Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP)
EU Transparency Register
96415319324-88 First registered on 13 Aug 2012
Goals / Remit
Through its extensive network of National Support Groups (NSG), European Confederation owners and sponsor companies FTP is able to maintain an active dialogue with its many stakeholders. FTP is able to benefit them in the following ways:
•Engages all key stakeholders and provides a forum for public-private dialogue and partnership.
•Facilitates targeted investments in research and development.
•Mobilises and focuses existing research and development capabilities, thereby fostering a more efficient approach to innovation.
•Stimulates coordination of European and national research agendas.
•Supports the ongoing development of a relevant knowledge base for the sector.
•Contributes to the overall growth and competitiveness of the EU economy.Main EU files targeted
Horizon 2020, European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials, Biobased Industries JTI, The Bioeconomy
Address
Head Office
Rue du Luxembourg, 66
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Mar 2016
Name Start date End Date Mr Lars Johan ELVNERT 11 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Lars Johan ELVNERT 15 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Noortje DE LAAT 03 Mar 2018 06 Dec 2018 Heini HYRKKÖ 21 Sep 2017 13 Sep 2018 Lars Johan ELVNERT 21 Sep 2017 15 Sep 2018 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Johan Elvnert (Managing Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Bernard de Galembert (Gerant)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
The forest-based sector technology platform is set up as a limited company under Belgium law (sprl). Owners are the following European Confederations: the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois), the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF), the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) and later joined by the European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR), who jointly saw the necessity of establishing a Technology Platform for the forest-based sector.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
EU grant income for closed financial year
50,000 € (Source: FP7 BuildUp and FP7 ProSumerNet)
Other financial info
About half of FTPs budget comes from the European Confederations and half of it comes from Supporting Companies.
About 50.000 Euro comes from participation in European Research Projects of Strategic interest to the Forest-based Sector -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Energy Intensive Industries HLG
DG GROW Expert Group on Forest-based IndustriesACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Horizon 2020
Biobased Industries Initiative JTI
EIP Raw Materials
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 05 Nov 2019 Location BREY-Brussels Subject Discuss Forest based sector challenges and climate effect DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General)
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Date 12 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with the European Bioeconomy Alliance on the Bioeconomy Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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