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AKIS

On 20 and 21 June 2022, the SCAR AKIS SWG met in Lugo, Spain, for their 12th meeting. The meeting further expanded upon the previous meeting. It focused mainly on education and on training of advisors, digital training and social innovation.

The meeting contributed to the Seminar on Extension and Education with a discussion on three dimensions of advisory training: technical know-how, process know-how and structural know-how, all of which can be found in the meeting report.

The participants also discussed two policy briefs currently underway. The first focuses on training farm advisors and the second on integrating educational organisations into the AKIS. The policy briefs are expected to be ready by the end of 2022.

SCAR Conference 2022

“Humans in transitions: towards agroecological approaches and sustainable food systems”

 

The SCAR Conference was held on 14 June 2022 in Paris, and was hosted by the EU French Presidency. The conference was built as an interactive SCAR-level event, to discuss two topics:

  • The transition that the agri-food sector needs to undergo in the...

AE - Over 100 contributions during SRIA consultati

The SCAR Strategic Working Group on Agroecology (SCAR AE SWG) is developing the European partnership's Strategic Research Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the future European Partnership on accelerating farming systems transition: agroecology living labs and research infrastructures (AELLRI).

Earlier this year, the Working Group organised a...

Horizon Europe Calls – Cluster 6 update

This cluster aims at helping to reduce environmental degradation, halt and reverse the decline of biodiversity on land, inland waters and sea. It also aimss to support a better management of natural resources through transformative changes of the economy and society in both urban and rural areas.
All funding information and details on how to apply...

ICT Agri has launched the 2022 joint call

ICT-AGRI-FOOD has launched a Joint Call on more transparent agri-food systems for consumers and other stakeholders, based on ICT technologies.

ICT-AGRI-FOOD aims to address the challenge of transforming the European agri-food systems into sustainable, resilient, transparent, and fair systems.

All information on proposals for the Call can be...

EU Soil Mission: €95 million call opens

The EU Mission “A Soil Deal For Europe” Work Programme 2022 calls for proposals are open until 27 September 2022. The Soil Mission’s overall goal is to pilot 100 Living Labs and Lighthouses as testing grounds for major innovations in soil health. This goal is backed-up by specific objectives such as finding strategies for land contamination, as...

Logo CWG SAP

Based on the results of ERA-NET SusAn, the CWG SAP will develop future scenarios for animal production systems in typical European regions. An expert workshop will kick off the work in autumn 2022, aiming to prepare a policy brief to support SCAR, in its advisory function for Member States, Associated Countries, and the European...

Preparations for the AH&W partnership are ramping up

The SCAR AH&W CWG is the co-creation platform for preparing the candidate Animal Health & Welfare Partnership. This is one of the candidate partnerships under Cluster 6 (Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment). It will focus on fighting against infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance in terrestrial and...