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Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
COIMBRA GROUP (CG)
EU Transparency Register
361887338852-62 First registered on 06 Jul 2020
Goals / Remit
Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is an association of long-established European comprehensive, multidisciplinary universities of high international standard committed to creating special academic and cultural ties to promote, for the benefit of its members, internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society. It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European education and research policies and to develop best practice through the mutual exchange of experience.
Main EU files targeted
* Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027
* Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Erasmus+: the Union Programme for education and training, youth and sport and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013
* Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013
* Communication from the Commission on Achieving the European Education Area by 2025 (COM(2020) 625 final)
* Communication from the Commission on A new ERA for Research and Innovation (COM/2020/628 final)
* Communication from the Commission Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 Resetting education and training for the digital age (COM/2020/624 final)
* Communication from the Commission on the Global Approach to Research and Innovation - Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (COM(2021) 252 final)
* Communication from the Commission on a European Strategy for Universities (COM(2022) 16 final)
* Council Recommendation on the Quality Framework for Traineeships
* Digital Services Act (DSA)Address
Head Office
Egmontstraat 11, rue d'Egmont
BRUXELLES 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Egmontstraat 11, rue d'Egmont
BRUXELLES 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 75% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Emmanuelle GARDAN 05 Dec 2023 04 Dec 2024 Catarina MOLEIRO 05 Dec 2023 04 Dec 2024 Ms Emmanuelle GARDAN 05 Dec 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Catarina MOLEIRO 05 Dec 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Magdalena KOZULA 17 Jan 2023 12 Mar 2023 Mr Benjamin MARTINEZ SANCHIS 17 Jan 2023 19 Mar 2023 Ms Enora BERGOT 14 Jan 2023 08 Jul 2023 Ms Catarina MOLEIRO 11 Oct 2022 11 Oct 2023 Mr Benjamin MARTÍNEZ SANCHIS 06 Sep 2022 09 Oct 2022 Ms Emmanuelle GARDAN 30 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2023 Complementary Information
2 Policy and Advocacy Officers: 100% (currently under recruitment)
1 Policy and Communication Officer: 50%
1 Office Director: 75%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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Coimbra Group is not member of any other organisation.
Coimbra Group partners punctually with other university umbrella organisations such as the European Universities Association.Member organisations
1. Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
2. Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
3. Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
4. Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy
5. University of Bristol, United Kingdom
6. Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary
7. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
8. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
9. Durham University, United Kingdom
10. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
11. National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
12. Université de Genève, Switzerland
13. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
14. Universidad de Granada, Spain
15. Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
16. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
17. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
18. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania
19. Istanbul University, Turkey
20. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
21. Universität zu Köln, Germany
22. Uniwersytet Jagiellónski Kraków, Poland
23. Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
24. KU Leuven, Belgium
25. Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
26. Université de Montpellier, France
27. Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France
28. Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
29. Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
30. Université de Poitiers, France
31. Charles University (Prague), Czech Republic
32. Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
33. Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
34. University of Tartu, Estonia
35. Turun yliopisto, Turku, Finland
36. Uppsala universitet, Sweden
37. Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
38. Vilnius University, Lithuania
39. Julius-Maximilian-Universität Würzburg, Germany
40. Åbo Akademi University, Finland
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
562,728€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Member's contribution
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution European Commission 55,195€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 9,732€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 5,188€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 16,228€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 1,200€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 740€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 22,108€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 22,108€ Other financial info
99% of Coimbra Group sources of funding in the 2022 closed accounts are coming from the annual membership fees.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission expert group on the ERA Forum#E03833#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3833 #Not a member #C#Academia/Research#Inclusive Gender Equality in the European Research Area#Universities for ERA
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Annual high-level policy seminars alternatively on higher education and on research issues (e.g. in November 2022 in Uppsala University, Sweden, "From learning spaces to learning environments").
Coimbra Group Policy statements (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/category/policy-papers)
- Position Paper “Past, present, and future of the European Research & Innovation Framework programmes 2014-2027” (2023)
- Joint Call for Action Towards an Africa-EU Science, Technology, and Innovation Programme (2023)
- Joint Statement Paper on the Model Grant Agreement’s Intellectual Property Provisions of the European Innovation Council under Horizon Europe (2022)
- Second Coimbra Group Executive Board Statement on Ukraine (2022)
- Call for Peace and Democracy (2022)
- Statement on the Rolling out of the European Universities Initiative after the pilot phase
- Statement on UK’s withdrawal from the Erasmus+ programme (2021)
Joint Open letters/Statements with other signatories addressed to the European Commission (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/category/news)
- Joint Statement on the Model Grant Agreement’s Intellectual Property Provisions of the European Innovation Council under Horizon Europe
- Joint statement on the exemption of education and research sector from EU Digital Services Act (2022)
- Adapting Erasmus+ to support Ukrainian students and staff (2022)
- Stick to Science campaign (2022)
- Joint Statement for UK Association to Horizon Europe (2021)
- Joint letter for the inclusion of R&I stakeholders in the co-creation and implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) governance system (2021)
- Jena Declaration on Sustainability (2021)
- Open letter on the Participation of Switzerland under Horizon Europe (2021)
- Joint Statement for UK Association to Horizon Europe (2021)
- Open letter on ERA governance (2021)
Coimbra Group Policy papers (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/category/policy-papers):
- Universities’ response to the Covid-19 crisis: What have we learnt so far? (2021)
- Opinion piece on 'The essential role of networks in the development of the European Universities Initiative' (in the TH&MA Journal for Higher Education and Management volume 2021.4)
- Key takeaway messages from discussions between Coimbra Group task group on post-Brexit UK-EU exchange & relevant stakeholders (2021)
- Career services in times of Covid-19: Challenges, Responses and Best Practices (2021)
Monthly newsletter with policy-focused editorials authored by the Rector of a Coimbra Group University and specific section on the European Universities initiative - sent out to over 3 500 subscribers worldwide (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/subscribe-newsletter)Other activities
Participation in a number of Commission stakeholder groups on the invitation of the European Commission
Meetings
Meetings
7 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 17 Jun 2021 Location Videoconferencing Subject Role of Universities in the Knowledge Square and in the future of the European (Higher) Education Area and European Research Area Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Jun 2021 Location Videoconferencing Subject Role of Universities in the Knowledge Square and in the future of the European (Higher) Education Area and European Research Area Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject Keynote Speech and discussion at Closed Rectors’ Meeting of the Coimbra Group DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 11 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference call Subject Meeting with Chair and Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group on exchanging views and ideas ahead of a strategic and pretty unusual academic year for the European Higher Education an Research area Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference call Subject Meeting with Chair and Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group on exchanging views and ideas ahead of a strategic and pretty unusual academic year for the European Higher Education an Research area Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Jul 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject European higher education and research current challenges and future developments, European Education Area Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Jul 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject European higher education and research current challenges and future developments, European Education Area Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)