Authors of the Greek CAP Strategic Plan: 10 clarifications and 9 answers

Regulation & Compliances

Innovation & Technology

Published Mar 28, 2024

Tridge summary

The article discusses the development and approval of Greece's new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan, emphasizing the thorough and inclusive drafting process that involved technical advisors, an international tender for selecting the Technical Consultant, and adherence to scientific principles tailored to the needs of Greek agriculture. Despite criticisms from farmers' organizations and political parties, the plan, approved in November 2022, underwent extensive consultation with social partners and faced no suspensions for its 71 proposed interventions. The drafting process, guided by a SWOT analysis and institutional frameworks, also included significant public engagement efforts despite pandemic challenges, aiming to foster productive dialogue and address any misconceptions about the plan's objectives and development.

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Original content

After the rural reactions and mobilizations for the new CAP in our country, the drafting team of the Strategic Plan issued a statement with relevant clarifications. We remind you that the drafting group of the Strategic Plan consists of: "The Strategic Plan of the KAP has recently been at the center of criticism from many farmers' organizations and parties. They blame lack of strategy, absence of vision, miscalculations, lack of consultation, etc. So they decide that it is a text written on the foot, which gathered a lot of comments (475 are mentioned!!!) from the European Commission. From our side, as technical advisors in the drafting of the SSKAP, we believe that we should clarify some points with the aim of a productive dialogue: 1. The Strategic Plan is signed, as specified by the Regulation, by the competent officials of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food and the President of OPEKEPE. 2. We had the responsibility of documenting the proposal and assisting the Ministry ...

Source: Agrotypos