Cooperatives Europe

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

100,000€ - 199,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.25 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

2

High-level Commission meetings

8

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Cooperatives Europe

    EU Transparency Register

    16999985032-07 First registered on 18 Jan 2011

    Goals / Remit

    Cooperatives Europe is the voice of cooperative enterprises in Europe. On behalf of its 80 member organisations from 33 European countries across all business sectors it promotes the cooperative business model in Europe. Its members represent 141 million individual member cooperators owning 176.000 co-operative enterprises and providing jobs to 4.7 million European citizens - a force for economic growth and social change.
    Cooperatives Europe works to promote the cooperative business model at European level. Cooperatives Europe advocates granting the plurality of business forms in Europe. It is about increasing knowledge and recognition of the cooperative business model among EU authorities, designing and implementing policies and tools to support the development of the cooperative enterprises and anticipating the impact of new EU or national legislation. Cooperatives Europe fosters communication amongst and about cooperative enterprises. We focus our efforts on creating tools (...)

    Main EU files targeted

    - SDG's
    - Entrepreneurship policy (ex: SME strategy , SME access to finance, Youth entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and education..)
    - Development policy (private sector in development, CSO's in development)
    - Education/ Research
    - Social economy, GECES (expert group on social entrepreneurship)
    - Regulatory framework: Company Law, taxation when impact on coops..
    - Gender equality
    - Twin transition (green digital)

    Address

    Head Office
    Ave Milcamps, 105
    Brussels 1030
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    4 rue du trone
    Bruxelles 1000
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Mar 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Mathilde DELABIE 27 Oct 2023 25 Oct 2024
    Ms Agnes MATHIS 26 Oct 2023 25 Oct 2024
    Ms Mathilde DELABIE 15 Sep 2022 15 Sep 2023
    Ms Agnes MATHIS 15 Sep 2022 15 Sep 2023

    Complementary Information

    One advocacy officer is fully devoted to this activity. The director provides guidance and has the mandate within EU Commission expert group.

    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

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Cooperatives Europe represents the European region of the International Cooperatives Alliance. Founded in 1895, ICA is an independant non governmental association which represents and serves cooperatives worlwide.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    100,000€ - 199,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant EU partnership with Commission 270,000€
    Grant Horizon 2020 12,174€
    Grant Erasmus + 33,196€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Erasmus 27,875€
    Grant Horizon 2020 22,048€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    100,000€ - 199,999€

    Other financial info

    Point C broadly covers salary cost (both person in Belgium, travel, meetings costs and some IT)

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Network of SME Envoys#E02666#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2666 #Observer #C#Professionals, Other#SME Envoy Sherpas#FIT FOR FUTURE PLATFORM#E03729#Mathis Agnès#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3729 #Member #B#Civil society, Employees/workers, SMEs#Commission expert group on social economy and social enterprises #E03576#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3576 #Member #C#Other

    Groups (European Parliament)

    SME#Social economy#Small and Medium Enterprises

    Communication activities

    - Call for the future of Europe 2017
    - "Cooperative Platforms in a European Landscape: An Exploratory Study” with Lama 2016
    - Cooperative vision for the collaborative economy 2017
    - Good practices in international development 2017
    - For a Cooperative Future 2018
    - Cooperatives and peace 2019
    - Various position papers

    Other activities

    2018 Cooperatives Europe adopted and promoted several position papers on cross-sectoral issues, dealing mainly with entrepreneurship policy, taxation, cooperation & development and social business.
    Cooperatives Europe is also involved in the discussion of the Future of Europe.
    Cooperatives Europe actively participated in the SME envoy meetings and the Policy Forum on development.
    Cooperatives Europe and its members also organised workshops during the European development days and participated as speaker into several events organised by Commission.
    The core message that Cooperatives Europe has been putting forward in all our activities is that the plurality of business models needs to be implemented in the different European policies.
    All the positions were adopted by the European Union Coordination Committee (EUCC), a specific committee within Cooperatives Europe, responsible for all aspects concerning the preparation, analysis, decision-making and communication related to the consultation process vis-à-vis the European Union’s institutions.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    8 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.

    • Date 10 Oct 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Social Economy Action Plan.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
      Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights
      Attending
      • Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
      • Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
      • Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
    • Date 22 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject sustainable and inclusive business models through EU external action
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      • Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 02 Jul 2020 Location Video conference
      Subject Sustainable corporate governance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
      Portfolio Justice
      Attending
      • Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Youth Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Guglielmo Di Cola (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Youth Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Innovation and Youth
      Attending
      • Guglielmo Di Cola (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Feb 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Future of Europe (cooperatives Europe contribution); Collaborative economy; Geces (Expert Group on Social Entrepreneurship); MFF; Business transfer
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
    • Date 09 Nov 2015 Location test
      Subject test
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
    • Date 16 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Present the PFD and to bring attention the important role the Group plays in the dialogue with EU institutions on EU development policy issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Neven Mimica (Commissioner)
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