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The mountain gateway to the new CAP

A new CAP: mountains of opportunities

The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will start to be implemented from January 2015. There are many significant novelties, such as the ‘greening’ dimension, which aims at rewarding farmers for maintaining landscapes and biodiversity and providing food security. Besides, with the new concept of “active farmer”, direct payments will only be granted to persons who carry out a minimum agricultural activity. In addition, Member States will have more choices and flexibility than ever before to implement the CAP at national and regional level.

Mountains provide a special environment in which they are made mountain products have specific characteristics and farmers have to face specific challenges. Agriculture often represents the basis of the local economy and is closely inter-related to other sectors, such as agri-food industry and tourism.

Mountain farming and European mountain areas share the same specificities and are all concerned by the CAP. How can mountain rural actors benefit from the new CAP? Which CAP tools are available for mountain stakeholders?

“A new CAP: Mountain of opportunities” is an information campaign coordinated by Euromontana, the European multi-sectoral association for cooperation and development of mountain territories, in collaboration with six of its members from Italy, France, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia and Romania. This campaign is co-funded by the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission.

By facilitating exchanges between rural mountain stakeholders, we aim to find out how to make the most of the new CAP’s instruments. We are preparing several activities and tools within the few months to come: information materials and updates on this website and our social media (Facebook and Twitter) but also some events – five national seminars in France, Italy, Slovenia, Romania and Portugal and a three–day European conference to be held in October in Bilbao, Spain.

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Our Interreg Europe project has come to an end after 5 years of work and fruitful collaboration with the 8 partners from rural Europe! ✅🤝 We're pleased to have worked on this project with our members Programas.UE - DPT, Sodebur and SOČAsnik ⛰ Mountain regions are ageing but develop interesting solutions to become friendly places to live for older people!SILVER SMEs is coming to an end after 5 years of interregional cooperation 🤝Thank you for following our adventures ❗️ To build on our experience, check out:🔹 our results factsheet, for a quick overview🔹 our 8 action plans, for tailor-made responses🔹 our good practice brochuresand much more!See you soon and let's keep working to boost the Silver Economy & improve the living conditions of older people in rural Europe! 👩‍🦳‍👴More info 🔗 projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/silversmes/Programas.UE - DPT Region Dalarna Comunidade Intermunicipal do Ave SOČAsnik Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A. w Zielonej Górze Munster Technological University Sodebur Euromontana Interreg Europe ... See MoreSee Less
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👩‍🌾 Producers and processors, your opinion matters! Tell us about the impact of the mountain product term on your income, value chains and the development of mountain regions 🌄📣 Help us by participating in the survey! Questionnaire available in 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇷🇴 ⤵️www.euromontana.org/en/take-the-new-questionnaire-on-the-impact-of-the-optional-quality-term-moun...Conducted by AREPO Highclere Consulting Moving - Mountain Valorisation through Interconnectedness and Green Growth ... See MoreSee Less
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Yesterday we were at the EU CAP Network's Thematic Group meeting on rural youth employment to share insights and good practices from mountain areas! 🌄ℹ️ The report will soon be out, stay tuned!We close today's meeting on #RuralYouth employment with a call to improve:👉Image of farming & rural areas👉Communication about existing opportunitiesThanks to all speakers & participants!We’ll share lots of food for thought on the event page soon: bit.ly/TG2-Youth ... See MoreSee Less
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