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19 Dec 2023

Exciting opportunity for Operational Groups

Apply to the EU CAP Network conference ‘EIP-AGRI Operational Groups: Innovation in practice’ and the EIP-AGRI Innovation Awards.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Agricultural Productivity, AKIS (+11)
19 Dec 2023

Ex ante evaluations can help shape CAP Strategic Plans

The synthesis of ex ante evaluations for the CAP in the 2023-2027 programming period offers critical insights and recommendations to enhance Member States' interventions.

  • Evaluation
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Evaluation
18 Dec 2023

Join our new Thematic Group "Supporting the Mental Health of Farmers and Farming Communities"

Our new Thematic Group "Supporting the Mental Health of Farmers and Farming Communities" is starting soon - express your interest by 22 January 2024 to join and contribute to this urgent topic.

  • CAP Implementation
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Long-term Vision for Rural Areas, Socio-economic Impacts (+1)
14 Dec 2023

Operational programme advice for Producer Organisations

Producer Organisations can be funded by the Common Agricultural Policy and a newly published handbook report provides advice on establishing operational programmes to fund Producer Organisations.

  • CAP Implementation
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Agricultural Productivity, CAP Strategic Plans (+3)
14 Dec 2023

Swedish and French food firms share direct sales skills

A Swedish LEADER project adapted knowledge shared by French artisanal food producers to help their Nordic counterparts improve direct sales techniques via short supply chain methods.

  • CAP Implementation
TNC project participants
CAP Strategic Plans, Food Supply Chain (+4)
14 Dec 2023

Opportunities from multi-funded LEADER

Our autumn workshop in Slovenia about multi-funding for LEADER and community-led local development highlighted tips for building institutional capacities to manage different EU funding programmes.

  • CAP Implementation
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CAP Strategic Plans, LEADER (+5)
14 Dec 2023

Evaluation workshop: assessing LEADER added value 

LEADER stakeholders from around Europe met in Luxembourg last month to share practices on how to assess LEADER added value.

  • CAP Implementation
  • Evaluation
LEADER added value evaluation workshop
CAP Strategic Plans, Evaluation (+20)
14 Dec 2023

Empowering women to act against energy poverty in the Mediterranean

The Horizon2020 project EmpowerMed aimed to tackle energy poverty and to help improve health of people in the coastal areas of Mediterranean countries, with a particular focus on women.

  • CAP Implementation
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Long-term Vision for Rural Areas, Social Inclusion (+1)
14 Dec 2023

Taking advantage of smart tourist trends in Latvia

Three new jobs have been created on a family farm thanks to LEADER funding. Discover the award-winning innovative and fun ‘Upside-Down House’, a tourism attraction in Latvia.

  • CAP Implementation
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CAP Strategic Plans, Jobs, Growth and Equality in Rural Areas (+6)
14 Dec 2023

Smarter, simpler, younger LEADER in Finland

LEADER has started well in Finland for the 2023-2027 period with the country’s full network of 53 Local Action Groups now rolling out smarter, simpler and younger LEADER support services.

  • CAP Implementation
LEADER in Finland Rural Youth
CAP Strategic Plans, Jobs, Growth and Equality in Rural Areas (+7)