The European Commission organised an online workshop to identify the most important elements requiring guidance and inform the drafting of the guidance document on payment schemes for ecosystem services (PES) in forests, through discussions and close interaction with relevant stakeholders.
This first meeting of the Thematic Group (TG) on Carbon Farming focussed on sharing examples of European good practices and promising initiatives on carbon farming, discussing how these can be upscaled using the CAP and what the key enablers and barriers are to doing this.
This was the first meeting of the Thematic Group (TG) on Sustainability Agreements, which was organised with the ambition to facilitate discussion and exchanges between the TG members and provide the space for exchanges on good practices around collective actions on sustainability agreements and sustainable actions more generally.
This was the first meeting of the Thematic Group (TG), which was organised with the ambition to facilitate discussion and exchanges between the TG members for a common understanding of the seven LEADER principles, about the factors ‘blocking’ and ‘conducive’ to this and relevant Member State experiences related to the practical implementation of the seven LEADER principles.
This was the 10th meeting of the ENRD Assembly's LEADER/CLLD Sub-group, aiming among others at updating members on the state of play of the CAP regulatory framework relating to LEADER, forthcoming deadlines and ENRD activities related to LEADER.
This was the first meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group (TG) on Rural Proofing. It provided a space for sharing knowledge and experience on what should be considered when designing rural proofing mechanisms and applying them in practice.
This was the first meeting of the ENRD Thematic Group (TG) on Rural Revitalisation, which is launched with the ambition to focus in more detail on this specific theme, and in turn to support the roll out of the vision for rural areas in 2040 in the Member States (MS) including at regional and local levels.
The eighth meeting of the European Rural Networks’ Assembly enabled exchanges between participants on the latest developments on the CAP Reform and other relevant EU Policy initiatives, including the Long Term Vision for Rural Areas and Horizon Europe. The meeting also provided an update on planned and forthcoming rural networks’ activities, and participants were able to receive proposals and discuss the future governance arrangements for the future EU CAP Network.
The European Commission launched a 'Forum on Best Practices in the Agri-Food Supply Chain' aiming at enhancing the cooperation of primary producers, improving their position within the food supply chain and increasing the market transparency as one of the actions envisaged under the Farm to Fork Strategy.
The 21st National Rural Networks Meeting was organised by the ENRD Contact Point jointly with the Slovenian Rural Network. The aim of this virtual meeting was to provide an opportunity for all Member States’ NRNs and NSUs to exchange on progress with preparations for both the CAP Strategic Plans and the future national CAP networks. Participants also discussed the development of ENRD activities and priority actions for NRNs and covered the topic of future networking activities, including regional networking clusters.
