation Award in 2022 to reward innovative solutions designed and implemented by young people, to accelerate green and blue transition processes towards more sustainable, inclusive and equitable food systems in the Mediterranean (SFS Med).
The 2024 edition is launched with the support of three partners who share common objectives and vision for the Mediterranean, namely, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) and the Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BusinessMed).
The “CIHEAM Youth Innovation Award for Green and Blue Transition in the Mediterranean” will reward an innovative solution (scientific or entrepreneurial product/service) at least in the pilot phase, developed by a Mediterranean student or graduate under 39 years old and implemented in a country of the region. The innovation must demonstrate its ability to contribute to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of Mediterranean food systems.
The Award ceremony will take place in a CIHEAM special session of the ECOMONDO - The Green Technology Expo , one of the most important fairs in the world dedicated to green and circular economy hosted in Rimini, Italy, on 5-8 November 2024.