Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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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 84 member organisations from 39 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, )
- Collaborative economy
- Social economy, GECES (expert group on social entrepreneurship)
- Regulatory framework: Company Law, taxation when impact on coops..
- Gender equalityAddress
Head Office
Ave Milcamps, 105
Brussels 1030
BELGIUMEU Office
Ave du trône, 4
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 10 Feb 2021
Name Start date End Date Mathilde DELABIE 27 Oct 2023 25 Oct 2024 Agnes MATHIS 26 Oct 2023 25 Oct 2024 Ms Mathilde DELABIE 27 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Agnes MATHIS 26 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Mathilde DELABIE 15 Sep 2022 15 Sep 2023 Ms Agnes MATHIS 15 Sep 2022 15 Sep 2023 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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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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
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
430,000 € (Source: Pluriannual projects: Erasmus + Coopstarter2 - SCC ; Financial Partnership Agreement on developpement -171/G/GRO/PPA/15/8265)
Other financial info
Cooperatives Europe, a non profit-making association, was incorporated in 2006. The statutes of the association were registered at the office of the clerk of the commercial court of Brussels ( BE 0879 795 938). Financial data are published in compliance with Belgian Law within the Banque Nationale de Belgique.
Cost estimate is based on direct costs linked to staff working on lobbying activities plus respective percentage of fixed costs of Cooperatives Europe. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
FIT FOR FUTURE PLATFORM#E03729#Mathis Agnès#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3729 #Member #B#Civil society, Employees/workers, SMEs#Commission expert group on social economy and social enterprises #E03576#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3576 #Member #C#Other#Working group on the role of clusters and similar forms of business cooperation in fostering the development of social economy & social entrepreneurship#Network of SME Envoys#E02666#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2666 #Observer #C#Professionals, Other
Groups (European Parliament)
Small and Medium Enterprises
Social economy - social enterprises
Credit UnionsCommunication 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 2019Other 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.
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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)
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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)
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Date 02 Jul 2020 Location Video conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 & Development Attending - Neven Mimica (Commissioner)