PLATFORMA

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

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Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

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.

1,384,060€

None declared

CSO-LA/2021/420-156 signed on 22/12/2021 for 24 months (01/09/2021-31/08/2023).

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PLATFORMA is participating to the European Parliament URBAN inter-group through its partner the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

PLATFORMA contributes to implementation of various EU policies through its network activities, events and an innovative communication strategy promoting decentralised cooperation and local and regional governments’ international action.
Development Education and Awareness-Raising: As member of the Multi-stakeholder group DEAR (Development Education and Awareness Raising) with 5 seats, PLATFORMA and its partners participate in the re-definition of the European Consensus on Development Education. PLATFORMA launched the European Days of Local Solidarity (EDLS) in 2016 to raise awareness simultaneously on international solidarity and cooperation. The actions take place each year in different territories through various communication and promotion channels in order to reach local and regional governments, as well as citizens. PLATFORMA also organises every two years the “PLATFORMAwards”, a competition showcasing and rewarding excellence in decentralised cooperation.
2030 Agenda: PLATFORMA contributes to the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through awareness raising activities, conferences and publications. It notably monitors progress on the localisation of the SDGs in an annual publication drafted with CEMR and presented at annual UN HLPF in New York.
EU-ACP future relations: Through its partners organisations, PLATFORMA increases dialogue with local government associations based in the ACP countries to create evidence-based arguments on the lack of delivery on promises to involve LRGs in the current framework, and to pro-actively design proposals.
Climate: PLATFORMA organises and takes part in many side events during international conferences such as the UNFCCC COPs annual summits or Climate Chance conferences. As member of the Advisory board of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa - CoMSSA, PLATFORMA contributes to the strategic guidance, follow-up and monitoring of the implementation of the CoMSSA.
Equality and diversity: PLATFORMA mainstreams the principles of the Gender Action Programme II and III and the European Charter for Equality between Women and Men at the Local Level to the international decentralised cooperation of local governments through researches and studies with partners.
European Neighbourhood Policy: PLATFORMA organises coordination meetings in EaP countries (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova) to facilitate LRGs contributions to the EaP objectives.
Migration, conflict and resilience: PLATFORMA organises sessions on migration and city diplomacy in international conferences.
The Urban Agenda: PLATFORMA contributes to the global urban agenda through HABITAT III Global Taskforce of LRGs lead by UCLG. PLATFORMA contributes as well to the European urban agenda through events such as seminar on HABITAT III in the framework of the European Parliament URBAN Intergroup. It also ensures relations with the UN Habitat Brussels office.
Press and communication: PLATFORMA strategy is both internal – towards PLATFORMA partners, and external – towards key stakeholders (EU institutions, development cooperation stakeholders in Europe and beyond, thematic stakeholders and citizens of the European Union). PLATFORMA tools are a website – in 3 languages (English, French and Spanish). PLATFORMA engages in a dynamic social media strategy by communicating on big 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). Twitter is used as the main social media, as well as Youtube for videos. All PLATFORMA publications are available online on the following link: 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	Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits ACT Alliance Advocacy to the European Union OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network Citizens Assembly WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform European Peacebuilding Liaison Office CARE Österreich International Rescue Committee Inc International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies HelpAge International The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation European Partnership for Democracy Front Line Defenders Fairtrade Deutschland e.V. Društvo za oblikovanje održivog razvoja International Trade Union Confederation Sustainable Development Institute CARE International Aisbl DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) Women Engage for a Common Future Transparency International Nederland European Network of Political Foundations International Organisation of Employers European Network on Debt and Development Women's Network for Change CONCORD Europe ActionAid Green 10 European Disability Forum LIGHT FOR THE WORLD International - Organisation for inclusive development/ Organisation für inklusive Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, abkürzung: LIGHT FOR THE WORLD International

• 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	Caritas Europa Oxfam-en-Belgique / Oxfam-in-België CONCORD Europe Commonwealth Local Govenment Forum Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Plan International EU Office OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES MAIRES FRANCOPHONES DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) Climate Action Network Europe Women Environmental Programme

• 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	International Trade Union Confederation 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

• 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	Jakob Wegener Friis (Cabinet member) Estelle Göger (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)