Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (9)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European DIGITAL SME Alliance (DIGITAL SME)
EU Transparency Register
082698126468-52 First registered on 24 Mar 2017
Goals / Remit
The aim of organisation is to represent the interests of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in the digital sector. The organisation provides a voice for ICT SMEs in the European policy making, business and standartisation areas.
Main EU files targeted
ICT standardisation, European Data Economy, Digital skills and jobs, cPPP on cybersecurity, GDPR and e-Privacy, EU Social Dialogue, The European Cloud Initiative, EU Digital SME Hubs, digital platforms, fair taxation.
Address
Head Office
Rue Marie Thérèse 21
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Marie Thérèse 21
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
9
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 9 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Sep 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Sebastiano TOFFALETTI 11 May 2023 10 May 2024 Mr Giorgos VERDI 11 Feb 2023 09 Feb 2024 Mr Antonio Grasso 21 Jan 2023 19 Jan 2024 Deborah GOLL 21 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2023 Ms Irene LANFRANCHI 22 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Annika LINCK 22 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Sebastiano TOFFALETTI 22 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Lucas LANZIOTTI 27 Aug 2019 12 Nov 2019 Mr Moritz ZIMMERMANN 27 Aug 2019 27 Aug 2020 Ms Annika LINCK 12 Jan 2019 11 Jan 2020 Ms Irene LANFRANCHI 11 Jan 2019 11 Jan 2020 Ms Justina BIELIAUSKAITE 11 Jan 2019 11 Jan 2020 Ms Theodora ANTONIOU 11 Jan 2019 30 Jun 2019 Mr Norman ROEHNER 11 Jan 2019 02 May 2019 Mr Sebastiano TOFFALETTI 08 Jan 2019 21 Dec 2019 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
The European Association of SMEs (SME United)
Small Business Standards (SBS)
European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)
The European Alliance for the Internet of Things (AIOTI)
EU Gateway|Business Avenues initiative
International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA)
European Internet Forum (EIF)
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Tender 44,788€ Grant Action with multiple beneficiaries 51,813€ Grant H2020 162,188€ Grant H2020 9,538€ Grant H2020 41,541€ Grant H2020 41,878€ Grant H2020 178,594€ Grant H2020 104,412€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant H2020 61,000€ Grant H2020 167,797€ Grant H2020 112,500€ Grant Tender 58,879€ Grant H2020 19,405€ Grant H2020 34,804€ Grant Erasmus+ 82,670€ Grant H2020 13,959€ Grant H2020 110,865€ Grant Action with multiple beneficiaries 19,646€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission expert group on Radio Equipment#E03587#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3587 #Member #C#Industry#Group of experts on licensing and valuation of standard essential patents#E03600#Sebastiano Tofaletti#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3600 #Member #B#SMEs
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
Digitising European Industry Working Group;
Cloud Select Industry Group (C-SIG);
Member of the Board of Directors at the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) (based on cPPP);
Member of the Alliance for the Internet of Things (AIOTI);
Participation in European Telecommunications Standards Institute's (ETSI) bodies;
WG on cloud security certification scheme;
Multistakeholder Platform on the ICT standardisation;
Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition.
Meetings
Meetings
7 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 06 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Standard Essential Patents (SEP)and SME policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on the recovery strategy and the sustainable digitalisation of SMEs. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2020 Location Videoconference Subject COVID, SME policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject SMEs in digital sector, IT companies developing digital solutions for other sectors. Role of digital SMEs in transfer of digital skills to other SMEs. The European Skill for SMEs Partnership Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital policy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 14 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital aspects of the European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Europe’s digital future and the role of SMEs Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)