The EU CAP Network, supported by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP, organised the twelfth Good Practice Workshop in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 16-17 March 2026. The event, hosted by the Cypriot Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, was dedicated to the evaluation of the Green Architecture of CAP Strategic Plans (CSPs).

This Workshop focused on how to analyse the best approaches for assessing the Green Architecture of CSPs, including system-level assessment, coherence, methodological challenges and peer learning.

Background

The Green Architecture of the CAP refers to the combination of interventions and instruments within Member States’ CAP Strategic Plans that address environmental and climate objectives, specifically in relation to climate action, natural resources, and biodiversity. Assessing the Green Architecture is essential to understand whether the policy mix is effective, coherent, and efficient to achieving EU environmental and climate objectives.

A Green Architecture evaluation considers the effects across multiple specific objectives simultaneously and recognises the co-benefits or possible trade-offs that exist between the various specific objectives and instruments involved. The evaluation of the Green Architecture is also a legal requirement under the CAP’s Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (PMEF).

Objectives of the Workshop

The twelfth Good Practice Workshop of the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP has the overall objective to analyse the best approaches for assessing the Green Architecture of CSPs:

Target Audience

The Workshop was targeted to Managing Authorities, Paying Agencies, CAP networks, evaluators, statistical authorities, and other CAP evaluation stakeholders. All aspects of this Workshop (e.g. presentations, Q&As, interactive group work, potential side activities) was held in English, and participants interacted in this language.

Should you have any queries or require further information, please contact the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP under evaluation@eucapnetwork.eu.