Overview
Lobbying Costs
728,318€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Science Foundation (ESF)
EU Transparency Register
831120023433-89 First registered on 16 Sep 2016
Goals / Remit
The European Science Foundation (ESF) provides a wide range of science-support services to researchers, funding agencies and decision makers.
ESF provides practical, skilled and interdisciplinary support across all sectors of the science community, advising and implementing initiatives for our partners and clients in the following key areas:
• Research Grant Evaluation – Identifying the best research and optimising the use of our partners’ internal resources.
• Institutional Evaluation – Maximising the impact of research policies and programmes to facilitate the achievement of excellence.
• Career tracking surveys of Doctorate Holders – Generating high quality, reliable information on supply and demand for doctorate holders and their overall availability and mobility.
• European Projects Coordination – Alleviating the administrative burden on research infrastructures and contributing to research success.
• Scientific Platforms Administration – providing effective secretariats, hosting platforms and organisational structures.Main EU files targeted
ESF is involved as coordinator or project office in several EU-funded projects in the areas of space or graphene research, water purification in space, advanced space propulsion, and inventory of research infrastructures.
Address
Head Office
Quai Lezay-Marnésia 1
Strasbourg 67080
FRANCE -
People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Nicolas Walter (Chief Executive Officer)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Martin Hynes (President)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
European Foundation Centre (Belgium)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
728,318€
EU grant income for closed financial year
867,468 € (Source: Various FP7 & H2020 Programs)
Other financial info
The costs do not include overheads and non eligible costs
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
N/A presently
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 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 18 Jun 2021 Location Brussels Subject Update of ESF strategy DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 24 Jun 2020 Location Brussels Subject Meeting of cOAlition-S Leaders' Group DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 10 Dec 2019 Location Brussels Subject Innovation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 10 Dec 2019 Location Brussels Subject Innovation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 07 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject ESF activities DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 22 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Agri Matters Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)