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Overview

Lobbying Costs

350,000€

Financial year: Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

3

High-level Commission meetings

40

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    BSA | The Software Alliance   (BSA)

    EU Transparency Register

    75039383277-48 First registered on 26 Feb 2010

    Goals / Remit

    BSA | The Software Alliance is the leading advocate for the global software industry before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members are among the world’s most innovative companies, creating software solutions that spark the economy and improve modern life.

    With headquarters in Washington, DC, and operations in more than 60 countries around the world, BSA pioneers compliance programs that promote legal software use and advocates for public policies that foster technology innovation and drive growth in the digital economy.

    BSA’s EU policy work is focused on a number of areas which include Privacy, IT security and cybercrime, copyright and intellectual property, piracy and enforcement, trade, and e-commerce. In Europe, the BSA government affairs and public policy program provides the following specific member services:

    • Provide strategic advice to BSA member companies on public policy and legal developments affecting the IT/software industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, notably on intellectual property protection, data privacy, cybersecurity and sector-specific technology and IT competiveness issues.

    • Develop sound government affairs and advocacy initiatives promoting the objectives of the BSA members

    • Work with the media to increase public support of the IT sector, including to promote the value of Intellectual Property

    • Reach out to EU policy makers and support, as appropriate, public policy initiatives, advocacy platforms and other alliances involving BSA members together with EU policy makers and key industry players

    BSA public policy activities are developed and implemented on the basis of a consensus-based decision process involving all BSA member companies approach

    Main EU files targeted

    • Digital Single Market strategy
    • European Cloud Computing Strategy (”Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe”)
    • Big Data Strategy (“Towards a thriving data-driven economy”)
    • Cybersecurity (NIS Directive and Cybersecurity strategy)
    • Privacy (General Personal Data protection)
    • Trade secrets Directive
    • Public Procurement
    • Trade policy (TTIP)

    Address

    Head Office
    F Street, NW, 20
    Suite 800
    Washington, DC 20001
    UNITED STATES
    EU Office
    Avenue des Arts 44
    Brussels 1040
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Apr 2015

    Name Start date End Date
    Hadrien VALEMBOIS 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024
    Irma GUDZIUNAITE 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024
    Matteo QUATTROCCHI 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024
    Thomas BOUE 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024
    Mr Hadrien Valembois 17 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Ms Irma GUDZIUNAITE 17 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Matteo Quattrocchi 17 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Thomas BOUE 17 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Matteo Quattrocchi 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Mr Thomas BOUE 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Mr Hadrien Valembois 24 Sep 2022 23 Sep 2023
    Ms Irma GUDZIUNAITE 24 Sep 2022 23 Sep 2023
    Mr Goran Gotev 26 Feb 2020 07 Nov 2020
    Mr Thomas BOUE 07 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020
    Isabelle ROCCIA 27 Jun 2019 27 Jun 2020
    Mr Matteo Quattrocchi 12 Jun 2019 12 Jun 2020
    Ms Eleni CHRONOPOULOU 12 Jun 2019 23 Oct 2019
    Ms Christine LYNCH 08 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2020
    Mr Thomas BOUE 30 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019
    Mr patrick Alexander Whalen 03 Jul 2018 07 Feb 2019
    Ms Angeliki KARAMPOUROUNI 08 Jun 2018 04 Jul 2018
    Ms Eleni CHRONOPOULOU 25 May 2018 25 May 2019
    Mr Matteo Quattrocchi 17 May 2018 17 May 2019
    Mr Christian TRONCOSO 17 Oct 2017 01 May 2018
    Mr Thomas BOUE 31 Aug 2017 30 Aug 2018
    Mr Alexandre Roure 31 Aug 2017 20 Nov 2017
    Mr Dimitrios Michail Banas 20 Jul 2017 10 Nov 2017
    Mr patrick Alexander Whalen 20 Jul 2017 01 Jul 2018
    Mr Thomas BOUE 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017
    Mr Alexandre Roure 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017
    Ms Sofia TRÉNOR MICHELENA 05 Sep 2016 06 May 2017
    Mr Banas Dimitrios Michail 28 Apr 2016 28 Apr 2017
    Mr Thomas BOUE 08 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016
    Mr Alexandre Roure 08 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016
    Ms Sofia TRÉNOR MICHELENA 08 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016
    Mr Thomas BOUE 04 Oct 2014 08 Sep 2015
    Mr Alexandre Roure 05 Sep 2014 01 Sep 2015
    Ms Rita Balogh 22 Aug 2014 28 Apr 2015
    Mr Thomas BOUE 17 Oct 2013 04 Oct 2014
    Ms Rita Balogh 20 Sep 2013 22 Aug 2014
    Mr Alexandre Roure 27 Jun 2013 25 Jun 2014
    Mr Thomas BOUE 30 Oct 2012 16 Oct 2013
    Mr Philip EDER-LEVACHER 27 Oct 2012 16 Oct 2013
    Mr Alexandre Roure 27 Oct 2012 01 May 2013
    Mr Philip EDER-LEVACHER 14 Nov 2011 27 Oct 2012
    Mr Thomas BOUE 16 Nov 2011 30 Oct 2012

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Thomas Boué (Director, Policy - EMEA)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Ms Victoria Espinel (President & CEO)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    European Internet Forum (EIF)

    Member organisations

    http://www.bsa.org/about-bsa/bsa-members

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    350,000€

    Other financial info

    Cost of BSA Global Annual Studies (Piracy, IT Competiveness Index and IDC Piracy Economic Impact) sponsored by BSA (US) are not included in the above calculation

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    NIS Platform
    Stakeholder Consultation Group for consumer rules for online and digital purchase

    Cloud Select Industry Group on SLAs, Certification schemes and Code of Conduct

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    BSA has been contributing to the public debate on EU policy issues through several studies, the latest of which include:
    • BSA EU Cybersecurity Dashboard (2015), analyzing cybersecurity laws, rules and policies across all 28 EU countries
    • BSA survey on the importance of data analytics among senior executives (2014)
    • “Powering the Digital Economy: a Trade Agenda to drive Growth” shedding light on opportunities, Challenges and a Roadmap for Driving Long-Term Growth (2014)
    • BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard (latest publication from 2013), tracking yearly changes in the international policy landscape for cloud computing

    All studies are available on www.bsa.org/studies/study-listing.

    BSA also maintains a blog to provide the perspectives of global IT organization on global and regional policy developments. All blogposts related to EU policies are available on blog.bsa.org/author/thomasb/

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    40 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

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