How to reform CAP to improve agriculture's contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy? Madrid June 2010
Synthèse de séminaire | 25/11/2010 
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The window of opportunity is narrowing in terms of making political and budgetary decisions that will shape the economic, social, and environmental future of the EU through 2020. The “Europe 2020 Strategy” which provides the EU with a new strategy for growth was adopted by Heads of State and Government in June 2010. In 2011, the European Commission will begin the debate on CAP reform and the pluriannual financial framework after 2013.

This document is the result of a seminar organized by Notre Europe and the Real Instituto Elcano in Madrid during the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council. More than a collection of analyses, it aims to contribute to public debate on the future of EU policies and of the EU budget by proposing to evaluate the EU’s most integrated policy in terms of its contribution growth targets over the medium term.

Do agriculture and the CAP contribute to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth? How can the CAP be reformed to enhance this contribution? The Spanish Minister of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (June 2010), representatives of the European Commission, the Spanish Ministry of the Environment, IEEP, INRA, COPA-COGECA, Oxfam, Passions Céréales, and of the Universities of Wageningen and Cordoba answer these questions.

The Seminar on the web:

  • 23 June 2010, Interview of Alexandre Gohin by Toute l’Europe.eu "Le débat sur la PAC sera focalisé sur le budget"
  • Article on the Spanish Ministery of Agriculture: « Elena Espinosa defiende que la agricultura y la alimentación son básicas en el nuevo modelo de economía sostenible de la Estrategia Europa 2020 »



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Authors
Sofia Fernandes
Research Fellow. Economic and social affairs. Email: sfernandes@notre-europe.eu
Nadège Chambon
Senior Research Fellow. Common Agricultural Policy reform, CAP budget.  In charge of "CAP 2013" research project and of the "Citizens' Events" . Email: nchambon@notre-europe.eu
In view
European Seminar: "Towards a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy: How to reform CAP to improve agriculture's contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy?"
Agenda | 09/06/2010
Notre Europe and the Institut Royal Elcano organised on the 24th of June a European expert seminar in Madrid: 9.30-5.00 at the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO). Notre Europe and the Real Instituto Elcano jointly organise an experts seminar in Madrid on the 24th of June. On the 1st of June 2010 in Merida, the Spanish presidency submitted to the Ministers of Agriculture, gathered in an informal meeting, a working paper explaining CAP's contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy. This seminar aims at furthering the debate on the contribution of farming and the CAP to the new EU's priorities.
See also
The CAP’s Contribution to the Collective Welfare: A Complex Assessment
Preparatory contribution by Alexandre Gohin | 22/09/2010
Abstract: The Common Agricultural Policy would seriously damage the job market for two reasons often voiced in public debate: first, in developing countries by exercising unfair competition on agricultural product prices, and second, within the EU, by extending inadequate forms of support. As an alternative to such arguments, Alexandre Gohin offers an analysis which takes into account the complexity of the agricultural economy. In lieu of partial analytical models, he supplements his macro-economic reasoning with the social (notably employment) and territorial aspects of CAP subsidies, thus proposing an assessment of the CAP’s actual impact on the collective well-being.
Project
Proposals for the CAP post-2013
Research project
External resources
  • 23 June 2010, Interview of Alexandre Gohin by Toute l’Europe.eu "Le débat sur la PAC sera focalisé sur le budget"
  • Article  on Spanish Ministery of Agriculture website: « Elena Espinosa defiende que la agricultura y la alimentación son básicas en el nuevo modelo de economía sostenible de la Estrategia Europa 2020 »