A new generation of Integrated Administration and

Control System for subsidies management

Integrated Control System Sample Extraction Risk Analysis CwRS OTSC Cross-compliance GAEC and SMR check-lists Surveyor feedbacks

Database Spatial Enabled

Business Intelligence EU Reporting Dashboard Statistics Data Extraction

Document Management User Customisable Any type of Attachment

Accountancy Payments Guarantees Debtors Registry

Farmer registry Customisable Beneficiary Dossier Several Beneficiary types Annual Crop Plan Permanent crops

Land Parcel Identification System GIS based Supports any Reference Parcels

type Administrative Cross Checks Quality Control - Ats/Ets 2D & 3D Information OGC Compliant Inspire Metadata

Entitlements Management Assignment Transfers

Aid Applications Management SPS, SAPS Farmer’s sketch Rural Development Additional subsidies CAP Pillar I & II

Made in Europe for

Europe

SITI Agri

Do you already have a IACS in place?

Sure you have it! Either it is a centralized system, or a set of distributed systems, ABACO IACS can give

value to your existing processes.

Are the different modules in your IACS flexible enough to be extended with the changes happening with the

new EU Regulations and changes? Abaco takes responsibility to have a constantly updated software

responding to EU Regulations.

Furthermore, we know that the IACS processes can be quite complicated; each of the IACS registries and

procedures may be installed in different places and be responsibility of different entities. We are aware that

data have to be managed in a distributed environment, therefore we are committed to make existing

systems work together, not to force unwanted centralization.

Through the ABACO IACS Portal, officials can securely access the right information at the right place, from

the personal details of a Beneficiary, to reference parcels information; from documentation for On-The-Spot

checks, to the reports for the EU Commission.

The SSO modules provided with the IACS, or the integration with an existing security subsystem, will

activate the right functionalities and give the right privileges to each single user, protecting and insuring the

Legal Independence, that means leaving to the different Governmental Bodies the responsibility to set

constraints for their data. With such level of security the system can be also opened to non-governmental

bodies and the beneficiaries themselves.

The overall architecture

Most of you know the new EU Council Regulation 73/2009, the implementing Regulations 796/2004,

795/2004, and the 1122/2009.

These Regulations describe the modules that are compulsory wi thin an Integrated Administration and

Control System and the detailed rules, nonetheless the real life administrative work may need some tools to

manage coherently the information.

For example a real life IACS has to deal also with paper-based documents, has to provide mechanisms to

delegate responsibility to regional offices, has to manage several types of beneficiaries (farmers, exporters,

food processing companies, slaughterhouses, etc.), has to deal with the Single Payment Scheme and with

Rural Development measures (Pillar II): everything must be done within a seamlessly integrated solution.

Furthermore, each module has to provide information to the other processes, through a si mple and

transparent mechanism.

For example subsidy applications have to cross-check data with the LPIS and the Farm Registry, or the

Control System has to receive information from the subsidies application management system to perform an

extraction with risk analysis.

And even more, the range of measures under the Rural Development Regulations, known as Pillar II,

require a flexible system able to integrate the new schemes within the same system, taking into account

things like multiannual measures, or measures that are not “area-based”.

All of the above scenarios are solved through proper business process analysis, proper implementation, and

experience, all of which are present in the ABACO IACS.

Why ABACO IACS?

ABACO IACS offers the most comprehensive and consistent approach to enable Ministries, Paying

Agencies, Regional Offices and individuals to accelerate innovation, improve precision, and grow beyond

their own limitations. With finite resources, every business must swiftly address complex challenges that test

their capacities under pressure. Working within ABACO, customers can lower costs; increase overall

productivity; provide subsidy payments on time; keep information updated; maintain their beneficiaries trust;

and position their business to have audit-proof information.

People and processes

Every business is an end-to-end network of interrelated people and processes. The more seamless and

flexible the network, the more successful the business. Now, thanks to ABACO IACS delivered through an

open platform and architecture, your network can become what it needs to be. You'll be able to optimize

your subsidies operations, no matter where they're located or who they involve. Collaborate with partners,

farmers, associations, surveyors. And transform your business network into a consensus network.

Among the principle advantages, our customers recognize value to:

automate time-consuming tasks;

streamline operations and facilitate innovation;

foster continuous innovation and deliver the right documents faster with superior quality;

better respond to dynamic market conditions across the business network;

coordinate efforts that result in effective subsidy campaigns, profitable returns, and satisfied

beneficiaries.

WEB BASED

OPEN, SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE

CONFIGURABLE, PARAMETRIC, CUSTOMIZABLE MODULES

Farmer registry Represent the applicant profile, including the actual land use, and all the information describing the

agricultural holding characteristics (like the size of the company, if it has live animals, which type of trees

are maintained, if it has certain tools, which pesticides they are using, if they have employees, etc.), Up to

80 different customizable forms to collect data and documents.

Features:

manages different beneficiaries types;

customizable dossier contents by beneficiary type;

unique Farm Holding Identification Code;

source of validated information for other IACS processes;

validation check-lists;

can include any valuable information like: legal representatives, family members, rural buildings,

permanent crops, tools and machines, etc.;

stores environmental requirements, keeps history records of alphanumerical variations, with real-

time reconstruction of situations in the past.

