Public debate on the future of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)
Background
The EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is due to be reformed by 2013. The Commission intends to publish a policy paper setting out different options for the future CAP later this year.
In the run up to this communication the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Cioloş, has launched a public debate on the future of the CAP, inviting all interested EU citizens and organisations to participate.
Rural development (the ‘second pillar’) forms a vital part of the CAP. On the 14th April an extraordinary meeting of the EN RD Coordination committee was held at which the members of the committee were invited to launch the public debate on the CAP after 2013 in their own country/organisation.
The focus of the debate
The following rural development questions were proposed by DG AGRI:
- What should be the objectives of the future rural development policy?
- How can the policy instruments be made more effective?
- How can the management of the policy be improved?
The members of the Coordination committee were requested to send their contributions by 3rd June 2010. All contributions are posted below.
Debate contributions
To read contributions listed by country, as well the synthesis of these contributions, click here.
Lastest contributions received: Malta (05/07/2010); ELARD (15/07/2010).
Further information
For further background information on the public debate please click on the following links:
- DG AGRI Commissioner Dacian Ciolos' speech on ‘The future of European agricultural policy - Call for a public debate’ April 2010 [PDF
] - Questions on the rural development aspects [PDF
]
- Coordination committee presentation on the public debate on the CAP after 2013, April 2010 [PDF
]
- Synthesis of contributions received through the EN RD (13/07/2010) [PDF
]
- Stakeholder survey on the future of pre-accession assistance including rural development (after 2013)
Additional information on the wider CAP debate can also be found at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-post-2013/debate/index_en.htm, where individual contributions can be posted.
