Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8.25 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
Represent the interest of European border and cross-border regions towards EU institutions, national governments and other entitites. Identify their problems, opportunities, tasks and projects in particular. Initiate,support and coordinate their cooperation in the whole Europe. Exchange experiences and information to identify and coordinate common interests on the basis of various problems and opportunities of border regions, and offer solutions. Promote Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) structures, projects and programmes. Support in the preparation of CBC events and other activities.
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.Address
Head Office
Enscheder Str. 362
GRONAU 48599
GERMANYEU Office
Oficina de Extremadura en Bruselas
Av. de Cortenbergh 87-89
Bruselas B-1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 6 50% 3 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
1 person working 100% is an external expert
2 person working 50% are AEBR employees, 1 is an external contractor (expert)
1 person working 25% is a senior expert and 2 are external contractors (experts)Person 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 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
Information still corresponds to 2016, 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 a the EU Parliament
Interregional Group on CBC at the Committee of the RegionsCommunication activities
Last General Assembly, Annual Conference, II Cross-Border School and a Workshop on the ESPON Project "CB Public Services" in Oulu (Bothnian Arc, Finland), 19-22 September 2018.
Next General Assembly and Annual Conference, plus III CB School in Dresden (Euroregion Elbe/Labe, Germany) from 23 to 26 October 2019.
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)
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)
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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)