Cross-cutting Impacts
Topic

Cross-cutting Impacts

Impacts relating to the CAP objective of modernising agriculture and rural areas by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas.

Latest news

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13 May 2026

Participate in the survey on simplified cost options!

Programme administrators are invited to answer a survey as part of a study on simplified cost options under the CAP. You can participate until 25 May!

  • Evaluation
Autumn alpine rural landscape near Brasov, Magura, Transylvania, Romania
21 Aug 2025

Good Practice Workshop on ‘Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts’

Register to join us in Bucharest, Romania, on 16–17 October 2025 for the 11th CAP Good Practice Workshop.

  • Evaluation
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18 Nov 2024

LEADER success stories across the CAP

LEADER can co-fund a variety of projects supporting many different CAP objectives and this article shows the scope of LEADER's rural development potential.

  • CAP Implementation

Latest publications

Sardinia RDP support for establishing and implementing EIPs
Member State Evaluation |

RDP support for establishing and implementing EIPs

The thematic report of 2023 assesses the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) and the role of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Sardinia.

  • Evaluation
Event report - Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts
Event Reports |

Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts

The report summarised the discussions held during the Workshop, organised on 16-17 October 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, to share approaches for netting out the impacts of the CAP.

  • Evaluation
Report - Assessing digitalisation under the CAP Strategic Plans
Reports |

Assessing digitalisation under the CAP Strategic Plans

This thematic report provides managing authorities and evaluators with essential tools and considerations to assess the contribution of CAP support to the digitalisation of the agri-food sector and rural areas.

  • Evaluation

Latest good practice

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Roquefort - Blue cheese made from sheep's milk from the Occitanie region
Project | 30 Mar 2026

FOSTER uses smart CAP credit to empower French farmers

  • CAP Implementation