Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA)
EU Transparency Register
827929825168-90 First registered on 20 Dec 2016
Goals / Remit
The European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA) has a membership of 64 regional development agencies and other actors involved in regional economic development from across the European Union. Agencies from 18 countries, mainly from EU countries and accession countries are members of EURADA
EURADA runs conferences and seminars and has an extensive publications programme. It keeps its members up to date with EU policy developments and provides briefing on critical issues such as state aid rules. It alerts members to funding and contract opportunities and helps with forming and running partnerships.
EURADA has a permanent dialogue for cooperation with the European Commission on behalf of members and maintains a highly effective communications network there. Through round tables and reflection groups individual EURADA members can play a direct role in the deployment of regional and innovation policies.
EURADA brings together and disseminates good practice in economic development for the benefit of its members. From 2009 it runs an annual university-based summer school to help members enhance the competence of their management teams. EURADA has strong international links, particularly through the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) in the United States, but also with economic development networks in Argentina, Canada, etc. There is a good record of members using these links to pursue their own local objectives.Main EU files targeted
- DG REGIO: Regional policy, specially the smart specialisation strategies
- DG GROW: Industrial modernisation, Watify, Small business act, SME envoys, European network of defence-related regions, access to finance, EEN, IPR-Helpdesk, Internationalisation, Cluster support, social innovation and social enterprises
- DG Research: Regional aspects of research and innovation, seal of excellence, synergies with structural funds, widening participation, financial instruments, Horizon 2020 policy support facilityAddress
Head Office
Avenue des Arts, 12 bte 7
Brussels 1210
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The director of the association attends the expert groups established by the European Commission
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Esteban Pelayo Villarejo (Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Esteban Pelayo Villarejo (Director)
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Categories
Category
VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc.
Subcategory
Transnational associations and networks of public regional or other sub-national authorities
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Networking
Affiliation
- IEDC- International Economic Development Council (USA)
- INSME - The International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises
- Licence Executive Society LEX BeneluxMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
EU grant income for closed financial year
55,120 € (Source: FP7 projects)
Other financial info
To estimate this amount we have considered the share of salaries that it is employed in direct and indirect lobbying (25% of staff costs), the costs related to the organisation of events directly linked with EU policies (in particular the annual AGORADA event organised in spring) and other indirect costs related to office and administrative expenses
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
- Expert group of the Network of SME Envoys
- Expert group of Smart Specialisation Strategies (Mirror Group)
- Expert group for following up the Small Business Act
- Expert group for the Structured Dialogue of ESI FundsACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
The biggest conference of the year is AGORADA that takes place in Brussels in spring to exchange best practices among the members and establish direct contacts with new initiatives from the European Commission. In autumn takes place Agorada+, in one of the members' territory to discuss and see in practices successful implementations of regional economic policies
EURADA also organised a brokerage event in February to help the members to find suitable partners for their project ideas. A summer course on the first week of July helps the member to acquire the skills to prepare successful proposals for H2020, Interreg and other competitive progamsOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 Jun 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Just Transition policy. Progress to date and new perspectives. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 22 Jan 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Transition between the current programming period and the next one DG Regional and Urban Policy Attending - Marc Lemaître (Director-General)