Building on the work already carried out on the topic of ‘Resource Efficiency’, a new ENRD Thematic Group will explore how the Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) can be best used to support the ‘Sustainable Management of Water and Soils’.

The thematic work on this topic will continue to explore various ways of improving policy implementation and to provide recommendations on how the RDPs can best address issues related to water and soil management. The core activities and outputs will include a dedicated Thematic Group, running between September 2017 and July 2018, as well as a European Seminar and future editions of the main ENRD publications.