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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 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
55 Fte (60)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
EU Transparency Register
738492215435-82 First registered on 22 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
Our main goal is to link policy and practice in European development and international cooperation and to act as an independent broker between Europe, Africa and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP).
Established as an independent foundation in 1986, the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) has a strong reputation as a non-partisan, strategic “think and do tank”. This means we:
-Share policy analysis and information to key audiences in both Europe and the developing world. Relevant, timely and practical we are always on the pulse of international cooperation
-Facilitate policy dialogue amongst global actors in development and international relations
-Provide practical and tailored policy research and independent advice
-Support capacity and institutional development for government and non-governmental organisations
-Engage for the long-term with the policy processes and adopt a long term perspective to developmentMain EU files targeted
ECDPM was closely involved in global debates on the post-2015 development agenda. We supported African, ACP, European and global actors and institutions in navigating these debates. We briefed the senior levels of the development cooperation administrations in Finland and Luxembourg, which sought to develop and refine their positions in the post-2015 debate. During the Lithuanian EU Presidency, ECDPM was invited to facilitate a debate on the post-2015 framework at an informal EU Council Working Party on Development in Vilnius. ECDPM was an active participant at the 2013 European Development Days. We provided independent analysis and advice on various facets of EU development policy and practice, including the new EU development framework, the new EU budget and Europe’s principal aid funding instruments. We engaged with international partners on policy and practice issues related to ‘Agenda for Change’, the new EU development framework. Within this context, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested us to explore the role and potential of EU development cooperation with middle-income countries, in order to inform its Europe strategy. The Centre also facilitated a discussion on the next EU budget, the 2014-2020 Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF). Attending this event were civil society organisations, the EEAS, the European Parliament and the European Commission. Programming processes were examined from different institutional perspectives and based on interviews with staff at DG DEVCO, the EEAS and the EU delegations. The programme actively engaged in research and analytical work related to the EU institutional set-up. Although the EEAS review was an internal activity, ECDPM played a role in informing stakeholders as well as the wider public about the process. Staff within DG DEVCO and the EEAS indicated appreciation of our inputs, remarking that our helicopter view allowed them to better identify the gaps between policy and practice and ways to address these. Several African ambassadors expressed appreciation for our studies and reports on EU processes in the post-Lisbon era, as these enabled them to engage more productively in negotiations with EU counterparts.
Address
Head Office
Onze Lieve Vrouweplein, 21
Maastricht 6211
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People
Total lobbyists declared
60
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 50 50% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
55
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Nov 2015
Name Start date End Date Mr Geert LAPORTE 13 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018 Mr Ewald Wermuth 13 Sep 2016 10 Sep 2017 Ms Greta Galeazzi 23 Jun 2016 22 Jun 2017 Mr Ewald Wermuth 01 May 2015 29 Apr 2016 Mr Rhys Williams 28 Apr 2015 24 Apr 2016 Ms Greta Galeazzi 23 Apr 2015 21 Apr 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Geert Laporte (Deputy Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ewald Wermuth (Director)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
EU grant income for closed financial year
2,102,795 € (Source: EC + EEAS)
Other financial info
As ECDPM is an organization focussing on global issues related to development and international cooperation it is funded by mostly EU member states and other countries and international organizations.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
ECDPM, ODI and DIE published the 2013 European Report on Development, entitled ‘Post-2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future’. We produced two background notes on the post-2015 development framework in preparation for the Sixth Stakeholders Meeting of Belgian Development Cooperation. In July, we published an independent assessment of experiences in EU aid programming related to two principal development funding instruments: the Development Co-operation Instrument (DCI) and the 11th European Development Fund (EDF). At the end of 2012, ECDPM published a policy brief on the 2013 EEAS review. Consequently, institutional donors, the Court of Auditors and decision-makers at the European Parliament and EEAS sought our opinion on the review process while it was under way during the year. We provided the first independent analysis of the EU joint programming process, through which the European Commission, the EEAS and EU member states collectively determine a development response strategy for partner countries. Furthermore, we published a review of six ongoing initiatives to increase the effectiveness and relevance of EU development aid and cooperation. This work provided novel insights regarding budget allocations across instruments.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
10 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 15 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Global Gateway DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships Attending - Koen Doens (Director-General)
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Date 23 Nov 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Global Gateway and Global Gateway Forum – takeaways and follow up. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Global Gateway DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships Attending - Koen Doens (Director-General)
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Date 28 Apr 2022 Location Video meeting Subject Global Gateway Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Major priorities on renewed partnership with Africa Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Lora Borissova (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Research on multilateralism Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference Subject - Presentation of the status, mandate and field of activities of ETTG/ECDPM - Exchange of views on ongoing topics: Africa Strategy, Team Europe; COVID19. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Development Goals Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on the EU development cooperation policy review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Irena Andrassy (Cabinet member)
- Neven Mimica (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject New Trade Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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