Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8.35 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Association of European Border Regions (AEBR-AGEG-ARFE)
EU Transparency Register
684213919233-18 First registered on 22 Oct 2015
Goals / Remit
- AEBR represents the interest of European border and cross-border regions towards EU institutions, national governments and other entities.
- Identifies their problems, opportunities, tasks and relevant projects.
- Initiates, supports and coordinates their cooperation in the whole continent.
- Promotes the exchange of experiences and information to identify and coordinate common interests on the basis of a diversity of problems and opportunities, proposes solutions and works to implement them.
- Promotes Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) structures, projects and programmes.
- Supports the preparation of CBC events and other activities.
- Advocates for and disseminate information about CBC to general and targeted audiences.Main EU files targeted
Regional and Cohesion Policy
European Territorial Cooperation
Cross-Border Cooperation within the EU, at its external borders, in Accession and Neighbourhood states, and in third countries.
European Neighbourhood Policy
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance
Employment
Transport
Health and social services
International Cooperation
YouthAddress
Head Office
Enscheder Str. 362
GRONAU 48599
GERMANYEU Office
Enscheder Str. 362
GRONAU 48599
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 6 75% 1 50% 2 25% 2 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8.35
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
6 AEBR employees working 100% (4 work in projects directly connected with EU Territorial Cooperation, plus the Secretary General, directly dealing with these activities and issues, and the Book-keeper)
1 person working 75% as external expert
1 person working 50% as external expert
1 more person working 50% is an AEBR employee, developing administrative and logistics tasks
2 persons working 50% are external experts who also deal with these issues
1 person working 10% is a senior expert, who deals mainly with these issues.
Other people who collaborate with us, such as our members, also take part in these activities. On the other hand, there are projects such as b-solutions, where we hire further experts to advise on legal and administrative obstacles to cross-border cooperation. Therefore, the number of people working actively for us grows sometimes and then decreases again when the project tasks are over.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
Associations and networks of public authorities
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Networking
Affiliation
FOGAR (Forum of Global Associations of Regions)
http://www.regionsunies-fogar.org/images/Documentos/46_declaration_marseille_en.pdf
AEBR Vicepresident François Maitia (Aquitaine) signed the "Declaration of Marseille", Founding Document of FOGAR; AEBR President is member of the Bureau of ORU-FOGAR
Cohesion Alliance: https://cor.europa.eu/en/engage/Pages/cohesion-alliance.aspx
European Cross-Border Citizens' Alliance: https://www.aebr.eu/initiatives/european-cross-border-citizens-alliance/
Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM): https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/Pages/ARLEM.aspxMember organisations
There are some hundred AEBR members: border regions (their governments), cross-border regions (Euroregions, Eurodistrictis, EGTCs, ...). You can find them here: https://www.aebr.eu/members/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
1,316,125€
Major funding types in closed year
Member's contribution, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Membership fees 230,000€ Grant European Commission 750,684€ Grant European Commission 191,646€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Informal Working Group on Cross-Border Cooperation at the EU Parliament
Interregional Group on CBC at the Committee of the Regions
High-level Group on CohesionCommunication activities
Last General Assemblies, Annual Conferences and CB Schools, with the participation of EU institutions:
- On-site, CB School in Szeged (HU) on 28 September 2022; General Assembly and Annual Conference in Novi Sad (Vojvodina, Serbia) on 29-30 September 2022; study visit to Timisoara on 2 October.
- Hybrid, but mostly on-site, from Arnhem, on 20-22 October 2021
- Online from Eupen (German-speaking Community of Belgium, Euregio Meuse-Rhine), 4-6 November 2020
- Dresden (Euroregion Elbe/Labe, Germany-Czech Republic), 23-26 October 2019
- Oulu (Bothnian Arc, Finland-Sweden), 19-22 September 2018
Other events organized by AEBR:
- Harmonising Building Standars in the Nordic Region, 23 March 2023, Oslo
- CB tele-working across German borders, Kleve, 9-10 March 2023
- East Borders Forum 2022: Developing European Union’s Eastern External Borders, Lappeenranta (FI), 30 August 2022
- CB Public Services 2.0 Final event, Vaasa (FI), 16 June 2022
- Young Women and CBC, online webinar on 15 March 2022
- NEXT CBC, with TESIM, on 15 December 2021
- New Anholt Talks on the 50th Anniversary of AEBR on "50 Years of CBC" and "Communicating CBC", Anholt Castle, 18 June 2021
- Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY), online event to celebrate Europe's Day with young volunteers, host organizations, European Commission's DG Regio and AEBR, 10 May 2021
- "SMEs in Border Regions (specific problems, possible solutions, opportunities offered by the new EU programmes and more)", online seminar in collaboration with EURADA (European Association of Development Agencies) with the participation of the European Commission's DG Grow, CB structures and chambers, CBC projects and institutional players, 4 February 2021
- "Functional CB regions as engines of EU integration of the Western Balkans", online conference to commemorate the 5th anniversary of CESCI's and AEBR's Balkan Offices, 16 December 2021
- Online Forum "IPA countries CBC challenges in times of Covid-19 pandemic", 26 August 2020
- Online Forum to promote "7 June as the International Day of Integration across National Boundaries", 8 June 2020
- Online Forum "CBC in times of pandemic - New borders vs. new opportunities", 5 June 2020
- WS on CB Labour Markets, Flensburg (Regio Sonderjylland-Schlleswig, DE-DK), 27 February 2020
- Information Session on EU-Russia CBC, Committee of the Regions, Brussels, 27 January 2020
- WS at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2021, 2020, 2019, etc.
- WS with DG Regio for German Euroregions, EU Delegation in Berlin, 12 September 2019
- WS on the role of regional and local authorities in the external and internal dimensions of migration policies, ARLEM Annual Events, Seville, 26 February 2019
Main projects currently implemented:
- IVY (Interreg Volunteer Youth), deploying young volunteers in Interreg projects, including ENI-CBC and IPA-CBC; more than 700 volunteers deployed to date (March 2022), March 2017 - December 2024
- b-solutions: identifying CB legal and administrative obstacles and proposing possible solutions, two calls for proposals in 2018 and 2019 have produced the study of 43 cases, published in a first Compendium available in: https://www.b-solutionsproject.com/; a 3rd and 4th calls followed in 2020 and 2021, with 47 new selected cases included in a 2nd Compendium at the end of 2021 and other publications. A new call for proposals and a new one for expressions of interest to identify additional experts will open soon. The project runs from December 2017 to September 2024
- several in the Balkans with young people;
- various with sub-national authorities in Latin American CB areas; direct contracts with the local authorities, and in the framework of wider EU projects (EUROsociAL, INNOVACT, etc.);
- exploration activities in Jerusalem, West Africa, and North-West AsiaOther activities
We have taken part in the Commission's Cross-Border Review, and many related actions as a result of its 2017 Communication, including the implementation of the "b-solutions" project.
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.
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Date 25 Jan 2022 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on cross-border issues in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Elisa Ferreira (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Nov 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject 7th cohesion report, future of cohesion policy, Interreg programs, people to people projects, cross-border cooperation DG Regional and Urban Policy Attending - Marc Lemaître (Director-General)
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Date 04 Jul 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Mid-Term Review and Cohesion Report DG Regional and Urban Policy Attending - Walter Deffaa (Director-General)