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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
MBO Raad (MBO Raad)
EU Transparency Register
726924727096-27 First registered on 23 May 2017
Goals / Remit
The MBO Raad is the Association of Colleges in the Netherlands, representing all government funded VET colleges. On behalf of its 63 member institutions (100%) the MBO Raad promotes the collective interest of the sector, supports common activities of the institutions and acts as an employers’ organisation. MBO Raad acts as an intermediary between the VET-colleges and the government, professional branch organisations, industries and other stakeholders providing the colleges with guidance and advice through their specialized policy consultants.
The MBO Raad promotes innovation in education in several ways, by encouraging good practice, organising conferences and developing support and information material.
In order to advocate the interests of the VET sector at a European level and to promote international cooperation, the MBO Raad is a member of the European Providers of Vocational Education and Training (EUproVET) and the European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE).Main EU files targeted
European Education Area
On 24 November 2020, the Council of the EU adopted a Recommendation on vocational education and training for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience. Osnabrück Declaration 2020. The Osnabruck Declaration is supported by VET providers’ associations at the European level (VET4EU2) and representatives of VET students (OBESSU, European Apprentices Network). It sets out new policy actions for the period of 2021-2025 to complement the Council Recommendation on vocational education and training for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience:
• promoting resilience and excellence through quality, inclusive and flexible VET
• establishing a new lifelong learning culture emphasising the relevance of C-VET and digitalisation
• fostering the sustainability of VET
• develop a European Education and Training Area and international VET
The MBO Raad is involved in the implementation, evaluation and future of these objectives.
Erasmus+plus
The Erasmus+ programme for education, training youth and sport
The programme will fund 100 networks of Centres of Vocational Excellence, hundreds of Alliances for Innovation, projects with third countries for Capacity building in VET, as well as a number of forward-looking projects in the field of VET. I
The MBO Raad Council is involved in the implementation, evaluation and future of these objectives.
Recommendation on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability.
On 16 June 2022, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted a Recommendation on a European approach to micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability. The Recommendation seeks to support the development, implementation and recognition of micro-credentials across institutions, businesses, sectors and borders.
An effective culture of lifelong learning is key to ensuring that everyone has the knowledge, skills and competences they need to thrive in their personal and professional lives.
The MBO Raad fostering dialogue on how to use and adapt existing EU tools and services to support the development of micro-credentials by VET school.
The MBO Council provides pilots in the field on Microcrendentials for VET, does the monitoring and ensures the connection with European policy.
The MBO Council is involved in the application and implementation of microcredentials.
European Skills Agenda
European Skills Agenda is a five-year plan to help individuals and businesses develop more and better skills and to put them to use, by:
• strengthening sustainable competitiveness, as set out in the European Green Deal
• ensuring social fairness, putting into practice the first principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights: access to education, training and lifelong learning for everybody, everywhere in the EU
• building resilience to react to crises, based on the lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic
The new European Skills Agenda builds upon the ten actions of the Commission’s 2016 Skills Agenda. It also links to the
• European Digital Strategy
• Industrial and Small and Medium Enterprise Strategy
• Recovery Plan for Europe
• increased support for youth employment
The full text: Communication on a European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience
The MBO Raad is involved in the implementation, evaluation and future of these objectivesAddress
Head Office
Houttuinlaan 6, 3447 GM
Woerden 3440 DB
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Houttuinlaan 6, 3447 GM
Woerden 3440 DB
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
these 2 persons deal with the lobby in EUropse contaxt, maintain contacts and pass on information to the members of the MBO Council.
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
- EUproVET www.euprovet.eu (assosiation of providers in VET)
- VET4EU2 https://vet4eu2.eu (The acronym VET4EU2 refers to the 4 networks that are mainly working in secondary VET plus the 2 networks that work primarily in Higher Education)
- Neth-ER https://www.neth-er.eu/ Neth-ER (Netherlands house for Education and Research) is an association of the Dutch knowledge sector in Brussels. The aim of Neth-ER is to inform the sector on EU policy in education, research and innovation. Dutch organisations working in education, research and innovation, founded this international non-profit association in Brussels in 2006. Neth-ER has its premises in the heart of the European arena of Brussels.
EFEE https://educationemployers.eu/ The European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE) is a dynamic organisation established in 2009 to represent the interests of employers in the strategic and highly diverse European education sector. We represent education employers in all levels of education, from pre-school to higher education and research. This includes different national organisations, such as education councils and ministries of education, associations of VET colleges and universities and local and regional authority employers’ organisations.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
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
26,650,188€
Major funding types in closed year
Member's contributions
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings
Communication activities
From the MBO Council, we outline what we do, see MBO Council website. https://www.mboraad.nl/themas/internationalisering
We cooperate in EUproVET context:, there we also publicise what we are doing:
https://vet4eu2.eu/members/euprovet/.
In recent years, we have also been involved in a KA3 project, Praline.
This project is about recommendations on adult education in VET
https://pralineadulteducation.eu/Other activities
participation as observer on behalf of the providers at the ACTV meetings.
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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 27 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject green and digital transition DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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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 - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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