Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Brussels Office of the Swedish Trade Unions (BOSTU)
EU Transparency Register
69927546143-06 First registered on 05 Jul 2011
Goals / Remit
The aim of the Brussels Office of the Swedish Trade Unions is to support the work of the national trade union confederations and their affiliates in relation to the EU institutions.
Main EU files targeted
Mainly following issues: Employment and Social Affairs, Internal Market, Competition, Industry, Trade, Green transition and Research, Legal Affairs and Constitutional Affairs.
Address
Head Office
Avenue de Tervueren, 15
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue de Tervueren, 15
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Matilda Elisabet NYSTRÖM 25 Jan 2024 24 May 2024 Eva Lena KAPANEN 18 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025 Hillevi AXELSSON 13 Sep 2023 30 Mar 2024 Jonas ERIKSSON 09 Sep 2023 04 Nov 2023 Klara JONSSON JOS 09 Sep 2023 11 Mar 2024 Ms Olga Karolina Young Hee WIELGOSZ STENSTRÖM 11 Mar 2023 03 Jun 2023 Ms Hedvig SÄVENRYD 07 Mar 2023 03 Jun 2023 Mr Nima FARRAHI 03 Feb 2023 01 Jun 2023 Eva Lena KAPANEN 21 Jan 2023 18 Jan 2024 Mr Carl Albert HJELMBORN 20 Oct 2021 20 Oct 2022 Eva Lena KAPANEN 19 Oct 2021 19 Oct 2022 Didrik LUNDH 29 Jan 2020 01 Jul 2020 Mr Carl Albert HJELMBORN 14 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Camilla BROWN 19 Sep 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Hamberg STINA 05 Apr 2019 03 Jul 2019 Joakim SMEDMAN 15 Mar 2019 05 Feb 2020 Ms Jenny WAHLBÄCK 10 Oct 2018 01 Feb 2019 Mr Anders KORNELIUSSON 13 Apr 2018 07 Jul 2018 Joakim SMEDMAN 07 Apr 2018 15 Mar 2019 Fredrik WESTIN 09 Jan 2018 11 Apr 2018 Karla Wixe 29 Nov 2017 28 Nov 2018 Karin JUNGERHEM 08 Sep 2017 06 Dec 2017 Joakim SMEDMAN 25 Apr 2017 07 Apr 2018 Anna Maria Olwaeus 25 Apr 2017 07 Aug 2017 Ms Sophie Silverryd 23 Jan 2017 13 Apr 2017 Karla Wixe 30 Jun 2016 29 Jun 2017 Anna Lena NORDÉN 14 Apr 2016 12 Aug 2016 Joakim SMEDMAN 08 Apr 2016 07 Apr 2017 Jonna Jaakke 25 Jun 2015 23 Jun 2016 Karla Wixe 18 Jun 2015 16 Jun 2016 Mr Per HILMERSSON 10 Nov 2011 01 Oct 2012 Mr Mats ESSEMYR 08 Dec 2011 19 Sep 2012 Complementary Information
Two people full time based in Brussels who are interacting with the institutions. Three times a year we welcome a temporary advisor from LO, TCO or Saco, which stays for 3 months. This person will also interact with the institutions, and apply for an access card while in Brussels.
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
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
The Swedish Trade Union Confederations are members of:
the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC, www.etuc.org), the Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS, www.nfs.net) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC, www.ituc-csi.org).Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
The office is fully financed by its members, no other sources of income exist. The cost estimation under 14 c is based on an approximation of the share of total costs of the activities of the Brussels office used for activities covered by the transparency register.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Trade unions
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
11 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 04 May 2023 Location Stockholm (SE) Subject Discussion on employment and social policies Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Future EU-legislative proposal and collective agreements DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject The role and functioning of the European Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject social dialogue, minimum wage, platform work DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 21 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on minimum wage. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 19 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with the leaders of LO, TCO and Saco DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 16 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions: observations from Swedish trade unions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Piet van Nuffel (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Social initiatives under this Commission, social dialogue and the European semester Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Maria Luisa Llano Cardenal (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Follow-up of the Social Summit in Gothenburg Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Dec 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Labour Mobility and Pillar of Social Rights Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject How the Commission works & trade policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)