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: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP)
EU Transparency Register
71063945715-33 First registered on 22 Apr 2011
Goals / Remit
The European Steel Technology Platform is one of the European Technology Platform,following the chart defined by the European Commission for 2020 ETPs, and has a wide panel of stakeholders(academia,steel industry,research centers, MS representatives,European Commission,etc).We have a living Strategic Research Agenda(SRA)and several dedicated Focus Groups for the SRA implementation. Our agenda aims at promoting a sustainable steel production and developing steel solutions in line with European societal challenges.ESTEP is an AISBL,led by the General Assembly, a Board of Directors and a Steering Group. ESTEP is also facilitating the Clean Steel Partnership(CSP), driven by the European steel industry. The CSP is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Horizon Europe. The CSP will support the EU 2050 decarbonisation strategy by developing and testing at large scale technologies that enable steel production to become climate neutral by avoiding and significantly reducing its CO2 emissions.
Main EU files targeted
RFCS
PPP Processes for Planet
EMIRI
PPP Made in Europe
Green Deal
EIP Raw Materials
KIC Raw Materials
KIC Innoenergy
M-ERA-Net
Horizon Europe
Innovation Fund
SET Plan action 6Address
Head Office
Avenue Cortenbergh, 172
Brussels B-1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue Cortenbergh, 172
Brussels B-1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 May 2022
Name Start date End Date Mr Klaus PETERS 14 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020 Mr Klaus PETERS 07 Aug 2018 07 Aug 2019 Complementary Information
The ESTEP Secretariat is composed by three people (January 2022).
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
Link with EUROFER, other European technology Platforms ( ETP), National steel technology platforms and numerous associations in Brussels like Hydrogen Europe, EFFRA, EUCAR, E2BA, A.SPIRE, EMIRI, ECCS
Member organisations
https://www.estep.eu/estep-at-a-glance/members/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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
440,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Other, EU funding, Member's contribution
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution EUROFER 220,000€ Grant GREENSTEELFor Europe 15,000€ Grant REUsteel 10,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant SPIRE-SAIS 11,000€ Other financial info
ESTEP received two successful projects under Horizon Europe and CSP starting in 2022:
- MaxH2DR project : total funding for ESTEP : 52 900€ (for a period of 4 years)
- ReMFra project : total funding for ESTEP : 75 000€ (for a period of 4 years) -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
High Level expert Group on energy-intensive industries#E03326#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3326 #Member #C#Civil society#Sub-group 1 - Creation of markets for climate-neutral, circular economy #Sub-group 2 - Developing climate-neutral solutions and financing their uptake #Sherpa Group#Sub-group 3 - Resources and deployment #Steel Advisory Group#X00808#PETERS, Klaus#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=808 #Member #B#Industry, Academia/Research, Professionals
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
ESTEP publishes technical and scientific papers in line with its Think Tank activities. Most of them are available from the ESTEP website: https://www.estep.eu/library/publications/
The main document is the ESTEP Strategic Research Agenda https://www.estep.eu/assets/SRA-Update-2017Final.pdf
In the context of the Clean Steel Partnership, the proposal of the Clean Steel Partnership and the SRIA of the Clean Steel Partnership are both published on the European Commission website and on the ESTEP website: https://www.estep.eu/assets/Uploads/CSP-SRIA-Oct2021-clean.pdfOther activities
The main lobbying activities are those of the European Technology Platforms as proposed by the European Commission, i.e. contribute to the European Research Area and define R&D work programmes and projects which can get public and private fundings, from European Commission, Member States, private companies ...
Dr. Klaus PETERS, who is working for ESTEP, is a member of the Steel Advisory Group (SAG) representing the common interest of ESTEP/EUROFER.- Meetings
Meetings
2 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 07 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for skills: re/upskilling needs for a successful green and digital transition in the energy intensive industries ecosystem Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject Clean Steel Partnership DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings