Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Feb 2023 - Jan 2024
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA)
EU Transparency Register
147908916864-59 First registered on 07 Apr 2015
Goals / Remit
The European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) pool together research institutes, companies, Universities, cluster organisations and national manufacturing initiatives. EFFRA promotes the development of new and innovative production technologies. EFFRA is the official representative of the private side in the European Union's 'Made in Europe ' partnership (which is part of Horizon Europe).
Main EU files targeted
EU Research and Innovation Policies, mainly Horizon Europe
also partly some aspects of Digital EuropeAddress
Head Office
EFFRA OfficeBluePoint Building
Brussels 1030
BELGIUMEU Office
EFFRA OfficeBluePoint Building
Brussels 1030
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
EFFRA team members sometimes interact with representatives of the European Commission and, to a lesser extent, representatives of other European institutions.
EFFRA is in contact with, and works closely with, European Commissions staff because EFFRA is the official representative of the private side in the European Union's 'Factories of the Future' public-private partnership. The public side is represented by the European Commission (DG Research & DG Connect).
However the majority of time is spent running the Association, conducting EFFRA's other activities etc.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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Feb 2023 - Jan 2024
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
690,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Member's contributions
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Research and Innovation conferences organised by the European Commission or the EU presidencies
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 29 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject Challenges and needs of European manufacturing companies and their manufacturing research plans - Made in Europe partnership DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 26 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Innovation in manufacturing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Alfredo Sousa De Jesus (Cabinet member)
- Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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Date 15 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject digitising european industry DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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