EIP-AGRI Brochure on Operational Groups - Turning your idea into innovation

Operational Groups consist of several partners with a common interest in a specific, practical innovation project. The people involved in the Operational Group should be from a diverse combination of practical and scientific backgrounds (farmers, scientists, agri-business and others). They work together on concrete, practical solutions to a problem or innovative opportunity. Operational Groups are action and result-oriented groups, where all the actors involved need to work together. All partners in the Operational Groups should have an active role in carrying out the innovative project. The EU Rural Development Policy can provide particular opportunities for setting up and funding Operational Groups during the period 2014-2020. This EIP-AGRI brochure will give you information on Operational Groups and on how the EIP-AGRI network can help you set up a project and find project partners. Brochure & Infographic translations courtesy of: the Dutch Managing Authority Rural Development Program/ National Rural Network (Dutch); the Rural Network Support Unit of Finland (Finnish); la Région Aquitaine et le Ministère de l’Agriculture de l’Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt (French); Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft – BMEL) (German); Dr. Takavakoglou Vasileios (www.ecotopia.gr) (Greek); Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture (Hungarian); Brunella Morandi, Università di Bologna, Marcello Mastrorilli, CREA-SCA Bari, Paolo Mantovi, CRPA Reggio Emilia (Italian); National Support Unit of the Portuguese National Rural Network (Portuguese) The EIP-AGRI Operational Groups brochure has been given an update: http://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/content/eip-agri-brochure-operational-groups-update-2016