ARIA 2025: Ready to discover the winners?
What are the greenest, smartest, most socially inclusive, innovative and resilient Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) projects? Which initiatives sustain rural economies and actively involve young people in shaping the future of rural communities?
During the ARIA ceremony on 3 December at 18:00 CET, in Brussels and online, we will reveal the six ARIA 2025 winners: four thematic category winners, the Gender Equality Award winner chosen by the jury, and the winner of the Popular Vote (closed on 1 December).
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Study visits strengthen knowledge and cooperation among National Networks
The Romanian National Network and the Managing Authority organised a series of study visits to five countries to learn from colleagues and strengthen connections. Read a summary of the key learnings.
- CAP Implementation
What are LAGs working on? Episode 2
We continue our series with a look at Local Development Strategies by two LAGs in Poland and Denmark, where LEADER is enabling Smart Villages, social capital and economic innovation.
- CAP Implementation
How do National Networks support LEADER?
Networking, capacity-building workshops and even speed dating: National Networks are not short of ideas when it comes to supporting LEADER!
- CAP Implementation
Making LEADER braver – Bolder action in Austrian rural development
In 2025, Austrian Local Action Groups have chosen ‘Making LEADER braver’ as an overarching ambition for their work. Discover what this means and how it is happening in practice.
- CAP Implementation
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EU CAP Network’s Assembly – 4th meeting
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- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Latest publications
Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts
The report summarised the discussions held during the Workshop, organised on 16-17 October 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, to share approaches for netting out the impacts of the CAP.
- Evaluation
Factsheet - Production of protein crops under climate change
This factsheet presents at a glance the main outcomes of the EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Production of protein crops under climate change'.
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Production of protein crops under climate change'
This report presents the main results of the EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Production of protein crops under climate change', the meetings of which were held on 20-21 November 2024 (Berlin, Germany) and 27-28 May 2025 (Sevilla, Spain).
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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CAP Implementation
As an integral part of the EU CAP Network, the CAP Implementation Contact Point supports and coordinates networking activities relating to the design and implementation of the CAP’s strategic plans.
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Innovation & knowledge exchange | EIP-AGRI
'Innovation & knowledge exchange | EIP-AGRI’'s role is to facilitate communication and cooperation between those with a keen interest in sharing knowledge and innovative ideas for sustainable agriculture, forestry and rural areas.
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Evaluation
The European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP provides tailored support to EU Member States and the European Commission in their evaluations of agriculture and rural development policy.
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LEADER
LEADER is a local development method which has been used for 30 years to engage local actors in the design and delivery of strategies, decision-making and resource allocation for the development of their rural areas.
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National CAP networks have a key role in steering and driving forward policy as well as promoting stakeholder engagement, knowledge sharing and capacity building for EU Member States and other actors.
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The EU CAP Network LAG Directory brings together in one place the contact details for the new LEADER Local Action Groups (LAGs) created in the 2023-2027 programming period.
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