CESAM

CESAM Project

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR AGRIFOOD
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Governance and information

    EISMEA | I3   

ERDF Interregional Innovation Investment Instrument Programme (I3)
Managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)

Total budget: EUR 3 022 935

EU funding: EUR 2 116 053 (70%)

Co-financing: each partner will provide its own funds up to 30% of the total eligible expenses.

Duration: 3 years, from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2026

Project coordinator:

EUROREGION PYRENEES MEDITERRANEAN EGTC – 1 145 734 €

Partners

Regional development agencies or clusters:

AGRI SUD OUEST INNOVATION (ASOI) – 228 041 €
AGÈNCIA PER A LA COMPETITIVITAT DE LA EMPRESA (ACCIÓ) – 222 376 €
FUNDACIÓ BALEAR D’INNOVACIÓ I TECNOLOGIA (FUNDACIÓ BIT) – 216 324 €

SMEs:

NewTimes NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIELLES MEDICALES ET SCIENTIFIQUES – 215 284 €
Asclepios Tech – 339 045 €
Terracor – 153 787 €
Derypol – 233 962 €
GoZeroWaste – 268 383 €

Associated partner:

AGENCE DE DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE D’OCCITANIE (AD’OCC) 

The Circular Economy and sustainable Solutions for Agrifood in the Mediterranean – CESAM project brings together 9 partners from the European Regions of Occitanie, Catalonia and Balearic Islands around shared goals for the agrifood sector: Circular Economy and Sustainability. The 3 regions form a logical area of cooperation with similar objectives and priorities. The public structure for cooperation in this area is the EGTC Euroregion Pyrenees-Mediterranean.

Among nine partners, four are institutional partners from the Regional Innovation Ecosystems (Regional Innovation Agencies, Clusters and Specialised Public administration) and the other 5 are SMEs with specific needs in investment to scale-up their innovative solutions: NewTimes (OCC), Asclepios Tech (OCC), Terracor (BI), Derypol (CAT) and GoZeroWaste (CAT). With this consortium, CESAM project intends to promote innovative solutions of circular economy and sustainability for the 3 Regions, with high potential of development in other European regions. The project is composed of 4 sub investment projects which will be complemented through an open call for projects. The CESAM project and the associated voucher scheme will be focussed on 4 types of CE and sustainable solutions:

1. Industrial water treatment and recycling / Concerted used of water
2. Packaging: Eco-conception / plastic free, new materials or circular solutions
3. Optimization of processes and circular processes: reduction of waste
4. Valorisation of co-products.

In addition to the direct support to SMEs participating to the project, the partners will lay the foundations for long term cooperation in their respective value chains as well as across the involved regions. Actions will include capacity building activities for the support of less developed regions innovation ecosystems as well as activities for the interregional and European development of our partner SMEs.

The originality of this project is that it will launch a Cascade funding scheme with an overall budget of €900,000 (maximum 30% of the global budget).

Around 20 SMEs are expected to be awarded.

The financing rate for the vouchers will be 100%. The maximum funding for each SME will be €60,000. Each SME will be limited to €60,000 even if they present projects to one or more challenges.

Expected innovation projects can be individual or collaborative (interregional collaborative projects will be encouraged)