CEEweb together with Young Researchers of Serbia, Eko-Centar, Juniperia, Daphne – Institute of Applied Ecology and Naturalists Club Poland have launched a project on experience sharing and capacity building in small-scale farming. The project “Empower the powerless: Visegrad experience for small-scale family farms in the Western Balkans” aims to place small family farms at the centre of food security, local economy and environmental protection in rural Serbia. With the first event of our project on 3-4rd February, 2015 in Szeged we provided to more than 40 people from various sectors mostly from Serbia, but also from the Visegrad countries an overview of the opportunities that small-scale armers have in the European Union. The Common Agriculture Policy and the specific legislation on organic farming, but also the financial support to environmentally friendly agricultural practices and rural development can provide valuable help to Serbian farmers during and after the EU accession, as well. Therefore, attention was devoted on the current and future EU agriculture policies with a special focus on the synergies of agriculture and nature conservation, where small-scale farmers have a large role to play. Within the frame of the conference, we also shed light on the economic viability of small-scale farmers from the Visegrad countries showing challenges and special tools for the participants. The practical side of the event was further supported with the visit to an organic farm in Ópusztaszer. The conference not only tried to give experience from the Visegrad countries but enabled and gave space to participants to work in this experience to their specific processes in the Serbian context; sections on networking and small group discussions therefore were integral parts of the event. These served the purposes to induce participants to evolve their thoughts on further steps and formed the basis of the projects’ following steps, the trainings in Serbia.