The Agency for Restructuring
and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA)

The 56th Conference of Directors of EU Paying Agencies was organised in Hungary in connection with the country's current presidency of the European Council. The conference was attended by representatives of paying agencies from 27 EU member states, the European Commission (DG Agri), the European Court of Auditors (ECA), and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), as well as representatives from EU-associated countries.

From September 4-6, 2024, representatives of paying agencies from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Finland gathered in Tartu. The 23rd Conference was organized by the Estonian paying agency (PRIA).

On June 3-4, 2024, representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, and the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture participated in a study visit to Denmark.

The 55th Conference of Directors of Paying Agencies of the European Union was held in Antwerp on May 15 – 17, 2024. The conference was organized in Belgium in connection with the current presidency of the European Council.

It was another study visit of representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Serbia to the Agency for the Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture. The guests from the Balkans were in Poland within the framework of the twinning programme, of which ARiMR is a leader. They were in our country from 12 to 16 May.

Animal Identification and Registration System, catalogue of machinery for agricultural production and the potential of artificial intelligence in activities of the paying agency – these were the main topics discussed during the meeting held on 21th February 2024 at the ARMA Headquarters.

On 31 January 2024, as part of the Danish Royal Couple's visit to Poland, a symposium on 'Environmentally friendly agriculture and biogas - transition towards CO2-neutral food production' was held. It was accompanied by the ceremony of signing a letter of intent between the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA) and the Danish Agricultural Agency (DAA).

The potential of artificial intelligence, previous experience in the use of IT systems in the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2027 – these were the main topics discussed during the meeting held on 20th December 2023 at the ARMA Headquarters.

The 54th Conference of Directors of European Union Paying Agencies was held from the 6th to the 8th November 2023, in Valencia in Spain. Spain currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU

As part of the training and study visit, representatives of the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan visited the headquarters of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture on October 12, 2023.