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)
5.5 Fte (11)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
interface - tech analysis and policy ideas for Europe e.V. (interface)
EU Transparency Register
142903829084-58 First registered on 24 Nov 2017
Goals / Remit
interface - formerly known as Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV) e.V. - is an independent expert organisation specialising in information technology and public policy. interface aims to ensure that political decision-makers have the expertise and ideas necessary to create policies and make decisions that put the public interest first.
interface provides analysis and ideas to decision-makers and the public across Europe on issues such as artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, platform oversight, global chip dynamics and government surveillance.Main EU files targeted
Our think tank works on 5 tech fields: Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, Plaftorm Governance and Digital Data Rights & Surveillance Oversight. In this respect, our think tank also has an interest in telecommunications regulation, e-skills, data protection, the prevention of fake news, competition law, semi-conductor supply chains, AI & AI governance, the data economy, etc.
Over the past year, our team has either monitored or commented on some EU policies/regulations, such as:
- The Proposal for a regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act)
- The Proposal for a regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising
- The Circular Economy Action Plan
- The European Chips Act
- The European Green Deal
- The AI ActAddress
Head Office
Ebertstr. 2
Berlin 10117
GERMANYEU Office
Ebertstr. 2
Berlin 10117
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
11
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 5 50% 1 25% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
This listing includes the activities of interns, fixed-term and permanent employees, as reported by them. For this listing, we first considered the FTE of each employee (full-time is 40h), and looked at the percentage of their dedication to EU affairs within their personal FTE (full-time and part time work schedules).
Originally, we included people with less than 10% EU involvement, who performed supporting tasks for those with more EU involvement. But removed them after the Secretariat said we were listing an unreasonable number of people.
It must be noted that our dedication to EU affairs comes from the monitoring and/or commenting on EU tech policy through publications, online events, etc. So influencing here is very broadly understood; and we prefer to err on the side of caution when reporting. The result is 5.5 FTE in EU affairs.
In accordance with Data Protection rules, we are not including the list of people. But we will be happy to further discuss if needed.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
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
In here we are submitting a list of groups/fora that our staff either coordinate or are member of. Due to Data Protection concerns, we currently do not offer staff names for this listing. But we will be happy to give this information, should it be required by register authorities. On a similar note, we are currently working to further hone our data collection practices so that we manage to offer more insight and granularity for the register, should it become available.
- Transatlantic Cyber Forum
https://www.interface-eu.org/focus-area/transatlantic-cyber-forum
- EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative - EU Cyber Direct
https://eucyberdirect.eu/
- Global Partnership for Responsible Cyber Behaviour organized by RUSI
https://rusi.org/networks/global-partnership-responsible-cyber-behaviour-gprcb
- EU CyberNet
https://www.eucybernet.eu/
- Participation in the Plenary Meetings for the Development of the AI Code of Practice for Generative AI (EU AI Act)
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/kick-plenary-general-purpose-ai-code-practice-took-place-onlineMember organisations
To offer the most up-to-date information about these details, we are offering some relevant websites:
Here is a listing of interface's staff:
https://www.interface-eu.org/people
He is a description of interface's mission and activites:
https://www.interface-eu.org/about-us
Here is a description of interface's financials:
https://www.interface-eu.org/financial-transparency
Here is more information about our funders:
https://www.interface-eu.org/engage -
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
2,518,910€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Public funding, Grants, Other
Funding types "other" information
Project funding from non-profit national and international organizations (NGOs), donations, grants from federal funds (BRD), etc.
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 605,710€ Contribution Luminate Part of the Omidyar Group 349,854€ Contribution Stiftung Mercator GmbH 305,008€ Contribution BKM Bundesbeauftragter für Kultur und Medien 346,372€ Other financial info
As required by the EU transparency register, here we are only reporting contributions above 10 % of the total budget (revenue based, in accordance with our audited end of the year balance sheet).
For a more detailed financial transparency reporting, including information on what program each funder contributed to, and our upcoming statement of finances during the year 2023, you can visit:
https://www.interface-eu.org/financial-transparency
Additionally, here is more information about our funders:
https://www.interface-eu.org/engage -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
As previously mentioned, we are a think tank that offers research on technology policy. We carry out research on tech issues and communicate our findings to decisiomakers and the wider public through:
-The publications of studies, reports and data briefs
- The setting up of online workshops and events
- The sending of email campaigns to keep our readers updated about our research
- The occasional attendance to events discussing tech policy in Brussels, Berlin and other parts of Europe.Other 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 11 Jul 2022 Location On line Subject EU Chips Act / SMEI, mapping value chains. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)
- Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject Digital rulebook, DSA, DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)