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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)
EU Transparency Register
526652638892-04 First registered on 08 Jul 2020
Goals / Remit
ISD is the leading global ‘think and do’ tank dedicated to understanding and innovating real-world responses to the rising tide of polarisation, hate, extremism and misinformation. We combine anthropological research, expertise in international extremist movements and an advanced digital analysis capability that tracks hate, disinformation and extremism online, with policy advisory support and training to governments and cities around the world. We also work to empower youth and community influencers internationally through our pioneering education, technology and communications programmes. Innovating, trialling and scaling data-driven solutions across our networks of community influencers, city and government officials and tech sector partnerships, we work to mount a soft power strategy, proportional in influence and impact to the cross-border polarisation and recruitment machineries of state and non-state actors promulgating hate, division and conflict.
Main EU files targeted
ISD has been involved in its own independent evaluation of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation across 2019 - 2020. Subsequently, ISD has been indirectly involved in the development of recommendations for the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) and Digital Services Act (DSA), working in collaboration with civil society groups and academics to develop broad recommendations for the direction of travel of the EDAP and DSA, and any future iteration of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. This has taken the form of contributions to working group discussions with civil society, leading to publicly available reports and recommendations, as well as ISD's own public reports on the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. Currently ISD is working alongside its German office on the STRIVE cities project funded by the EU in creating regional hubs in Middle East and North Africa and South East Africa to help cities challenge of hate, polarisation and violent extremism with coordinated, evidence-based prevention policies, programmes and platforms that align with international standards and frameworks.
Address
Head Office
PO Box 75769
London SW1P 9ER
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
PO Box 75769
London SW1P 9ER
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
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
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
n/a
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
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
6,916,949€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Institute for Strategic Dialogue-US 2,142,789€ Contribution US State Department 1,289,511€ Contribution Institute for Strategic Dialogue Germany 761,136€ Grant EU via ISD Germany 369,712€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EU via ISD Germany 914,655€ Other financial info
European Union grant for STRIVE Cities, via ISD Germany gGmbH (sister organisation)
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
ISD conducts extensive research into disinformation online and the impacts of relevant policies on this problem. Relevant recent publications include:
https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/cracking-the-code-an-evaluation-of-the-eu-code-of-practice-on-disinformation/
https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/click-here-for-outrage-disinformation-in-the-european-parliamentary-elections-2019/
https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/disrupted-evidence-of-widespread-digital-disruption-of-the-2019-european-elections-joint-submission-by-avaaz-and-isd/
https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/interim-briefing-propaganda-and-digital-campaigning-in-the-eu-elections/Other activities
None declared
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 11 Dec 2020 Location videoconference Subject EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jul 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Responsibility and accountability of online platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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