Aid applications management system

Manage all the claims for subsidies that can be requested by he applicants (basically a document system

with workflow). New forms can be easily built from templates or from other applications. Relies on Farm

Registry validated information to provide automated fill-in of the forms.

Multiannual applications are constantly under control.

Supports any types of payment schemes (Single Payment, coupled and decoupled payments,

Additional Payments,RD);

Several Applications templates available;

Automated calculus of maximum elegible areas by scheme;

Supports multiannual RD applications management;

Definable deadlines or campaign periods by scheme;

Annual farmer’s sketch;

Workflow based;

Keeps history records;

Customizable payment calculation by measure.

Land Parcel Identification System GIS based system to identify the agricultural “plots”, eventually connected with those that have rights on

them and to manage also all the possible changes that can be done to parcels. Within the system it is

possible to automatically splitor join polygons to switch between different types of Reference Parcels,

depending on the working process scope.

Returns the maximum eligible area based on rules given by payment scheme. Calculate tolerances based

on EU Regulation rules. Includes automated tools for LPIS data quality assessment.

Features:

Supports several types of Reference Parcels (Agricultural, Farmer’s block, Physical block,

Cadastral);

Implements the “LPIS Core Conceptual Model” of the JRC for the LPIS;

Land-use layer management;

GIS-based, supports major GIS data formats, 2D and 3D support;

Supports any number of GIS layers;

Supports any number ofimagery layers for historical comparisons;

Supports integrated LPIS sub-systems, like vineyards or olives registries;

Automated assessment of LPIS data quality (QC);

Automated load and/or collect of external data;

Keeps history records of alphanumerical and graphical variations, with real-time reconstruction of

situations in the past;

Exports portions of territory to handheld devices with imagery and diagrams for direct surveying;

Supports Digital Elevation Models for 3D spatial processing (slope, exposure, etc.);

OGC Compliant.

Entitlements Management

Register of rights for payments (under the Single Payment Scheme).

Features:

Full management of entitlements;

Create, Read, Update, and Delete;

Transfers between beneficiaries.

Accountancy

Comprehensive management of payments registration and tracking.

Features:

Debtors registry;

Compensation management;

Payments;

Guarantees management;

Link to standard accountancy;

X-Tables.

User Administration

This module span across the different modules to administer users, roles and security.

SSO (Single Sign-on);

Roles and privilege based;

Delegation, to securely delegate operations to external recognized bodies (Farm associations,

Individual Farmers, etc.).

Integrated Control System

Full support for On-the-Spot-Checks extractions and management of the samples, according to EU

Regulations.

Includes customizable methods for extractions, including Risk Analysis parameters, with variable quotas.

Supports Control with Remote Sensing (CwRS) through user friendly photo-interpretation tools.

Produces documents for surveyors and accepts feedback through GPS-enabled mobile devices.

Helps identifying anomalies on specific land-use or other information (protected areas, conditionality, etc.).

Features:

Verification of eligibility conditions;

Tolerances management;

Customizable extractions (random, risk analysis, etc.);

Simulations of extractions

Cross-compliance and conditionality checks;

Control with Remote Sensing tools, integrated with LPIS;

Surveyors check-lists and feedback input;

GPS mobile devices support.

Computerized database

Provides the required infrastructure to manage the alphanumerical and the geographical information in an efficient and consistent way, allowing maximum performances, automated checks and data consistency.

Features: Homogeneous design, to allow cross-checks and interoperability;

Spatial-enabled database, for automated spatial operations;

Based on simple object <=> right <=> subject data model (LADM - ISO 19152);

Responding to the “LPIS Core Conceptual Model” of the JRC for the LPIS;

Oracle Spatial Technology.

Business Intelligence and Location Intelligence

Business Intelligence and Location intelligence functionalities, with compulsory EU reports included, plus customizable reports.

Several pre-defined reports;

Customisable reports;

Creation on new reports.

Document Management

Customized metadata and documents can be defined (through guided forms), also providing the ability to

attach real documents.

For example it is possible to attach property deeds, cadastral maps, copies of Id documents, etc.

Fact sheet

We effectively collaborate with Paying Agencies and we understand their processes;

We pride ourselves on services and integration with existing IACS;

Our responsibility is to provide you with an IACS constantly updated with EU Regulations;

We actively follow common specifications, standard measurement, data management tools,

and validated methods provided by the Agriculture Unit of the EU Commission Joint Research

Centre to reinforce the consistency of land parcel identification and measurement across the

Union and in Candidate Countries;

We address new information needs for European Policies related to Agriculture and Regional

Development, such as Cross-Compliance;

We are focused on the support to the main need of organising and making available data to

respond to various policy needs, such as the underlying requirements of geo-information

management for rural areas, either through the extension of IACS data (including LPIS) and

through the implementation of INSPIRE principles), or through the integration of existing data

and helping to ensure the successful implementation of these key data sets;

We support the stakeholders with highly operational control activity, either using remote

sensing or GPS tools; we follow the defined methods applied under DG AGRI’s policies;

We provide tools to support the exchange of information or access to geographical database

between the competent Control Bodies involved in the Cross-Compliance, Quality Control, and

the implementation of methods for quality and certification at farm/parcel level.

Head office c.so Umberto I, 43

46100 Mantova MN tel. +39 0376.222181 fax +39 0376.222182

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