ECOMONDO – The Green Technology Expo [CIHEAM Youth Innovation Award 2024 ]

We very pleased to announce that CIHEAM launched the 2024 edition of the Youth Innovation Award 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 “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 young woman or man aged under 39 years 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 selected awardee will receive a financial grant of 10.000 €, a CIHEAM medal and a Certificate. Other recognitions will also be awarded in the form of a one-year scholarship for a master’s degree in open innovation and youth entrepreneurship at CIHEAM Bari; and in the form of an internship in one of the partner companies.

The Award ceremony will take place on the occasion of a CIHEAM special session held during 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.

Ecomondo is the key event for green and circular economy. It’s the meeting place where industrial groups, stakeholders, policy makers, opinion leaders, local authorities, research bodies and institutions come together and put in place the key elements that define the strategies for the development of EU environmental policy.

For 2024, the current exhibition sectors – from bioenergy to waste circularity, from the integrated water cycle to environmental monitoring and the bioeconomy – will be expanded to include vertical topics such as textiles, the blue economy, the paper and cardboard industry, and green and sustainable cities

Please find all details, included the Rules and the Application form, at this link

https://www.ciheam.org/agendas/ciheam-youth-innovation-award-2024/

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