Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA)
EU Transparency Register
3334854676-12 First registered on 26 Nov 2008
Goals / Remit
EAEA is a transnational, non-profit association whose purpose is to link and represent European organisations which are directly involved in adult learning. Originally known as the European Bureau of Adult Education, it was founded in 1953 by representatives from a number of European countries.
Aims
• to promote the development of adult learning
• to encourage co-operation in adult learning at European level
• to lobby international bodies so that they adopt plans and policies which respond to the needs of the adult population in Europe
• to make it easier for NGOs to work together and play an active role in the international scene
EAEA published the following positions in order to comment on the respective policy developments:
• Response to the European Commission's Communication "Opening up Education"
• Recommendations: PIAAC - A Wake-up Call for Europe!
• Response to the Commission's consultation on Skills and Qualifications
• Response to the EC consultation on VAT
• Recommendations for the improvement of Erasmus+ programme
• EAEA Statement on the Commission's Stakeholder Consultation guidelines
• EAEA response to the EU2020 strategy consultation
• EAEA position paper on TTIPMain EU files targeted
EAEA has been very active in its policy advocacy work for adult education and lifelong learning this year again by maintaining strong contacts with the European Commission and other European Institutions.
In 2014 EAEA was deeply involved in the policy implementation of Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) and other institutions´ initiatives where it introduced a strong civil society perspective by providing the point of view of EAEA members. Particular commitment has been put in the following policies/fora: the Erasmus + programme, the working groups on Financing Adult Education and Quality in Adult Education, the Opening up Education Communication, the PIAAC results, the consultation on Skills and Qualifications, the consultation on VAT, the consultation of stakeholder consultation guidelines, the consultation of EU2020 strategy, the move from adult education to DG employment, the TTIP.
EAEA has had regular contacts with the adult education unit in DG EAC. Informal meetings were happening throughout the year, and regular exchanges about plans and opinions took place.
Furthermore EAEA participates in the Working Groups on Quality and Financing of Adult Education in the framework of the implementation of the Renewed Agenda of Adult Learning.
Also, via the European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL), the relationship with other units in DG EAC has been reinforced and EAEA has been very active in the stakeholder initiatives. EAEA also participated in the LLL week and in the EC Education Forum in Brussels.
EAEA bases its work on its member’s input as they work on the grassroot level, directly with the learners. Also, many EAEA members have contacts with local, regional and national policy-makers. EAEA encourages its members to be in contact with these policy-makers and to react to public consultations. To do so, EAEA shares its own policy papers or responses to consultations with its members – these reactions are based on member’s feedback already – so that they can also take part in these advocacy actions. Members were invited to question their MEP candidates before the European elections, were invited to respond to the “Consultation on the European Area of Skills and Qualifications”, to the VAT directive consultation, to advocate for the exclusion of education from the TTIP agreement, etc. Also, EAEA has published a report on “Adult Education in Europe 2014” written by its members on the state of adult education in Europe.
