Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€
Financial year: Feb 2023 - Jan 2024
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Metropolitan Authorities (EMA)
EU Transparency Register
015130537432-86 First registered on 24 Feb 2020
Goals / Remit
European Metropolitan Authorities (EMA) is a forum for leading politicians from Europe’s main metropolitan cities and metropolitan areas that is working since February 2015 when we had the first EMA Forum. EMA has 55 European cities and metropolitan areas participating in their activities.
The main goal of EMA is to provide a space to discuss the challenges of European metropolitan governance and define the basis for a common partnership. This joint work is reflected in studies, meetings, common projects, and an annual Conference concluding with a political declaration adopted by the participants, advocating for a metropolitan dimension of EU policies.Main EU files targeted
EMA advocates for a metropolitan dimension of EU Policies. Since 2105 EMA has been debating and working around Cohesion Policy, European Green Deal, Jobs and Social Rights, Sustainable Mobility and Transport. Multianual Financial Framework 2021-2027.
In February 2020 a delegation of EMA political representatives met Commissioner Elisa Ferreira to discuss about the future Cohesion policy, the European Urban agenda and their metropolitan dimension and impacts.
A EMA delegation also met with Commissioner Corina Cretu in 2017.
In the previous editions of the EMA anual conferences we have had the participation of representatives of the European Parliament, European Commission and the Committee of the Regions.
The EMA forum 2023 held in Helsinki (Finland) counted with 95 participants from 14 different countries and 25 cities, metropolitan areas, and regions represented.
EMA participates in various URBAN Intergroup from the European Parliament meetings. Last meeting was on the Metropolitan Vision for Europe 2050
In 2024 EMA has also participated in the high-level conference "An Appropriate European Urban Policy for the Future" organized under the auspices of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union.Address
Head Office
Carrer 62, num 16-18 Zona Franca
Barcelona 08040
SPAINEU Office
Carrer 62, num 16-18 Zona Franca
Barcelona 08040
SPAINWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
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
Associations and networks of public authorities
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
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
Feb 2023 - Jan 2024
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
0€ - 10,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Dialogue with CPR partners 2021-2027 - Group of experts on the funds established by Regulation (EU) No 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council#E03802#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3802 #MEMBER #C#Other
Groups (European Parliament)
Urban
Communication activities
EMA partners develop EU funded projects like:
RiConnect Project (URBACT) 2019-2022
Camelot Project (Europe for Citizens) 2020-2022
SMART MR (Interreg Europe) 2016-2021
METRO (ESPON) 2020-2022
In the EMA website you can find some of the publications that EMA partners have developed like the conclusions and the political declaration of the anual meetings. ema.amb.cat
We have meetings with EU officials.
EMA has prepared in 2021 together with 15 EU metropolises a Catalogue of Transformative Metropolitan Next Generation projects.
Last EMA meeting was in Helsinki (Helsinki-Uusimaa Region) on September 28th and 29th to discuss the role of metropolitan areas regarding climate change, the skills shortage in the green and digital transformation and the EMA's demands to the European Institutions and member states.Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
1 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.
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 25 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Metropolitan areas and delivery of the EU agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Carole Mancel-Blanchard (Cabinet member)
- Elisa Ferreira (Commissioner)
- Meetings