We are looking for young aspiring entrepreneurs for the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus!
Are you eager to explore social entrepreneurship?
Join our in-person hackathon in Fes, Morocco, a city rich in history and culture, and collaborate with young entrepreneurs to create sustainable solutions within the WEFE Nexus (Water, Energy, Food, Ecosystems) for the Mediterranean Region.
We invite teams of 2-3 aspiring entrepreneurs aged 18 to 35, eager to become drivers of change together! We encourage women and multi-country teams to participate!
Don’t miss this opportunity to make a difference for your community!
Hackathon Highlights
Take part in a 3-day Hackathon in Fes, Morocco, and share your ideas, skills and experience with other young entrepreneurs from across the Mediterranean to drive positive change for our environment and communities!
Develop entrepreneurial solutions addressing real-life WEFE Nexus challenges in the Mediterranean, ensuring they meet real needs and can benefit a target customer or beneficiary base.
Winning teams will receive cash prizes between 1,000 and 3,000 EUR, along with support to help launch their businesses!
Key Dates
Call For Application’s Launch
8th November -1st December 2024
Online Kick-off Session
Jan 2025
Online support and Coaching sessions for the winners
Mar-Apr 2025
Participants’ Selection
Dec 2024
In-person Hackathon
25-28, Feb 2025
Call For Application’s Launch
8th November -1st December 2024
Dec 2024
Online Kick-off Session
Jan 2025
25-28, Feb 2025
Online support and Coaching sessions for the winners
Mar-Apr 2025
Organised by:
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is an intergovernmental Euro-Mediterranean organisation that brings together all countries of the European Union and 16 countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. The UfM works proactively to achieve greater levels of integration and cooperation in the region through a specific methodology that has yielded positive results in terms of political dialogue and the implementation of region-wide initiatives in which young people play a key role. With more than 60 labelled projects and over 300 ministerial and expert fora gathering 25,000 stakeholders since 2012, UfM activities illustrate the strong belief that regional challenges call for regional solutions and that there is no security without development.
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