Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
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 (CSD)
EU Transparency Register
15789364550-66 First registered on 17 Nov 2010
Goals / Remit
Mission
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. The Center for the Study of Democracy is a non-partisan, independent organization fostering the reform process in Bulgaria and Europe through impact on policy and civil society.
The Center for the Study of Democracy has the following objectives:
• 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.
Building bridges is the old 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.
The Center for the Study of Democracy has pioneered in several areas traditionally perceived as the inviolable public property, such as anti-corruption, crime and hidden economy, 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 as rewarding as the achievement of concrete social goals.Main EU files targeted
Justice and home affairs (corruption, organised crime, migration), energy, public procurement, enlargement, human rights, counter-terrorism, EU funds for cohesion and territorial development.
Address
Head Office
5, Alexander Zhendov Str.
Sofia 1113
BULGARIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
As of January 1, 2015, the Center for the Study of Democracy employs a staff of thirty-one of whom twenty-six in professional and management positions, including part-time consultants, and five employees in administrative positions.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Stefanov Ruslan (Economic Program Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ognian Shentov (Chairman)
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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
US Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,059,000 € (Source: European Commission)
Other financial info
CSD annual financial report for 2013 is published at http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=16797
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Anti-corruption Reloaded: Assessment of Southeast Europe. Sofia, 2014, Center for the Study of Democracy report (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17121)
Corruption Assessment Report: Anti-Corruption Policies against State Capture. Sofia, 2014, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17172)
Financing of Organised Crime. Sofia, 2015, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17317)
Monitoring Anti-Corruption in Europe: Bridging Policy Evaluation and Corruption Measurement, Sofia. 2015, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17391)
Radicalisation in Bulgaria: Threats and Trends. Sofia, 2015, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17560)Other activities
CSD has carried out a number of research and consultancy projects on issues related to corruption, organised crime, hidden economy, energy, migration, and criminal justice. CSD participates also in several FP7 corruption and crime , as well as energy research projects. More information about specific projects and competencies could be found by visiting CSD's webpage (www.csd.bg) or by contacting our 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 - Simeona Manova (Cabinet member)
- Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet member)
- Hugo Monteiro Brilhante Sobral (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)
Other Lobbyists - Migration Policy Institute Europe
- Europe Jacques Delors
- Real Instituto Elcano
- Mercator Institute for China Studies
- Bruegel
- The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl
- European Council on Foreign Relations
- Trans European Policy Studies Association
- European University Institute
- Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
- Carnegie Europe
- European Policy Centre
- 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)
- Meetings