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Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD)
EU Transparency Register
804035413477-13 First registered on 17 Apr 2014
Goals / Remit
The European LEADER Association for Rural Development (ELARD) is an international non-profit making association (aisbl) set up to improve the quality of life in rural areas and to maintain their population through sustainable, integrated local development.
In doing so ELARD campaigns to spread the philosophy of the LEADER method both at a local grassroots and at an institutional level.
ELARD is currently working on expanding its membership base even further, especially among the new Member States and the pre-accession countries in an effort to create a culturally and nationally diverse front united by the common goal of a sustainable and viable rural Europe. The association is committed to involving all stakeholders in local rural development.
ELARD supports its members directly in their efforts to carry out innovative work in the field of rural development and to network with each other in order to cooperate and disseminate good LEADER practices and know-how from one territory to another.
In addition, ELARD represent the interests and needs of its members in front of other international, European, and national institutions. It is recognised by the DG Agriculture and Rural Development as the European Association representing the Local Action Groups at European level and has been admitted to the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD), as provided for under the new Rural Development regulation 1698/05, through participation in both the ENRD Co-ordination Committee and the LEADER Sub-Committee.
The association works actively to make the LEADER approach better known among the European decision-makers in order to maintain its position as an essential part of the European Rural Development Policy.
The specific aims of ELARD are:
To encourage solidarity amongst the citizens of rural areas within the European Union, particularly in those that implement the LEADER programme;
To promote the philosophy, principles and reach of the LEADER programme;
To support the partners/members in their efforts to carry out innovatory actions in the field of rural development;
To serve as a forum for the NGO rural groups and organisations that wish to exchange their views and experiences on rural development and the future of rural areas in Europe;
To defend the interests and needs of its members in front of other European and national institutions;
To serve as a link with similar networks and institutions that work towards an integrated rural development;
To organise meetings between different Local Action Groups (LAGs) at European level;
To encourage initiatives that will lead to cooperation;
To help associated Groups that may be interested in finding partners for their cooperation projects;
To divulge experiences from the associated Groups;
To create a database of innovative projects previously carried out, so that they can be used as a reference for the rest of partners;Main EU files targeted
Agriculture, rural development policy, regional development policy, particularly LEADER approach and Community-led Local Development (CLLD)
Address
Head Office
Rue de la Science, 14b
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Kristiina Tammets (President)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Kristiina Tammets (President)
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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
http://www.elard.eu/en_GB/members-of-elard
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Participation in:
Rural Networks' Assembly
Rural Networks' Steering Group
High Level Steering Board for the European Innovation Partnership (2007 - 2013)
NoneACC
LEADER subcommittee of the European Network for Rural Development
CDG Rural Development
Expert group for monitoring and evaluating the CAP (2007 - 2013)
Civil Dialogue Group, DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Structured Dialogue on ESIF, DG Regional and Urban Policy
Working groups of the European Network For Rural DevelopmentGroups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
- Participation in EU institutions events.
- Official meetings with EU officials and MEPs
- Close collaboration with EU bodies such as DG AGRI's European Network for Rural Development (ENRD).
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 18 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas CAP Objective: Generational Renewal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
- Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on 5th European Rural Parliament Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Toma Sutic (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 17 Nov 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Long term vision for rural areas Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
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Date 19 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Role of Leader Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Peter Wehrheim (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject the role of LEADER and CLLD in the integrated and sustainable development of rural, coastal and urban areas Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Robert Schröder (Cabinet member)