EU and Morocco sign agreement to extend participation in PRIMA to end of 2027

The EU and Morocco have agreed to extend the North African country's participation in the Union's Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) for 2025-2027. Morocco will contribute €6.6 million during this period, the Commission said, announcing the extension on 27/03/2026.

Ekaterina Zaharieva, the European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, said that the agreement would allow the two sides to "step up our cooperation to tackle shared challenges from water and agriculture to food systems and climate resilience.”

The agreement was signed by Morocco's ambassador to the European Union, Ahmed Réda Chami, and by Marc Lemaître, Director-General of the Commission's research and innovation department, in the presence of Commissioner Zaharieva and Azzedine El Midaoui, Morocco's Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation.

Since the launch of PRIMA in 2018, Morocco has been actively engaged in the initiative. Moroccan partners have taken part in 137 of the 269 projects funded so far, addressing areas such as sustainable…