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MISTRALS (Mediterranean Integrated STudies at Regional And Local Scales): The ENVI-Med regional programm first call for proposals
The ENVI-Med regional programme is a French cooperation initiative for countries in the Mediterranean Basin designed to encourage and strengthen high-level scientific and technological cooperation in the region as well as research networking on sustainable development and understanding the environmental operation of the Mediterranean Basin.
In partnership with France, the programme is focused on Mediterranean rim countries.
As part of the process created by the internationalization of the interdisciplinary and interorganizational MISTRALS metaprogramme, the French component of which was co-run by the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) in collaboration with 11 other research bodies, the programme is implemented by the Directorate-General of Global Affairs, Development and Partnerships (DGM) of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MAEE). Managed by the MISTRALS programme platform and the French Development Agency (AFD), this programme is run in cooperation with:
- the science and technology departments and cooperation and cultural action departments of French Embassies in Mediterranean rim countries;
- research organizations and higher-education institutions and their representation offices in the Mediterranean;
- Scientific and institutional partners or research operators in the Mediterranean.
ENVI-Med programme aims to support the internationalization of research in the Mediterranean, to strengthen the high-level collaborations with Mediterranean countries on the basis of mutual benefit and to contribute to the regional integration of the least developed countries in all aspects of the field of study of Mediterranean Basin operation by promoting excellence in research and support for Euro-Mediterranean scientific communities.
ENVI-Med aims to initiate multilateral cooperation by supporting the mobility of researchers as part of joint research projects and seminars, workshops and regional scientific conferences.
The programme is focused on Mediterranean countries in partnership with France.
Launch of the call for proposals: on the occasion of the MISTRALS General Assembly, in Malta* on 12 March 2012
Deadline for submitting applications: 12 June 2012
Project assessment, selection and notification: October 2012
*The application form will be available in English and in French on the MISTRALS website: www.mistrals-home.org
Priority will be given to projects which contribute to the networking of institutions, laboratories, facilities, stations, observatories and study sites. Similarly, the following themes are particularly encouraged:
* The Mediterranean Sea: its effect on climate in the regions to the north and south of the Basin.
* Environment and sustainable development:
- - interactions between man, the climate, the environment and the development of the Mediterranean environment;
- - desertification
- - the future of Mediterranean biodiversity;
- - Coastal zones: places for exchanges and for living;
- - Natural risks, within a context of global change and growing human pressure;
* Resource management: the assessment and reasoned management of Mediterranean basin resources
- – the specific issue of water sanitation;
* Towards sustainable governance in the Mediterranean:
- - Sustainable city: habitability, cities, societies, crises;
- - Political and social structures;
- - Public policies and territorial equity in the Mediterranean;
- - Links between urban and regional development in the Mediterranean;
* Archaeology and sustainable development in the Mediterranean (preservation of natural and formerly man-made landscapes, and cultural heritage in environments destabilized by economic and tourist flows, studies on adaptation to the natural environment).
Download the call for proposals
Download the application form
| Contact information |
Dr. Ghani Chehbouni, Directeur de Recherche IRD Directeur Scientifique du programme MISTRALS CESBIO , UMR 5126 CNES/CNRS/IRD/UPS 18 Avenue E. Belin 31401, Toulouse CEDEX 9- France
(email: Ghani.chehbouni@cesbio.cnes.fr ; ghani.chehbouni@ird.fr) Phone: +33 561558197 (sec :5 61558503) ; fax: +33 561558500 |
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| News type | Procurement |
| File link |
http://mistrals.insu.cnrs.fr/spip/documents/envi-med/AAP%20ENVI-MED%20(GB)%20DEF.pdf |
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| Source of information | MISTRALS programme |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.mistrals-home.org |
| Geographical coverage | n/a |
| News date | 03/04/2012 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