Lobbying for Erasmus +, Adult Education and Civil Society
During 2014 EAEA followed the implementation of the Erasmus + programme, in particular for project applications. EAEA worked with its members on a thorough feedback on the new programme and sent its recommendations to the European Commission.Address
Head Office
Rue de l'Industrie, 10
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Feb 2015
Name Start date End Date Viola PINZI 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Davide MURARO 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Christin CIESLAK 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Aleksandra KOZYRA 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Raffaela KIHRER 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Regina EBNER 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Ms Viola PINZI 22 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Davide MURARO 22 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Christin CIESLAK 22 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Aleksandra KOZYRA 22 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Raffaela KIHRER 22 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Regina EBNER 22 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Viola PINZI 24 Mar 2023 22 Mar 2024 Mr Davide MURARO 21 Mar 2023 21 Mar 2024 Ms Christin CIESLAK 21 Mar 2023 21 Mar 2024 Ms Aleksandra KOZYRA 21 Mar 2023 21 Mar 2024 Ms Raffaela KIHRER 21 Mar 2023 21 Mar 2024 Ms Regina EBNER 21 Mar 2023 21 Mar 2024 Ms Francesca OPERTI 21 Apr 2022 19 Mar 2023 Ms Christin CIESLAK 24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2023 Ms Aleksandra KOZYRA 24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2023 Ms Raffaela KIHRER 24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2023 Ms Regina EBNER 24 Feb 2022 24 Feb 2023 Ms Regina EBNER 24 Mar 2020 24 Mar 2021 Ms Aleksandra KOZYRA 24 Mar 2020 24 Mar 2021 Ms Francesca OPERTI 26 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2020 Ms Raffaela KIHRER 26 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2020 Ms Regina EBNER 01 Feb 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Aleksandra KOZYRA 28 Nov 2018 01 Dec 2019 Mr Riccardo Gulletta 28 Nov 2018 01 Jun 2019 Ms Silvia TURSI 28 Nov 2018 01 Dec 2019 Ms Regina EBNER 09 Feb 2018 01 Feb 2019 Ms Raffaela KIHRER 09 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Ms Francesca OPERTI 03 Feb 2018 02 Feb 2019 Ms Regina EBNER 07 Feb 2017 04 Feb 2018 Ms Raffaela KIHRER 07 Feb 2017 04 Feb 2018 Ms Francesca OPERTI 10 Oct 2016 07 Oct 2017 Ms Regina EBNER 14 Jan 2016 13 Jan 2017 Ms Raffaela KIHRER 17 Nov 2015 12 Nov 2016 Ms Tania Berman 20 Oct 2015 11 Oct 2016 Ms Francesca OPERTI 13 Oct 2015 09 Oct 2016 Ms Valentina CHANINA 08 Jan 2015 14 Nov 2015 Ms Regina EBNER 08 Jan 2015 06 Jan 2016 Mrs Valentina CHANINA 08 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Regina EBNER 08 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015 Ms Tania Berman 05 Sep 2014 01 Sep 2015 Mrs Valentina CHANINA 09 Jan 2014 07 Jan 2015 Mrs Regina EBNER 09 Jan 2014 07 Jan 2015 Ms Ricarda Motschilnig 24 Sep 2013 20 Jul 2014 Mrs Valentina CHANINA 12 Feb 2013 09 Jan 2014 Mrs Regina EBNER 12 Feb 2013 09 Jan 2014 Ms Ricarda Motschilnig 23 Aug 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mrs Valentina CHANINA 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Regina EBNER 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Marta LOTTES 09 Feb 2012 21 Aug 2012 Complementary Information
The following persons are involved in lobbying activities on behalf of the EAEA:
Staff:
Regina Ebner, Valentina Chanina, Francesca Operti, Tania Berman, Raffaela Kihrer
Board:
Per Paludan Hansen, Uwe Gartenschlaeger, Maja Maksimovic, Gerhard Bisovsky, Joyce Black, David Lopez, Niamh O'Reilly, Tapio Kujala, Mariana Matache, Susana Oliveira, Dennis Wacht, Amelie von ZweigbergkPerson in charge of EU relations
Ms Regina Ebner (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Per Paludan Hansen (President)
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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
EAEA is a member of the Social Platform, ICAE (International Council for Adult Education), EUCIS LLL Platform (European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning), UNESCO Liaison Committee and Council of Europe
Member organisations
http://www.eaea.org/en/membership/eaea-members.html
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
EU grant income for closed financial year
193,924 € (Source: EC - operating grant and projects)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Working group on adult education
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
We currently have 123 members in 42 countries, and we know as well that most of our members send on our information to their members and partners acting as multipliers. In 2013, a new EAEA communication strategy was written and adopted and the new visual identity put in place. 2014 was the year this new communication strategy was fully implemented.
Therefore the following dissemination activities and methods have been successfully implemented:
The communication tools
The communication tools (i.e. roll-ups, conference folders, newsletter and leaflets) have been renewed in 2013 according to EAEA’s new visual identity. EAEA conference material as roll-ups and conference folders are used at every EAEA event or event EAEA is invited to, as the Lifelong Learning Week. EAEA has two leaflets that are distributed at the conferences the staff attends: the leaflet “Why is adult education important”, that functions as an advocacy tool for adult education, as it clearly underlines the benefits of adult learning, and the leaflet “Join us!” that is a presentation of EAEA for future member organisations and works very well to present the organisation in general too.
