Overview
Lobbying Costs
950,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.75 Fte (11)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
PLATFORMA (PLATFORMA)
EU Transparency Register
144630225519-73 First registered on 02 Feb 2017
Goals / Remit
PLATFORMA coordinates the voice of European local and regional governments in the field of development cooperation.
Launched in 2008, its main objectives are:
- To present a common message to the European institutions, in particular for the definition and implementation of European development policies
- Facilitate networking of information and sharing experiences
- Strengthen the participation of European local and regional authorities in European development programmes
- Strengthen links with civil society
EUROPEAN COORDINATION
Following the creation, in 2007, of the European Commission programme “Non-State Actors – Local Authorities”, financing development cooperation projects implemented by local and regional authorities, associations of cities and regions gathered around a European platform of local and regional authorities for development called PLATFORMA. PLATFORMA was officially launched on the occasion of the 2008 European Development Days in Strasbourg. The pl (...)Main EU files targeted
Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)
Revision of the EU Consensus on Development: PLATFORMA is contributing to the definition of the new European Consensus on Development and interacts with the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament (EP) and the presidency of the Council of the European Union to maximise inclusion of a local perspective in the new consensus.
Review of Development Instruments: PLATFORMA engaged in the EC-led reviews of several development instruments, in particular the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) and the European Development Fund (EDF).
Territorial Approach to Local Development: PLATFORMA increases the dialogue with the EUD for the operationalization of the Territorial Approach to Local Development (TALD) mechanism. Simultaneously an analysis is initiated to identify the accessibility in practice of EU funds for local governments.
EU-ACP future relations: PLATFORMA promotes the revision of the institutional and political framework for a better recognition of LRGs in development strategies.
Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development: PLATFORMA supports PCSD at all level: through advocacy toward the EU to effectively implement PCSD throughout its external and internal policies; and PLATFORMA encourages its partners and their broader networks to undertake PCSD at home.
Development Education and Awareness-Raising: PLATFORMA fosters and facilitates the involvement of LRGs in DEAR activities as LRGs are recognised as efficient players in raising awareness about global citizenship within EU citizens.
Migration, conflict and resilience: PLATFORMA calls on institutions to give local governments in partner countries a voice in the design, implementation and evaluation of the “compacts” between the European Union and their national governments and to promote city to city cooperation between Europe and partner countries as a key instrument for the implementation of the new approach.
Climate: PLATFORMA mobilises its network so as to build an evidence-based policy argument in favour of LRGs’ role and raise the profile of decentralised cooperation in UNFCCC COPs annual summits.
Sustainable global development: PLATFORMA identifies ways to support partners to influence national governments’ uptake of LRG contributions to the 2330 Agendat and its SDGs. PLATFORMA also participates in the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, creates visibility for and shares experiences of partners’ pilot initiatives to represent Europe’s towns and regions.
New Urban Agenda: PLATFORMA follows up the voluntary commitments and makes the links with the localisation of SDGs and their evaluation mechanisms and indicators, supports to disaggregated data collection and capitalising on the connections with the EU institutions that have been established during the preparation phase of the NUA: EC (DG REGIO and DG DEVCO), the EU Presidency and the EP (Urban Intergroup).
Equality and diversity: Along with the follow up on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations (2016-2020) and the work on localisation of SDGs, PLATFORMA advocates for indicators that are both gender and geographically disaggregated in order to strengthen its calls for an increased role for women in local policies in developing countries. PLATFORMA promotes and disseminates the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life.
European Neighbourhood Policy: PLATFORMA follows up the eastern and southern neighbourhood policy and took part in the New European Neighbourhood Policy review. PLATFORMA coordinates Eastern neighbourhood LRGs contribution to the Eastern partnership (EaP) objectives.
