Project Description

Training and Information

PEPAC

This incentive aims to promote the skills of young farmers and make the agricultural sector profitable through training actions on preserving and strengthening biodiversity, preventing the degradation of natural resources and adapting to climate change, particularly in collective irrigation systems. This support also aims to improve digital and financial literacy and access to bank financing, boosting the digital transition in the agricultural sector.

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Support Status

Preliminary Stage

Financing

Up to 150.000€

Territory

National Territory

Eligible Entities

Legal Entity
Private Entity
Public Entity

Training and Information

PEPAC

This incentive aims to promote the skills of young farmers and make the agricultural sector profitable through training actions on preserving and strengthening biodiversity, preventing the degradation of natural resources and adapting to climate change, particularly in collective irrigation systems. This support also aims to improve digital and financial literacy and access to bank financing, boosting the digital transition in the agricultural sector.

Download the Infosheet

Support Status

Preliminary Stage

Financing

Up to 150.000€

Territory

National Territory

Eligible Entities

Legal Entity
Private Entity
Public Entity

Incentive Conditions

  • Promoting the necessary skills for young farmers at an early stage of installation, which can have an indirect but significant impact on the profitability of “new” farms. It also makes it possible to reinforce the achievement of agro-environmental-climatic objectives considered relevant to preserving and strengthening biodiversity and preventing the degradation of natural resources, while also having an impact on adapting to climate change, particularly in collective irrigation.
  • Other areas to be taken into consideration in this intervention are the areas of improving digital literacy and financial literacy, in order to respond to the new challenges of PEPAC, namely access to bank financing by beneficiaries, and ensuring a greater digital transition in the agricultural sector.
  • This intervention contributes to the following PEPAC targets:
    • Number of people benefiting from advice, training, knowledge exchange or participating in CAP-supported European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational groups in order to improve sustainable performance in economic, social, environmental, climate and resource efficiency terms;
    • Benefit from support for digital agricultural technologies;
    • Number of people benefiting from advice, training, knowledge exchange or participating in CAP-supported European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational groups related to environmental or climate performance

  • National Territory.

  • Legal person, private or public, which at the date of submission of the application is legally constituted, established, operating in mainland Portugal, alone or in partnership, with technical skills in the areas identified.

  • The multi-annual action plan must have a positive opinion from the competent authority and must demonstrate technical coherence and be aligned with the PEPAC objectives:
    • A summary of the specific training needs, identifying the target population and the geographical area of operation;
    • Identification of the training or information actions to be implemented, including their publicity and raising awareness among the target population, format (type, number of practical and theoretical hours, etc.) and respective timetable for a period of 3 years, containing for each action:
    • Reasoned financial plan;
    • Timetable;
    • Goals to be achieved (namely the number of people who will potentially benefit from the operation).
  • It should also contain specific information related to the following areas:
    • Training and information associated with the interventions:
    • Agri-environmental zone plans;
    • Management of the cork oak forest by results;
    • Integrated management in critical areas;
    • Protection of species with status in agricultural areas;
    • Protection of species with silvo-environmental status.
    • Training and information associated with the introduction of good water management practices associated with interventions:
    • Development of sustainable irrigation;
    • Improving the sustainability of existing irrigation systems.
    • Training and information associated with the installation of young farmers associated with the interventions:
    • Support for the installation of young farmers;
    • Productive investment Young farmer – 1st installation.
    • Training and information associated with digital literacy, taking into account the strategy for digitalization, as well as financial literacy;
    • Training and information associated with other areas identified by the Managing Authority, taking into account the needs identified in the context of AKIS.
  • Commitments
    • Comply with the 3-year multi-annual action plan;
    • Prepare and submit an annual activity report on the implementation of the action plan.

  • Eligible expenses are the costs of drawing up the action plan, operational costs linked to the implementation of the action plan, namely organizational and operational costs, as well as the costs of participants.
  • Eligible expenses also include workshops, seminars and field days.

  • The maximum amount of eligible expenditure is limited to €150,000 per action plan.

Incentive Conditions

Promoting the necessary skills for young farmers at an early stage of installation, which can have an indirect but significant impact on the profitability of “new” farms. It also makes it possible to reinforce the achievement of agro-environmental-climatic objectives considered relevant to preserving and strengthening biodiversity and preventing the degradation of natural resources, while also having an impact on adapting to climate change, particularly in collective irrigation.
Other areas to be taken into consideration in this intervention are the areas of improving digital literacy and financial literacy, in order to respond to the new challenges of PEPAC, namely access to bank financing by beneficiaries, and ensuring a greater digital transition in the agricultural sector.
This intervention contributes to the following PEPAC targets:
Number of people benefiting from advice, training, knowledge exchange or participating in CAP-supported European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational groups in order to improve sustainable performance in economic, social, environmental, climate and resource efficiency terms;
Benefit from support for digital agricultural technologies;
Number of people benefiting from advice, training, knowledge exchange or participating in CAP-supported European Innovation Partnership (EIP) operational groups related to environmental or climate performance

National Territory.

Legal person, private or public, which at the date of submission of the application is legally constituted, established, operating in mainland Portugal, alone or in partnership, with technical skills in the areas identified.

The multi-annual action plan must have a positive opinion from the competent authority and must demonstrate technical coherence and be aligned with the PEPAC objectives:
A summary of the specific training needs, identifying the target population and the geographical area of operation;
Identification of the training or information actions to be implemented, including their publicity and raising awareness among the target population, format (type, number of practical and theoretical hours, etc.) and respective timetable for a period of 3 years, containing for each action:
Reasoned financial plan;
Timetable;
Goals to be achieved (namely the number of people who will potentially benefit from the operation).
It should also contain specific information related to the following areas:
Training and information associated with the interventions:
Agri-environmental zone plans;
Management of the cork oak forest by results;
Integrated management in critical areas;
Protection of species with status in agricultural areas;
Protection of species with silvo-environmental status.
Training and information associated with the introduction of good water management practices associated with interventions:
Development of sustainable irrigation;
Improving the sustainability of existing irrigation systems.
Training and information associated with the installation of young farmers associated with the interventions:
Support for the installation of young farmers;
Productive investment Young farmer – 1st installation.
Training and information associated with digital literacy, taking into account the strategy for digitalization, as well as financial literacy;
Training and information associated with other areas identified by the Managing Authority, taking into account the needs identified in the context of AKIS.
Commitments
Comply with the 3-year multi-annual action plan;
Prepare and submit an annual activity report on the implementation of the action plan.

Eligible expenses are the costs of drawing up the action plan, operational costs linked to the implementation of the action plan, namely organizational and operational costs, as well as the costs of participants.
Eligible expenses also include workshops, seminars and field days.

The maximum amount of eligible expenditure is limited to €150,000 per action plan.

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