European Economic
and Social Committee
Evaluation of Common Agricultural Policy delivery on its objectives - Related links
EESC Evaluation Reports
NAT/806: Evaluation on the CAP's impact on territorial development of rural areas (Information report)
European Commission
Website on Key policy objectives of the CAP 2023-27
Website on EU-level CAP Evaluation Framework
Website on Socially Sustainable CAP
Website on Rural Development
CAP Specific Objectives Explained – Brief No. 1: Ensuring viable farm income
CAP Specific Objectives Explained – Brief No. 7: Structural Change and Generational Renewal
CAP Specific Objectives Explained – Brief No. 8: Jobs and Growth in Rural Areas
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 establishing rules on CAP Strategic Plans (December 2, 2021)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 on the evaluation of CAP strategic plans and information for monitoring and evaluation (September 6, 2022)
Cover note on Context and Impact Indicators (October 25, 2024)
Cover note on Output and Result Indicators (December 27, 2024)
Vision for Agriculture and Food (February 19, 2025)
European Parliament
EPRS Briefing: Generational renewal in EU agriculture (May 21, 2025)
Improving EU farmers' and agricultural workers' working conditions and mental well-being (December 2024)
Environment and the common agricultural policy (July 2024)
CAP strategic plans (December 2021)
CAP horizontal regulation: Financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy for 2023-2027 (December 2021)
Other sources
SWIFT Policy Brief: Towards a Gender-Transformative CAP (June 16, 2025)
OpenAgri: The EU Rural Action Plan Explained (April 4, 2024)
Jörgen Johansson and Mats Holmquist: "LEADER and rural development policy-What's the problem represented to be?" Journal of Rural Studies 108 (May 2024): 103287
Institute for European Environmental Policy: Environmental and climate assessments of CAP Strategic Plans (April 12, 2023)
EU CAP Network: Women in the New CAP (October 10, 2022)
European Court of Auditors, Special Report: LEADER and community-led local development facilitates local engagement but additional benefits still not sufficiently demonstrated (2022)
European Coordination Via Campesina: How to apply social conditionality in the Common Agricultural Policy (May 11, 2021)
EU CAP Network: Member State evaluations
EU CAP Network: EU level CAP evaluation framework
EU CAP Network: Publications (related to the specific focus)