All PLATFORMA policy positions are available on the following link: http://www.platforma-dev.eu/page.php?parent_id=3&page_id=19Address
Head Office
Square de Meeûs 1
3ʳᵈ floor
Brussels 1000
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People
Total lobbyists declared
11
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 6 75% 1 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Jan 2021
Name Start date End Date Eva Baños de Guisasola 16 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025 Chahaiya PILKINGTON 16 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025 Francesco PALA 16 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025 Bela TSKHELISHVILI 16 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025 Boris TONHAUSER 16 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025 Mr Eliot Pierre MERCEREAU 23 Feb 2023 01 Jul 2023 Chahaiya PILKINGTON 22 Feb 2023 22 Feb 2024 Francesco PALA 22 Feb 2023 22 Feb 2024 Mr Stefano FILIPUZZI 17 Sep 2022 01 Feb 2023 Eva Baños de Guisasola 26 May 2022 26 May 2023 Mr Clement FABREGUETTES 26 May 2022 08 Feb 2023 Ms Amandine SABOURIN 26 May 2022 08 Feb 2023 Ms Lur FERNANDEZ SALINAS 26 May 2022 26 May 2023 Bela TSKHELISHVILI 26 May 2022 26 May 2023 Boris TONHAUSER 26 May 2022 26 May 2023 Ms Lur FERNANDEZ SALINAS 13 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Bela TSKHELISHVILI 31 Jan 2020 30 Jan 2021 Mr Silvio LAZZARI 12 Dec 2019 10 Oct 2020 Mr Gabino GUTIERREZ MORALES 04 Sep 2019 04 Jun 2020 Ms Amandine SABOURIN 19 Jul 2019 18 Jul 2020 Marlene SIMEON 18 May 2019 16 May 2020 Mr Olivier BAUMARD 18 May 2019 16 May 2020 Ms Laia VINYES MARCE 18 May 2019 12 Jan 2020 Boris TONHAUSER 18 May 2019 16 May 2020 Ms Lisa BARDOT 21 Sep 2018 07 Mar 2019 Marlene SIMEON 09 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Marine GAUDRON 09 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Mr Tiago STICHELMANS DE CASTRO FREIRE 09 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Mr Wouter BOESMAN 09 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Complementary Information
PLATFORMA is composed of 1 Project Director, 1 Senior Project Officer, 1 Policy Officer, 4 Project Officers (including 1 Communication Officer), and an Administration/Finance department (2 staff), 1 Secretary General
Person in charge of EU relations
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Categories
Category
VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc.
Subcategory
Transnational associations and networks of public regional or other sub-national authorities
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Networking
Affiliation
https://platforma-dev.eu/partners/
Austrian Association of Cities and Towns
Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities
Region Brussels-Capital
Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic
Council of European Municipalities and Regions
Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe
French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions
United Cities France
Nantes Metropolis
Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
City of Paris
National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia
German section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions
Lower Saxony
City of Dortmund
Italian Association for the Council of European Municipalities and Regions
Region of Tuscany
Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments
Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania
Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova
National Town-Twinning Council Netherlands-Nicaragua
VNG International
Province of Barcelona
Basque Agency for Development Cooperation
Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces
Majorcan Fund for Solidarity and Cooperation
Autonomous community of Catalonia
Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity
Extremadura Agency for International Cooperation
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Association of Ukrainian cities
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
United Cities and Local Governments
International Association of French-speaking MayorsMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
950,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
4,000,000 € (Source: Specific Grant Agreement with DG DEVCO)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
PLATFORMA is participating to the European Parliament URBAN inter-group through its partner the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.
Communication activities
PLATFORMA contributes to implementation of various EU policies through its network activities, events and an innovative communication strategy promoting decentralised cooperation and local and regional authorities international action.
Development Education and Awareness-Raising: As member of the Multi-stakeholder group DEAR (Development Education and Awareness Raising) with 5 seats, PLATFORMA and its partners participate in the re-definition of the European Consensus on Development Education. PLATFORMA launched the European Days of Local Solidarity (EDLS) to raise awareness simultaneously on international solidarity and cooperation. The actions takes place each year in different territories through various communication and promotion channels in order to reach local and regional governments as well as citizens. PLATFORMA also organises the “PLATFORMAwards” competition, showcasing and rewarding excellence in decentralised cooperation.
