Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,375,000€
Financial year: Sep 2013 - Aug 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
21
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Accenture International SARL
EU Transparency Register
34424201320-69 First registered on 09 Mar 2009
Goals / Remit
Accenture is one of the world’s leading organizations providing management consulting, technology and outsourcing services, with approximately 319,000 employees; offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 56 countries; and net revenues of $30.0 billion for fiscal 2014.
Our four growth platforms—Accenture Strategy, Accenture Digital, Accenture Technology, Accenture Operations—are the innovation engines through which we build world-class skills and capabilities; develop knowledge capital; and create, acquire and manage key assets central to the development of integrated services and solutions for our clients.
Our "high performance business" strategy is to use our expertise in consulting, technology and outsourcing to help clients achieve performance at higher levels so they can create sustainable value for their customers and stakeholders. We use our industry and business-process knowledge, our service offering expertise and our insight into, and understanding of, emerging technologies and new business and technology trends to formulate and implement solutions with and for our clients.
Our strategy is focused on helping clients improve their operational performance, deliver their products and services more effectively and efficiently, and grow their businesses in existing and new markets.Main EU files targeted
The main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files followed by Accenture within the fiscal year from September 2013 to 31 August 2014 were:
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, (General Data Protection Regulation), (COM (2012) 11 final);
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union (COM(2013) 48 final);
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe (COM (2012) 529 final);
- The European Cloud Partnership and Steering Board;
- A Digital Agenda for Europe;
- Proposal for a Directive on conditions of entry and residence of third country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer (COM(2010) 378 final);
- EU Smart Borders Package: Proposal for a Regulation establishing Registered Traveller Programme (COM (2013) 96 final); and Proposal for a Regulation establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) (COM (2013) 95 final);
- Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship;
- Public Sector Innovation under ‘Innovation Union’;
- Public Employment Services 2020.Address
Head Office
Avenue J-F Kennedy, 46A
Luxembourg L-1855
LUXEMBOURGEU Office
Boulevard de Waterloo 16
Brussels 1000
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Apr 2015
Name Start date End Date Mattia DALLE VEDOVE 27 Sep 2023 26 Sep 2024 Michael STIEFEL 27 Sep 2023 26 Sep 2024 Complementary Information
This figure has been calculated on the basis of all staff time (calculated pro rata temporis) devoted to activities falling under the scope of the register from 1 September 2013 to 31 Augus 2014 and expressed in number of persons per year. The figure has been rounded up to the neareast full person.
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Barbara Wynne (Director, EU Government Relations)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Jo Deblaere (Chief Operating Officer & Chief Executive Europe)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
For the purposes of the register, Accenture is providing the list of associations, groups, networks and think-tanks of which it was a member in the fiscal year 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2014, where a substantial or significant part of their activities are focused on influencing the policy formulation and decision making processes of the European Institutions:
- American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
- Ad Hoc Council
- British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Centre for Information Policy Leadership
- The Lisbon Council
- The European Centre for Government Transformation
- Eurelectric
- Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Sep 2013 - Aug 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,375,000€
Other financial info
1. The financial information provided is based on records for Accenture’s fiscal year from 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2014 and covers activities carried out either directly by Accenture or via, for example, trade associations, think-tanks, chambers of commerce or professional lobbyists. The financial information provided is not based on or compatible with formal audit or fiscal reporting obligations.
2. The financial data provided by Accenture on the contracts (procurement) and grants awarded by EU Institutions, bodies and agencies is based on the latest publicly available information (including that of the EU Financial Transparency System http://ec.europa.eu/beneficiaries/fts/index_en.htm) .
It should be noted that:
- This information is for calendar year 2013, which is the latest publicly available information;
- The procurement amount provided includes contracts awarded to Accenture and/or consortia or cooperation partners and therefore exceeds the actual amount received by Accenture;
- Accenture has not compared this information with what is included in any of Accenture’s otherwise publicly available financial information.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Accenture's CEO, Pierre Nanterme, was a member of the European Cloud Partnership Steering Board
- European Commission Expert Group on “Public Sector Innovation”;
- European Commission Cloud Select Industry Group on Service Level Agreements;
- European Commission Cloud Select Industry Group on Certification.ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
The main relevant activities conducted by Accenture within the fiscal year 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2014 were:
- Strategic partner on the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium 4th Annual Collaborative Border Management Conference: Delivering Smart Borders, September 2013.
