PRESS RELEASE: ‘Can EU CAP it?’ Project didn’t ‘chicken-out’ at SIA

March 2, 2015

The unique e-learning platform, www.caneucapit.eu, where all European citizens can engage in learning and discussing the oldest European policy: the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), has been present at the Salon de l’Agriculture (SIA) in Paris last month.

The project has brought to all the visitors a taste of what the platform is about: CAP Game, CAP Basic videos and CAP Pro e-learning course. During the fair, some 691 000 people visited SIA and in Pavilion 4, they had a chance to play the CAP Game directly at our stand in order to win € 10 voucher, if they score the highest score. In total over 1000 players tested their knowledge and 18 winners over the course of nine days were selected.

A special occasion took place on Sunday 1 March, where the players could win a basket of SIA products worth € 50, if they achieved the highest score. Guillaume Ventelon & Doriane Raout, 2 students from ENSAT, the National Institute of Agronomy have received the prize later that afternoon (picture). They said: “We liked the game, we hope it will help more people understand the CAP.”

The ‘Can EU CAP it?’ Project has been built on the objective to increase and disseminate the knowledge and discussion of the reformed CAP not only for academics and other experts, but to make this rather complex policy also accessible in a simple way to the general public.

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About the ‘Can EU CAP it?’ Project

In November 2014 the Groupe de Bruges officially launched a unique e-learning platform, www.caneucapit.eu, where all European citizens can engage in learning and discussing the oldest European policy: the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The platform consists of five parts: CAP Game, CAP Basic videos, CAP Pro course, CAP Events & CAP Forums.

• CAP Game is a fun way to learn about European agriculture, food, environment and policy.
• CAP Basic is a series of 4 videos that will give you a visual overview of the main topics of the Common Agricultural Policy. Learn your CAP basics in a series of 10 minute videos.
• CAP Events is a series of 4 events organized across Europe. For more details go to the www.caneucapit.eu.
• CAP Pro is a comprehensive e-learning course on the Common Agricultural Policy. The course is available in English, Italian, French and German and can be followed in any order, at any time and at your own pace. A certificate will be issued for those that successfully complete the whole course.
• CAP Forums is a free space where everybody can share their opinions and experiences of the CAP and the learning platform, provide feedback and discuss with experts and other participants.

Contact

For more information, please contact Mr Bart Soldaat, soldaat.bart@gmail.com at +316 2129 2979.

About Groupe de Bruges

Groupe de Bruges is an independent network and think tank on European agricultural and rural development policies based in the Netherlands. Founded in 1995. http://www.groupedebruge.eu/