D8.1: Project Management Plan

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the European Union's (EU) flagship policy for supporting the agricultural sector, ensuring food security, and safeguarding rural development while it is also a key tool for reaching the objectives of the European Green Deal, including the Farm to Fork and the Biodiversity Strategy. With these policy strategies, the EU aims for more sustainable food systems. Effectively supporting the policy impact assessment in this new context is a great challenge for the existing quantitative modelling tools as it requires them to substantially enhance the thematic coverage to comprehensively address all the components of the European Green Deal and ensure consistency with the monitoring systems in place.ACT4CAP27 responses to this challenge by (i) enhancing the analytical capacity of the key policy tools (CAPRI, GLOBIOM, MAGNET, AGMEMOD) used by the European Commission to assess short-term and long-term policy impacts on EU’s agri-food systems and (ii) providing evidence-based knowledge supporting analysis for the design of agri-food policies post 2027.ACT4CAP27 develops a consistent, interdisciplinary methodological framework to operationalise and quantify relevant aspects of the EU agri-food system and related policies post 2027 and their economic, social (including health), environmental and climate sustainability impacts. Act4CAP27 addresses the main shortcomings of current modelling tools with its Act4CAP27 Modular Toolbox for EU Food System Modelling which provides a basis for innovation by creating a collaborative space and a modular model infrastructure for the whole EU agri-food research community and beyond. The Act4CAP27 Dissemination and Stakeholder Platform establishes an appropriate and inclusive engagement with stakeholders to co-create, communicate, and disseminate Act4CAP27 research results.ACT4CAP27 launches an Interactive Roadmap for guiding EU, national and regional policy makers weigh up policy objectives and choices to move the EU food system towards more sustainable outcomes. Work Package (WP) 8 management and coordination for ACT4CAP27 aims to deliver a well-managed project to the European Commission (EC) and to all stakeholders. Coordinator WR is developing D8.1 – this Project Management Plan (PMP), which outlines the key operational management procedures, controlling processes to be used, the project policies and rules and the overall management approach. WR provides regular updates and ensure its implementation throughout the project. Funding acknowledgement Funded by the European Union. Grant Agreement No. 101134874. Views and opinions expressed are 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. UK Research and Innovation Project Code: 10130119 Citation Van Berkum, S., & Vooijs, M. (2025). D8.1: Project Management Plan. ACT4CAP27 Horizon Europe project Grant Agreement No. 101134874. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19696182 Legal notice This document was produced under the terms and conditions of Grant Agreement No. 101134874for the European Commission. It does not necessary reflect the view of the European Union and in no way anticipates the Commission’s future policy in this area. The European Commission is not liable for any consequence stemming from the reuse of this publication. © ACT4CAP27, 2025 The reuse of this document is authorised under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This means that reuse is allowed provided appropriate credit is given and any changes are indicated.For any use or reproduction of elements that are not owned by the BrightSpace consortium, permission may need to be sought directly from the respective right holders. Project information ACT4CAP27 Horizon Europe project Grant Agreement No. 101134874https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101134874CALL: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green DealWORK PROGRAMME Topic ID: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01-2 Advancing analytical capacity and tools to support EU agri-food policies post 2027 ACT4CAP27 Project coordination: Wageningen Economic Research, The Hague, NLContact: act4cap27@wur.nl | Website: act4cap27.eu Project duration: 1 March 2024 – 28 February 2029