Development of Animal Welfare Indicator

The new CAP will continue to support the transition towards more sustainable agriculture with increased ambition for animal welfare, in line with the Green Deal objectives and the Farm to Fork strategy.

This requires identifying appropriate animal welfare impact indicators to determine the overall effect of the CAP in future. The performance monitoring and evaluation framework (PMEF) only includes the share of livestock units covered by supported actions to improve animal welfare as a result indicator (R. 44). Therefore, it is important to analyse which indicators could in future be used to capture the impact of CAP interventions on animal welfare.

In view of this, the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP had launched its first Thematic Working Group (TWG) of the 2023-2027 programming period on the “Development of Animal Welfare Indicator” with the overall objective to provide support to the European Commission to further improve the future assessment of animal welfare supported by the CAP. The TWG lasted from May to December 2022 and built on the study on CAP measures and instruments promoting animal welfare and reduction of antimicrobials use. The outcomes of the TWG will be considered by the European Commission for future developments in the field.

Contact

European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP
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+32 2 808 10 24

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