Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

34.5 Fte (46)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

5

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy   (CSD)

    EU Transparency Register

    15789364550-66 First registered on 17 Nov 2010

    Goals / Remit

    CSD’s mission is “building bridges between scholars and policy-makers”. As an independent, interdisciplinary public policy institute it combines a broad range of capacities, bringing together social actors and cementing new alliances. Born as a think-tank, CSD has evolved into policy development through dialogue and partnership. Founded in late 1989, CSD is dedicated to the values of democracy and market economy, fostering the reform process in Europe through impact on policy and civil society – a leader in social research and policy analysis in Europe and the Balkans with а unique track record in managing EU-funded research and policy development. CSD employs a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary approach to complex social and policy issues in the area of good governance and anti-corruption, justice and home affairs, organised and conventional crime, hidden economy, energy and climate security, migration and radicalisation, foreign authoritarian influence and disinformation, etc.

    Main EU files targeted

    Justice and home affairs (corruption, organized crime, migration), energy, public procurement, enlargement, human rights, counter-terrorism, extremism and (de)radicalization, EU funds for cohesion and territorial development, neighbourhood policies, Russia.

    CSD has participated in: the Interim Evaluation of the Internal Security Fund – Police, commissioned in 2017 by DG Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission; the Evaluation of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), commissioned in 2018 by DG Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission; the Schengen Facility for Croatia, commissioned in 2018 by DG Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission; and as the final evaluation of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020, as well as of the EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020, commissioned in 2019 by DG HOME; the Substitute impact assessment of the Proposal for a regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum, commissioned in by the European Parliamentary Research Service in 2022.

    Address

    Head Office
    5 Alexander Zhendov St.
    Sofia 1113
    BULGARIA
    EU Office
    5 Alexander Zhendov St.
    Sofia 1113
    BULGARIA

    Website

    https://csd.bg/

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    46

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%46

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    34.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    As of March 1, 2024, the Center for the Study of Democracy employs a staff of forty-five of whom thirty-seven in professional and management positions, including part-time consultants, and six employees in administrative positions.

    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

    Think tanks and research institutions

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    FRANET – the multidisciplinary research network coordinated by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) - https://fra.europa.eu/en/cooperation/franet
    EU Platform of Diversity Charters - https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/combatting-discrimination/tackling-discrimination/diversity-and-inclusion-initiatives/diversity-charters-eu-country/bulgarian-diversity-charter_en

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Directorate General Justice and Consumers Programme and Financial management 220,224€
    Grant Directorate General Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations 28,960€
    Grant Directorate-General Education and Culture 9,493€
    Grant Directorate-General Home Affairs 154,225€
    Grant Directorate-General Migration and Home Affairs 14,005€
    Grant EU Research Executive Agency (Horizon 2020) 168,875€
    Grant Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 47,213€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€

    Other financial info

    CSD's annual audited financial report for 2022 is published at: https://csd.bg/fileadmin/user_upload/publications_library/files/2022_12/CSD_AR/Financial_Review_CSD_AR_2022_EN.pdf

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Projects:
    Detecting and Countering Information Suppression from A Transnational Perspective (DE-CONSPIRATOR), HORIZON-RIA, 2024
    Civil Society for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: Capacity Building for Evidence-Based Advocacy, Policy Impact and Citizen Engagement (SELDI), DG NEAR, 2023
    Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions (DUST), REA, 2023
    Neutral and Inclusive Communication in Corporate Environments (NICE), CERV, 2023
    European Technology and Innovation Platform Bioenergy - Support of Renewable Fuels and Advanced Bioenergy Stakeholders 2022-2025 (ETIP), DG RESEARCH, 2022
    Support to Member States in the implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, DG ENERGY, 2022
    Assessing the Risk of Isolation of Sentenced and Accused: Enhancing the Capacity of Correctional Services to Work with Convicted Children (ARISA Child), DG JUST, 2022
    Whos and hows: countering disinformation that pushes citizens away from the European project (FHR), CERV, 2022
    SoBigData RI Preparatory Phase Project (SoBigData RI PPP), REA, 2022
    AI for Citizen Intelligent Coaching against Disinformation (TITAN), DG CONNECT, 2022
    Bulgarian-Romanian Observatory of Digital Media (BROD), HADEA, 2022
    Publications:
    Open Gates, Guarded Walls. The Balancing Act between Openness and Security in European Investment Policies (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/open-gates-guarded-walls/)
    Reforming Youth Corrections (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/reforming-youth-corrections/)
    Bridging Education and the Labour Market (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/bridging-education-and-the-labour-market/)
    Mapping Child Protection Systems in the EU (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/mapping-child-protection-systems-in-the-eu/)
    Effective and Innovative Practices among European Civilian Firearm Registries (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/effective-and-innovative-practices-among-european-civilian-firearm-registries/)
    Borderline. Impact of the Ukraine war on migrant smuggling in South Eastern Europe (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/borderline/)
    Strategic Decoupling: Phasing Out Russian Economic Influence in Germany (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/strategic-decoupling-phasing-out-russian-economic-influence-in-germany/)
    Cash is King: Impact of the Ukraine War on Illicit Financial Flows in South Eastern Europe (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/cash-is-king-impact-of-the-ukraine-war-on-illicit-financial-flows-in-south-eastern-europe/)
    Making Sanctions Work in the European Energy Sector (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/making-sanctions-work-in-the-european-energy-sector/)
    Events:
    Economic Security and Investment Screening (https://csd.bg/events/event/economic-security-and-investment-screening/)
    Energy (In)Security and Good Governance in Moldova (https://csd.bg/events/event/energy-insecurity-and-good-governance-in-moldova/)
    Paths to Faster Decarbonisation: Offshore Wind Energy Potential in the Three Seas Region (https://csd.bg/events/event/paths-to-faster-decarbonisation-offshore-wind-energy-potential-in-the-three-seas-region/)
    Countering WMD Hybrid Threats and Malign Interference in the Black Sea Region (https://csd.bg/events/event/countering-wmd-hybrid-threats-and-malign-interference-in-the-black-sea-region/)
    Anti-Corruption, Democratic Resilience and Economic Security (https://csd.bg/events/event/anti-corruption-democratic-resilience-and-economic-security/)
    Democracy That Delivers: Strategic Reengagement with the Western Balkans (https://csd.bg/events/event/democracy-that-delivers-strategic-reengagement-with-the-western-balkans/)
    Strengthening Anti-Corruption Policies through Public-Private Partnership (https://csd.bg/events/event/strengthening-anti-corruption-policies-through-public-private-partnership/)

    Other activities

    CSD has carried out numerous research and consultancy projects on issues related to corruption, organised crime, hidden economy, energy, migration, radicalisation, and criminal justice. CSD also participates in several FP7 corruption and crime, as well as energy research projects. More information about specific projects and competencises could be found by visiting CSD’s webpage (https://csd.bg/) or by contacting its Program Directors.

  • 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.

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