Balkan Economic Forum

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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

  • 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 policies

    Address

    Head Office
    Blvd. Kuzman Josifovski – Pitu no. 19/5-27
    Skopje 1000
    NORTH MACEDONIA
    EU Office
    Blvd. Kuzman Josifovski – Pitu no. 19/5-27
    Skopje 1000
    NORTH MACEDONIA

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Think tanks and research institutions

  • 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 declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    10,000€ - 24,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • 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

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