Policy Briefing #69 (v1) was produced as an input to a discussion paper from DGAGRI on “Governance and Performance of the CAP”, circulated to the CAP Civil Dialogue Group technical meeting on 12.4.24. Version 2 updates most sections. Discussion on the Forest Monitoring Regulation stresses the need to use national legal definitions of forest rather than seeking to impose a single definition, and the advantage of having parcel-by-parcel information on land use and landscape features. A new section welcomes the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture (link) and its emphasis on improving data quality and availability. In addition to the Farm Sustainability Data Network,  the Dialogue should have stressed the importance of making progress on  the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients and the GreenData4All Initiative.  An EU Rural Data Governance Framework is needed to get buy-in from the sector on types of data which can be freely shared, and those which must be restricted.