Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

10.000.000+€

Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

170.5 Fte (312)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

3

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel   (VUB)

    EU Transparency Register

    996789025151-11 First registered on 19 Dec 2016

    Goals / Remit

    As a university Vrije Universtiteit Brussel follows a wide range of EU initiatives, policies and legislative files. As a research institution we are avid participant of the framework programme for researcher Horizon2020. We also adhere to the charter and the code of researchers and have the the seal of HR excellence. Furthermore we monitor EU policy mainly surrounding H2020 but also as a whole and in dept through our researchers involved in European Studies. We are following up on big issues such as data protection, ethics, animal testing, clinical trials, data management and storage,…
    As a university we are also very much involved with the Erasmus+ programme.
    We have experts keeping up to date with EU regulation and translating these to be in line with our internal rules and practices. Our researchers are in many cases experts and evaluators for the EC. We take part in a number of surveys and stakeholder consultations by the EU or the EC. This is done in our own name but also through input the Belgian government and representatives and through networks such as EUA, VLIR (Flemish University Council,…). In additional or researchers also partake in PPP’s or other research and technology platforms delivering input and cooperation with the EC.

    Main EU files targeted

    Vrije Universiteit Brussels has over 100 EU (co-)funded projects at any time. Furthermore it has a number of service contracts delivering services to the EU. These actions involve dissemination and outreach. As a university publications are our core business. The main focus of these publication are geared towards advancing science but also include publications relevant to policy and also outreach initiatives. We organize small and large events relevant to policy including such large like the CPDP conference on data protection.

    Address

    Head Office
    Pleinlaan 2
    Brussel 1050
    BELGIUM
  • People

    WARNING: The number of full time equivalent lobbyists declared by this organisation are extraordinarily high and may therefore have been over-declared.

    Total lobbyists declared

    312

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%105
    50%55
    25%152

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    170.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Mieke Gijsemans (Head of Research and Data Management Department)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Ms Pauwels Caroline (Rector of VUB)

  • Categories

    Category

    IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions

    Subcategory

    Academic institutions

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    10,000,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    14,159,453 € (Source: H2020)

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    There is no current central record of our participation in such groups but our researchers have participated in such groups in the recent past.

    This information was gathered ad hoc at a rapid pace due to a deadline communicated to us by the EU in the frame of an expert group of 4 business days. We can get more detailed information but this will take longer because we do not have a central record of all of the requested information and are unable to gather it in this time frame due to the size of our organisation.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    3 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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