SASSPO - Agriculture for sustainable development: A dialogue on societal demand, pressures and options for policy is a sixth Framework funded project (EU project code: SASSPO-SSP4-022698) on scientific support to policies.

The big challenges facing the CAP require co-operation between actors in the fields of agricultural, rural development and agri-environmental policy. This project aims to strengthen the co-operation by bringing together scientists, policy makers, producers, consumers and other relevant stakeholders to discuss the achievements as well as future needs related to scientific support to agricultural policy.

The objectives of the project are to:
- understand the critical linkages between market reform, the rural development
  policies and agri-environmental schemes
- bring together policy makers, stakeholders and scientists of these policy areas
  to reach a common understanding on the policy issues
- establish a co-operation pattern between authorities responsible for agricultural
  policies, rural development and agri-environmental issues
- exchange experiences between old and new member states
- identify a new research agenda based on options for policy reform

The project organises on two Policy Dialogue workshops, one in Helsinki and other one in the Hague. Policy Dialogue workshops are intended for the key players of the CAP in Europe. The project will produce Policy Briefs based on the background notes and findings of the two policy dialogue workshops.

Updated 19 December 2006