Online registration is now open!
We look forward to welcome you at the UNIMED final project event which will take place at MCAST during the morning of 5th and 6th December 2024. Attendance is free, but please register your online registration by 1st December 2024 via this link.
The ‘Unified framework to cope with droughts under MEDiterranean climate change conditions’ project is funded by Xjenza Malta and the Scientific Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) through the Xjenza Malta (formerly MCST)-TÜBITAK 2022 Joint Call for R&I projects. This initiative is part of the PRIMA Programme supported by the European Union.
The event has been shaped as a Symposium during which the research partners from the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, Türkiye will present the UNIMED research findings on the development of a Survivability-to-Droughts Index, a novel concept as it integrates social, economic and environmental indicators in four underlying indices: perception, vulnerability, adaptability and recoverability.
Throughout its duration, UNIMED enjoyed an excellent synergy with the PRIMA funded Mara-Mediterra project, including through the provision of rainfall data from close to 40 rainfall stations from all around the Mediterranean and over 500 replies to a survey addressed to farmers.
The coordinating team at the Soil and Water Research Institute (SWRI) in Thessaloniki, Greece will present the achievements of the ‘Safeguarding the livelihood of rural communities and the environment in the Mediterranean through Nature-based Solutions’ research project, with case study findings from Algeria, Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, and Turkey.
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he event also creates the opportunity for IRMCo, who are Work Package Leaders in both projects, to take a look back at 30 years of EU funded environmental research projects, driven by the aspirations and expectations of local communities in Malta, Europe, the MENA region and beyond.
While the first day brings a focus on the Mediterranean Region as a whole, the second day will bring the spotlight on coping with droughts and the uptake of Nature-based Solutions in the Maltese agricultural sector. To this effect, outcomes of research on these topics will be presented also by invited speakers from the University of Malta (UoM) and MCAST.
On both days, the presentations will be a followed by a panel discussion.
The agenda of the symposium can be downloaded from this link.
