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Overview

Lobbying Costs

50,000€

Financial year: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

None declared

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

70

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    European Policy Centre   (EPC)

    EU Transparency Register

    89632641000-47 First registered on 22 Jan 2009

    Goals / Remit

    The European Policy Centre (EPC) is an independent, not-for-profit think tank, committed to making European integration work. The EPC works at the ‘cutting edge’ of European and global policy-making providing its members and the wider public with rapid, high-quality information and analysis on the EU and global policy agenda. It aims to promote a balanced dialogue between the different constituencies of its membership, spanning all aspects of economic and social life.

    In line with its multi-constituency approach, members of the EPC comprise companies, professional and business federations, trade unions, diplomatic missions, regional and local bodies, as well as NGOs representing a broad range of civil society interests, foundations, international and religious organisations. The EPC has around 370 member organisations. Membership changes throughout the year and the latest information can be found on the EPC website which is regularly updated: http://www.epc.eu/members_list

    Main EU files targeted

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue de la Loi
    Brussels 1040
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    None declared

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    None declared

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Fabian Zuleeg (Chief Exectuive)

  • Categories

    Category

    IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions

    Subcategory

    Think tanks and research institutions

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    50,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    119,273 €

    Other financial info

    1. The € 595,325 in donations received in 2013 is made up of contributions from two philanthropic foundations: €100,000 from the Compagnia di San Paolo (based in Turin), and €454,200 from the King Baudouin Foundation, based in Brussels; and a software donation from Microsoft to the value of €41125.

    2. A list of all organisations who contributed €5,000 or more in programme support to the EPC in 2013 can be found on the EPC website: www.epc.eu

    3. In 2013 the EPC received an operating grant from the EU budget under the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, amounting to approximately €120,000.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None declared

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None declared

    Communication activities

    None declared

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    70 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.

