Universiteit Antwerpen

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

10,000,000€ +

Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

6.5 Fte (26)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

5

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Universiteit Antwerpen   (UAntwerpen)

    EU Transparency Register

    924473926079-08 First registered on 01 Mar 2017

    Goals / Remit

    UAntwerp is a publicly funded and fully accredited Belgian university. It is characterised by its high standards in education, internationally competitive research and entrepreneurial approach. UAntwerp was founded in 2003 after the merger of three smaller universities (RUCA, UFSIA and UIA). The university's roots go back to 1852.
    In 2020 it ranked 13th in the “Top 50 Universities Under 50 years”. The University has ca. 1.939 PhD students, 680 tenured professors, over 337 assistants and over 3566 tenured researcher and education staff members. It produces over 3600 peer-reviewed scientific publications per year. The European Commission has awarded the University the “HR Excellence in Research” quality label.
    UAntwerp has an excellent track record as to the participation in EU framework research and innovation programmes.

    Main EU files targeted

    As a university we follow mainly EU policies and initiatives in the field of education and research & technology: EU framework programmes for research and innovation, EU education programmes and horizontal issues such as data protection, ethics, animal testing, clinical trials, data management and storage.

    Individual researchers of research groups might however also be interested in/follow specific EU policies and initiatives as these might be directly or indirectly relevant for the scientific research they are carrying out. These policies and initiatives can be very diverse: health; IT; development cooperation; communication technology; environment; justice; economic & financial affairs; employment, social affairs, inclusion; agriculture; energy; climate; transport & mobility; maritime affairs; culture; etc.

    Address

    Head Office
    Prinsstraat 13
    Antwerpen 2000
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    Middelheimlaan 1
    Antwerpen 2020
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    26

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%26

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    6.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    Above mentioned figures are based on an educated guess. Usually, contacts with the EU institutions occur in an ad hoc way, by many people, both from administration and researchers, not allowing for adequate calculations.

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Academic institutions

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Antwerp University Association:
    www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uantwerp/organisational-structure/antwerp-university-association/
    Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN):
    https://yerun.eu/
    AURORA:
    http://www.aurora-network.global/
    Young Universities for the Future of Europe:
    https://www.yufe.eu/

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    10,000,000€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant EU Framework Programme 16,646,825€
    Grant International grants outside framework programme 438,617€
    Grant Other international grants outside framework programme 1,875,905€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    10,000,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Although the main activities of a university are providing education, performing research and serving society, staff members (such as professors) of UAntwerp (either acting on behalf of their own research group or on behalf of the university as a whole) may occasionally meet members of EU institutions (in particular from the European Commission and the European Parliament) to discuss scientific and/or policy issues and provide advice in the field of research and education or in the field of an individual professor’s or research group’s expertise.
    UAntwerp also participates from time to time (though mostly indirectly) in formal consultations of the European Commission (e.g. relating to the new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-2027, Horizon Europe). We mostly participate indirectly in these consultations through intermediary organizations (such as international university networks, Flemish inter-university bodies or Flemish R&I stakeholder platforms), although direct participations at individual level may also occur occasionally. The same holds for preparing, circulating and communicating position papers. We contributed for instance to the Flemish position paper on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon 2020 (see EC website: https://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations).
    UAntwerp professors participate regularly in EC expert groups and other platforms (e.g. in scientific advisory boards of Joint Programming Initiatives or EU-funded projects). A central record of our participation in such groups does however not exist (it is very difficult to keep such a record given the high number of staff that might be involved in such activities).

    Other activities

    Ad hoc meetings with (Flemish) Members of the European Parliament on Horizon 2020 related issues (Horizon Europe).
    Ad hoc meetings with EC officials and Commissioner cabinets
    Hosting of meetings/conferences with speakers from the EC, usually related to Horizon 2020 projects

  • 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 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 19 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Presentation of the EU RoL toolbox and mechanism
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 Jan 2021 Location Videoconferencing
      Subject European University Initiative and challenges, European Higher Education system
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
    • Date 26 Jan 2021 Location Videoconferencing
      Subject European University Initiative and challenges, European Higher Education system
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Innovation and Youth
      Attending
      • Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
    • Date 15 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Exchange of views on Education
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Feb 2017 Location Leuven
      Subject Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
      Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation
      Attending
      • Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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