Flanders' Maritime Cluster

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

37,500€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.25 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

0

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Flanders' Maritime Cluster   (FMC)

    EU Transparency Register

    316347017863-27 First registered on 16 Jun 2015

    Goals / Remit

    Flanders’ Maritime Cluster (FMC) is the cluster organisation for the marine and maritime industry in Flanders. Our office is located in Ostend, West-Flanders, Belgium. The themes covered by FMC are coastal defense, offshore renewable energy and marine aquaculture.
    We are a not-for-profit organization founded in 2010 by DEME, Jan De Nul, the ports of Antwerp and Ostend, the province of West-Flanders (through the West-Flanders Development Agency) and the Flanders Marine Institute.
    DEME and Jan De Nul are world leaders in marine construction and dredging. Currently, also the companies Sioen Industries and dotOcean are represented in our board. Sioen has developed an innovative 2D seaweed cultivation system and dotOcean is a small company commercializing IoT solutions for the offshore market.

    Main EU files targeted

    EU-policy on blue growth
    Horizon 2020 calls (INNOSUP, COSME)
    ERDF funds via Interreg North Sea, North West Europe, Two Seas

    Address

    Head Office
    Slijkensesteenweg 2
    Oostende 8400
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    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

    Ms Ann Overmeire (coördinator)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Eric Van den Eede (voorzitter)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    member of VSDC, Vlaams studiecentrum voor vzw's
    member of the network "Factory of the future blue energy" coordinated by the West Flanders development agency

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    37,500€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    20,000 € (Source: Interreg North West Europe (project Energetic Algae))

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Expert group on blue skills (Paul Gérard, member of the FMC board of directors)

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    SEARICA presentations

    Communication activities

    FMC is partner in the Interreg North Sea project Inn2POWER (Innovation to push offshore wind energy regions). Our main role within this project is to support SMEs to collaborate and enter new markets. Project partners are (amongst others) the West-Flanders development agency (lead), WAB (the German wind cluster) and Offshoreenergy.dk (the Danish offshore wind cluster).

    Other activities

    FMC particpates in the European Maritime Day. In 2016 invited for a presentation, in 2017 invited as panellist.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    None declared

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