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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 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 (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)
* Council conclusions on the Future governance of the European Research Area (ERA)
* Communication from the Commission on a European Strategy for UniversitiesAddress
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
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 13 May 2022
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
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
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
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
451,758€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Member's contribution
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 17,346€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 8,235€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 16,228€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 16,228€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 740€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 1,200€ Grant European Commission / Erasmus+ programme 22,108€ 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 (e.g. in December 2020 a high-level webinar on education on “Challenges and future of internationalisation in the European Knowledge Area”).
Coimbra Group Policy statements (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/category/policy-papers)
- on the Rolling out of the European Universities Initiative after the pilot phase
- 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)
- 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)
- A Message from the Heart of Europe - Prague Declaration II (2021)
Coimbra Group Policy papers (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/category/policy-papers):
- 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)
- 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 (see https://www.coimbra-group.eu/subscribe-newsletter)Other activities
None declared
- 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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