Meet ARIA 2024 winners!
Discover the six winners of the Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards! Get a glimpse of the exciting ceremony held on 4 December and discover outstanding CAP-funded projects that are truly making a difference for European rural areas.
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Innovation Market at the Finnish Agricultural Machinery Trade Fair
Finnish and Estonian Operational Groups showcase what is happening in R&D in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture.
ARIA 2024 – Focus on the Gender Equality Award
In the latest editions of the ARIA – Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards, an impressive 95% of the shortlisted projects actively involved women. The new ARIA Gender Equality Award highlighted women's crucial role for rural Europe.
Final results from MOVING project on management and sustainability of mountain areas
Discover an inventory of mountain value chains, ‘story maps’ presenting the unique characteristics of twenty-three mountain regions, and much more.
Saving agricultural soils
Initiatives from the EU and beyond that are promoting the sustainability of agricultural soils.
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Latest publications
Highlights report - EU CAP Network's Steering Group - 3rd Meeting
The meeting provided Steering Group members with updates on the EU CAP Network activities, including discussions on priority areas of action for the Network in 2025/2026 and key agenda topics for the next governance meetings.
2020 annual evaluation report of the Lombardia region's RDP
The 2021 annual assessment report evaluates the impact of Lombardy’s 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme (RDP) on improving agricultural competitiveness through generational renewal and farm investment, providing recommendations for the 2023-2027 CAP.
Evaluation of the operation of training and improvement courses of the 2014-2020 RDP
La Rioja's 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme (RDP) prompted knowledge transmission as a core element of its training and advisory activities, enhancing technical skills for farmers and rural professionals to boost farm management and economic diversification.
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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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