EU CAP Network’s Assembly – 4th meeting | EU CAP Network

Organised by EU CAP Network
04 Dec 2025, 09:00 04 Dec 2025, 17:00 CET
English
Belgium
In-person

This was the 4th meeting of the EU CAP Network's Assembly, which is the main governance body of the European CAP Network.

The Assembly is the main governance body of the European CAP Network. 2025 is the third year of the European CAP Network’s operation in the 2023 - 2027 programming period.

The objectives of the 4^th meeting of the Assembly were:

To provide policy updates on the CAP, including the EC proposal for the MFF and CAP 2028-2034,
To update members about the activities of the EU CAP Network, including the EU CAP Network Steering Group and Subgroups, and progress in relation to the EU CAP Network’s Strategic Framework.
To discuss strategic orientations for future activities of the EU CAP Network, and
To provide updates about Assembly Members' activities.

Programme

English language

Final Agenda - EU CAP Network’s Assembly – 4th meeting

(PDF – 227.21 KB)

Additional info

Organiser

EU CAP Network

EU Stakeholders

Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

EU Institutions

Support

CAP Implementation Contact Point

EU CAP Network

implementation@eucapnetwork.eu

Media

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Resources

Presentations

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Policy updates on the CAP, including the state of play of CSP implementation and the MFF and CAP proposals 2028-2034 - Mario Milouchev, Elisabeth Werner, Mihail Dumitru, DG AGRI

(PDF – 666.77 KB)

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Updates from the Subgroups and Steering Group - Hartmut Berndt, Marianne Selkäinaho, Ágnes Jakab, Mara Lai

(PDF – 1.3 MB)

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Update on the EU CAP Network Strategic Framework - Costas Apostolopoulos,EU CAP Network

(PDF – 400.15 KB)

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Updates from Assembly members - Piotr Sadlocha, Tom Jones

(PDF – 784.09 KB)

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Updates from EU CAP Networks activities and other EU initiatives - Hannes Wimmer, Margarida Ambar, Nicolas Esgain, David Lamb, EU CAP Network - Sofia Profico, BCO Network

(PDF – 2.57 MB)

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Introduction to the interactive discussion - Alessia Musumarra, Peter Toth, EU CAP Network

(PDF – 634.31 KB)

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