Overview
Tools4CAP supports the implementation of CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) National Strategic Plans covering the 2023-2027 period and helps establish foundations for the post-2027 framework. The company operates in the research services sector, assisting with agricultural policy planning and implementation.
In the news
- New #Tools4CAP publication! 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙀𝙐 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨? Our latest publication, “Policy Integration in EU Governance: Stakeholder Perspectives on National and Regional Partnership Plans”, by Rita (Vilkė) Lankauskienė and Zivile Gedminaite-Raudone from the Lietuvos socialinių mokslų centras | Lithuanian Centre for
- How can Germany design smarter #CAP interventions while balancing national coordination, regional needs and meaningful stakeholder participation? As part of the second round of #Tools4CAP Focus Groups, the Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS) brought together experts from evaluation, civil society and #RuralDevelopment to discuss how future interventions could become more effective, coherent and participatory in the context of the proposed National and Regional Partnership Plans (#NRPPs). 🎯 The discussion focused
- 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼! Haven’t expressed your interest in the final #Tools4CAPAcademy module yet? Join us online on 17 September, 13:00–15:00 CEST, to explore how to 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆. 📘 This final module will introduce one of the project’s key results: the 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀𝟰𝗖𝗔𝗣 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, a practical resource designed to support those involved in #CAP strategic planning, implementation,
- 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #CAP? Between July 2025 and June 2026, #Tools4CAP brought together around 180 stakeholders through 16 national Focus Groups and one EU-level Focus Group to explore the challenges, opportunities and tools that could shape the future CAP under the proposed National and Regional Partnership Plans (#NRPPs). 🎯 One message came through clearly: 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚-𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙚-𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙨-𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. Future CAP strategic
- 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 #Tools4CAPConference! How can evidence, tools, governance approaches and capacity-building help shape the next generation of the CAP? 🤔 On 17–18 November 2026, we are bringing together policymakers, Managing Authorities, Paying Agencies, researchers and practitioners in Brussels for two days of discussion, exchange and practical insights on the future of CAP strategic planning. Under the title 𝙀𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚-𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜
- We’re back after the summer break, and pleased to return to some great news: Publications Office of the European Union has published a new article highlighting how #Tools4CAP is helping strengthen #CAP strategic planning and support more evidence-informed agricultural policymaking across Europe. The article looks at some of the project’s key results, including our public inventory of methods and tools, the Replication Lab case studies, the Tools4CAP Academy, and the methodological guidelines, capacity-building resources and good
- Summer is calling, and #Tools4CAP is taking a short break! After an intense period of exchanges and knowledge sharing, the Tools4CAP team is pausing its communication activities for the next three weeks to recharge before the final stretch of the project. Since 2023, Tools4CAP has supported Member States in the design, implementation and monitoring of their national CAP Strategic Plans 2023–2027 by bringing together practical tools, methods, guidance and spaces for dialogue. Together with partners and stakeholders across
- 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗔𝗣 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆? On 17 September 2026, #Tools4CAP will hold its tenth and final Academy module, focusing on the project’s Handbook of Good Practices: a practical resource designed to support those working on #CAP design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. 🔝 The session comes at a timely moment, as policymakers and
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