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6th National Networks meeting, Bulgaria, October 2025 - group picture
28 Oct 2025

National Networks: what are they working on?

From LEADER to generational renewal, from AKIS to communications: here is what keeps the National Networks busy – and how the EU CAP Network is supporting them in their daily work.

  • CAP Implementation
Farmers and young people work together at Nograd farm, Hungary (c) Maszlik Családi Gazdaság
18 Sep 2025

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
group outdoors listening to presenting farmer
04 Sep 2025

Upcoming EU CAP Network events on innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

The EU CAP Network is organising many networking and capacity-building events over the next 12 months related to innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI. They include Focus Groups, seminars, workshops, cross-visits between Operational Groups, an ad-hoc expert meeting, and a brokerage event.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

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12 Nov 2025

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
12 Nov 2025

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
12 Nov 2025

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
28 Oct 2025

National Networks: what are they working on?

From LEADER to generational renewal, from AKIS to communications: here is what keeps the National Networks busy – and how the EU CAP Network is supporting them in their daily work.

  • CAP Implementation
6th National Networks meeting, Bulgaria, October 2025 - group picture
18 Sep 2025

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
Farmers and young people work together at Nograd farm, Hungary (c) Maszlik Családi Gazdaság
17 Sep 2025

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
Farmer in a field FADN main visual