ACT4CAP27 Project Newsletter / Edition 2 / June 2025

ACT4CAP27 Project Newsletter / Edition 2 / June 2025

This the second in the series of 6 monthly newsletters in the ACT4CAP27 project.

From this issue of our newsletter, you can get to know:

What ACT4CAP27 is all about?

•    ACT4CAP27 is an EC funded 5-year Horizon Europe research and innovation action aiming to aiming to enhance analytical capabilities, tools, and collaborative technical infrastructure within the policy modelling community, to provide support for evidence-based EU agri-food policies post-2027.

What are the latest developments in our project?

•    Read the letter from our Coordinator, Siemen van Berkum looking back at the last half year of project implementation since our previous newsletter.

•    From our Annual Meeting in Rome to various activities: learn more about how our partners work to keep focus on project implementation, including  the release of our first open-access publication, our capacity building activities and the launch of the ACT4CAP27 Agricultural Model Young Researcher Network (AMYRN) to support the next generation of policy modellers.

Where and how are we networking and cooperate with other Horizon Europe Projects?
•    Learn about our ongoing collaboration with BrightSpace, LAMASUS and Tools4CAP on joint modelling efforts and shared capacity-building initiatives.

•    Read about how we keep stakeholder engagement to a success, e.g. at our 6 May consultation meeting (60+ participants) and receive continuous input from our Scientific and Policy Advisory Board (SPAB).

What are the upcoming international events where you can meet us?
•    There are several events on our list, learn more about these. In August meet us at the 2025 EAAE Congress in Bonn.

Further information

ACT4CAP27 Project coordination: Wageningen Economic Research, The Hague, NL
Contact: act4cap27@wur.nl  | Website: https://act4cap27.eu/

Project duration: 1 March 2024 – 28 February 2029

EU funding acknowledgement

ACT4CAP27 is funded by the European Union. Horizon Europe Grant Agreement No. 101134874. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.