Press relase: ACT4CAP27 brings integrated agricultural policy analysis to the EU AgRI 2040 Conference

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Brussels, Belgium – September 24-25, 2026 The press release presents ACT4CAP27’s participation in the EU AgRI 2040 Conference in Brussels on 24–25 September 2026, represented by Project Coordinator Siemen van Berkum and Project Communications Officer Katalin Balázs. It highlights four “What happens if…?” scenarios exploring the wider implications of changes in food demand, biodiversity ambition, agricultural digitalisation and Ukraine’s potential EU accession, and explains how ACT4CAP27 connects models, indicators, evidence and stakeholder perspectives to support integrated agricultural policy analysis and policy intelligence. The release also places ACT4CAP27 within a wider Horizon Europe agri policy-intelligence ecosystem alongside BrightSpace, LAMASUS and TOOLS4CAP. ACT4CAP27 Further information ACT4CAP27 Horizon EU project: Advancing Capacity and analytical Tools for supporting Common Agricultural Policies post 2027 ACT4CAP27 Project coordination: Wageningen Social & Economic Research, The Hague, NLContact: act4cap27@wur.nl | Website: https://act4cap27.eu/ | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101134874 Project duration: 1 March 2024 – 28 February 2029 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.