Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13 Fte (15)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (UMCE - BUSINESSMED)
EU Transparency Register
865034435102-35 First registered on 11 Jun 2019
Goals / Remit
Our activities are mainly focused on the private sector in the Mediterranean Basin. As one of the major economic development clusters, BUSINESSMED seeks multiple objectives and missions such as:
Increasing exchanges between the European Union and Mediterranean countries
Enhancing technological transfer and know-how toward South-Mediterranean countries
Increasing foreign direct investment flows
Implementing a regulatory framework for investors
Undertaking partnership actions between the various business communities in the region
Lobbying and business advocating for a wider participation of the private sector in the actions to be undertaken by governments in order to achieve a prosperous free trade area in the MediterraneanMain EU files targeted
Annual participation to the UfM Ministerial Conference on Employment and Labour; UfM Trade Ministerial; EED (European development Days);Civil society Forum for Neighborhood South; Policy Forum on Development;
Participation to the European Parliament consultations (a stronger and more united Maghreb, organized by S&D Group);Address
Head Office
Rue des Emeraudes, Résidence Zarrad 2, Appartement A2-1, Les berges du Lac 2
Tunis 1053
TUNISIAEU Office
Rue des Emeraudes, Résidence Zarrad 2, Appartement A2-1, Les berges du Lac 2
Tunis 1053
TUNISIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
15
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 11 75% 1 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Members: http://businessmed-umce.org/en/members
Partners: http://businessmed-umce.org/en/Partners
Becoming Member: http://businessmed-umce.org/en/services-aux-membres#Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EBSOMED Project 433,846€ Grant SOLiD 2 Project 265,004€ Grant INVESTMED Project 356,865€ Grant MED4WASTE Project 1,908€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
Annual Report 2019: http://businessmed-umce.org/sites/default/files/RAPPORT%20ANNUEL%20FR%202019.pdf
Annual Report 2018: http://businessmed-umce.org/sites/default/files/BUSINESSMED%20Activity%20Report%202018--.pdf
Annual Report 2017: http://businessmed-umce.org/sites/default/files/Rapport-activite-2017-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf
Annual Report 2016: http://businessmed-umce.org/sites/default/files/Rapport-activite-2016-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf
BUSINESSMED's Communication on Engagement to the Global Compact of the United Nations http://businessmed-umce.org/sites/default/files/BUSINESSMED%27s_COE.pdf
EBSOMED Website: www.ebsomed.eu
SOLiD Website: http://medsocialdialogue.org
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 05 Jul 2022 Location Videoconference Subject xxx Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Commission - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - World Vision Brussels & EU Representation ivzw/aisbl
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- African Diaspora Network in Europe
- DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung)
- CONCORD Europe
- Culture Action Europe
- Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V.
- Plan International EU Office
- CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Search for Common Ground
- The ONE Campaign
- Women Environmental Programme
- European Youth Forum
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Date 15 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Opening speech at the session of the Africa-Europe Week CSOs-LAs Forum Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Commission - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Caritas Africa
- Women Environmental Programme
- Plan International EU Office
- Pan African Farmers Organization
- DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung)
- CONCORD Europe
- Africa Platform
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Date 15 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Preparation of the AU-EU Summit and the Africa-Europe Week 2022 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Commission - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
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 Commission - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Climate Action Network Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung)
- Plan International EU Office
- PLATFORMA
- Women Environmental Programme
- Commonwealth Local Govenment Forum
- Caritas Europa
- Oxfam-en-Belgique / Oxfam-in-België
- CONCORD Europe
- ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES MAIRES FRANCOPHONES