PLATFORMA

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The PLATFORMA Secretariat is hosted by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR).

https://platforma-dev.eu/partners/

Does not represent commercial interests

Sep 2022 - Aug 2023

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.

1,870,248€

EU funding, Member's contribution

Grant contract CSO-LA/2023/445-896 signed 30/11/2023 for the period 01/09/2023-31/08/2026

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PLATFORMA engages in a dynamic social media strategy by communicating on thematic issues on which decentralised cooperation is active (climate, local governance, health, access to water and sanitation, education, gender equality, local services, local economic development, migration, etc.).
Core campaigns include (i) the European Days of Local Solidarity (EDLS) - annual campaign, (ii) 2030 Agenda - Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Twitter is used as the main social media (https://twitter.com/Platforma4Dev/), as well as Youtube for videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6WYm5PB0xn0SxSUGljXz0Q), and Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/company/platforma4dev/)

All PLATFORMA publications are available online on https://platforma-dev.eu/our-publications/

INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

PLATFORMA governance is organised with a Political Council and a Steering Committee. The Political Council is composed of local elected representatives of PLATFORMA partners. They hold a mandate of political representative of PLATFORMA. The Steering Committee is composed of executive representatives of PLATFORMA partners. They ensure the smooth running of PLATFORMA and support the adoption of strategic decisions of the Political Council. The Political Council meets once a year and the Steering Committee meets twice a year. During these meeting exchanges and debates with representatives of European or international institutions are organised.

THEMATIC GROUPS

Further to its policy implementation, public relations and communication activities, PLATFORMA coordinates four clustered thematic groups composed of its partners representatives. The clusters gather the feedback of PLATFORMA partners on the Secretariat’s policy work:
• National Focal Points;
• 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals;
• EU Neighbourhood East;
• EU Neighbourhood South;
• Development Education and Awareness-Raising

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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.

• Date	01 Dec 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Speech at the 2nd GAP III Structured Dialogue with CSOs
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	European Partnership for Democracy Društvo za oblikovanje održivog razvoja LIGHT FOR THE WORLD International - Organisation for inclusive development/ Organisation für inklusive Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, abkürzung: LIGHT FOR THE WORLD International CARE Österreich DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises ACT Alliance Advocacy to the European Union Women Engage for a Common Future HelpAge International European Network on Debt and Development OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE International Organisation of Employers CONCORD Europe Citizens Assembly International Rescue Committee Inc Green 10 European Disability Forum EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits Front Line Defenders Fairtrade Deutschland e.V. Transparency International Nederland Women's Network for Change European Peacebuilding Liaison Office International Trade Union Confederation International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network Sustainable Development Institute WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform ActionAid CARE International Aisbl International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies European Network of Political Foundations The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

• Date	01 Feb 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Roundtable with CSO: Preparation of the AU-EU Summit and the Africa-Europe Week 2022
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE CONCORD Europe DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) Climate Action Network Europe Women Environmental Programme Caritas Europa Plan International EU Office Oxfam-en-Belgique / Oxfam-in-België ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES MAIRES FRANCOPHONES Commonwealth Local Govenment Forum Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• Date	28 Sep 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	SDGs and Team Europe Initiatives
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 May 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Roundtable on Human Development
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	WaterAid GLOBAL HEALTH ADVOCATES ASSOCIATION FEDERATION HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL Plan International EU Office CONCORD Europe Alliance2015 International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE International Trade Union Confederation

• Date	08 Jan 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Presentation of the position paper on how the local and regional governments can contribute to the EU Programming
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)

• Date	10 Jun 2020	Location	VTC
  Subject	The role of Local Authorities in the next programming cycle. Participation of Local Authorities in Team Europe and EC’s COVID response.
  DG	Directorate-General for International Partnerships
  Attending	Koen Doens (Director-General)

• Date	05 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Sustainable Development Goals
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni
  Portfolio	Economy
  Attending	Estelle Göger (Cabinet member) Jakob Wegener Friis (Cabinet member)

• Date	28 Jan 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Prep meeting to EVP mission to The Hague
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)

• Date	16 Jan 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Role of local and regional authorities in development cooperation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)

• Date	10 Jul 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Cooperation with and support of the role of local authorities in development cooperation activities
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
  Portfolio	International Cooperation & Development
  Attending	Denis Cajo (Cabinet member)

• Date	03 Jul 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	exchange on the future EU development policy and in particular the programme supporting local and regional governments’ development cooperation
  DG	Directorate-General for International Partnerships
  Attending	Stefano Manservisi (Director-General)

• Date	06 Mar 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Ongoing activities of local authorities on development policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
  Portfolio	International Cooperation & Development
  Attending	Denis Cajo (Cabinet member)