PRIMA Woman Greening Food Systems Award

Its goal is to spotlight the accomplishments of women who have played a pivotal role in advancing positive change within the food and agriculture sector in the Mediterranean Region.

Two winners will be rewarded for this year’s award, and will be invited by PRIMA to share their testimonies.

With this award, the PRIMA aims to champion significant strides led by women in driving positive change within the food and agriculture sector in the Mediterranean Region.

Award Information

• 10.000€ (cash prize) for 2 winners, each.
• In addition, PRIMA will further promote the winners, by inviting them to provide testimony at other major events.

How to participate in the Woman Greening Food Systems Award?

• Applicants must:
  • demonstrate innovative solutions for greening food systems, emphasizing practices led by women in the Mediterranean region, focusing on environmental sustainability, biodiversity conservation, and resource efficiency in agriculture, food production, and waste reduction.
  • They should provide evidence of impactful implementation, showcasing measurable improvements in sustainability, resilience, and inclusivity within the food and agriculture sector, such as reductions in carbon emissions, improvements in soil health, increased biodiversity, and enhanced food security and nutrition outcomes.
  • Applicants must demonstrate women’s empowerment for green food systems, including active engagement of local communities and stakeholders in decision-making processes, equitable access to resources, capacity-building opportunities, and promotion of leadership roles for women and marginalized groups.

Expected Results 

• With this award, PRIMA aims to champion significant strides led by women in driving positive change within the food and agriculture sector in the Mediterranean Region.

Eligibility Criteria

• The contest is open to all women and/or legal and/or groups of legal entities (i.e. natural or legal persons, including international organisations) led by women. The contestants for the PRIMA prizes should be at least one legal entity established in a PRIMA Participating States (PS). The demonstrated practices must be implemented in the Mediterranean Region at one of the PRIMA PS.
• Prizes will not be awarded to teams including employees of PRIMA or serving on one of the PRIMA advisory committees (Scientific Advisory Committee) or Governing boards (Board of Trustees and Steering Committee).
• Please also be aware that participants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a second prize for the same activities.

Exclusion Criteria 

• Participants will be excluded if they (or one of them):
  • are subject to an administrative sanction (i.e. exclusion)
  • are in one of the following situations:
    • bankrupt, being wound up, having their affairs administered by the courts, entered into an arrangement with creditors, suspended business activities or subject to any other similar proceedings or procedures under national law (including persons with unlimited liability for the participant’s debts)
    • declared in breach of social security or tax obligations by a final judgment or decision (including persons with unlimited liability for the participant’s debts)
    • found guilty of grave professional misconduct by a final judgment or decision (including persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control)
    • convicted of fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal organisation, money laundering, terrorismrelated crimes (including terrorism financing), child labour or human trafficking (including persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control)
    • shown significant deficiencies in complying with main obligations under a procurement contract, grant agreement or grant decision financed by the EU or Euratom budget (including persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control)
    • found guilty of irregularities within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Regulation No 2988/95 (including persons having powers of representation, decision-making or control)
  • have misrepresented information required for participating in the contest or fail to submit such information
  • were involved in the preparation of the prize documents and this entails a distortion of competition.
• Contestants must:
  • have no conflict of interests in connection with the prize; a conflict of interests could arise in particular as a result of economic interests, political or national affinity, family, emotional life or any other shared interest;
  • inform the PRIMA Programme, without delay, of any situation considered a conflict of interests or which could give rise to a conflict of interests;
  • have not been granted, and will not grant, have not sought and will not seek, have not attempted and will not attempt to obtain, and have not accepted and will not accept any advantage, financial or in kind, to or from any party whatsoever, where such advantage constitutes an illegal practice or involves corruption, either directly or indirectly, inasmuch as it is an incentive or reward relating to the award of the prize.

For more information, visit PRIMA.