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Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
COIMBRA GROUP
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
Education, Research and Innovation: European Education Area; European Research Area ; European Strategy for Universities/Higher Education Transformation Agenda ; European Universities Initiative ; European Skills Agenda ; Digital Education Action Plan ; European Research Council ; Erasmus+ programme ; Horizon Europe programme ; Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and Next Generation EU.
+ International cooperation in higher education and research; Inter-university co-operation and inter-cultural exchanges; Facilitating knowledge transfer; Universities' impact on local, regional and global development.Address
Head Office
Egmontstraat 11, rue d'Egmont
BRUXELLES 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Jul 2021
Name Start date End Date Emmanuelle GARDAN 05 Dec 2023 04 Dec 2024 Catarina MOLEIRO 05 Dec 2023 04 Dec 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 Catarina MOLEIRO 11 Oct 2022 11 Oct 2023 Mr Benjamin MARTÍNEZ SANCHIS 06 Sep 2022 09 Oct 2022 Emmanuelle GARDAN 30 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2023 Complementary Information
None declared
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
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
27,039 € (Source: Erasmus+)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Annual high-level policy seminars alternatively on higher education and on research issues
(i.e. in December 2020 a high-level webinar on education on “Challenges and future of internationalisation in the European Knowledge Area” ; in December 2019 a higher education policy seminar on "Universities as drivers of socio-academic integration in multilingual Europe" ; etc.).
Policy statements:
- Coimbra Group policy statements (i.e. on the Rolling out of the European Universities Initiative after the pilot phase, on UK’s withdrawal from the Erasmus+ programme, etc.).
- Joint policy statements together with other university organisations on the MFF and the future Horizon Europe programme.
Policy papers:
- Key takeaway messages from discussions between Coimbra Group task group on post-Brexit UK-EU exchange & relevant stakeholders
- Career services in times of Covid-19: Challenges, Responses and Best Practices (2021)
- Practices at Coimbra Group Universities in response to the COVID-19 – A Collective Reflection on the Present and Future of Higher Education in Europe (2020)
- Virtual Exchange at Coimbra Group Universities (2020)
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 1 900 subscribers worldwide.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)
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