Event | Governance meeting

Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE) - 9th meeting

Organised by EU CAP Network
05 Jun 2025, 09:00 05 Jun 2025, 17:00 CEST
English
Belgium
In-person

The ninth meeting of the Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE) was held in Brussels on Thursday 5 June 2025.

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The ninth meeting of the Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE) was designed to achieve the following objectives:

Learn about the latest updates and the overview of topics for networking activities in the EIP-AGRI Support Facility annual work programme 2025-2026;
Explore SoIKE members’ activities;
Discuss needs for innovation and knowledge exchange after 2027;
Learn about the Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) and about the European Partnerships under Horizon Europe.

All event information from the ninth meeting of the Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE), including the agenda, background documents, and presentations, will be shared on this page. You can find the agenda at the bottom of this page.

After the event, you can find the final agenda, all presentations, and a selection of photos from the meeting at the bottom of this page.

The SoIKE offers a platform to:

identify common issues, good practices and opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, related to training and advice, and to innovation and knowledge exchange | EIP-AGRI;
support the implementation of the AKIS strategic approach, and facilitate networking and exchanges between AKIS actors, including transnational initiatives of Operational Group projects;
provide input for the work programme of the EU CAP Network, in particular of the Support Facility for Innovation and Knowledge Exchange | EIP-AGRI.

SoIKE meetings are by invitation only. Invitations are sent to the organisations that are represented in the Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange.

Background information

Since October 2022, the SoIKE has started its activities as part of the EU CAP Network.

The SoIKE follows up on the 'Permanent subgroup on innovation for agricultural productivity and sustainability' which catalysed innovation in the former EIP-AGRI network, to make EU agriculture and forestry more sustainable and productive (2015-2022).

More information and updates on the SoIKE will be posted on the SoIKE page when available.