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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8.75 Fte (15)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
25
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European University Association (EUA)
EU Transparency Register
81122172998-09 First registered on 12 Jan 2010
Goals / Remit
The European University Association (EUA) represents and supports 850 universities in 48 countries, providing them with a unique forum to cooperate and keep abreast of the latest trends in higher education and research. EUA members are European universities involved in both teaching and research, national associations of rectors, and other international organisations active in higher education and research. The Association is the main representative of the university sector in Europe.
The aims of the EUA are:
-To promote and safeguard university values and the case for university autonomy
-To promote the development of a coherent system of European higher education and research
-To give active support and guidance to members of the Association in their development in higher education and research
-To give active support and guidance to members of the Association in enhancing their contributions to society
-To provide information and other services to members of the Association.Main EU files targeted
EUA broadly provides expertise on policies that affect universities at the European level and beyond. As examples of EUA’s representation of the university sector in Brussels in the last years, EUA has worked extensively on The European Research Area (ERA) and the European Education Area (EEA), For ERA, EUA coordinates the input of university stakeholders and work directly on areas such as Open Science and global research cooperation. EUA is represented in various European Commission expert groups related to higher education and has given detailed input to the development of the European University Initiative. The association is also representing universities in the Bologna Follow Up group.
Address
Head Office
Avenue de l'Yser, 24
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue de l'Yser, 24
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
15
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 5 50% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Feb 2025
Name Start date End Date Thomas Estermann 19 Nov 2024 19 Nov 2025 Vinciane Gaillard 19 Nov 2024 19 Nov 2025 Michael Gaebel 04 Nov 2024 03 Nov 2025 Anna-Lena Claeys-Kulik 16 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2025 Thomas Jorgensen Jorgensen 16 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2025 Ms Anna Lena CLAEYS-KULIK 11 Jun 2022 10 Jun 2023 Mr Thomas ESTERMANN 07 Jun 2022 07 Jun 2023 Mr Thomas JORGENSEN 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Ms Henriette STOEBER 07 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Mr Thomas ESTERMANN 07 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Ms Kai Ying Therese ZHANG 07 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Mr Thomas JORGENSEN 07 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Ms Lidia BORRELL DAMIAN 07 Mar 2019 26 Oct 2019 Ms Anna Lena CLAEYS-KULIK 07 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Mr Michael Gaebel 04 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Mr Philipp Julian BAUER 09 Feb 2018 08 Feb 2019 Ms Anna Lena CLAEYS-KULIK 09 Feb 2018 08 Feb 2019 Ms Henriette STOEBER 07 Dec 2017 06 Dec 2018 Mr Thomas ESTERMANN 07 Dec 2017 06 Dec 2018 Ms Enora PRUVOT 07 Dec 2017 06 Dec 2018 Ms Kai Ying Therese ZHANG 07 Dec 2017 06 Dec 2018 Mr Thomas JORGENSEN 07 Dec 2017 06 Dec 2018 Ms Lidia BORRELL DAMIAN 07 Dec 2017 06 Dec 2018 Ms Anna Lena CLAEYS-KULIK 21 Feb 2017 09 Feb 2018 Ms Christel VACELET 15 Dec 2016 14 Dec 2017 Mr Thomas JORGENSEN 09 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Ms Lidia BORRELL DAMIAN 09 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Ms Henriette STOEBER 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Mr Thomas ESTERMANN 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Ms Enora PRUVOT 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Mr Philipp Julian BAUER 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Ms Luisa BUNESCU 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Ms Kai Ying Therese ZHANG 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Ms Lesley WILSON 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Mr Michael Gaebel 11 Nov 2016 10 Nov 2017 Complementary Information
Given its unique role as a representative of the university sector as a whole, EUA is using considerable resources to fulfil this role in various working and expert groups as well as producing policy input to EU processes.
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
The Association is working closely with OECD, the Council of Europe and UNESCO. In addition, cooperation with other European and national organisations active in higher education and research is an important component of EUA’s work in order to develop common positions and effectively impact on future policies.
EUA’s scope also includes an international strategy aimed at fostering cooperation with representative organisations in other parts of the world, working on common issues and raising awareness on the reform of the European higher education system.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 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
5,413,843€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, EU funding, Member's contribution, Public financing
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
4.511.943 Membership Fees
347.851 Public funding
138.451 Financial
415.599 Revenues
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Europass Advisory Group#E03613#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3613 #Member #C#Academia/Research#Commission expert group on the ERA Forum#E03833#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3833 #Observer #C#Academia/Research# ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE - R&I AND COHESION MANAGING AUTHORITIES NETWORK #Universities for ERA#Inclusive Gender Equality in the European Research Area#GLOBAL APPROACH TO R&I COOPERATION #Working group on Adult learning - opening up opportunities for all#E03797#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3797 #Member #C#Academia/Research#Working Group on Higher Education#E03799#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3799 #Member #C#Academia/Research#European Qualifications Framework Advisory Group#E02107#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2107 #Member #C#Academia/Research#Commission Expert Group on Interregional Innovation Investments#E03767#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3767 #Member #C#Academia/Research#Working Group on Equality and Values in Education and Training#E03778#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3778 #Member #C#Academia/Research#Dialogue with CPR partners 2021-2027 - Group of experts on the funds established by Regulation (EU) No 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council#E03802#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3802 #Member #C#Academia/Research
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
PROJECTS
SPHERE III
Automatic Recognition in the EEA, 2025 (AR25)
MSCA4UKRAINE
The establishment of a European transnational peer support and learning network for university micro-credentials (MicroNet)
Initiative to Support, Promote and Integrate Researchers at Risk in Europe (InSPIREurope+)
Strengthening university autonomy and increasing accountability and transparency of Western Balkans Universities (STAND)
PUBLICATIONS (2023-2024)
A renewed social contract for Europe's universities
What if? Exploring possible futures of transnational cooperation for Europe’s universities
Enhancing research security in Europe
Europe’s Universities Shaping the Future: 2023 review
Building on the success of Erasmus+
European Universities Initiative: Towards a holistic approach for assessing progress
Artificial intelligence tools and their responsible use in higher education learning and teaching
EUA Research & Innovation Agenda 2027
A Green Deal roadmap for universities
University Autonomy in Europe IV
Supporting the Ukrainian university sector
Key considerations for the use of rankings by higher education institutions
EVENTS
EUA Annual Conference
European Learning & Teaching Forum
EUA-CDE Annual Meeting
European Quality Assurance Forum
Shaping the future of leadership development for university leaders in Europe
Webinars:
Webinar Series: The Bologna Process
Inspireeurope+ webinar series Support, Promote and Integrate Researchers at Risk in Europe
Webinars of Erasmus+ mid-term review
Webinars on the European Research AreaOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
25 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 23 Jan 2025 Location Belgium, Brussles Subject Discussion on research place in the the future Multiannual Financial Framework DG Budget Attending - Christophe Galand (Head of Unit)
Other Lobbyists - COIMBRA GROUP
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Young European Research Universities Network
- European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
- European Consortium of Innovative Universities
- Universities of Applied Sciences for Europe
- The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities
- EuroTech Universities Alliance
- League of European Research Universities
- Stakeholder Political Alliance for Radioligand Cancer Therapies
- Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research
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Date 06 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject ERA European strategy for Universities FP10 DG Research and Innovation Attending - Marc Lemaître (Director-General)
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Date 07 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Universities alliances Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Universities alliances Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject “Universities without Walls - A vision for 2030” Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject “Universities without Walls - A vision for 2030” Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 29 Jan 2021 Location Brussels Subject ERA DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 21 Jan 2021 Location Brussels Subject Webinar for the Finnish Higher Education Institutions’ vice-rectors and directors in charge of RDI DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 16 Jul 2020 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the Conference on the Future of Europe and their project of launching a new academic journal on Democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Ivo Belet (Cabinet member)
- Mattia De Grassi (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jun 2020 Location Video - conferencing Subject the next steps in the European Universities initiative, the road towards the Universities of the future, the role of universities in responding to COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 04 Jun 2020 Location Video - conferencing Subject the next steps in the European Universities initiative, the road towards the Universities of the future, the role of universities in responding to COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Dec 2019 Location Brussels Subject MFF/European Research Area DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 15 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject European research, education and innovation policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 15 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with the new President of EUA, Professor Michael Murphy DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
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Date 11 Apr 2019 Location Paris Subject Annual Conference- Innovation in Europe's Universities DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 07 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Environmental research DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 13 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Discussions on the new EU research programme on R&I and MFF DG Research and Innovation Attending - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 03 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject Discussion about European Education Area, Bologna Process and network of European universities DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
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Date 12 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Science Diplomacy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Giulia Del Brenna (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject research, innovation and education Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Aura Salla (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject European Higher Education Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 29 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject European higher education policy and Bologna process Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Higher Education DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
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Date 01 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Cooperation in the comming years on Higher Education with EUA DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
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Date 24 Nov 2014 Location Brussels Subject Higher Education Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)