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Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
15
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Confédération Européenne des Associations de Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CEA-PME)
EU Transparency Register
077142018281-86 First registered on 22 Jul 2015
Goals / Remit
- Political and economic representation of interests of national and European SME associations.
- Information, event organisation and press work on SME-relevant topics
- SME research and EU projects for SMEsMain EU files targeted
- EU SME, Industry and Digital Strategies 2020
- Small Business Act
- Better Regulation
- New Green Deal
- Next Generation EU, REACT-EU, INVEST-EU
- EU Free Trade Agreements
- Energy Union/Sustainable Energy/Energy Efficiency
- Youth Unemployment
- Lack of Skilled workers
- Professional Training
- Access to finance for SMEs
- European Banking Union
- European Monetary and Fiscal Union
- European Defense and Security Union
- Migration and IntegrationAddress
Head Office
Avenue de la Renaissance 1
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 3 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
The European Confederation of Professional Training Institutions EVBB is our member since 2018.
The European Small Business Association ESBA is our associate member since 2007.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
297,000 € (Source: ERASMUS+ (project DataSkills4SMEs) and GIZ (German Cooperation))
Other financial info
Our total budget in 2019 was €403.141, of which €94.041 for 'EU Public Affairs' (VAT incl.), €199.999 as the first instalment of the ERASMUS+ Project "DataSkills4SMEs" (started on Dec. 1st 2019), as well as €97.000 for the GIZ-financed project for investment by European SMEs in Africa called "European Shared Value Factory", plus a sponsoring by Turkish Airlines of 12.100€ (VAT incl.) for a Networking Lounge for 200 persons and a Gala Dinner for 50 persons at the fringe of the First EU-African SME Summit on March 20 and 21st 2019.
The main activity of the confederation with seat in Brussels are EU Public Affairs for which we implement also projects financed by the EU and other donours.
2 out of the 6 persons working for the confederation (also in EU Public Affairs) are not paid (voluntary work). -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
ESCO Cross-sector reference group#E03544#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3544 #Member #C#Employees/workers#Technical expert stakeholder group on SMEs#E03735#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3735 #Member #C#SMEs
Groups (European Parliament)
SME
Communication activities
- EU-Projects (ERASMUS+, HORIZON 2020, COSME, EaSI)
- Events with representatives of the EU-Institutions and representatives of SME associations from different European countries
- Media and Public Relations
- Policy advocacyOther activities
Working Group Business Organisations Private Sector Cooperation Africa - DG INTPA
- Meetings
Meetings
15 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 19 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy & Zero Pollution DG Environment Attending - Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Horizon Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Horizon Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 04 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Exchange on the upcoming update of the Industrial Strategy and its SMEs dimension Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 12 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on cohesion support to SMEs – CRII, REACT-EU and ERDF. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Elisa Ferreira (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Nov 2020 Location virtual Subject - COVID-19 crisis support measures for SMEs - Recovery package and SMEs - SME strategy - Brexit - Trade, facilitating SME access to export markets and trade defence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 09 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Recovery plan & technologies (digital, processors, hydrogen) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of the activities in relation to Commissioner’s portfolio Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject GDPR, taxation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Role of SME in General; Steal tarrifs; Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject MFF Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject E-card, skills and SME challenges Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject MFF Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject economic situation in the neighbourhood and in Turkey Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn Portfolio European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Michael Karnitschnig (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject SMEs access to finance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Kristalina Georgieva (Vice-President)
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