Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Balkan Economic Forum (BEF)
EU Transparency Register
012701314185-90 First registered on 07 Aug 2014
Goals / Remit
The Balkan Economic Forum was established for the development and implementation of innovative strategies and creative solutions to the current economic challenges facing the countries that share the Balkan Peninsula in order to stimulate regional economic growth which, in turn, strengthens regional cooperation, peace and security.
The Balkan Economic Forum is independent of any national government, political party or any other vested interest and operates with an inclusive approach that respects universal human rights and recognises the potential of every individual to actively contribute to the achievement of tangible economic development for the social welfare of a region.
In furtherance of this mission, the Balkan Economic Forum serves:
• To advance regional economic development by focusing on the creation of diverse investment opportunities with the participation of key financial institutions to promote sustainable employment, socio-economic stability and the pro (...)Main EU files targeted
The Balkan Stabilisation and Association Process
The Common Foreign and Security Policy
The Common Security and Defence Policy
The EU Enlargement Policy
EU regional Policy
EU Neighborhood Policy
Agriculture Policy
EU Environmental policiesAddress
Head Office
Blvd. Kuzman Josifovski – Pitu no. 19/5-27
Skopje 1000
NORTH MACEDONIAEU Office
Blvd. Kuzman Josifovski – Pitu no. 19/5-27
Skopje 1000
NORTH MACEDONIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
BEF does not have full time employed persons, we implement our activities pro bono
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
1) BEF is partner of the European Academy of the Regions - EAR (Mr. Sasho Kjosev, BEF President, serves as member of the EAR's Board of Directors and is EAR's representative in North Macedonia)
2) MoU with Western Balkans Green Center (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/signed-a-memorandum-of-cooperation-with-the-western-balkans-green-center/)
3) MoU with NOA MICROFINANCE, CENTER FOR REGIONAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, AND PRIME POINT PARTNERS (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/memorandum-of-understanding-with-noa-microfinance-center-for-regional-and-local-development-studies-and-prime-point-partners/)
4) MoU with Center for Balkan Studies (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/signed-a-memorandum-of-cooperation-with-the-centre-for-balkan-studies/)
5) MoU with Cyprus Forum (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/signed-a-memorandum-of-cooperation-with-the-cyprus-forum/)
6) MoU with the Lab on Entrepreneurship and Development (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/balkan-economic-forum-regional-office-of-lead-for-the-balkan-region/)Member organisations
1) 4968 members of the BEF Linkedin group (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8208391)
2) 1076 people follow BEF on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BalkanEconomicForum/) -
Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€ - 24,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
1) Regular information sharing and exchange, consultations and digital advocacy for BEF mission, values and objectives through social media and internet (LinkedIn and Facebook) and social media and blogs monitoring and trends analyses to anticipate potential crisis. As a result, there is a permanent growth of members following our facebook and linkedin profiles/pages
2) Balkan Annual Conference 2015 (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/initiatives/events/balkan-economic-conference-2015/)
3) Balkans to Asia Conference 2021 (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/initiatives/events/2021-balkans-to-asia-conference/)
4) Balkan Economic Forum 2022 Conference (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/initiatives/events/balkan-economic-forum-2022/)
- we will organize this conference in a different Balkan country, on annual basis
5) BEF projects (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/initiatives/projects/)
6) BEF news (https://www.balkaneconomicforum.org/news/)
7) Balkan Economic Forum launched a call (at the end of 2022) for book chapters for the book titled: “Entrepreneurship Development in the Balkans: Different Perspectives”. We received 15 high quality book chapter proposals covering the individual Balkan countries, as well as a few chapter proposals covering multi-country analysis. Expected delivery date to the publisher is May 2023.Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
None declared
- Meetings