BIOVEGEN attends the “PRIMA Program and MENA Zone Calls” Conference

BIOVEGEN attended the conference on February 7 “PRIMA Program and MENA Zone Calls” which took place in the CDTI assembly hall (Madrid). During the event, the news of the 2020 Call of the PRIMA Program was presented.

Furthermore, in the second part of the day, the financing possibilities, known as MENA Zone Calls, for projects developed between Spain and the countries of North Africa and the Middle East were explained.

The presentations of the day are now available in the following link.

Program of the journey

09:00 a.m. Registration of participants

09:30 a.m. Welcome.

• Luis González Souto, Head of Division-Deputy Directorate of Technological Cooperation of CDTI.

09:40 a.m. PRIMA – 2020 Calls, sections 1 and 2. General aspects.

• Octavi Quintana, Director of the PRIMA Foundation.

10:30 a.m. Question Time

10:40 a.m. National funding mechanisms for Section 2.

• Juan Climent. State Investigation Agency (AEI)
• José Manuel Durán. NCP Section 2. CDTI.

11:10 a.m. Question Time

11:20 a.m. Practical recommendations for preparing a successful proposal.

• Martha Conde. NCP Section 1. CDTI.

11:40 a.m. Rest

12:00 p.m. Presentation of Calls for International Cooperation Programs with countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

• José Manuel Durán, CDTI delegate for North Africa and the Middle East based in Morocco.

12:20 p.m. Closing ceremony. Speaker to be confirmed.

12:30 p.m. Individualized proposal review workshop.

Given the importance of the Call and the interest it arouses in the sector, at BIOVEGEN we have developed a report on the characteristics of the new 2020 Call for the PRIMA Program which was sent yesterday to BIOVEGEN partners.