EU-ACP future relations: Through its partners organisations, PLATFORMA increases dialogue with local government associations based in the ACP countries to create evidence-based arguments on the lack of delivery on promises to involve LRGs in the current framework, and to pro-actively design proposals.
Migration, conflict and resilience: PLATFORMA organises sessions on migration and city diplomacy in international conferences such as the CEMR 2016 Congress.
Climate: PLATFORMA organises and takes part in many side events during international conferences such as the UNFCCC COPs annual summits. As member of the Advisory board of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa - CoMSSA, PLATFORMA contributes to the strategic guidance, follow-up and monitoring of the implementation of the CoMSSA.
The Urban Agenda: PLATFORMA contributes to the global urban agenda through HABITAT III Global Taskforce of LRGs. PLATFORMA contributes as well to the European urban agenda through events such as seminar on HABITAT III in the framework of the European Parliament URBAN Intergroup. It also ensures relations with the UN Habitat Brussels office.
Equality and diversity: PLATFORMA mainstreams the principles of the Gender Action Programme II and III and the European Charter for Equality between Women and Men at the Local Level to the international decentralised cooperation of local governments through researches and studies with partners.
European Neighbourhood Policy: PLATFORMA organises coordination meetings in EaP countries (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova) to facilitate LRGs contributions to the EaP objectives.
Press and communication: PLATFORMA strategy is both internal – towards PLATFORMA partners, and external – towards key stakeholders (EU institutions, development cooperation stakeholders in Europe and beyond, thematic stakeholders and citizens of the European Union). PLATFORMA tools are a website – in 3 languages (English, French and Spanish). PLATFORMA engages in a dynamic social media strategy by communicating on big thematic issues on which decentralised cooperation is active (climate, local governance, health, access to water and sanitation, education, gender equality, local services, local economic development, migration). All PLATFORMA publications are available on the following link: https://platforma-dev.eu/our-publications/Other activities
INTERNAL GOVERNANCE
PLATFORMA governance is organised with a Political Council and a Steering Committee. The Political Council is composed of local elected representatives of PLATFORMA partners. They hold a mandate of political representative of PLATFORMA. The Steering Committee is composed of executive representatives of PLATFORMA partners. They ensure the smooth running of PLATFORMA and support the adoption of strategic decisions of the Political Council. The Political Council meets once a year and the Steering Committee meets twice a year. During these meeting exchanges and debates with representatives of European or international institutions are organised.
THEMATIC GROUPS
Further to its policy implementation, public relations and communication activities, PLATFORMA coordinates four clustered thematic groups composed of its partners representatives. The clusters gather the feedback of PLATFORMA partners on the Secretariat’s policy work:
• National Focal Points;
• 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals;
• EU Neighbourhood East;
• EU Neighbourhood South;
• Development Education and Awareness-Raising- Meetings
Meetings
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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 01 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with CSO: Preparation of the AU-EU Summit and the Africa-Europe Week 2022 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Climate Action Network Europe
- Women Environmental Programme
- CONCORD Europe
- Caritas Europa
- Oxfam-en-Belgique / Oxfam-in-België
- Commonwealth Local Govenment Forum
- Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises
- Plan International EU Office
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES MAIRES FRANCOPHONES
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung)
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Date 28 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject SDGs and Team Europe Initiatives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable on Human Development Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Presentation of the position paper on how the local and regional governments can contribute to the EU Programming Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jun 2020 Location VTC Subject The role of Local Authorities in the next programming cycle. Participation of Local Authorities in Team Europe and EC’s COVID response. DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships Attending - Koen Doens (Director-General)
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Development Goals Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Attending - Jakob Wegener Friis (Cabinet member)
- Estelle Göger (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Prep meeting to EVP mission to The Hague Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Role of local and regional authorities in development cooperation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cooperation with and support of the role of local authorities in development cooperation activities Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Denis Cajo (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject exchange on the future EU development policy and in particular the programme supporting local and regional governments’ development cooperation DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships Attending - Stefano Manservisi (Director-General)
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Date 06 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Ongoing activities of local authorities on development policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Denis Cajo (Cabinet member)
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