Overview
Lobbying Costs
2,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
STEPS MANAGEMENT SPRL
EU Transparency Register
244865715700-07 First registered on 21 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
STEPS Management is a one person consultancy providing strategic advise for business. Its areas of expertise are EU and global institutions, paper industry and related areas including forestry, sustainability, communication, organisational development and interim management.
The consultancy goals is to provide clients with strategic perspectives based on 35 years of experience in the private sector, more specifically in the forest-based products, both companies and associations, as well as with civil society.
The company operates in different areas such as advocacy, commercial trading, education and training, organizational development, mentoring, communication.
STEPS is engaged in missions at national level (mainly Portugal), as well as European .Main EU files targeted
Innovation, funding opportunities, education and training, climate change, energy, environment, industrial policy.
Address
Head Office
Dries, 50
Brussels 1170
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
STEPS is a one person company. It also operates in cooperation with other companies and consultancies. It started its present activities in September 2014. It does a number of pro-bono activities such as speeches and panel moderation
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Teresa Presas (Gerante (President))
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Teresa Presas (Gerante (President))
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Categories
Category
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Self-employed consultants
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Networking
Affiliation
Friends of Europe
Women on Boards
European Women on BoardsMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
2,000€
Other financial info
None declared
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount Magellan - Associação para a representação de interesses no exterior 10,000€ - 24,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Participates in events organised by Friends of Europe, Business Europe, EPC, CEPS, in the areas covered above.
Participated in a number of Commission's events such as InfoDays, (i.e. Bioeconomy, LIFE), European Week of Cities and Regions, EU Stakeholders Conference on Circular Economy.
Chaired a working group on biomass during the EU Raw Materials Week organised by DG Grow .
Organized meetings with EC officials and MEPs for a Portuguese association under a project with the Portuguese Forest Cluster Association, as well as for a Portuguese Intermunicipal Waste Company on the subject of the Circular Economy. Organised events at the Portuguese Permanent Representation for the Portuguese Textile Association and for the Association of Tourims of North and Center of PortugalOther activities
Bioeconomy
Horizon 2020 and Innovation Policy
Rethinking Education
Circular Economy
Energy and Climate Change 2030 package
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.
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Date 24 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Trade and investment in the paper and pulp sectors Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject 4th Water conference discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Robert Schröder (Cabinet member)
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