FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS UNDER THE NEW CAP:- BETTER DELIVERY - LESS RED TAPE - BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY

 1 DECEMBER 2014, 14H30 – 17H00

Territorial cooperation

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

Germany

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

Netherlands

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

United Kingdom

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

Belgium

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

France

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

Sweden

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

Ireland

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

Italy

Italy

DIFFERENT SECTORS

HIGH PRODUCTIVE AND MARGINAL AREAS

DIFFERENT OBJECTIVESMeadow birds

Grassland biodiversity

Bees

Dams

Waste management

Grassland biodiversity

Landscape Management

Grassland biodiversity

Carbon sequestration

Integrated Pest Management

Renewable energy

Integrated Pest Management

Cropland biodiversity

Soil conservation

Water management

Carbon sequestration

DIFFERENT FORMS

• Territorial coordination • Project groups• Study groups• Informal networks• Formal associations• Benificiaries

WHAT UNITES THEM

• Shared convictions • balanced economic, environmental

and social sustainability CSR

• Better value for money effectiveness

WHAT UNITES THEM

• Shared convictions • balanced economic, environmental and

social sustainability CSR• Better value for money effectiveness

• Shared values• Collaborative attitude• Willingness to share knowledge• Take responsibility • Dialogue with other stakeholders

WHAT UNITES THEM

• Shared convictions • balanced economic, environmental and

social sustainability CSR• Better value for money effectiveness

• Shared values• Collaborative attitude• Willingness to share knowledge• Take responsibility • Dialogue with other stakeholders

LESSONS LEARNED SO FAR Positive To be improvedBetter delivery

(potentially) Less red tape

Enthousiasm

Change of mindset

Social interaction

Pools of innovation

LESSONS LEARNED SO FAR Positive To be improvedBetter delivery Appropriate scale

(potentially) Less red tape

Attitude officials

Enthousiasm EFA and P2 integration

Change of mindset Knowledge exchange

Social interaction Demand driven research

Pools of innovation Involvement of NGO’s

… AND THE NEW CAP

New: • P1: regionale implementation EFA’s• P2: Groups of farmers can act as

benificiary• P2: Article 35 – cooperation• P2: EIP – operational groups H2020

WHY A EUROPEAN NETWORKTerritorial initiatives are front-runners of a new movement to make European agriculture, in all its diversity, more sustainable and a more effective manager of public goods

What they lack:• Access to experiences and knowledge to

further improve their own practices;• Direct access to policy makers, implementers

and controllers at the European level;• Access to connect to relevant actors and

stakeholders at European level.

GOALS, AMBITIONS, ACTIONS

Goals & ambitions1.Collect and exchange knowledge and best

practices and to set an agenda for (further) debate, exchange and (practical) research;

2.Formulate recommendations to improve national and European policies

3.Discuss these recommendations with relevant policy makers and policy implementers at European level;

GOALS, AMBITIONS, ACTIONS

Goals & ambitions4. Promote and disseminate the values of the

platform and showcase initiatives;

5. To come to a European multi-actor, multi-stakeholder movement for territorial cooperation and other self-governance models ;

6. Propagate forms of integrated, multifunctional agricultural production that are more sustainable in the agro-ecological sense, delivers more and better ecosystem services

7. Open dialogue with society, green NGO’s, etc.

GOALS, AMBITIONS, ACTIONS

Actions1. Information sharing

2. Training and capacity building

3. Research

4. Policy advice

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU/EU?

• Embrace these initiatives• Spread the word• Invite • Facilitate • Don’t frustrate

THANK YOU