Overview
Lobbying Costs
750,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
25.5 Fte (34)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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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
Building Bridges between Scholars and Policy Makers.
Founded in late 1989, the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) is an interdisciplinary public policy institute dedicated to the values of democracy and market economy. CSD is a non-partisan, independent organization fostering the reform process in Europe through impact on policy and civil society. CSD’s objectives are:
• to provide an enhanced institutional and policy capacity for a successful European integration process, especially in the area of justice and home affairs;
• to promote institutional reform and the practical implementation of democratic values in legal and economic practice;
• to monitor public attitudes and serve as a watchdog of the institutional reform process.ТJuw
Building bridges is the old-fashioned way of bringing together social actors and cementing new alliances. Born as a think-tank, the Center for the Study of Democracy has evolved into policy development through dialogue and partnership.
Bringing cutting-edge solutions to transition problems is our way of keeping the middle ground between academia and social practice.
CSD has pioneered in several areas traditionally perceived as the inviolable public property, such as anti-corruption institutional reform, and national security. Our belief is that bringing a new culture of cooperation and trust in a milieu of inherited fragmentation and opacity is equally rewarding as the achievement of concrete social goals.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.Address
Head Office
5 Alexander Zhendov St.
Sofia 1113
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People
Total lobbyists declared
34
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 34 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
25.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
As of March 1, 2020, the Center for the Study of Democracy employs a staff of thirty four of whom thirty-one in professional and management positions, including part-time consultants, and three 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
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
750,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
496,464 € (Source: European Commission)
Other financial info
CSD's annual financial report for 2018 is published at: https://csd.bg/fileadmin/user_upload/publications_library/files/2018_12/CSD_AR_2018_ENG_Financial_Review.pdf
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Projects:
Methodology for Assessing States’ Capacity for Countering the Hostile Misuse of CBRN Knowledge and Materials (MASC-CBRN), DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2020
Assessing the Risk of Social Isolation of Suspects and Accused: The Impact of the Media (ARISA 2), DG Justice and Consumers, 2020
State Capture Estimation and Monitoring of Anti-Corruption Policies at the Sectoral level (SceMaps), DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2019
Resilient Youth against Far-Right Extremist Messaging Online (YouthRightOn), DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2019
Launch and Implementation of Diversity Charter in Bulgaria, DG Justice and Consumers, 2018
Offenders with Psycho-Social and Intellectual Disabilities: Identification, Assessment of Needs and Equal Treatment, DG Justice and Consumers, 2018
ICT Enabled Public Services for Migration (MIICT), Research Executive Agency (REA), 2018
Radicalisation, Secularism and the Governance of Religion: Bringing together European and Asian Perspectives (GREASE), Research Executive Agency (REA), 2018
Central and Eastern European Network for the Prevention of Intolerance and Group Hatred (CEE Prevent Net), DG Justice and Consumers, 2018
Publications:
The Kremlin Playbook in Southeast Europe: Economic Influence and Sharp Power (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/the-kremlin-playbook-in-southeast-europe-economic-influence-and-sharp-power/)
Vulnerable Offenders: The Rights of Suspects and Accused with Psychosocial and Intellectual Disabilities (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/vulnerable-offenders-the-rights-of-suspects-and-accused-with-psychosocial-and-intellectual-disabili/)
Bulgarian Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2019 (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/bulgarian-organised-crime-threat-assessment-2019/)
Assessing the Access to and Takeup of the Youth Guarantee Measures by Roma Youth in Bulgaria (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/assessing-the-access-to-and-takeup-of-the-youth-guarantee-measures-by-roma-youth-in-bulgaria/)
The Illicit Cigarette Trade along the Balkan Route: Measuring Vulnerabilities and Threats (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/the-illicit-cigarette-trade-along-the-balkan-route-measuring-vulnerabilities-and-threats/)
Diversity Management in Bulgaria (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/diversity-management-in-bulgaria-perceptions-practices-and-expectations/
State Capture Assessment Diagnostics (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/state-capture-assessment-diagnostics/)
Cultural and Civic Orientation of Asylum Seekers and Beneficiaries of International Protection (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/cultural-and-civic-orientation-of-asylum-seekers-and-beneficiaries-of-international-protection/)
Events:
State Capture Through Economic Dependence: The Kremlin's Balkan Strategy (https://csd.bg/events/event/state-capture-through-economic-dependence-the-kremlins-balkan-strategy/)
Russian Influence in Europe: Countering State Capture Risks (https://csd.bg/events/event/russian-influence-in-europe-countering-state-capture-risks/)
Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products Along the Balkan Route: Institutional and Governance Gaps (https://csd.bg/events/event/illicit-trade-of-tobacco-products-along-the-balkan-route-institutional-and-governance-gaps/)
Energy Transition Governance for Better Energy Security in Europe (https://csd.bg/events/event/energy-transition-governance-for-better-energy-security-in-europe/)
State Capture Assessment Diagnostics: From Concept to Policy Instrument (https://csd.bg/events/event/state-capture-assessment-diagnostics-from-concept-to-policy-instrument/)
Sharp Power Grip: Dimensions of Russian Influence in Southeast Europe (https://csd.bg/events/event/sharp-power-grip-dimensions-of-russian-influence-in-southeast-europe/)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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Date 15 Oct 2023 Location Online Subject Discussion on programming Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet member)
- Hugo Monteiro Brilhante Sobral (Cabinet member)
- Simeona Manova (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023 Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
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- Europe Jacques Delors
- Mercator Institute for China Studies
- Real Instituto Elcano
- The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl
- Bruegel
- European Council on Foreign Relations
- Trans European Policy Studies Association
- Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
- European University Institute
- European Policy Centre
- Carnegie Europe
- Open Society European Policy Institute
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Date 29 Mar 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation and Energy security issues Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Irina Stefuriuc (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location video conference Subject European climate policy for 2030 and 2050 and opportunities resulting from the European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Aug 2020 Location Virtual Subject The European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
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