Below is the second working paper written by the Department of Policies B on the CAP within the National Financial Framework for the period 2014-2020.

The purpose of this document is to provide a comparison between the Conclusions of the European Council on February 7 and 8, 2013 and the EP positions at the current stage of the financial and sector organizations of the CAP. The objective is to provide qualitative and quantitative information to the members of COMAGRI regarding the financial concerns of the CAP to support ongoing contributions.

On July 16, the Joint Research Center of Seville hosted the presentation seminar on the CONSOLE Project to stakeholders (stakeholders) from different public administrations and private entities of the Andalusian community.

The event was attended by representative entities such as the Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Desarrollo Sostenible; TRAGSA; Asociación Española de Agricultura de Conservación y Suelos Vivos ; as well as representatives of the European Commission.

At the meeting, coordinated by the company EVENOR – TECH and ASAJA Sevilla , the CONSOLE Project was officially presented (CONECT Solutions for Effective and lasting delivery of agri – environmental – climate public goods by EU agriculture and forestry ), as an initiative developed by a consortium of 24 public and private entities from 13 countries of the European Union; which has the financial support of the Framework Program for Research and Innovation of the European Union, the Horizon 2020 program .

The proposal is led by Professor Davide Viaggi, specialist in Agricultural Economics, of the University of Bologna (Italy).

What is the CONSOLE project?

From the origins of the European Community (today European Union , EU), during the 50s of the last century, the community agricultural sector began to be regulated through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with the aim of guiding the production and the crops of the member countries; ensuring the way of life of the farmers of the member countries.

For this reason, the arrival of the new CAP next year 2020, requires new tools that allow the European agricultural sector to continue to provide society with promoting the delivery of Agri-Environmental Climate Public Goods (AECPGs) in an effective and lasting manner.

The CONSOLE project stems from this need, aiming to develop a framework to facilitate the implementation of new and improved measures for the provision of agricultural, forestry and environmental public goods.

In order to achieve this, it will compile the experiences carried out both in the European Union and abroad, proposing innovative solutions taking into account all stakeholders (farmers, agricultural and environmental associations, etc.), which will apply through the construction of a Community of Practice (CoP) in order to ensure success; for which the active collaboration of all the interested actors is necessary.

The project in the case study of Andalusia

To test the different innovative solutions, they will be applied in the different case studies representative of the EU. In the case of Andalusia (Spain), EVENOR – TECH, together with ASAJA, will demonstrate the efficiency of Soil Carbon Sequestration technology for the monitoring of sustainable agricultural practices in olive grove cultivation.

CONSOLE

CONtract SOLutions for Effective and lasting delivery of agri-environmental-climate public goods by EU agriculture and forestry, H2020

(GA n°817949)

Kick-off meeting

Seville, 22-24 May 2019

Venue: Evenor Tech, Italian Pavilion, Cartuja Science and Technology Park, St. Isaac Newton, Seville, Spain

Contents of the meeting from DoA

“The project starts with preliminary work on the conceptual framework (T1.1) and the data collection protocol (T2.1), as well as with the setup of the community of practice (WP5) and the initiation of the communication strategy (WP6), to enable full launch of these activities at the kick-off meeting (Month 1). Tasks 1.1 and 2.1 will be the core of the period between the Kick-off and the second project meeting, aimed at providing both a conceptual framework and a draft data collection protocol for WP2 case studies activities. Before the second meeting, the protocol will be tested by pilot collection of data within (T2.2) and outside (T2.3) Europe, while tasks 1.5 and 1.6 will start with the aim of incorporating legal and technical issues in the data collection procedures. Between the kick-off and the second project meeting also the first round of multiplier events (T6.4) will be held in order to start communication about the project. In addition, interaction with key EU players such as EIP and Rural Development Networks will start (T6.3), as well as coordination with other projects (T7.1)”

Based on the above, the meeting has the following objectives:

• Allow fine tune and discussion of the overall project strategy
• Discuss case studies already identified and additional ones
• Getting started and planning activities in WP1, 2, 5 and 6
• Discuss management approach and duties
• Discuss open access, GDPR and other issues related to data and ethics

22^nd May 2019 – Preliminary meeting

23^rd May 2019 – First day meeting

24^th May 2019 – Second day meeting