EURCAW-Pigs has 5 main areas of activity, described in detail in its Work Programme 2025-2027:

For detailed understanding of pig welfare issues on-farm, during transport and at slaughter, practical and scientific knowledge is provided:

EURCAW-Pigs offers easy access to knowledge for Competent Authorities and their support bodies via the email address info.pigs@eurcaw.eu. This service is provided from the launch of the EURCAW-Pigs website;
EURCAW-Pigs will compile review documents, thematic factsheets, and dossiers summarising the latest scientific and practical knowledge for several priority areas;
EURCAW-Pigs will facilitate access and dialogue with farms, transport companies and abattoirs willing to demonstrate good practices regarding welfare legislation, from January 2020 onwards;EURCAW-Pigs provides a knowledge base (library) with a search engine for finding scientific, legal and technical documents on pig welfare issues.

For verification of compliance with the European pig welfare legislation:

EURCAW-Pigs present lists of pig welfare indicators, predominantly including animal based indicators, but also management- and resource based indicators;
EURCAW-Pigs suggests iceberg indicators that can be used by official inspectors to obtain a quick overview on possible welfare problems on farm, during transport, and at abattoirs.

For further professional training and education:

EURCAW-Pigs lists training activities and materials used in the Member States;
EURCAW-Pigs presents minimum (quality) standards for training activities on pig welfare in husbandry, transport and slaughter;
EURCAW-Pigs recommends communication methods for inspectors to handle ambivalence and make changes happen on farm, during transport, and at abattoirs. An overview of knowledge is available.