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Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
American European Community Association (AECA)
EU Transparency Register
996568414630-62 First registered on 12 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
AECA (the American European Community Association) has as its key mission to encourage and deepen transatlantic cooperation and understanding. AECA achieves this through its important international forum for high-level dialogue and debate in which key current economic, political and social issues are examined and discussed by senior members of the international business, political, government, diplomatic, civic and academic communities.
AECA’s programme of high-level round-tables provides opportunities for leaders to meet with their peers and to share their ideas, experience and vision, towards constructive and tangible outcomes. The scope of interest of the association also extends to the global context, including the BRIC countries.
The association was founded in the UK in 1981 by Sir David Nicholson, Member of the European Parliament, together with Roy Jenkins, President of the European Commission, and Leo Tindemans, Member of the European Parliament. AECA-Belgium was established in 1985 by Baron Jacques Groothaert and Lucien Le Lièvre. The association is non-partisan, and is politically independent.Main EU files targeted
AECA’s programme of high-level round-tables provides opportunities for leaders to meet with their peers and to share their ideas, experience and vision, towards constructive and tangible outcomes. The scope of interest of the association also extends to the global context, including the BRIC countries.
The association was founded in the UK in 1981 by Sir David Nicholson, Member of the European Parliament, together with Roy Jenkins, President of the European Commission, and Leo Tindemans, Member of the European Parliament. AECA-Belgium was established in 1985 by Baron Jacques Groothaert and Lucien Le Lièvre. The association is non-partisan, and is politically independent.Address
Head Office
Rond Point Schuman 9/14
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
CEO, Programme Manager, Membership & Events Manager
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr ter HARK Eric (CEO)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr ERIC TER HARK (CEO)
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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
EUROPIA(1),
EAA(1),
DIGITAL EUROPE(1),
DANISH INDUSTRY Confederation(1),
EuSalt(1),
Motion Picture Association(1),
CECCM(1) -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
AECA is an international, non-partisan forum for senior members of the business, policy-making, diplomatic and academic communities to meet together for high-level, off-the-record discussions on key political, economic and business issues.
The association has a long history of friendly and cooperative relations with the European Commission. We were honoured that President Barroso was the Guest Speaker at the AECA Reception on 26th April 2012. Commissioners and Director- Generals find AECA an effective and useful platform for informed dialogue with business leaders and policy-makers, and the discussions at the meetings often provide a valuable sounding-board for the exchange of ideas on key, sometimes emergent, issues within a neutral and supportive environment.
For information about our international association a copy of the recent and upcoming AECA programme is enclosed, and further information is available at www.aeca.org
Meetings
Meetings
2 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 14 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject AECA Round-Table on “Dealing with Regulatory Burden Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European Energy Policy priorities DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists