Overview
Lobbying Costs
140,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
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:
- EAEA Policy Paper: Learning and Skills for Adults in Europe
- EAEA Response to the European Pillar of Social Rights
- EAEA statement: EAEA welcomes the Skills Agenda – a huge opportunity for Europe
- EAEA statement: The new resolution of the European Council stresses the importance of citizenship educationMain EU files targeted
EAEA will develop new methods, cooperations, tools and approaches to achieve the objectives. EAEA aims to “promote excellence & innovation” in all its activities & support members with new ideas and promote best practices.
There are two main policy developments that EAEA will mainly focus on: the new Skills Agenda (and here mainly the skills guarantee and the review of the key competences framework) and the Paris Declaration (esp. its impact / benefits for adults).
EAEA will have 2 highly topical themes for 2017: "AE and refugees/migrants", introduced as an annual theme in 2016, will be continued to create a wider awareness and more in-depth knowledge about the crucial role of adult education for the social inclusion of refugees. This topic looks at the skills & competences of the newly arrived but also at the cooperation with the host societies, thus at the particular learning needs of refugees AND the receiving communities. The 2nd theme for 2017, "Engaging new learners", will focus on how to include disadvantaged groups of society in adult learning. “Tackling the low-skills trap”, one of EAEA’s focus areas, will get particular attention through this annual theme. The EAEA Grundtvig Award 2017 will collect innovative projects and methodologies in non-formal and informal adult learning (NFIL) that foster outreach. EAEA will work with the Skills Agenda as a tool for “recognising and valuing competences”, and also further exploit project results on the validation of NFIL.
EAEA strongly believes that adult education has a key role to play in the promotion of common EU values, intercultural dialogue, as well as civic and social competences. All of these are main aims of EAEA and its members. EAEA also reinforces this message in all its stakeholder networks. The EAEA year for adult learning will raise awareness for the wider benefits of learning and contribute to capacity building in the network. The events of the year will be based on the manifesto that EAEA published earlier and highlight to (potential) learners but also to policy-makers the enormous contribution to society that adult education can make.
Cooperation with other stakeholders, especially the LLLPlatform and their working groups, will ensure that excellence in policy-making is central in our work. Collaboration across sectors in many EAEA activities will further improve the quality of EAEA's work. The annual themes will provide opportunities to work closely with new stakeholders and involve members.
“Supporting a new generation of educators” is a key topic for EAEA. A European network of adult education professionals, established by EAEA through the annual EAEA Younger Staff Training and an online learning platform for adult education staff, will be maintained and continuously expanded.
EAEA’s communication & membership strategies will contribute to “stakeholder awareness, commitment, participation & involvement”. EAEA members will develop country reports: they will analyse developments in AE at the national and regional level from the civil society perspective and offer suggestions for a better policy-making and implementation. The Interest Group at the EP aims to raise awareness that adult education is paramount to achieving many other goals of the European policy agenda.
The policy advocacy will transfer the results of all activities to the policy-level. These activities combine both all specific and general objectives, representing the main tools of EAEA’s work.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 27 Feb 2017
Name Start date End Date Ms Viola PINZI 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Mr Davide MURARO 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Ms Christin CIESLAK 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Ms Aleksandra KOZYRA 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Ms Raffaela KIHRER 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Ms Regina EBNER 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 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, Francesca Operti, Raffaela Kihrer, Aleksandra Kozyra, Clemence Garnier
Board:
Per Paludan Hansen, Esther Hirsch, Maja Maksimovic, Gerhard Bisovsky, Joyce Black, David Lopez, Niamh O'Reilly, Pirkko Ruuskanen-Parrukoski, Mariana Matache, Susana Oliveira, Kent Johansson, Galina VeramejchykPerson 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), Lifelong Learning Platform, CONCORD, European Movement, UNESCO Liaison Committee and Council of Europe
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
140,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
194,027 € (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, working group on citizenship
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
AEA’s longer-term objectives are increasing participation in adult education, esp. by raising awareness for the wider benefits of learning; Promoting excellence and effectiveness in policy making and policy implementation through civil society proposals; New methods for engaging new learners and innovation through co-operations, new methodologies and international work.
The following activities are planned:
1. Coordinating the Year of adult education in Europe
2. Final event of the Year of adult education in Europe in Brussels
3. Conference in Girona on Engaging new learners
4. General Assembly in Girona
5. Grundtvig Award on Engaging new learners
6. From refugee learner's stories to policy recommendations
7. Final event of the Adult education and refugee theme
8. Interest group at EP
9. Country reports
10. Information and communication
11. Membership strategy
12. Networking with other stakeholders and partners
13. Influencing public policy
14. Exploiting project results
15. Adult education in the wider world and development
16. Board meetings
The main policy developments that EAEA will monitor and work with will be the New Skills Agenda (especially the skills guarantee and the key competences framework), the European Agenda for adult learning and the upcoming Council conclusions on social inclusion. EAEA also contributes to ET2020 by commenting on and disseminating the results of the European Semester and participating in two of the EC workigng groups (adult learning and citizenship).
EAEA covers a big part of civil society organisations working on adult education and lifelong learning in Europe. We will target the EU, national and regional policy levels as well as the adult education grassroots level. Our members are at the centre of all activities: they are regularly asked to contact their national, regional or local government to advocate various adult education topics.
EAEA’s management system reflects our democratic structure. The Executive Board prepares the main strategies and direction of the association. At the General Assembly, members discuss these strategies and adopt them. The Secretary General is responsible for the management and implementation of the work plan & for all operational tasks within the strategies and is supported by staff in 2 offices, Brussels and Helsinki.
EAEA uses an integral multimedia approach in promoting its activities, in involving its membership and wider network and in distributing its project and activities results: electronic newsletters, briefings, press releases, policy papers, statements, social media activities and website information. The EAEA website, EAEA´s Facebook and Twitter are well-known in the AE sector for providing information about European and other developments in timely manner.Other activities
EAEA, together with Lifelong Learning Platform, has created an Interest Group for Lifelong Learning with a number of MEPs. More information can be found at http://www.lll-interestgroup.eu/
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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 - Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro
- FH Europe
- European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
- Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique - Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond
- European Transport Workers' Federation
- UNI Europa
- European Trade Union Committee for Education
- industriAll European Trade Union
- EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
- Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność"
- European Federation of Public Service Unions
- Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
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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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