    • Date 15 Mar 2024 Location Brussels
      Subject Future direction of EU trade policy in challenging times.
      DG Trade
      Attending
      • Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
    • Date 21 Nov 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject How can EU trade policy support Europe’s green industry and international value chains?
      DG Trade
      Attending
      • Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
    • Date 04 Oct 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject The cooperation between EU and Chinese think tanks, latest developments in EU-China relations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Anna-kaisa Itkonen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 31 Aug 2023 Location Brussels, Berlaymont
      Subject High-Level working dinner on SOTEU with Think Tanks
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Jun 2023 Location EPC
      Subject Economic Security.
      DG Trade
      Attending
      • Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
    • Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 13 Dec 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject SEPA
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 17 Jun 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Roundtable - Digital platforms and Media freedom
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Jun 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Speech on REPowerEU
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Jun 2022 Location video-conference
      Subject Policy Dialogue on ‘The Green Deal as a solution to our crisis-riddled times'
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Mar 2022 Location Online
      Subject - Conference Observatory & High Level Advisory Group Report - Discussion on the report and on the conference in general
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica
      Portfolio Democracy and Demography
      Attending
      • Mattia De Grassi (Cabinet member)
      • Ingrid Godkin (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC)
      DG Trade
      Attending
      • Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
    • Date 07 Mar 2022 Location virtual
      Subject Economic governance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni
      Portfolio Economy
      Attending
      • Alienor Margerit (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Jul 2021 Location videoconference (Brussels)
      Subject online speech at EPC event "Fit for 55 package: A policy framework fit for a climate-neutral EU? "
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 27 May 2021 Location Video Conferencing.
      Subject Corporate Reporting in the EU's capital market union after winecard.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
    • Date 10 Mar 2021 Location Online
      Subject New Pact on Migration and Asylum
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
      Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life
      Attending
      • Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
      • Natasha Bertaud (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Mar 2021 Location Brussels
      Subject Trade Policy Review
      DG Trade
      Attending
      • Sabine Weyand (Director-General)
    • Date 05 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Industry Package 2021
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Nov 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject VC - Policy Dialogue on Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
      Portfolio Health
      Attending
      • Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Nov 2020 Location video call
      Subject The European Climate Pact
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Nov 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Discussions on the new Pact on Migration
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
      Portfolio Home Affairs
      Attending
      • Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet member)
      • Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
    • Date 10 Nov 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject VTC: EPC paper on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
      Portfolio Home Affairs
      Attending
      • Raul Hernandez Sagrera (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Oct 2020 Location Conference call
      Subject Workshop ‘Fair Transition to green and sustainable mobility’
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject EU covid-19 crisis response and cohesion policy 2021-27
      DG Regional and Urban Policy
      Attending
      • Marc Lemaître (Director-General)
    • Date 02 Sep 2020 Location video call
      Subject Discussion on Digital for Sustainability
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Jul 2020 Location Brussels - Belgium
      Subject Brainstorming Session on "The State of the Union in 2020: Society and Democracy" - [Via Webex]
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Charmaine Hili (Cabinet member)
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      • Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
      • Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
      • Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
      • Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (Cabinet member)
      • Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
      • Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet member)
      • Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
      • Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 29 Jul 2020 Location Brussels - Belgium
      Subject Brainstorming Session on "The State of the Union on 2020 and the Recovery of Europe's Economy" [Via Webex]
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
      • Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      • Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
      • Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
      • Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
      • Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 14 Jul 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference
      Subject Green Deal as basis for a green recovery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
    • Date 13 Jul 2020 Location Virtual conference
      Subject Migration
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
      Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life
      Attending
      • Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
      • Natasha Bertaud (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 26 Jun 2020 Location on line event
      Subject Maroš Šefčovič speaks at the European Policy Centre (EPC) online event on foresight, and more specifically on ‘How to boost EU resilience in the Covid-crisis aftermath'.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
    • Date 26 Jun 2020 Location on line event
      Subject Maroš Šefčovič speaks at the European Policy Centre (EPC) online event on foresight, and more specifically on ‘How to boost EU resilience in the Covid-crisis aftermath'.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
      Attending
      • Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
      • Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
    • Date 24 Jun 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Videoconference with the Task Force for Relations with the United Kindgdom
      DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
      Attending
      • Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
    • Date 12 Jun 2020 Location Webinar
      Subject COVID 19 Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 19 May 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject EPC's online Sixty Minute Briefings on the Commission’s response to the COVID-19 crisis in the area of employment and social right.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
      Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights
      Attending
      • Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
      • Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
      • Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
    • Date 14 May 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Online seminar - speech on How to ensure a cohesive recovery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira
      Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms
      Attending
      • Elisa Ferreira (Commissioner)
    • Date 06 May 2020 Location video conference (Brussels)
      Subject Speech at European Policy Centre Webinar event "Can the corona virus crisis be a catalyst for climate action? "
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
    • Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Circular economy action plan
      DG Environment
      Attending
      • Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
    • Date 22 Jan 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Rule of Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 20 Nov 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject exploring a new strategic focus and funding priority in the field of "education on Europe", especially in formal education
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
      Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
      Attending
      • Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Apr 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU
      DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
      Attending
      • Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 30 Jan 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Discussion on EU state aid and competition policy
      DG Competition
      Attending
      • Johannes Laitenberger (Director-General)
    • Date 19 Nov 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Speech on the achievements of the Juncker Commission.
      DG Secretariat-General
      Attending
      • Martin Selmayr (Secretary-General)
    • Date 12 Apr 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Digital Single Market - Future of Europe
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Apr 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Courtesy Visit
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Dec 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Rule of Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU
      DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
      Attending
      • Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
    • Date 06 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU
      DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
      Attending
      • Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 07 Jul 2017 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Think Tank Relations and Future of Europe
      DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
      Attending
      • Ann Mettler (Director-General)
    • Date 05 Jul 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject EU General Affairs
      DG Secretariat-General
      Attending
      • Alexander Italianer (Secretary-General)
    • Date 21 Jun 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Discussion: "Two years after the Migration and Security agendas : Where do we stand?"
      DG Migration and Home Affairs
      Attending
      • Alfred Matthias Ruete (Director-General)
    • Date 02 Jun 2017 Location BERL
      Subject Presentation of policy paper entitled "Achieving Social Triple A: What Role for EU Cohesion Policy?"
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Ruth Paserman (Cabinet member)
      • Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Feb 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject EPSC High Level Policy lunch : The Future of Europe, Charting a New Course at a Critical Moment
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Clara Martinez Alberola (Cabinet member)
      • Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
      • Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 13 Feb 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Ocean Governance and the Blue Economy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
      Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
      Attending
      • Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Feb 2017 Location BERL 10/411
      Subject CESI-Eurodiaconia-Social Platform initiative
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet member)
      • Vasiliki Kokkori (Cabinet member)
      • Ruth Paserman (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 07 Feb 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject EPC Policy Dialogue on "Regional policy beyond 2020 - Gearing up for the new MFF"
      DG Regional and Urban Policy
      Attending
      • Marc Lemaître (Director-General)
    • Date 26 Jan 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU
      DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
      Attending
      • Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
    • Date 12 Jan 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Working methods of the Commission
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Michelle Sutton (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject EU economic diplomacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Belgium
      Subject State of the Union 2016
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Clara Martinez Alberola (Cabinet member)
      • Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 14 Apr 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Circular Economy conference
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
      • Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Jan 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Cooperation between Dg SANTE and EPC
      DG Health and Food Safety
      Attending
      • Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
    • Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject 1 year of the Juncker Commission
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Oct 2015 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Think tank engagement
      DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
      Attending
      • Ann Mettler (Director-General)
    • Date 21 May 2015 Location rue du Trone
      Subject speech at EPC event: Roadmap for the circular Economy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Apr 2015 Location restaurant Icônes
      Subject Working lunch with Mr Fabian Zuleg (EPC)
      DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
      Attending
      • Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
    • Date 15 Apr 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Event EPC Policy Dialogue: "How can the EU achieve a successful and ambitious copyright reform?"
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
      • Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject TTIP
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
      • Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
      • Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Jan 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject New Pact for Europe
      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)
    • Date 16 Jan 2015 Location BERL 10/180
      Subject Exchange of views on future of the EU
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
      Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
      Attending
      • Reinhard Felke (Cabinet member)
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