ARIA 2025 - Projects Brochure
- CAP Implementation
- Networking
- Generational Renewal
- Agricultural Production
- Environment
- Jobs, Growth and Equality in Rural Areas
- CAP Strategic Plans
- ARIA
Discover the finalists of the Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards 2025 and learn how the CAP is supporting projects and communities that are shaping tomorrow together.
- Programming period: 2023-2027
‘Shaping tomorrow together’ was the title of the 2025 Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards (ARIA), the EU CAP Network’s competition recognising outstanding projects that highlight innovation, sustainability and inclusivity within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) framework.
ARIA started in 2022 as an annual competition organised by the EU CAP Network, building on the success of three editions of the Rural Inspiration Awards (RIA), organised from 2019 to 2021. ARIA celebrates good practices in the use of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), selected and supported by the National Networks and National Support Units.
ARIA 2025 received 127 submissions from 26 Member States. The 24 shortlisted projects were duly celebrated at the exciting ARIA Awards Ceremony on 3 December 2025, where European Commission and European stakeholder representatives handed out six awards: one per each category, the special Gender Equality Award, and the Popular Vote, which this year recorded 18 289 online votes from across the EU.
Browse this brochure to learn more about these thrilling projects and discover how the CAP is making a difference for European rural areas!
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EU CAP Network
