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Overview
Lobbying Costs
6,375,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
37 Fte (38)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
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
The European Centre for Development Policy Management
(ECDPM) is an independent ‘think and do tank’ working on
international cooperation and development policy in
Europe and Africa.
Our mission is to promote forms of international cooperation that can effectively address key global development challenges and generate inclusive and sustainable solutions.
ECDPM fulfils three core roles:
(i) Generating politically-informed, evidence-based and practical knowledge
(ii) Facilitating uptake of knowledge by key public and private actors through dialogue, implementation support, smart communications and knowledge management
(iii) Acting as a non-partisan broker, leveraging our expertise, knowledge and network in Europe and Africa
We support European, African and global actors in devising
coherent, integrated policies and in ensuring effective
implementation. We partner with and support responsive
institutions and engaged societies, working together to
establish innovative cooperation frameworks and tools.Main EU files targeted
Joint Africa-Europe Strategy (JAES), Cotonou Agreement, 2030 Agenda, EU Global Strategy, EU consensus on development, EU neighbourhood, Policy coherence for development, Multiannual Financial Framework, Joint programming, financing of the African Peace Facility, EU Common Security and Defense Policy, EU trust funds, European Investment Plan, Trade and investment policy, Economic Partnership Agreements, Private sector engagement, Citizens and civil society empowerment, regional integration, food security and nutrition policy, migration compacts and Valetta action plan, Financing for sustainable development, etc.
Address
Head Office
Onze Lieve Vrouweplein, 21
Maastricht 6211
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Rue Archimede 5
Brussels 1000
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People
Total lobbyists declared
38
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 35 75% 2 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
37
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 14 Jul 2017
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
38 staff members working on EU related issues (not including support staff)
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
European Think Tank Group (ETTG)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
6,375,000€
Other financial info
ECDPM is partly funded by 9 EU Member States and Switzerland that provide structural support to the functioning and the work of the Centre, based on our 5-year strategy. In addition ECDPM is funded by programmes and projects that are strategically linked to our six programmes (European External Action, Migration, Economic and Agricultural Transformation, Security and Resilience, Economic Diplomacy, African Institutions).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
- Knowledge production: Weekly newsletter (WECO), magazines (GREAT Insights), discussion papers, briefing notes, blogs, Challenges papers, joint publications, videos, interviews, etc.
- Presence in social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube) and in newspapers (Euractiv, Devex, etc.)
- European Development Days: Participation to EDD 2017 (as well as previous editions) and presentation during various sessions
- Support to EU Presidency
- Content support, facilitation and participation to numerous events and seminarsOther activities
regularly invited for presentations in Council Working Groups (CODEV, ACP, COAFR, COHAFA,....), in European Economic and Social Committee, for Member States, etc.
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)
Other Lobbyists