Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG)
EU Transparency Register
38429111298-23 First registered on 04 Mar 2009
Goals / Remit
The European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) is the Brussels-based social affairs organisation of the European chemical industry and a recognised social partner in the Sector Social Dialogue Committee. The main area of activities is representing employers' interests in the chemical, pharmaceuticals, rubber and plastics industries.
Main EU files targeted
- competitiveness, RDI (research, development and innovation) and management of change, with particular attention for the impact on the industry of digitalisation and of sector-specific policies such as REACH and those related to nanotechnology,
- active involvement in shaping the new European Pillar of Social Rights,
- occupational health and safety,
- sustainable employment and career development in light of demographic change,
- training and lifelong learning, including the identification of future skills needs and skills mismatches,
- labour mobility and work force migration,
- dissemination of the Framework Agreement on Competence Profiles at national and company level,
- following up of and contributing to industrial, energy and climate policies,
- implementing the committee's Roadmap 2015-2020.Address
Head Office
Boulevard Auguste Reyers 80
Brussels 1030
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 07 Jan 2019
Name Start date End Date Chiara FOGLIO 22 Aug 2023 07 Aug 2024 Eleonora ISOPO 22 Aug 2023 21 Aug 2024 Emma ARGUTYAN 22 Aug 2023 21 Aug 2024 Ms Chiara FOGLIO 22 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Eleonora ISOPO 22 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Emma Argutyan 22 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Chiara FOGLIO 07 Sep 2022 22 Aug 2023 Ms Eleonora ISOPO 07 Sep 2022 22 Aug 2023 Ms Emma Argutyan 07 Sep 2022 22 Aug 2023 Ms Emma Argutyan 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Ms Eleonora ISOPO 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Ms Emma Argutyan 12 Dec 2018 12 Dec 2019 Ms Eleonora ISOPO 12 Dec 2018 12 Dec 2019 Ms Emma Argutyan 05 Oct 2017 27 Sep 2018 Ms Silke VOIGT 05 Oct 2017 27 Sep 2018 Ms Emma Argutyan 06 Sep 2016 03 Sep 2017 Ms Silke VOIGT 06 Sep 2016 03 Sep 2017 Ms Emma Argutyan 26 Sep 2015 06 Sep 2016 Ms Silke VOIGT 10 Sep 2015 06 Sep 2016 Ms Emma Argutyan 06 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Mrs Emma Argutyan 06 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Emma Argutyan-Kahlmeyer (Director General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Yves Verschueren (President)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Other organisations
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Networking
Affiliation
ECEG is an independent association dealing with social affairs and social dialogue on behalf of the EU chemical industry. We are a recognised social partner on the EU level. ECEG also works closely with BusinessEurope within the European Employers Network (EEN). http://www.eceg.org/who-we-are/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Recent achievements:
- Start of Social Partner project on digital transformation (2018-2019)
- Joint position on interplay between REACH and OSH (2017)
- Joint declaration on Brexit (2017)
- Memorandum of Understanding on Responsible Care (2017)
- Framework of Action on Sustainable Employment and Career Development and its toolbox on good practices (2017)
- Joint declaration on CMD (2017)
- Cooperation Agreement with Vinyl Plus (2017)
- Joint position on social and employment-related aspects of digitalisation (2016)
For more, please see here:
http://www.eceg.org/media-center/document-library/
Social Partners Work Programme 2018-2020:
- Joint paper on the need for a more diverse workforce
- Mobility Mentoring Portal
- Employability, especially ageing workers
- Circular Economy, Recycling
Social Partners Work Programme 2017:
- Framework of Action on Sustainable Employment and Career Development
- European Chemical Social Partners' Roadmap 2015-2020
- New Memorandum of Understanding on Responsible CareOther activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
9 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 13 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject social affairs, social dialogue DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for skills: re/upskilling needs for a successful green and digital transition in the energy intensive industries ecosystem Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Apr 2021 Location online Subject EPSR, Directive on the adequate minimum wage, Reskilling and upskilling ahead of the Porto Social Summit Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 10 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject minimum wage initiative, skills agenda DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 02 Dec 2019 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on the ECEG’s priorities and topical issues for the upcoming years. DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 06 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Occupational Health and Safety Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with ECEG focused on general social and employment matters. ECEG presented their current work on sustainable employment, digitalisation and youth mobility project Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Raquel Lucas (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Employment related issues in the chemical sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings