Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.25 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European University Continuing Education Network (EUCEN)
EU Transparency Register
27779561950-28 First registered on 03 Jul 2009
Goals / Remit
EUCEN’s main aims are to contribute to the economic and cultural life of Europe through the promotion and advancement of lifelong learning within higher education institutions in Europe and elsewhere and to foster universities' influence in the development of lifelong learning knowledge and policies throughout Europe.
To achieve these objectives, the association strives to: enable the exchange of experience and information between members on current lifelong learning regulations and policies and establish contacts with the relevant European bodies; provide contacts for members with lifelong learning policy makers and practitioners in a range of universities throughout Europe; seek to harmonise levels of quality for University Lifelong Learning (ULLL) among members and to maintain standards for effective monitoring; contribute to the development of an effective university credit transfer system that would be acceptable within the network; and seek to influence European polic (...)Main EU files targeted
Education and Training 2020
Europe 2020 Strategy
Open up education
Digital agenda for Europe (Grand coalition for digital jobs)
Stronger VET for better lives
EPALE platform
EAfA - European Alliance for Apprenticeships
2030 Agenda for SDGs
Up-skilling agenda
University-Business forum
Pact for Skills
EQAVET
EntreComp
Upskilling pathways
CedefopAddress
Head Office
Balmes, 132-134
Barcelona 08008
SPAINEU Office
Balmes, 132-134
Barcelona 08008
SPAINWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Apart from the 4,25 members of staff working in the activities described under heading 9, eucen's Steering Committee members are very much involved in the development of these activities, always in close collaboration with the representatives of ULLL national networks. Some eucen members also have a mandate to do specific tasks, for example one member is appointed as second contact person in the expert group E03298.
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 LLL Platform
- ESREA (European society for research on the education of adults)
- Organisations like universities, students associations, adult education, vocational education and training, voluntary sector, trade unions, etc.
- Other European Higher Education networks or organisations like EUA, ENQA, EURASHE, EDEN, etc
- National Networks of university lifelong learning (18 different networks)
- EUCEN has collaborate with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning recently in the publication of one of their monographs. They have been one of the keynote speakers at the Policy Talks mentioned above
- GUNi, Chain5, Magna Charta Observatory, UPCEA, AAACE and EURAS with mutual membership between each of them and eucen
More details are available online http://www.eucen.eu/alliances/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Erasmus+ 513,112€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant Horizon 63,905€ Grant Erasmus+ 165,902€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Other financial info
The total amount of EU grants in 2023 shown above represent the sum of grant received from 21 projects (2 of them coordinated by our association).
The EU grants received in 2023 are ongoing and cover several years. As soon as the accounts for 2023 are closed, the information will be clear and updated. Currently (as of September 2023) we have been involved in 14 projects during 2023 (2 of them coordinated by our association) - i.e. 1 Horizon and 13 Erasmus+. And the financial closing of 9 projects that finished in 2022 are still pending. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert group on European Quality assurance in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET)#E02415#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2415 #MEMBER #C#Academia/ResearchPlatform of European Associations of VET Providers#E03298#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3298 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil societyWorking 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#Civil society#Professionals
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
EU-FUNDED PROJECTS (eucen as contractor):
- COMMIT (Committing to the social dimension in universities) 539519-LLP-1-2013-1-BE-ERASMUS-ESIN - it produced a self-assessment kit, a set of tools and a set of recommendations for policy makers. https://commit.eucen.eu Final evaluation: 90%
- HE4u2 (Integrating Cultural Diversity in Higher Education) 562237-EPP-1-2015-1-BE-EPPKA3-PI-FORWARD - it produced a set of guidelines, a course for HE staff working with minorities and a policy recommendation paper. https://he4u2.eucen.eu Final evaluation: 75%
- VINCE (Validation for inclusion of new citizens in Europe) 580329-EPP-1-2016-1-BE-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN – Outputs: set of guidelines, generic course, platform for VPL, set of Policy Recommendations. https://vince.eucen.eu Final evaluation: 65%
- ApprEnt (Refining HE apprenticeships with enterprises in Europe) 585163-EPP-1-2017-1-BE-EPPKA3-VET-APPREN - Outputs: definition for HE apprenticeships, prototype training course for mentors, prototype model agreement, advocacy pack to promote HE Apprenticeships programmes, set of policy recommendations. https://apprent.eucen.eu Final evaluation: 78%
- UniLab (From universities to labour market in the 21st century: a step forward in work-based learning) 610245-EPP-1-2019-BE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP. This project will help to incorporate modern competencies and skills in current work-based learning programmes in AZ and BY, and expand international cooperation between universities and industry. https://unilab.eucen.eu Final evaluation: ongoing
- SMILE (Social Meaning Impact through LLL Universities in Europe) 621433-EPP-1-2020-1-BE-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN. This Project aims to promote inclusive learning by developing, testing and implementing innovative tools that improve the way HEIs deal with diversity and social inclusion, especially in the areas of ethnicity, women in leadership and low socio-economic status. The Project will develop courses for HE staff, a Diversity Audit Tool and a Policy operational action plan for HEIs. https://smile.eucen.eu Expected end: 30 November 2023
RECENT EUCEN’S EVENTS:
- 2022 eucen Autumn Seminar. ULLL as enabler of talent enhancement - Reskilling and upskilling to meet new demands. EJULL Vol 7 No1 https://doi.org/10.53807/07015bsl
- 53rd eucen conference in Utrecht 2023 - University Continuing Education with Impact: The power of connection! EJULL Vol 7 No2 https://doi.org/10.53807/0702BSLx
- 2023 eucen Autumn Seminar. Diversity in modern society - making inclusion a central strategy in our universities. EJULL Vol 8 No 1 https://doi.org/10.53807/0801ZDRx
- 54th eucen conference in Cork 2024 - University Lifelong Learning leading positive change in challenging times. EJULL Vol 8 No 2 under development - link will be available here https://eucen.eu/journal-2/journal/
- Planned for 14-15 November 2024 - Skills for a greener future: The role of University Lifelong Learning
POSITION PAPERS https://eucen.eu/policy/position-papers/:
- August 2024 | Validation of non-formal and informal learning as a powerful tool for University Lifelong Learning in Europe
- April 2024 | Position paper of eucen on the public consultation on Micro-credentials for lifelong learning and employability: eucen and micro-credentials 2024
- December 2023 | Ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion in University Lifelong Learning
- March 2023 | Responsive ULLL: Making Flexible Learning a reality to sustain current needs in Europe and beyond
- October 2021 | eucen and Lifelong Learning recent trends
- July 2021 | eucen and Micro-credentials
- June 2018 | eucen promoting the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable DevelopmentOther activities
None declared
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 19 Sep 2023 Location Brussels, Rue de Joseph II, 27 Subject Meeting with EUCEN DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 09 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference on Vocational Education and Training (VET) and the impact of the crisis on VET. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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