Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.75 Fte (11)
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
Representar los intereses de las regiones fronterizas y transfronterizas europeas ante las instituciones europeas, gobiernos nacionales y otras instancias.
Identificar sus problemas, oportunidades, tareas y proyectos en particular.
Iniciar, apoyar y coordinar su cooperación en toda Europa.
Intercambiar experiencias e información para formular y coordinar intereses communes a partir de distintos problemas y oportunidades de las regiones fronterizas, y ofrecer soluciones.
Promover estructuras, proyectos y programas de Cooperación Transfronteriza (CTF).
Ayudar en la preparación de eventos de CTF y otras actividades.Main EU files targeted
Política Regional y de Cohesión
Cooperación Territorial Europea
Cooperación Transfronteriza dentro de la UE, en sus fronteras externas, en los países de la Adhesión y la Buena Vecindad y en países terceros.Address
Head Office
Enscheder Str. 362
GRONAU 48599
GERMANYEU Office
Oficina de Extremadura en Bruselas
Av. de Cortenbergh 87-89
Bruselas B-1000
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People
Total lobbyists declared
11
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 50% 5 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
1 person working 50% is an AEBR employee, 4 are external contractors (experts)
1 person working 25% is a senior expertPerson in charge of EU relations
Mr Martín Guillermo Ramírez (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Martín Guillermo Ramírez (Secretary General)
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Categories
Category
VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc.
Subcategory
Transnational associations and networks of public regional or other sub-national 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 this Declaration of Marseille, Founding Document of FOGARMember organisations
http://www.aebr.eu/en/members/list_of_members.php
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
Information still corresponds to 2015, will be upated with data from 2017, annual account will be voted on 20 September 2018 in Oulu
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Working Group on Cross-Border Cooperation
Communication activities
Last General Assembly and Annual Conference in Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain) with side events in Cáceres and Mérida on Cross-Border Cooperation in Latin Americ, CB School and How to Overcome CB Legal and Administrative Obstacles withinin the EU, 23-28 October 2017.
Next General Assembly and Annual Conference, plus II CB School and a Workshop on the ESPON Project on CB Public Services in Oulu (Bothnian Arc, Finland) from 19 to 22 September 2018
Main projects currently implemented: IVY (Interreg Volunteer Youth), March 2017 - December 2019; B-Solutions (identifying CB legal and administrative obstacles and testing posible solutions); several in the Balkans with young people; various with sub-national authorities in Latin American cross-border areas, namely Ecuador-Colombia, Perú-Ecuador, Bolivia-Perú, Colombia-Perú-Brazil and the borders of Mexico with Guatemala and with the US; exploration activities in Jerusalem.Other 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.
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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)
- Meetings