Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
EUN Partnership aisbl (EUN)
EU Transparency Register
977907115068-02 First registered on 01 Dec 2014
Goals / Remit
European Schoolnet (legal name: EUN Partnership AISBL) is the network of 30 European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels. As a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to bring innovation in teaching and learning to our key stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers, and industry partners.
Since its founding in 1997, European Schoolnet has used its links with education ministries to help schools make effective use of educational technologies, equipping both teachers and pupils with the skills to achieve in the knowledge society.
European Schoolnet provides both Ministries and schools with: information and services relating to the innovative use of educational technology; outreach campaigns on specific educational topics such as maths, science and technology; and research activities.
In particular, we pledge to:
- Support schools in achieving effective use of ICT in teaching and learning
- Improve and raise the quality of education in Europe
- Promote the European dimension in education
Thousands of schools are engaged in our various pilot projects and studies, testing new learning activities and technologies in the classroom, and exploring the use of new pedagogical tools in teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths). We identify and develop learning resources in various languages that teachers across Europe can use in their teaching, provide peer-to-peer online communities where teachers can exchange ideas and share resources, as well as offering various training opportunities online and offline.
To fulfill our goals, we develop European-funded projects with the European Commission, the Ministries of Education and industry partners.
Our 3 focus areas are: innovation in education; STEM education and digital citizenship.
To further our goal of supporting teachers to introduce innovation into their teaching, European Schoolnet created the Future Classroom Lab in Brussels in 2012. A unique hub for showcasing technological and pedagogical innovation, the Future Classroom Lab is supported by sponsors such as Microsoft, Acer, Cisco, Lego and many others. Other projects dedicated to teachers’ professional development are being run on a continual basis, using the Future Classroom Lab to identify, analyse, and mainstream the best innovative practices in education, and equipping teachers with the necessary skills to develop their teaching practice.
In 2014, European Schoolnet established the European Schoolnet Academy, a free online platform providing professional development for teachers and educators globally (http://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu/).
With the help of our research team, European Schoolnet also monitors trends in education through its Observatory. We provide country reports on innovation and technology in education, as well as European research.Main EU files targeted
Education policy, digital skills and competences, digital citizenship, STEM education, online safety, educational innovation.
Address
Head Office
Rue de Trêves, 59-61
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Feb 2017
Name Start date End Date Mr Konstantinos ANDRONIKIDIS 15 Nov 2023 14 Nov 2024 Ms Sabrina VORBAU 03 May 2018 03 May 2019 Mr Hans Martens 24 Feb 2015 20 Feb 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Caroline Kearney (Corporate Communications & Advocacy Manager)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Marc Durando (Executive Director)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
EU grant income for closed financial year
3,926,377 € (Source: H2020, Erasmus+)
Other financial info
No national contribution as such but our members are Ministries of education and they contribute through their annual membership fees
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Digital Skills and Competences Working Group
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Regular contacts with the Commission are pursued under major EU funded projects and services coordinated by EUN, among which:
• Scientix: community for science education in Europe, which collects teaching and research materials from projects financed by the EU, to facilitate dissemination and sharing of know-how and best practices in STEM education.
• eTwinning (DG Education, Comenius/Erasmus+): Central Support Service to promote school collaboration and networking in Europe through the use of ICT.
• On behalf of the European Union, EUN manages the School Education Gateway: http://www.schooleducationgateway.eu.
• INSAFE: European network of Awareness Centres promoting safe, responsible use of the Internet and mobile devices to young people, co-funded by the Safe Internet programme (now under the umbrella of the Better Internet for Kids).
• European Schoolnet together with DIGITALEUROPE and Telcentre Europe coordinates the Secretariat of the Coalition for Digital Skills and Jobs on behalf of DG Connect. EUN coordinates specifically the activities related to education, coding and computational thinking.- Meetings
Meetings
7 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 16 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Visit to European Schoolnet premises DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
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Date 07 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject ICT in education Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject eTwinning and school education gateway Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject The future of eTwinning and Schoolnet Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject The meeting will address current and future cooperation between DG EAC and European Schoolnet (EUN); more specifically, what will be the vision and priorities for eTwinning and the School Education Gateway (SEG). Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on IT tools for schools DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
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Date 02 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Luca Magdolna Jasko (Cabinet member)
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