CALL FOR APPLICATIONS to EU-wide organisations representing regional or local authorities in the EU CAP Network Assembly

Interested organisations are invited to submit their application to the European Commission, DG AGRI.

By Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1864 of 5 October 2022¹, the Commission set out the organisational structure and operation of the European CAP Network. In accordance with Article 2 of the above-mentioned Decision, (‘the Commission Decision’), the Assembly of the European CAP Network (‘the group’), is set up.

The Commission is calling for applications with a view to selecting members of the group referred to in Article 4(1)(e) of the Commission Decision: Union-wide organisations representing regional or local authorities active in agriculture and rural development, including the connections between rural and urban areas.

Interested organisations are invited to submit their application to the European Commission, DG AGRI.

Each application shall include the following documents:

a cover letter explaining the applicant's motivation for answering this call and stating what contribution the applicant could make to the group;
a classification form duly filled in specifying the member category for which the application is made (Annex I);
a selection criteria form duly filled in documenting how the applicant fulfills the selection criteria listed in chapter 4 of this call (Annex II).

The duly signed applications must be sent by 17^th of August at the latest by email only to AGRI-EUCAPNETWORK@ec.europa.eu.

Please see below all the information related to the call for application, the procedure to apply, deadlines and all the documents needed.

¹ Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1864 of 5 October 2022 setting out the organisational structure and operation of the European CAP network and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/825/EU (OJ L 259, 6.10.2022, p. 189).