2. Many grass roots initiatives across Europe Germany

3. Many grass roots initiatives across Europe Netherlands

4. Many grass roots initiatives across Europe United Kingdom

5. Many grass roots initiatives across Europe Belgium

6. Many grass roots initiatives across Europe France

7. Many grass roots initiatives across Europe Sweden

8. Many grass roots initiatives across Europe Ireland

9. Many grass roots initiatives across Europe

10. Italy

13. Meadow birds Grassland biodiversity Bees Dams Waste management Grassland biodiversity Landscape Management Grassland biodiversity Carbon sequestration Integrated Pest Management Renewable energy Integrated Pest Management Cropland biodiversity Soil conservation Water management Carbon sequestration

14. Territorial coordination Project groups Study groups Informal networks Formal associations Benificiaries

15. Shared convictions balanced economic, environmental and social sustainability  CSR Better value for money  effectiveness

16. Shared convictions balanced economic, environmental and social sustainability  CSR Better value for money  effectiveness Shared values Collaborative attitude Willingness to share knowledge Take responsibility Dialogue with other stakeholders

17. Shared convictions balanced economic, environmental and social sustainability  CSR Better value for money  effectiveness Shared values Collaborative attitude Willingness to share knowledge Take responsibility Dialogue with other stakeholders

18. PositiveTo be improved Better delivery (potentially) Less red tape Enthousiasm Change of mindset Social interaction Pools of innovation

19. PositiveTo be improved Better deliveryAppropriate scale (potentially) Less red tapeAttitude officials EnthousiasmEFA and P2 integration Change of mindsetKnowledge exchange Social interactionDemand driven research Pools of innovationInvolvement of NGO’s

20. New: P1: regionale implementation EFA’s P2: Groups of farmers can act as benificiary P2: Article 35 – cooperation P2: EIP – operational groups  H2020

21. Territorial initiatives are front-runners of a new movement to make European agriculture, in all its diversity, more sustainable and a more effective manager of public goods What they lack: Access to experiences and knowledge to further improve their own practices; Direct access to policy makers, implementers and controllers at the European level; Access to connect to relevant actors and stakeholders at European level.

22. Goals & ambitions 1.Collect and exchange knowledge and best practices and to set an agenda for (further) debate, exchange and (practical) research; 2.Formulate recommendations to improve national and European policies 3.Discuss these recommendations with relevant policy makers and policy implementers at European level;

23. Goals & ambitions 4.Promote and disseminate the values of the platform and showcase initiatives; 5.To come to a European multi-actor, multi-stakeholder movement for territorial cooperation and other self- governance models ; 6.Propagate forms of integrated, multifunctional agricultural production that are more sustainable in the agro-ecological sense, delivers more and better ecosystem services 7.Open dialogue with society, green NGO’s, etc.

24. Actions 1. Information sharing 2. Training and capacity building 3. Research 4. Policy advice

25. Embrace these initiatives Spread the word Invite Facilitate Don’t frustrate