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 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE)
EU Transparency Register
622449913391-69 First registered on 04 Apr 2014
Goals / Remit
EURASHE is the European association of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that offer professionally oriented programmes and are engaged in applied and profession-related research within the Bologna cycles. Currently, about 1 100 higher education institutions in 40 countries within and outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) are affiliated to EURASHE. The Association is present mostly through National Associations of Higher Education Institutions and individual institutions, such as Universities, (University) Colleges and Universities of Applied Sciences, as well as through other professional associations and stakeholder organisations active in the field of higher education.
EURASHE members operate within and across different national systems whether these are unitary or binary, professional and/or academic.
EURASHE’s mission is to represent the views of professionally oriented institutions and programmes in the Higher Education systems in countries of EHEA, either in binary HE systems (professional or vocational higher education) or in unitary ‘university’ systems.
Its aim is to promote the interests of professional higher education in the EHEA and to contribute to the progressive development of the European Higher Education and Research Area (EHERA). In addition to offering professionally oriented programmes, EURASHE members are specifically engaged in applied and profession-related research, and its technological applications.
EURASHE was founded in Patras, Greece, in 1990. It has the status of a non-profit international association according to Belgian law and its Secretariat is located in Brussels.
EURASHE believes partnership and cooperation with other regions of the world are important. It has thus established relationships with countries outside the EHEA through associate membership and partnership agreements with other regions, such as Canada, the United States of America, Central America, Central Asia and the Caribbean region.
EURASHE focuses primarily on policy development and on Higher Education projects and research with emphasis on its professionally oriented segments. Furthermore, it organises Annual Conferences, Thematic seminars and tailor-made events for its members.Main EU files targeted
European Alliance for Apprenticeships
EP opinion on Bologna process to the upcoming Ministerial conference
Modernisation of Higher Education
Review of Erasmus+Address
Head Office
Ravensteingalerij, 27/3
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 01 Apr 2016
Name Start date End Date Mr Iskren Kirilov TODOROV 05 Jul 2019 04 Jul 2020 Mr Michal Karpisek 04 Jul 2019 01 Jul 2020 Ms Dovile SANDARAITE 04 Jul 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Vaidotas VILIUNAS 04 Jul 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Fernando Miguel Galan Palomares 20 Jul 2017 11 Jul 2018 Mr Marko Grdosic 20 Dec 2016 15 Dec 2017 Mr Michal Karpisek 16 Dec 2016 16 Dec 2017 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Johan Cloet (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Johan Cloet (Secretary General)
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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
Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI),
Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP),
European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
EU grant income for closed financial year
196,985 € (Source: EU funded projects, operating grant)
Other financial info
Our members which operate nationally and regionally make us of national, local and regional sources. Eventual income from these might occur while organising events, but in 2013 it was not the case.
We do not benefit from donations. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
ECs Working Group on Modernisation of Higher Education
DG EAC and DG EMPLY initiative on VET4EU2, working group on VET stakeholders, ESCO boardACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
LLL intergroup / CULT committee
Communication activities
None
Other activities
EURASHE is engaged in the development of policies on key issues for Professional Higher Education (PHE). They are regrouped into 4 areas. Click on one of the links underneath to access our various hubs. It includes a summary of our activities on the topic, as well as links to our documentation and resources, as well as events in the area in question.
The employability of graduates has from the outset of the Bologna Reform process been considered as acornerstone in developing the three-cycle structure of Higher Education, and the curricula are being adapted accordingly. The underlying concern is to make higher education more responsive to rapidly developing societies, with equally rapidly changing demands from the world of employment.
Lifelong learning (LLL) as a leading principle for the creation and development of the EHEA is strongly supported and advocated by EURASHE and its members, and we believe that the predominant qualities of LLL are widely found in PHE institutions and programs. For societies, LLL contributes to extending knowledge and skills and to creating new skills and transversal competences. For individuals, LLL is a major source to be flexible towards societal and professional changes or to pursue personal desires for the mere reasons of personal development and growth.
International openness in HE is first of all a means to stimulate global awareness and a true sense of global citizenship and global responsibility among graduates and within the HE sector as a whole. Present-day problems are worldwide and cannot be solved in a definite geographical area like the EHEA, but require a global platform for global solutions. Moreover, the creation of the knowledge society requires global awareness and responsibility, and HEIs can play an important role here in consciousness raising and in finding solutions through internationalisation of programmes and study environment.
Mobility of students and staff remains an important goal of the Bologna Process. Mobility is important for sharing and dissemination of knowledge and skills among students and professionals; it contributes to the personal development and responsible citizenship of the individual; and it underpins the European identity and the multilingual tradition in a global context.
Education, research and innovation are elements in all types and levels of HE, but different HEIs focus on different aspects of education according to their mission statements. We do see, however, a continuum between academic, professional and vocational teaching and training; and similarly we see a continuum between fundamental research, innovation and applied research.
Multidimensional transparency tools. Various ministerial communiqués have highlighted the diversity of European HE as an asset. A transparent, multidimensional classification system of instruments which are designed to benchmark HEIs on research and innovation, teaching and learning outcomes, services to society, level of internationalisation and mobility, governance, study fees and study environment, student and stakeholder involvement, etc., may help identify and make visible such diversity.
Meetings
Meetings
6 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 09 Feb 2022 Location videoconference Subject Meeting on Skills Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject European higher education Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject European higher education Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference on Vocational Education and Training (VET) and the impact of the crisis on VET. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Association Européenne pour la Formation Professionnelle / European Vocational Training Association
- European Forum of technical and Vocational Education and Training
- European Providers of Vocational Education and Training
- Europäischer Verband Beruflicher Bildungsträger
- European University Continuing Education Network
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Date 03 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Skills Agenda, Vocational Education & Training, European Education Area Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Catherine Sustek (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Higher education policy and skills Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)