- Strategic partner on the European Business Summit (EBS) 2014, including development of the report for the EBS: “Accelerating Europe’s Comeback—Digital Opportunities for Competitiveness and Growth”, May 2014.
- Co-partner on the European Centre for Government Transformation, with The Lisbon Council and the College of Europe, with research and roundtables/events on the following themes :
• Powering Public Sector Innovation, December 2013;
• Productivity in Labour Markets for Growth and Competitiveness in Europe, March 2014;
• Government as a Digital Disrupter: Driving Public Service Innovation and Transformation, June 2014;
• Fringe session “Driving Public Sector Innovation” at the Innovation Convention, March 2014.
- Collaboration with Eurelectric on a report entitled: Forging a Joint Commitment to Sustainable and Cost-Efficient Energy Transition in Europe, June 2014.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
21 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 20 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Physical meeting - Presentation of digital trade and lessons learned in Singapore DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 13 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject AI technologies DG Translation Attending - Christos Ellinides (Director-General)
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Date 31 Aug 2023 Location Brussels Subject Discuss HR modernization and exaples of transformations in Public Administration Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - David Mueller (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2022 Location videoconference Subject meeting with the Green Digital Coalition - Main topic : state of play on sustainable digitalization Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- Proximus
- IBM Corporation
- Atos SE (France)
- Microsoft Corporation
- Schneider Electric
- Telefonica, S.A.
- Liberty Global Corporate B.V.
- Uber
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- The Shift Project
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Telia Company AB
- OVH Groupe
- Zentralverband der deutschen Werbewirtschaft ZAW e.V.
- Telekom Austria AG
- Orange
- SOPRA STERIA GROUP
- Nokia
- TDC NET A/S
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Date 06 Sep 2022 Location videoconference Subject Will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Atos SE (France)
- IBM Corporation
- Telekom Austria AG
- Shift Project Limited
- Cisco Systems Inc.
- Nokia
- Telia Company AB
- TDC NET A/S
- Microsoft Corporation
- SOPRA STERIA GROUP
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Zentralverband der deutschen Werbewirtschaft ZAW e.V.
- Schneider Electric
- Orange
- Uber
- Liberty Global Corporate B.V.
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- Proximus
- Telefonica, S.A.
- OVH Groupe
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Date 02 Mar 2022 Location Online Subject Discussion on inclusion and diversity. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Joseph Vella (Cabinet member)
- Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Apr 2021 Location Brussels Subject Videoconference - Discussion about challenges for the future development of the Customs Union, with focus on the big trends concerning data and its sharing, the platform of platforms, and the new role of customs. DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 09 Feb 2018 Location Madrid Subject Energy transition Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject e-privacy review directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Decarbonization of Transport electric-vehicules Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 29 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Safe Harbour Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
- Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business Europe CEO day Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 03 Dec 2015 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject Business Europe CEO day DG Secretariat-General Attending - Alexander Italianer (Secretary-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Polichy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2015 Location BERL Subject Discuss book "Waste to wealth - creating the circular advantage" Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Berl 10/021 Subject Economic outlook of Europe. Growth potential through digitalisation. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Investment plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jan 2015 Location PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Subject Round Table on Gender Diversity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 11 Dec 2014 Location AmCham EU office, on Avenue des Arts 53, 1000 Brussels Subject Presentation of the Annual Growth Survey 2015 outlining the main priorities for the jobs and growth agenda /in the context of the flagship conference ‘Reinvigorating the European Economy: Policies to Foster Jobs, Growth and Innovation’ (Susan Danger - Managing Director - AmCham, Karl Cox - Vice President - Oracle, Bert Boers - Vice President - SAS, Marco Comastri - President EMEA - CA, Patrick Deconinck - Senior Vice President - Western Europe - 3M, Harry van Dorenmalen - Chairman - IBM Europe, Aongus Hegarty - President EMEA - Dell, Cindy Miller - UPS, Christian Morales - Vice President and General Manager EMEA - Intel, Julián Nebreda - President EMEA - AES, Peter Ryan - Senior VP and Managing Director EMEA - HP, Nigel Lewis - Vice President - EMEA - Caterpillar, Dirk Ostijn - Regional Head Western Europe & Chief Executive Officer - MetLife) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
- Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists