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CAP Strategic Plans

EU countries use a CAP Strategic Plan at national level to implement coordinated CAP interventions that address specific socio-economic and environmental needs.

Latest news

Mosaic people in a group with water landscape
16 Jul 2025

Express your interest in joining our new Thematic Groups!

Two new Thematic Groups will start their activities in September and will focus on Water Resilience, and Cooperation in Farming. Calls for expressions of interest are now open.

  • CAP Implementation
Three BEATLES project workshop summaries on Climate-Smart Agriculture overlaid on a green field background.
09 Jul 2025

Shaping the transition to Climate-Smart Agriculture through multi-actor policy dialogue

The BEATLES project promotes Climate-Smart Agriculture in the EU via workshops and pilot studies. Led by AEIDL, it supports CAP reforms for sustainable, fair, and resilient farming systems.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
neighbors man and woman chatting near the fence in the village
19 Jun 2025

LEADER for community resilience and security

Speaking with LEADER stakeholders in five countries bordering the Russian Federation, we learnt about LEADER ambitions, its current implementation and its role for community resilience and security.

  • CAP Implementation

Upcoming events

National Networks meeting

EU CAP Network event - 6th National Networks Meeting

  • CAP Implementation
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
  • Evaluation
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Governance meeting

EU CAP Network’s Steering Group - 5th Meeting

  • CAP Implementation
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
  • Evaluation
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Governance meeting

Subgroup on CAP Strategic Plans - 6th meeting

  • CAP Implementation
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Latest publications

Highlights report - 2nd meeting of the Thematic Group on Effective Approaches for Simplification within the CAP
Event Reports |

2nd meeting of the Thematic Group on Effective Approaches for Simplification within the CAP

At the second and final meeting of the Thematic Group, members explored further existing solutions and new approaches for CAP simplification and considered ways to streamline legislation and reduce complexity beyond the CAP.

  • CAP Implementation
Biodiversity on farmland - Projects Brochure
Brochures |

Biodiversity on farmland - Projects Brochure

This edition of the EU CAP Network Projects Brochure highlights eight examples of CAP-funded projects that are improving biodiversity on farmland, with a focus on initiatives at the landscape scale.

  • CAP Implementation
Press Article- From farmer to farmer: the Polish Network of Demonstration Farms
Press Articles |

From farmer to farmer: the Polish Network of Demonstration Farms

Fostering knowledge exchange, peer learning, innovation uptake and sustainable practices through on-farm demonstrations.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

Black currant bushes
Project | 10 Jul 2025

Development of a young farmer's farm in Poland

  • CAP Implementation
Five different professional cleaning equipment machines
Another automated weeding machine prototype in a flat Dutch farm field
Project | 11 Apr 2025

New Dutch agri-technology for automated weeding

  • CAP Implementation