Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Biocat, Fundació BioRegió de Catalunya (Biocat)
EU Transparency Register
414525248490-97 First registered on 29 Dec 2022
Goals / Remit
Biocat is a strategic stakeholder and catalyst for building, promoting and projecting the Catalan life sciences and healthcare ecosystem, known as the BioRegion of Catalonia.
Biocat was established in 2006 as a public-private foundation at the behest of the Government of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Council to identify the needs of the BioRegion and implement a strategy and action plan to maximize the economic and social impact of life sciences and healthcare innovation in Catalonia.
Main focal points of Biocat’s strategy: Accelerating technology transfer and business growth by promoting activities to boost the sector’s capacities; Projecting the ecosystem, in order to position the BioRegion as one of the main healthcare innovation hubs in Europe; Fostering entrepreneurs and researchers’ innovative capacities and talent development; and Bringing together the ecosystem’s stakeholders with international players to generate synergies and opportunities for growth and scaling up.Main EU files targeted
Biocat is mainly interested in the 4 political priorities of the EU, in particular those aimed at Developing a solid and dynamic economic base, Building a climate-neutral, ecological, fair and social Europe, and Promoting European interests and values in the world. Specifically, among the EC's stratgic priorities, Biocat is interested in the European Green Deal, the twin -sustainable and digital - transformation, resilience, technological sovereignty, and innovation with social impact.
It is also interested in initiatives related to the Recovery Plan for Europe.
Biocat is interested in EC actions in the following areas: Business and Industry (create a business-friendly environment, promote entrepreneurship, improve access to new markets, facilitate access to finance, provide access to information services and data on a free, full and open basis), Climate Action (Green Deal related to health industries), Digital Economy and Societies (Digital Europe Programme, Europe's Digital Decade), Research and Innovation (Horizon Europe), and Public Health (HERA, EMA, EHDS , EU4Health, Health-EU).Address
Head Office
Baldiri Reixac 4 Torre I (PCB)
Barcelona 08028
SPAINEU Office
Baldiri Reixac 4 Torre I (PCB)
Barcelona 08028
SPAINWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
- Council of European BioRegions
- EIT Health
- EEN (associated partner)
- ACCIO (Internationalization suport agent)
- Asebio
- ECHAlliance (advisory board for EU projects)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
2,156,511€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Public financing
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Government of Catalonia 1,434,125€ Contribution EIT Health 125,143€ Grant Boost4Health Capitalisation Call 17,438€ Grant SafeMedtech 6,753€ Grant EATRIS+ 47,709€ Grant BRIGHT 32,291€ Grant INNAXE 15,788€ Grant EDAH 13,836€ Grant BIOMAN4RS 4,353€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EATRIS+ 34,579€ Grant BRIGHT 100,826€ Grant SafeMedtech 17,451€ Grant INNAXE 36,424€ Grant EDAH 70,775€ Grant FLASH 8,130€ Grant BIOMAN4RS 23,994€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Biocat follows-up EC's policies and initiatives on those areas in order to inspire the trends and programs / projects of the entity to better support the agents of Catalonia's Life sciences and Healthcare Ecosystem, the BioRegion.
Blog posts, news and interviews reflecting these policies and initiatives are regularly published on the Biocat website (for example, https://www.biocat.cat/en/current-news/blog/seeking-sustainability-health-sector , or https://www.biocat.cat/en/current-news/blog/data-and-health-indissoluble-binomial)
Biocat partners or coordinates EU-funded projects (Horizon Europe, COSME, Interreg...) aimed at reducing the innovation divide among European regions, and at increasing Biocat's capacity to respond to sectoral challenges, and strengthening and promoting competitiveness across Europe.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared