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ARIA 2025: Meet 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?
For the third consecutive year, the Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards (ARIA) highlighted projects through which CAP stakeholders are ‘shaping tomorrow together'.
News Highlights
Rural women shaping the future: ARIA 2025 Gender Equality awards
The special awards help foster a new mindset, whereby any project is analysed in terms of how much it promotes gender equality – and vice versa, how equality can be embedded in any CAP-funded project.
- CAP Implementation
Workshop on assessing CAP income and sectoral support in Zagreb
The event was organised by the National CAP Network and the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, with the support of the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP.
- Evaluation
Early detection of pests and pathogens for sustainable crop protection
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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CAP networking updates – winter 2025
The EU CAP Network team reports from two recent networking cluster meetings in Lithuania and Portugal, discussing preparations for the future CAP and generational renewal.
- 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
CLLD puts coastal communities in the driving seat!
Is the EU ‘worth the money’? A recent FAMENET report on Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) in coastal communities demonstrates the success of a participative approach to delivering EU funding.
- CAP Implementation
Breaking new ground: Rewriting the story of Europe’s farmers
A recent EU CAP Network’s Thematic Group looked at how to make farmers’ wider contributions to society better seen and valued by the wider public.
- CAP Implementation
From Accountancy to Sustainability: 60 Years of Farm Data
A special event on 17 October will explore the past, present & future of farm data, as FADN evolves into the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN).
- CAP Implementation
