The CoR Rapporteur, Guillaume Cros, presented the CoR opinion: The CoR rapporteur, Guillaume Cros, had several bilateral meetings with members of the Commission Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament to follow the work of the AGRI committee on the omnibus regulation which will amend the CAP regulation. On 4 May 2017, the rapporteur took part in a joint conference organised by the NAT commission and the Rurality-Environment-Development (R.E.D.) association on rural policy post 2020. The first part of the seminar looked at how the framework has been implemented in the light of practical experience. The second part of the seminar introduced the debate on mobilising some European thematic policies in support of rural areas, discussing territorial cohesion and the positive links between rural and urban poles. The afternoon session discussed policies that need to be carried out by the Commission and other European authorities to boost rural areas with the participation of the Chair of the Commission for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament, Czeslaw Siekierski, the Cabinet of Commissioner Crețu and Mihail Dumitru, Deputy Director-General of DG Agri. The CoR rapporteur, Guillaume Cros, presented his draft opinion on 11 May 2017 at the European Environmental Bureau /Bird life conference Who will fix the broken CAP? A recipe for a Living Land and on 18 May at the Commission for Agriculture of the ARF (French regions associations) On 26 June 2017 at the workshop on "Rural-Urban dimensions: towards more territorial and social cohesion" co-organised by the EESC's NAT Section , Rurality-Environment-Development and the European Countryside Movement during the Civil Society Days 2017. The objective was to identify two or three key recommendations to rebalance rural and urban dimensions in policy-making with a special emphasis on those that could mobilise civil society. These recommendations were proposed for inclusion on the list, which was formally adopted during the follow-up to the Civil Society Days by the Liaison Group between the EESC and the civil society organisations. On 7 July 2017 at the conference "The CAP: have your say!" in Brussels. This conference took stock of the results of the consultation on the future of the common agricultural policy launched in February 2017 and to see how they match the scientific evidence on the ground compiled by the Commission. On 26 August 2017 during the European Summer University for social movements in Toulouse (France). The seminar, "Alternative approaches to agriculture and food in a new Europe", addressed the causes and consequences of agricultural crises in Europe and the rest of the world. It also examined the income farmers earn from agriculture, subsidies, food sovereignty. On the 9 of March 2018, the rapporteur met with Petr BLIZKOVSKY Director in charge of CAP at the Council and Zefrira ESKIDAROVA from the Council Presidency to exchange on the COR opinion on the future of CAP after 2020. On 19 March 2018, the Committee of the Regions organised a conference on Financing the integrated development of rural areas: A goal that lies at the heart of the need for social, economic and territorial cohesion: the EU budget in perspective. Proposal for a cross-funding initiative for rural development to support the European Rural Agenda. The conference included addresses from Mihail DUMITRU, Deputy Director General, DG AGRI, European Commission and Franc BOGOVIC (SL/EPP), Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Parliament's RUMRA Intergroup. On the 23 March 2018, the opinion of the CoR on the CAP after 2020 will be presented during the ECVC conference "A CAP for small farmers & citizens", organized at the European Parliament. With the participation of Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the European Commission and European peasants will be discussed the vision of European agriculture and food policies and the future of the CAP post-2020