Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8.25 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ASOCIACIÓN MEDCITIES Y/O MEDCITES (MEDCITIES/MEDCITÉS)
EU Transparency Register
236222591807-44 First registered on 12 Apr 2024
Goals / Remit
MedCities is a network of Mediterranean cities and metropolitan areas created in Barcelona in November 1991 at the initiative of the Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Programme (METAP). Medcities Works in urban sustainable development with the following objectives: 1)To develop the awareness of interdependence and common responsibility as regard policies of sustainable urban development, environmental conservation and social cohesion of the Mediterranean basin. 2) To reinforce the role, competences and resources (institutional, financial and technical) of local governments in the adoption and implementation of sustainable urban development policies. 3)To develop citizens’ awareness and involvement in the sustainable development of their towns and cities. 4)To get under way and develop projects and partnership between partners and with other associations.
Main EU files targeted
Medcities is primarily interested in EU policies as the European Neighborhood Policy, the European Cohesion Policy and other sectorial policies and actions related to urban development such as Environment, Energy, Transport and Mobility, Employment, Culture, Tourism, Youth, Equaling Opportunities, etc. As a Mediterranean organization Medcities is participating in ARLEM and works with the UfM Secretariat in urban issues.
Address
Head Office
C/ 62, 16-18, EDIFICI B, ZONA FRANCA
BARCELONA 08040
SPAINEU Office
C/ 62, 16-18, EDIFICI B, ZONA FRANCA
BARCELONA 08040
SPAINWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 8 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
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
ARLEM, INSTITUT MÉDITERRANÉEN DE L'EAU, UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN, GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP - MEDITERRANEAN, MEDCOOPERATION ALLIANCE
Member organisations
https://www.medcities.org/members
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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
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant ICMPD 51,775€ Grant INTERREG-MED 562,511€ Grant ENI CBC 55,111€ Grant PRIMA 2,479€ Grant DÉLÉGATION DE L'UNION EUROPÉENE EN TUNISIE 400,700€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant HORIZON 165,472€ Grant INTERREG EURO-MED 224,181€ Grant DÉLÉGATION DE L'UNION EUROPÉENE EN TUNISIE 654,457€ Grant PRIMA 33,810€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
-BLUEMISSIONMED (2023-2025): Inspire, inform, assess, mobilise, connect and empower all the actors that can take a role in preventing and eliminating pollution in the Mediterranean sea and wàters
- MAIS (2022-2026): Active and intelligent mobility in Sfax (Tunisia) and it will do so through innovative actions that will be based on giving support to the Municipality of Sfax in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of all project activities as well as the financial management.
- ENSERES (2021-2023): Mainstream available EBM tools in ICZM processes for preserving coastal and marine ecosystems as sustainable livelihoods for coastal urban communities through integrated management of human activities - MED4WASTE (2021-2023): Building on and improving existing knowledge to foster capitalisation of social innovative, integrated, and efficient practices from public, private and social sectors in waste management across the MSB
- LASERMED (2021-2023): Strengthen the role and capacities of local governments to favor a long-term recovery of the citizens’ living conditions - ValEUr-Gabes (2020-2023): Valuation of urbain water through innovative actions and instruments - ASIMA Tunis (2020-2023): Strategic plan of Tunis
- MITECO Andalucia (2019-2021): Development of Coastal Protection Strategies considering the climate change effects for the provinces of Cádiz, Málaga and Almería
- RevActe (2019-2020): Strengthening the capacities of Tunisian Municipalities to implement energy transition actions through networking and transfer of experiences - TangerAccueil (2019-2020): Promote access for newcomers and migrants to their rights and services and to facilitate their social integration.
- TER-BRAND (2019-2020): Ecotourism promotion and territorial branding in Lebanon - Urban Transport Community (2019-2022): Achieving tailor-made sustainable urban mobility plans and solutions in the Mediterranean area. Cofinanced by the EU MED Programme
- Biodiversity Protection Community (2019-2022): Mainstreaming management efforts for environmental sustainability and increasing the impact of biodiversity protection projects towards common identified strategic targets. Cofinanced by the EU MED Programme
- InCircle (2019-2022): Capitalizing knowledge and available tools to test a new methodology that will apply the principles of circular economy to the tourism sector, with a focus on the peculiar needs of islands and low-density areas. Cofinanced by the EU MED Programme
- Bluefasma (2019-2022): Empowering innovation capacity of SMEs and maritime networks in MED islands and coastal areas to support blue circular economy growth in fishing/aquaculture. Cofinanced by the EU MED Programme
- Madre Project (2016-2018) in the field of metropolitan agriculture and cofinanced by the EU MED Programme
- PANACEA Project (2016-2019) in the field of the conservation and protection of mediterranean natural and preserved areas and cofinanced by the EU MED Programme.
- GO-SUMP Project (2017-2019) in the field of sustainable mobility and cofinanced by the EU MED Programme.
- USUDS Project (2011-2014) on the preparation and implementation of urban sustainable development strategies and financed by the ENPI MED Crossborder Programme http://www.usuds.org/en/presentation
- Annual General Assemblies and Conferences dealing with urban issues http://www.medcities.org
- Projects and technicals assistances financed through national and international donors as (Barcelona Metropolitan Area, City Council of Barcelona, Government of Catalonia, Cities Alliance, UNDP, GIZ, VNG...)
- Technical Assistances, exchanges of experiences and study visits http://www.medcities.org
- Medcities monthly Newsletter and social networks http://www.medcities.org/es/newsletter
- MedCities has launched in 2018 the MedUrban Tools which is an on-line instrument with more than 50 best practices from the Mediterranan region.Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
None declared
- Meetings