EIP-AGRI Workshop EIP-AGRI Networking and Communication: Final Report

“Fostering innovation” was an important new objective for rural networking for 2014-2020, and the RDP Managing Authorities have programmed many new networking activities for supporting implementation of the EIP-AGRI at national / regional level. With almost all of the National Rural Networks (NRNs) in place and actively working by the autumn of 2016, plus calls for OGs launched in at least 13 Member States, it was a good time to bring together the rural network support units – as well as other dedicated EIP-AGRI support entities – to share and learn from their growing practical experience and thereby strengthen networking for the EIP-AGRI. This report gives a brief overview of the presentations and discussions that took place at the workshop "EIP-AGRI Networking and Communication", held on 4-5 October 2016 in Budapest. DG AGRI, with the support of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, organised this workshop to develop the role of the National Rural Networks (NRNs) and other dedicated networks supporting the EIP-AGRI.