Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,125,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5 Fte (20)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
37
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Suomen itsenäisyyden juhlarahasto (Sitra)
EU Transparency Register
582824527068-76 First registered on 24 May 2017
Goals / Remit
The objects of the fund are to promote stable and balanced development in Finland, qualitative and quantitative economic growth and international competitiveness and cooperation by supporting, in particular, the implementation of projects that increase the efficiency of the economy, improve the level of education or research, or study future development scenarios.
Main EU files targeted
EU's climate, environment and biodiversity politics, the circular economics package, EU:n kiertotalouspaketti, renewable and clean energy (the Clean Energy for All Europeans package), EU data strategy, data policies, Digital Services Act, Data Act, GDPR, Health programme, European Data Spaces, Horizon programme, Digital Europe Programme, Digital Innovation Hubs, SME Strategy, Green Deal EU strategy for sustainable development and Sitra also follows closely EU's innovation politics.
Address
Head Office
Itämerenkatu 11-13
Helsinki 00180
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People
Total lobbyists declared
20
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 20 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Sitra's teams Carbon-Neutral Circular Economy and IHAN -Human Driven Data Economy are the ones mainly working with EU.
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
VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc.
Subcategory
Other public or mixed entities, created by law whose purpose is to act in the public interest
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,125,000€
Other financial info
According to the balance sheet included in the annual report and financial statements for 2019: equity and liabilities, equity, endowment capital stood at EUR 235,463,097.04 and the total equity is EUR 708,515 079.80. Operations are funded entirely by returns from investment activities
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Union Eco-labelling Board#E00374 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=374 #Observer #C#Support to Circular Economy Financing Expert Group#E03517 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3517 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Projects and events: Finland's Roadmap Towards the Circular Economy, World Circular Economy Forums 2020 and 2021 (several DGs as partners in designing, planning and producing the forums), World's Leading Circular Economy Solutions project (DG Env in the executive board) , Co-operation with European Bank for Reconstruction an Development in field of Sustainable Cities, National Financier of CIRCWASTE, Partnership with European Climate Foundation in 1. Industrial Innovation for Competitiveness and 2. Interrelations of Climate Change and Circular Economy, Nordic Green to Scale Cities project, Centre for Circular Economy (European Alliance for Cross-Industrial Circular Economy Investments), IHAN – Human-driven data economy: Ihan.fi Testbed for fair data economy, IHAN Business Program, Digiprofile test
Publications: Green to Scale, Nordic Green to Scale, Industrializing deep retrofits through innovation in the buildings sector, Communication and promotion of an 124C/BPIE report informing the EC's EURICS/ACEI strategy, Foster demand for low-carbon cement and steel through innovation and public procurement, Developing a 2040 vision for circularity in appliances, 35 proposals to make the European data strategy work, A roadmap for a fair data economy, CEN CWA 17525 “ Elements of fair and functioning data economy: identity, consent and logging”, Fair Data Economy Rulebook, IHAN Blueprint, Digitrail SurveyOther activities
Member of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform - Mr Kari Herlevi as Sitra's representavive.
Sitra is also involved in the European Health Data Space joint action
Meetings
Meetings
37 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 25 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject The discussion topics were democracy and social participation by youth. The meeting allowed the exchange of views by Sitra elaborating their work on these domains and cabinet Urpilainen. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject The discussion topics were democracy and social participation by youth. The meeting allowed the exchange of views by Sitra elaborating their work on these domains and cabinet Urpilainen. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2023 Location videoconference call Subject Data economy: DSA, DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Mar 2023 Location video-call Subject Circular economy, biodiversity and the use of biomass Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Mar 2023 Location Helsinki Subject Issues related to democracy - deliberative democracy & citizen engagement and demographic trends Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
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Date 06 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Data policies Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
- Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Dec 2022 Location Videoconference Subject EU Training and Development Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject international partnerships Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2022 Location Bruxelles Subject Working group on European Health Data Space Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Data Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2022 Location video-call Subject Tackling biodiversity loss through circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jun 2022 Location online Subject DSA, DGA, DMA, AI Act, Data Act. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 May 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Follow-up discussion on strategic foresight Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 May 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Follow-up discussion on strategic foresight Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject Future cooperation on strategic foresight with SITRA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 27 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject Future cooperation on strategic foresight with SITRA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
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Date 27 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject Innovation and security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Apr 2022 Location BRUSSELS Subject Health Data Space Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
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Date 26 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject Data Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
- Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU’s political situation and priorities of the Commission DG Secretariat-General Attending - Ilze Juhansone (Secretary-General)
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Date 30 Nov 2021 Location Brussels (WEBEX) Subject European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Nov 2021 Location Virtual Subject EU and China relations, Stability and Growth pact. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 30 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Digital regulation, in particular on data Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Fair data economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Oct 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Fair data economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Sep 2021 Location Brussels Subject VTC Meeting - European Health Data Space Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet member)
- Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Climate policy, Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 04 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Fair data economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital policy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 22 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject World Circular Economy Forum 2019 DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 13 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject eHealth Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Annika Nowak (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject Human-Centred Technology DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 12 Mar 2018 Location Helsinki Subject Circular Economy and Artificial Intelligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 27 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Human-driven data economy and links to GDPR, EIDAS, PSD2 (presentation of ongoing work in SITRA) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Outreach for the World Circular Economy Forum 2018 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Antti Timonen (Cabinet member)
- Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Feb 2018 Location Bruxelles Subject World Circular Economy Forum 2018, Circular Economy Mission DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)