Clone of FOR MEMBERS - Mobilisation assessment for a large-scale protest

During a recent survey conducted by Copa-Cogeca, hundreds of farmers across the EU reported that one of the main obstacles on their farms is obtaining administrative permits for on-farm projects. Copa-Cogeca considers that this issue must be brought to the forefront of debates in Brussels, especially at a time when the EU is discussing and organising a new approach to competitiveness.

So far, the permitting issue has mainly been considered in relation to industry. We should collectively demonstrate that the same applies to our sector, and that there is significant untapped potential on EU farms! Unlocking this potential could greatly contribute to competitiveness, sustainability, and innovation.

To put this topic on the EU agenda, Copa-Cogeca will prepare an awareness campaign in the coming months and strongly advocate for policy action. For this campaign, we need your support. Our communication will be built on your testimonies, your experiences with administrative procedures, the difficulties you have faced, and your achievements despite complex processes.

The campaign has two main objectives:

Engage as many farmers as possible through a central web platform, collecting concrete examples of how administrative burdens are creating significant untapped potential in terms of competitiveness, environmental transition, and technological innovation, and bringing these issues to the attention of EU public opinion.
Disseminate these stories through our various communication channels (press, stakeholders, and EU institutions) in order to encourage EU decision-makers to place this issue on the regulatory agenda.

If you would like to share your experience but do not wish to disclose personal data or information you consider sensitive, you will have the option in the form to limit the information shared or to submit a more anonymous statement.

Thank you in advance for your support and your initial feedback.

If you have any questions or issues regarding the form or the campaign, please do not hesitate to contact: Jean-Baptiste Boucher (Jean-Baptiste.Boucher@copa-cogeca.eu / +32 496 38 54 88) and/or Riccardo Pelani (Riccardo.pelani@copa-cogeca.eu)

Name

First NameLast Name

Email

example@example.com

Country

Location of your farm

Numéro et rue

Complément d'adresse

VilleDépartement/Région

Code Postal

Agricultural organisation to which you are affiliated

Your sector of activity

Quick presentation of your farm (preferably 100/150 words maximun)

Your status at the time you started the project requiring the permit.

Do you agree to appear on the website and in our communication materials ?

Other requests regarding the sharing of your informations

To make the testimonies received more tangible, the Copa-Cogeca teams would be ready to film interviews on farms. Would you potentially be willing to give a filmed interview on camera?

For which reason, you need/needed a permit:

Describe your project and the essential/most important permit required to achieve it: (preferably 300/450 words maximun)

Add a picture of your project here

When did you introduced your permit request for the first time ?

How long did/will it take to obtain the permit needed for your project ? (in months)

Did you obtain your permit at the end?

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, which difficulties did you encounter:

If you answered "no" to the previous question, for which reasons the permit was denied?:

If you would like to describe the type of difficulties you have encountered: (preferably 300/450 words maximun)

How much do you estimate the total cost of obtaining this permit to be, or how much has the failure to obtain it cost you?

What did it entail (e.g., studies, consultancy etc...) Please describe how far it went?

Did you receive help or advice at any stage of the permitting procedure from the agriculture chamber, your cooperative, or any other service you may benefit from? If yes, please explain who helped you most

Contribute your testimony to the next Copa-Cogeca campaign!

I. General informations

II. Your permitting story