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France AKIS | Updates on the different AKIS
AKIS Overview The network of the AKIS stakeholders is well structured. AKIS is supported out of the CAP by a national support (CASDAR which is a special account for agricultural and rural development; farmers paid it partially by a tax) and by some interbranch organisation which paid for some R&D action. There is also some action including…
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Netherlands AKIS | Updates on the different AKIS
AKIS OverviewA SWOT analysis has been carried out for the National Strategic Plan CAP for the AKIS in the Netherlands. The strong points are: The points of improvement of AKIS in NL: AKIS Coordination BodiesThe ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) is as Managing Authority the AKIS Coordination Body. As delegated AKIS Coordination…
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Elena-Teodora Miron, at the EU-FarmBook Platform Day | February, Brussels
Review the presentation of our coordinator, Elena-Teodora Miron, at the EU-FarmBook Platform Day, in Brussels, last February here! At about 5:40, Dora uses a very simple AKIS analogy, that is worth to listen. She compares AKIS as the whole supporting team next to a star athlete: the farmer as top sporter, with its trainer(s), coach(es), nutritionist,…
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Latvia AKIS | Updates on the different AKIS
AKIS Overview The functions of the AKIS CB at the operational level are delegated to Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre, which is also responsible for CAP Network (EIP Support Unit also included). The AKIS Contact point(CAP Network) works with the AKIS Sub-Committee established in The Ministry of Agriculture. It will consist of representatives from…
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Cyprus AKIS | Updates on the different AKIS
AKIS Overview The structural elements of AKIS such as the provision of education – training to farmers, the provision of advice, the facilitation of two-way communication and cooperation between the research community and producers, the dissemination of good practices, the National Agricultural Network, the European Innovation Partnership network are the responsibility of Department of Agriculture.…
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Spanish AKIS | Updates on the different AKIS
AKIS Overview: The current political and territorial organization of Spain (based on Spanish Constitution), shape a decentralized system in which the regions (NUTS-2 according to Eurostat) have much of the responsibilities and decision-making powers. On the one hand, the Spanish Constitution establishes that the regions may assume competences in the promotion of research but the…
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Sweden AKIS | Updates on the different AKIS
AKIS Overview: AKIS can be considered consisting of several subsystems that can be interconnected from different perspectives. Among other things, they can be connected based on a certain geographical area localization (such as local/municipal level, regional level, national level and international level), or based on subject areas where actors collaborate to develop agriculture within a…
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SEMINAR SUM-UP: “Cross-border cooperation for a more innovative rural area in the Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion”
The seminar “Cross-border cooperation for a more innovative rural area in the Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion” took place in Valença on 09/06 where part of the innovation team of FEUGA, Nuria Rodríguez and Rebeca Díez, attended. In this event the Galician Foundation Juana de Vega presented the project: “KICAP – Boosting Knowledge and Innovation in rural…
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modernAKIS is organizing the first AKIS CBs General Assembly!
modernAKIS is a multi-actor Horizon Europe project, that started in September 2022. Its main goal is to support key AKIS actors from all 27 EU Member States in their pursuit of implementing the AKIS part of their CAP Strategic Plans 2023-2027. To this end, it aims to strengthen the AKIS community by providing a European…
