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
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