Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)
EU Transparency Register
791937418045-95 First registered on 13 Jul 2015
Goals / Remit
The Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) has a double mission. First, it serves as a platform for its members for mutual learning and the exchange of good practice, for joint projects and other joint activities, and for advocating the members’ interests vis-à-vis the European institutions. Second, it is a think tank on issues of internationalisation and innovation in higher educations. In this capacity, ACA is engaged in research into internationalisation of higher education, producing studies and evaluations.
ACAs members are national-level organisations which promote and fund internationalisation of higher education. Their activities include the delivery of student and staff mobility programmes (mostly including the Erasmus+ Programme,) the promotion and marketing of their countries’ higher education worldwide, curricular internationalisation, and the provision of policy advice, etc. ACA was created in 1993 as a non-governmental organisation (AISBL/VZW) according to Belgian law.Main EU files targeted
European Commission (2022), Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a European strategy for universities
European Commission (2020), Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A new ERA for Research and Innovation
Council of the European Union (2021), Council conclusions on the European Universities initiative - Bridging
higher education, research, innovation and society: Paving the way for a new dimension in European higher education
European Commission (2018( Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing 'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013, COM/2018/367 final - 2018/0191 (COD)
European Commission (2017b), Communication on a renewed EU agenda for higher education {SWD(2017) 164 final}, COM(2017) 247 final, Brussels,
European Commission (2016a), Commission staff working document. Analytical underpinning for a New Skills Agenda for Europe {COM(2016) 381 final}, SWD(2016) 195 final, Part ¼, Brussels,
European Commission (2016c), Communication on a new skills agenda for Europe. Working together to strengthen human capital, employability & competitiveness {SWD(2016) 195 final}, COM(2016) 381 final, Brussels,
European Commission (2016d), Communication on Improving & modernising education, COM(2016) 941 final, Brussels,
European Commission (2016e), Education & Training Monitor 2016, Brussels,
European Parliament (2015a), Implementation of the Bologna process. European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2015 on follow-up on the implementation of the Bologna Process (2015/2039(INI)), P8_TA(2015)0107, Brussels,
European Union (2015b), Declaration on promoting citizenship & the common values of freedom, tolerance & non-discrimination through education, Paris, 17 March 2015,
Council of the European Union & European Commission (2015), 2015 Joint Report of the Council & the Commission on the implementation of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education & training (ET 2020). New priorities for European cooperation in education & training (2015/C 417/04), Brussels,
European Commission (2013a), Communication on European higher education in the world, COM(2013) 499 final, Brussels,
European Commission (2013b), Communication on Opening up Education: Innovative teaching & learning for all through new Technologies & Open Educational Resources, COM(2013) 654 final, Brussels,
European Commission (2013d), Report by the High level group on the Modernisation of higher education – Improving the quality of teaching & learning in Europe’s higher education institutions, Brussels,
European Commission (2012a), Communication on Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes, COM(2012) 669 final, Strasbourg,
European Parliament (2012), Modernising Europe's higher education systems. European Parliament resolution of 20 April 2012 on modernising Europe’s higher education systems (2011/2294(INI)), P7_TA(2012)0139, Brussels,
Council of the European Union & European Commission (2012), 2012 Joint Report of the Council & the Commission on the implementation of the Strategic Framework for European cooperation in education & training (ET 2020). ‘Education & Training in a smart, sustainable & inclusive Europe’ (2012/C 70/05), Brussels,
European Commission (2011), Communication on Supporting growth & jobs – An agenda for the modernisation of Europe’s higher education systems, COM (2011) 567 final, Brussels,
Council of the European Union (2009), Council conclusions of 12 May 2009 on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education & training (‘ET 2020’) (2009/C 119/02)Address
Head Office
15, Rue d'Egmontstraat
Brussels B-1000
BELGIUMEU Office
15, Rue d'Egmontstraat
Brussels B-1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Bernd Waechter 15 Oct 2019 15 Oct 2020 Marija Mitic 11 Oct 2019 10 Oct 2020 Ms Irina MALAI 11 Oct 2019 10 Oct 2020 Mr Martin BOGDAN 11 Oct 2019 10 Oct 2020 Ms Irina Ferencz 23 Jan 2019 23 Jan 2020 Ms Irina MALAI 31 Jan 2018 31 Jan 2019 Ms Chiara COLELLA 31 Jan 2018 01 Aug 2018 Mr Ivan MALARA 02 Sep 2017 30 Jan 2018 Marija Mitic 20 Jul 2017 04 Jul 2018 Ms Irina Ferencz 20 Jul 2017 04 Jul 2018 Mr Bernd Waechter 20 Jul 2017 04 Jul 2018 Indra Weber 19 Jul 2016 11 Oct 2016 Marija Mitic 21 Jun 2016 18 Jun 2017 Ms Irina Ferencz 21 Jun 2016 18 Jun 2017 Mr Bernd Waechter 21 Jun 2016 18 Jun 2017 Complementary Information
We have estimated the amount of time the staff is working on advocacy related activities next to their other tasks such as research, membership engagement, etc. We have a total of 6.5 FTE staff employed in the organisation.
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
ACA is a member of the International Association of Universities (IAU).
Member organisations
None declared
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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
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Operating Grant 140,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant Operating Grant 175,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
ACA conducts four events per year (ACA European Policy Seminar, Strategic Summit, Thematic Policy Event and a conference with one of the members). More information on the events is available here: https://aca-secretariat.be/events/list-events/
ACA regularly publishes various policy inputs and position papers which can be accessed here: https://aca-secretariat.be/publications/list-publication/
Some of the previous publications include the study for the European Parliament on the first years of Erasmus+ implementation, a report on admissions to master-level programmes in Europe, the third study on English-medium programmes in Europe (English-Taught Programmes in European Higher Education. The State of Play in 2014), A forthcoming study, conducted with our German member DAAD for the European Parliament, will aim to critically assess the differences between quality assurance systems and university ranking schemes, and the pros and cons of the two distinct approaches for assessing/enhancing/indicating the quality of university teaching and research. In 1999, ACA started its own monograph series. The ACA Papers on International Cooperation in Education were an immediate success. All of the books are standard reading in educational internationalisation and most of them emerged from ACA's projects in the field of analysis and research. Since its landmark study EURODATA (2006), ACA has produced a number of relevant studies on mobility (such as MOWIN, STiME, MPPC). ACA has also produced 3 major studies on English-medium instruction in Europe.
All ACA publications can be accessed and downloaded from our website: http://www.aca-secretariat.be/index.php?id=25Other activities
None declared
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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Dec 2021 Location Luxembourg Subject Overview of recent and upcoming regulatory initiatives in financial services Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
- Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 15 Apr 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Courtesy visit DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Tiina Astola (Director-General)