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)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Future Matters Project gGmbH
EU Transparency Register
842825491646-27 First registered on 04 Apr 2024
Goals / Remit
Future Matters is a think tank and non-profit strategy consultancy with a focus on creating a safer and more liveable world through climate protection, AI risk management and biosecurity. In our non-profit consulting, we support organizations and individuals with strategy advice to achieve policy change. As a think tank, we conduct policy research and communicate our findings to policymakers and stakeholders via various mediums like training courses, workshops, direct exchanges, conference presentations, and diverse media, including publications, and social media.
Main EU files targeted
Based on its research findings, Future Matters informs EU policymakers who work on the following proposals, strategies, and policies:
Climate Protection: Climate action, European Green Deal, Clean Industrial Deal, transition to climate neutrality, climate and energy diplomacy, bilateral and plurilateral engagement and partnerships on climate action, international and multilateral climate policy, international climate finance, Global Gateway, Team Europe Initiatives, funding and regulation for research and innovation for climate action, Horizon Europe, sustainable food systems, Farm-to-Fork Strategy, Bioeconomy Strategy, European Biotech Act, Action Plan for Plant-based Foods, Novel Foods Regulation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) risk management: AI safety, bias and ethical concerns from AI systems, EU contributions to international AI summits (e.g. 2025 summit hosted by France), EU participation in United Nations-led discussions or future agreements on AI, EU, and member state funding for AI risk research, and AI/biotechnology regulation
Biosecurity: pandemic preparedness policy, monitoring, and regulation of genetic sequence production, air quality monitoring and cleaning in public buildings and transport, international and multilateral biosecurity-related policy, animal-to-human disease transmission monitoring and mitigation, public provision, stockpiling and funding of personal protective equipmentAddress
Head Office
Future Matters gGmbH, ℅ UES – gemeinnützige GmbH für effektives SpendenMüllerstraße 138D
Berlin 13353
GERMANYEU Office
Future Matters gGmbH, ℅ UES – gemeinnützige GmbH für effektives SpendenMüllerstraße 138D
Berlin 13353
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Carl Frederick Luthin 11 Jul 2024 10 Jul 2025 Complementary Information
Status: employees
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
No existing membership
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
1,172,846€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Stiftung Neue Energie e.V. 411,736€ Contribution Stichting International Center for Future Generations 84,593€ Contribution Together for Future e.V. 100,041€ Contribution Kybele Stiftung 100,000€ Contribution Stichting Effectief Doneren 131,390€ Contribution UES - Gemeinnützige GmbH für effektives Spenden 207,105€ Contribution Founders Pledge Inc. 78,808€ Other financial info
Total income of 2023 stated above. Total expenditure in 2023: €814,517
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Future Matters communicates its research findings and resulting policy proposals on the above-mentioned policy areas to policymakers in the following ways:
Publication and sharing of research reports, executive summaries, policy briefs, and blog posts
Posts on social media (LinkedIn, X)
Digital and in-person meetings with policymakers
Public events, workshops, seminars, and webinarsOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 Sep 2024 Location Brussels Subject EU Biotech Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Andreea Ticheru (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jul 2024 Location Videocall Subject LeadIT initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Attending - Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 01 Jul 2024 Location Videocall Subject EU climate diplomacy and cooperation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Attending - Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2024 Location online Subject Bilateral parnerships for Global decarbonization and robust supply chains DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships Attending - Koen Doens (Director-General)