Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
17.25 Fte (23)
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, organized crime, migration), energy, public procurement, enlargement, human rights, counter-terrorism, extremism and (de)radicalization, EU funds for cohesion and territorial development.
Address
Head Office
5, Alexander Zhendov Str.
Sofia 1113
BULGARIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
23
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 23 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
17.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
As of January 1, 2017, the Center for the Study of Democracy employs a staff of twenty three of whom twenty-one in professional and management positions, including part-time consultants, and two employees in administrative positions.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Ruslan Stefanov (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 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
EU grant income for closed financial year
683,000 € (Source: European Commission)
Other financial info
CSD annual financial report for 2015 is published at http://www.http://www.csd.bg/artShowbg.php?id=17615
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Projects:
Assessing the risk of isolation of suspects and accused (ARISA), European Commission
DG Justice and Consumers, 2017 (Coordinator)
HOME/2015/ISFP/AG/THBX/4000008751, Financing Organised Crime Activities – focus on Human Trafficking, (FINOCA 2.0), 2017 (Coordinator)
HOME/2015/AMIF/AG/INTE/9113, Enhancing the Integration of Women, Beneficiaries of International Protection by Development and Implementation of Multifaceted Integration Trainings (INTEGRA-TRAIN), European Commission, Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (2014-2020), 2017 (Coordinator)
JUST/2014/JACC/AG/VICT/9221, Strengthening multidisciplinary cooperation to ensure an effective referral, assistance, rights protection for victims of human trafficking, European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers 2017 (Partner)
H2020-LCE-2016-RES-CCS-RIA, Enabling the Energy Union through understanding the drivers of individual and collective energy choices in Europe, (Enable.EU), 2016 (Partner)
700688 – TAKEDOWN – H2020-FCT-2014-2015/H2020-FCT-2015, Understand the Dimensions of Organised Crime and Terrorist Networks for Developing Effective and Efficient Security Solutions for First-line-practitioners and Professionals (TAKEDOWN), 2016 (Partner)
EuropeAid/136802/ID/ACT/TR, CFCU/TR2011/0135.15-02, Strengthening the EU – Turkey Energy Dialogue in the Context of Persistent Energy Security and Governance Risks in the Black Sea region, 2016 (Coordinator)
Publications:
Situational Assessment of Extremist Trends. Sofia, 2017, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17917)
Monitoring Radicalisation: A Framework for Risk Indicators. Sofia, 2017, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17916)
Shadow Power: Assessment of Corruption and Hidden Economy in Southeast Europe. Sofia, 2016, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17793)
State Capture Unplugged: Countering Administrative and Political Corruption in Bulgaria. Sofia, 2016, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17723)
Extortion racketeering in the EU: vulnerability factors. Sofia, 2016, Center for the Study of Democracy (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17701)
Events:
Enhancing the Integration of Beneficiaries of International Protection by Development and Implementation of Reception and Integration Trainings, 30–31 March 2017 (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17950)
Human Trafficking and Smuggling – the New Challenges, 22 March 2017, (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17953)
Radicalisation and Extremism risks in Bulgaria: towards More Effective Diagnostic and Assessment Tools, 28 February 2017 (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17931)
EU Funds and the Path to Good Governance in Bulgaria and Romania: Lessons Learnt, 24 February 2017 (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17918)
Monitoring radicalisation risks in Central and Southeast Europe: Shaping diagnostic tools for EU policymakers, 23 February 2017 (http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=17933)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 (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 - Hugo Monteiro Brilhante Sobral (Cabinet member)
- Simeona Manova (Cabinet member)
- Francisco Barros Castro (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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- European Policy Centre
- Trans European Policy Studies Association
- European University Institute
- Carnegie Europe
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- Mercator Institute for China Studies
- Migration Policy Institute Europe
- The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl
- Europe Jacques Delors
- Real Instituto Elcano
- Bruegel
- European Council on Foreign Relations
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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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