The EAEA website
The new EAEA website was launched at the beginning of 2014. It is in line with the new visual identity set in 2013 and follows the communication strategy presented also in 2013. The EAEA website builds a valuable source of information on adult education policy developments Europe wide. It gives an update about the currently political news, projects and events. It is constantly updated with the most recent news, events and developments in the adult learning sector and had around 1,000 unique visitors per week in 2014.
Social media involvement
In order to serve all the interested parties with fast information flow, EAEA is present on Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, Imgur and YouTube. EAEA created an Imgur channel in 2014 in order to showcase all its conference pictures in one same place.
The EAEA Newsletter and media releases
The quarterly EAEA electronic newsletter has 2142 subscribers, and it goes to members, adult educators, policy makers, managers in adult education, learners and stakeholders in all European countries and beyond. Four newsletters were distributed in 2014. In addition to the general newsletters and mails, we target 926 policy makers through letters and e-mails which build part of the daily policy advocacy work we aim to do.
The policy newsletter goes to 926 policy - and decision-makers on European and national levels (an increase since 2013 where we had around 700 persons in the list), while we have a specific Brussels mailing list reaching 115 stakeholders.
Policy statements
In 2014, EAEAs policy statements were produced in electronic version and then sent regularly to policy makers at European and EU level as well as national level. Hard copies were also distributed at events Europe wide. Members are encouraged to translate them into national languages in order to serve as policy and lobby instruments at national level towards their public authorities or other stakeholders. EAEA also relies on their contacts with their governments, decision-makers and other stakeholders to advance the lifelong learning agenda. Executive Board members and the secretary general also participate in meetings at national level, contributing to disseminating EU policies.
EAEA events
Our events serve both the membership, broader adult education community and policy makers and build a platform for exchange, discussion, networking, dissemination of project results and creative development of new ideas.
Inputs in conferences and workshops
EAEA is often invited to present EAEA’s positions and ideas at conferences and we present the EAEA point of view during discussions or working groups.Other activities
EVENTS
• Conference on The European Year of Citizens 2013 - The challenges and opportunities for adult learning
• General Assembly with elections of a new Executive board with a thematic focus on Adult Education the Times of Crisis
• EAEA Grundtvig Award
• Policy debate with the European Parliament
• Workshop on adult education and development cooperation at the European Development Days 2013
• Younger staff training
• Study visit dvv-international
ADVOCACY
• Lobbying for adult education / Grundtvig
• Participation in EC working groups on Financing and Quality
• Participation in Lifelong Learning Week at the EP
• Launch of GRALE II
• Presentations and inputs at a number of conferences, e.g. the conference of the European Commission on Adult Education in Vilnius
• Meetings with decision-makers
PUBLICATIONS
• Grundtvig Award Brochure
• Policy paper and national reports on “Adult Education in times of crisis”
STATEMENTS
• EAEA Statement on the European Commission´s communication on “Rethinking Education”
• EAEA statements on Erasmus +
• EAEA statement on PIAAC
PROJECTS
• OED - Outreach, empowerment, diversity
• ARALE – Awareness raising for adult learning and education
• BeLL – Benefits of Lifelong Learning (coordinator: DIE - Germany)
• GoAct
• InfoNet III- Meetings
Meetings
5 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 12 Nov 2020 Location online Subject Social dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Andrea Nahles (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
- European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
- Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro
- FH Europe
- Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique - Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond
- European Transport Workers' Federation
- European Trade Union Committee for Education
- UNI Europa
- Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność"
- industriAll European Trade Union
- EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
- European Federation of Public Service Unions
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Date 02 Oct 2020 Location online Subject Social dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Andrea Nahles (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with the EAEA Executive Board to discuss adult education with a particular emphasis on social inclusion DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 24 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Adult learning Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Julie Fionda (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Lifelong Learning Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Aura Salla (Cabinet member)
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