Association of European Border Regions

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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

  • 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
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    Oficina de Extremadura en Bruselas
    Av. de Cortenbergh 87-89
    Bruselas B-1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    11

    Employment timeLobbyists
    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 expert

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Martín Guillermo Ramírez (Secretary General)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Martín Guillermo Ramírez (Secretary General)

  • 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

  • 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 FOGAR

    Member organisations

    http://www.aebr.eu/en/members/list_of_members.php

  • 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

  • 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.

    • 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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • 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)
    • Date 04 Jul 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Mid-Term Review and Cohesion Report
      DG Regional and Urban Policy
      Attending
      • Walter Deffaa (Director-General)
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