TOOLS4CAP Academy
What is
TOOLS4CAP Academy?
The Tools4CAP Academy aims to provide a framework for capacity building and peer-learning to develop an attractive and tailored training programme to meet the end users’ needs.
Practical, engaging and interactive methods will be used to promote hands-on learning. During the last three years of the project (M12 to M48) the Academy will organise 10 modules related to:
- the inventory of tools and good practices
- the identification of tools and methodological guidelines
- showcase case study lessons
Scientists, developers and practitioners with expertise in the proposed innovative tools and methods will transfer methodological and operational capacity to end users at Member State and EU levels. Training materials will be translated into at least 16 EU languages covered by the Consortium and compiled in training toolkits with open access beyond the project lifetime.
Training
modules
Here you will find relevant documents and results from the main activities implemented by the Academy.
Module I - Inventory of methods and tools
Module II - Advanced data management and monitoring for CAP Strategic Plans
Module III - Impact assessment models and their use in CAP Strategic Plans
3 December 2024 – Agenda
- Check out the presentations
- Watch the recordings
- Highlights Report (EN, BG, CZ, DE, ES, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, NL, PL, RO, SI, SK)
Background information:
- Tools4CAP Benchmarking Factsheet: EU-level modelling tools for policy analysis supporting the design of CAP Strategic Plans
- Inventory
- Blog article
Module IV - Participatory and multi-level governance tools to enhance policy design and monitoring of CAP Strategic Plans
Module V - Innovative quantitative tools for eco-schemes and green architecture
Module VI - Integrated data and digital tools: user story approach to implement Common Agricultural Policy
Module VII - From methods to evidence: insights from Case Studies
17 March 2026 –Agenda
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- Watch the recordings
- Highlights Report (EN, BG, CZ, DE, ES, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, NL, PL, RO, SI, SK)
Background information:
- D5.2 Case study analyses and descriptive factsheets (deliverable)
- Which tools work best for CAP Strategic Plans? Lessons from Tools4CAP case studies (news item)
- GLOBIOM model and CAPRI modelling system in the Tools4CAP Academy Module III Highlights Report
- Digitalisation of agriculture and rural areas in the EU (European Commission)
Module VIII - From evidence to practice: implementers’ voices and real-world lessons
21 April 2026 – Agenda
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- Watch the recordings
- Highlights Report (EN, BG, CZ, DE, ES, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, NL, PL, RO, SK, SL)
Background information:
- D5.2 Case study analyses and descriptive factsheets (deliverable)
- Which tools work best for CAP Strategic Plans? Lessons from Tools4CAP case studies (news item)
- Participatory and multi-level governance tools in the Tools4CAP Academy Module IV: Highlight report and presentations
Module IX - From practice to adoption: Applying Tools4CAP for the next CAP cycle
17 June 2026 – Agenda
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- Watch the recordings
- Highlights Report (EN, BG, CZ, DE, ES, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, NL, PL, RO, SK, SL)
Background information:
- D5.2 Case study analyses and descriptive factsheets (deliverable)
- Which tools work best for CAP Strategic Plans? Lessons from Tools4CAP case studies (news item)
- Modelling tools (Eco-scheme Simulation Tool – FARMDYN – AGMEMOD) in the Tools4CAP Academy Module V: Highlights report and presentations
- Monitoring tools, interoperability and data governance in the Tools4CAP Academy Module VI: Highlights report and presentations
Module X – From knowledge to practice: introducing the Tools4CAP Handbook for the next generation of agricultural policy
17 September 2026 – Agenda
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- Watch the recordings
- Highlights Report coming out soon