Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
EU Transparency Register
55906747924-11 First registered on 01 Feb 2012
Goals / Remit
The DAAD is the world’s largest funding organisation for the international exchange of students and researchers. Since it was founded in 1925, more than 2 million academics in Germany and abroad have received DAAD funding. It is a registered association and its members are German institutions of higher education and student bodies. Its activities go far beyond simply awarding grants and scholarships. The DAAD supports the internationalisation of German universities, promotes German studies and the German language abroad, assists developing countries in establishing effective universities and advises decision makers on matters of cultural, education and development policy.
Since 1987 the DAAD has been acting as the National Agency for the ERASMUS programme in Germany and also as the contact point for various EU higher education programmes, such as Tempus and Erasmus Mundus. Today, the National Agency at DAAD is dealing with the entire higher education part of the Erasmus+ programme in Germany. It also follows the implementation of the Bologna Process in the country. The DAAD is closely cooperating with its partners in Europe and beyond. DAAD is a founding member of the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) and an affiliate member of the European University Association (EUA).
The DAAD budget is derived mainly from the federal funding for various ministries, primarily the German Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, but also from the European Union and a number of enterprises, organisations and foreign governments. Its head office is in Bonn, but the DAAD also has an office in the German capital, Berlin. It maintains contact with and provides advice to its main partner countries on every continent via a network of 15 regional offices and 57 information centres.
In 2015, the DAAD funded more than 127,039 German and international scholars worldwide. The funding offers range from a year abroad for undergraduates to doctoral programmes, from internships to visiting lectureships, and from information gathering visits to assisting with the establishment of new universities abroad. Voluntary, independent selection committees decide on the funding. The selection committee members are appointed by the DAAD's Executive Committee according to certain appointment principles. The DAAD supports the international activities of German institutions of higher education through marketing services, publications, the staging of events and training courses.
DAAD programmes have the following three strategic goals:
• Scholarships for the Best: Awarding scholarships to the best German and international students and researchers who, in a demanding application process, demonstrate exceptional ability and willingness to accept responsibility
• Structures for Internationalisation: Creating higher education structures in Germany and abroad (e.g. international degree programmes, bilaterally established universities, academic networks, etc.) which promote international qualification, mobility and dialogue which, in turn, improves the quality of research and instruction
• Expertise for Academic Collaboration: Systematising, developing and providing expertise in educational cultures and systems of higher learning, which the DAAD has gained through its work and network and which is essential for developing internationally successful collaborationMain EU files targeted
Erasmus+
EU initiatives, strategies and programmes in the field of higher education
EU Development and Neighbourhood PolicyAddress
Head Office
Kennedyallee, 50
Bonn 53175
GERMANYEU Office
Rue d'Arlon 22
Brüssel
BELGIUM -
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
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Mar 2018
Name Start date End Date Tanja KREETZ 08 Jun 2023 07 Jun 2024 Michael HÖRIG 10 Jun 2023 07 Jun 2024 Verena HOLZAPFEL 17 May 2023 17 May 2024 Ms Anna Lena SENDER 07 Jun 2022 12 May 2023 Michael HÖRIG 24 May 2022 24 May 2023 Ms Nina Salden 12 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Ms Nina Salden 23 Nov 2016 11 Nov 2017 Ms Nina Salden 25 Feb 2015 23 Feb 2016 Ms Nina Salden 31 Jan 2014 30 Jan 2015 Mrs Nina SALDEN 31 Jan 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Nina SALDEN 14 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013 Mrs Kerstin FUNNEMANN 14 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Klaus Birk (Director of the National Agency for EU Higher Education Cooperation)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Dorothea Rüland (Secretary General)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)
Kooperationsstelle EU der Wissenschaftsorganisationen (KoWi)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
102,049,961 € (Source: Marie-Curie COFUND / Erasmus+ (European Commission))
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Meetings / discussions with EC and EP officials regarding EU policy in higher education. Organisation of seminars / conferences on EU higher education programmes and initiatives.
- Meetings
Meetings
1 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 23 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on European University Network; Erasmus+ and marketing of Higher Education. DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists
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