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Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Fundacio Eurecat (Eurecat)
EU Transparency Register
233570428373-49 First registered on 18 Sep 2017
Goals / Remit
Eurecat is currently the leading Technology Centre in Catalonia, and the second largest private research organization in Southern Europe. Eurecat manages a turnover of 43M€ and 600 professionals, is involved in more than 160 R&D projects and has a customer portfolio of over 1.000 companies.
Eurecat is currently participating in more than 70 EU funded collaborative projects, mainly in the Horizon 2020 Programme. In addition to this wide experience at European level, Eurecat is also a strong player in the various R&D programmes sponsored by the Spanish and Catalan administrations, with more than 160 ongoing projects. Technology transfer is also an essential activity in Eurecat, with 36 international patents and 9 technology-based companies (eight in Spain and one in Latin America) started-up from the centre.
Eurecat R&D, innovation and training activities span from Industrial Technologies (metallic, plastic and composite materials, manufacturing processes, autonomous and professional robotics, functional printing and fabrics, simulations and sustainability) to Digital Technologies (Digital Humanities, Big Data Analytics, IT Security and Smart Management Systems, e-health, data mining and multimedia technologies) and Biotech (Omic science and Nutrition & health). Additionally, EURECAT has recently been accepted by the European Commission as a KETs (Key Enabling Technologies) Technology Centre in order to collaborate with SMEs on close-to-market research and innovation activities.Main EU files targeted
Europe 2020 strategy & Framework Programmes, European Research Council, Research and Innovation funding 2014-2020, Digital Single Market.
Address
Head Office
Av. Universitat Autonoma, 23
Cerdanyola del Vallès 08290
SPAIN -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Joan Guasch (Head of Public Programmes)
Person with legal responsibility
Xavier López (Corporate & Operations Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Other organisations
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Networking
Affiliation
Eurecat is member of EARTO (European Association of Research & Technology Organisation) and EARMA (European Association of Research Managers & Administrators)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
EU grant income for closed financial year
8,041,975 € (Source: EC-H2020, MINECO-ERDF, ACCIO-ERDF, SOC-ESF)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Participation to projects financed by the EU (H2020, Life+, RFCS, Erasmus+...) and active member of several Technology Platforms
Other activities
Eurecat is member of several Technology Platforms.
- Meetings
Meetings
None declared
- Meetings