EUSPA-OP-25-25 EUSPA Communications Services
The scope of this procurement procedure is to award and sign multiple Framework Contracts for the provision of editorial, web, graphics, multimedia, and public and media outreach activities services. The FWC will be awarded in cascade to the first three ranked tenderers.
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Copernicus for CAP eco-schemes
The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) introduced the idea of “eco-schemes” in its 2023–2027 reform as a central tool to promote more sustainable farming. Eco-schemes are voluntary programs that reward farmers who adopt environmentally friendly practices that go beyond basic legal requirements. They aim to encourage a transition towards climate-smart, biodiversity-enhancing, and resource-efficient agriculture while maintaining farm income support.
Each EU member state chooses its own set of eco-schemes within the overall CAP framework, tailoring soil health, water quality, carbon sequestration, and wildlife conservation according to local needs. Examples of eco-scheme measures include maintaining permanent grasslands, planting cover crops, reducing pesticide and fertilizer use, establishing pollinator habitats, and practicing organic or agroecological farming. The full list of eligible eco-scheme practices are available here.
Monitoring of CAP eco-schemes by paying agencies is a crucial part of ensuring that farmers comply with the environmental commitments attached to their payments. The European Commission requires member states to have robust systems to verify that the supported practices are implemented and maintained. Paying agencies primarily monitor eco-schemes through a combination of administrative checks, on-the-spot inspections, and increasingly, digital monitoring tools. Administrative checks are often cross-referenced with geospatial data in the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS), which includes the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) — a digital map database of agricultural land.
A major innovation in recent CAP reforms is the use of Area Monitoring Systems (AMS), which rely on satellite imagery from the EU’s Copernicus program to track agricultural activities continuously throughout the year. These systems allow paying agencies to detect practices such as mowing, ploughing, or crop cover changes automatically and in near real time.
This page lists all eco-scheme practices that are monitorable (in whole or in part) via the use of Earth Observation (EO) data. Here we focus primarily on the application of Copernicus data in eco-scheme monitoring. Commercial data sources are, of course, also applicable and can be used alone or in conjunction with Copernicus data.
For each relevant eco-scheme practice, we provide a concise overview of the most relevant Sentinel data, indices derived from EO data, data processing techniques, markers, future Copernicus missions and common challenges experienced when applying EO data. It should be noted that the information listed is not exhaustive, with more indices, techniques, markers etc. also being applicable. Here we try to list the most relevant and commonly used element in eco-scheme monitoring. The eco-scheme practices themselves are grouped by common theme, as per the European Commission taxonomy.
The information presented has been synthesised from consultation interviews with relevant stakeholders and responses gathered from various Paying Agencies via a survey which investigated common applications of EO data and challenges faced in the monitoring of eco-schemes.
A downloadable matrix which outlines the information presented below is also available here.