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: Nov 2022 - Oct 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12.5 Fte (25)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
EU Transparency Register
480090715925-32 First registered on 16 Feb 2015
Goals / Remit
COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges.
In order to achieve its mission, COST has three strategic priorities:
- Promoting and spreading excellence
- Fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science
- Empowering and retaining young researchers and innovators
Through its inclusiveness policy, COST supports the integration of research communities, leverages national research investments and addresses issues of global relevance.
COST is thus a building block of the European Research Area, instrumental for successful innovation strategies and global cooperation.Main EU files targeted
Budgetary discussions in the European Parliament for the FP Horizon Europe as COST is funded a 100 % from the Widening Pillar. Rules for implementation of Horizon Europe. Follow all the research, R&I files of the ITRE committee as relevant for our Association.
Address
Head Office
Avenue du Boulevard - Bolwerklaan 21
23 and 24rd floor
Brussels 1210
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue du Boulevard - Bolwerklaan 21
23 and 24rd floor
Brussels 1210
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
25
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 25 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Ronald de Bruin 25 Sep 2024 25 Sep 2025 Bart VEYS 26 Sep 2024 26 Sep 2025 Salvatore GRIMALDI 30 Sep 2023 28 Sep 2024 Lorna May STOKES 31 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Karima BenSalah 31 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Bart VEYS 30 Sep 2023 28 Sep 2024 Ronald de Bruin 20 Sep 2023 21 Sep 2024 Katalin ALFÖLDI 31 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Mr Alain Philippe BERETZ 06 May 2023 06 Jul 2023 Bart VEYS 11 Oct 2022 30 Sep 2023 Katalin ALFÖLDI 11 Oct 2022 11 Oct 2023 Karima BenSalah 10 Aug 2022 10 Aug 2023 Lorna May STOKES 04 Aug 2022 04 Aug 2023 Ronald de Bruin 04 Aug 2022 04 Aug 2023 Bart VEYS 25 Feb 2020 25 Feb 2021 Karima BenSalah 25 Feb 2020 25 Feb 2021 Mr Paulo Ferrão 11 Oct 2019 10 Oct 2020 Ms Ingeborg Nolte 20 Jul 2019 21 Jul 2020 Katalin ALFÖLDI 17 Jul 2019 17 Jul 2020 Ronald de Bruin 15 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Ms Judith Litjens 15 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Karima BenSalah 26 Feb 2019 25 Feb 2020 Bart VEYS 12 Feb 2019 12 Feb 2020 Mr Sierd CLOETINGH 05 Dec 2018 11 Oct 2019 Ms Judith Litjens 07 Jul 2018 15 Jun 2019 Ms Ingeborg Nolte 13 Jun 2018 13 Jun 2019 Ronald de Bruin 13 Jun 2018 13 Jun 2019 Katalin ALFÖLDI 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Ms Elke Dall 15 Jan 2018 13 Jun 2018 Bart VEYS 03 Jan 2018 21 Dec 2018 Mr Sierd CLOETINGH 01 Nov 2017 31 Oct 2018 Ms Ingeborg Nolte 14 Jun 2017 13 Jun 2018 Ronald de Bruin 14 Jun 2017 13 Jun 2018 Katalin ALFÖLDI 25 Mar 2017 24 Mar 2018 Bart VEYS 03 Dec 2016 02 Dec 2017 Ms Maria Angeles Rodriguez Peña 03 Dec 2016 02 Sep 2017 Ms Elke Dall 03 Dec 2016 02 Dec 2017 Mr Veys Bart 03 Dec 2016 26 Jan 2017 Ronald de Bruin 20 Jun 2016 14 Jun 2017 Ms Ingeborg Nolte 15 Jun 2016 11 Jun 2017 Ms Monica Dietl 23 Mar 2016 17 Jun 2016 Katalin ALFÖLDI 23 Mar 2016 18 Mar 2017 Ms Maria Angeles Rodriguez Peña 27 Nov 2015 26 Nov 2016 Ms Ingeborg Nolte 18 Jun 2015 16 Jun 2016 Ms Monica Dietl 04 Mar 2015 02 Mar 2016 Katalin ALFÖLDI 04 Mar 2015 02 Mar 2016 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
Think tanks and research institutions
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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
Nov 2022 - Oct 2023
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
50,299,850€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant REA 50,299,848€ Other financial info
Budget as per Specific Grant Agreement
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
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Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development,Disability,European cultural heritage, ways of Saint-James and other European cultural routes,Green new deal,Urban,Cancer,Social economy,SME
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
8 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 03 Jul 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory exchange of views DG Joint Research Centre Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 30 Apr 2020 Location video-conferencing Subject Current and future challenges in the Research and Innovation landscape Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 30 Apr 2020 Location video-conferencing Subject Current and future challenges in the Research and Innovation landscape Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject COST Programme Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
- Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Horizon Europe DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 19 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Horizon Europe proposal DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 25 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Scientific networks Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject The Future of COST Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)