Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions

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No longer registered as of 29 Sep 2020 - Registration as it was on 27 Sep 2019
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

1,125,000€

Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

10.5 Fte (11)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions   (SALAR)

    EU Transparency Register

    698580322266-37 First registered on 13 Jun 2016

    Goals / Remit

    The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions represents the governmental, professional and employer-related interests of Sweden's 290 municipalities and 20 county councils/regions.
    The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) is both an employers’ organisation and an organisation that represents and advocates for local government in Sweden. All municipalities, county councils and regions in Sweden are our members. Membership is voluntary.
    As an employer organisation we work for the interests of our members and offer them support and service. Our members are the employers of more than one million people, which make us the largest employer organisation in Sweden.
    Our role is to sign central collective agreements, make our members stronger in their role as employers and create conditions for local solutions. We also represent and advocate for local government by raising issues, acting decisively and enlightening public opinion.
    Our ambition is to be one step ahead and to shed light on important changes outside local government that affect our members.
    We speak for our members in dialogue with the Government, Riksdagen (Swedish Parliament), government agencies, the EU and other key organisations.
    The Association strives to promote and strengthen local self-government and the development of regional and local democracy. The Association's operations are financed by the fees paid annually by members in relation to their population and tax capacity. Other revenue sources are courses, conferences, consultancy assignments and external financing.
    SALAR is a politically run organisation. The Association's supreme decision-making body is the Congress, which is held every four years. The Congress draws up the guidelines for SALAR’s work and appoints its Board and President. The 451 congress delegates are appointed by the politically elected members of municipalities, county councils and regions.
    The President of SALAR is Lena Micko.
    Local democracy is the foundation of all our work. Our ambition is to develop self-government in order to give our members greater freedom of action. SALAR aims to be the arena in which local government policy takes shape. We establish forums and work methods that develop the commitment, interest and participation of our members and the general public with respect to a wide range of social issues.
    Many decisions taken by the European Union affect local and regional government in Sweden. This is why the Association aims to be seen to play an even more active part in European politics.
    The international unit, based in Stockholm and Brussels, looks after the European interests of the Association's members and strives to influence policy initiatives at an early stage. Mainstreaming the European and international perspective into the daily work of municipalities, county councils and regions is an important part of this role.
    The Swedish name for the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) is: Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting.

    Main EU files targeted

    MFF. Sammanhållningspolitik, Sociala dimensionen av EU, Asyl- och flyktingmottagande i hela EU, EU:s vattendirektiv, Cirkulär ekonomi, mobilitet och infrastruktur, FoI och arbetsgivarfrågor.

    Address

    Head Office
    Hornsgatan 20
    Stockholm 11882
    SWEDEN
    EU Office
    Square de Meeûs 1
    Bruxelles 1000
    BELGIUM
  • Total lobbyists declared

    11

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%9
    75%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    10.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    There is around 400 employees in SALAR in Stockholm. SALAR has an International section that works with EU and international affairs. The team is devided between Stockholm and Brussels.
    Brussels team: 1 permanent, 2 seconded and 1 stagiere
    Stockholm team: 7 permanent

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Jerker Stattin (Director)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Ms Vesna Jovic (Director General)

  • Category

    VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc.

    Subcategory

    Other sub-national public authorities

  • Affiliation

    Information can be found here: http://skl.se/tjanster/englishpages/activities.996.html

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Closed financial year

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    1,125,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • Groups (European Commission)

    Commission stakeholder expert group on public procurement#E02807 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2807 #Member #C#Advisory Committee on free movement of workers#X01784 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1784 #Member #C#Comité consultatif pour la sécurité et la santé sur le lieu de travail#X01211 #CARTER Ned #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1211 #Alternate Member #B#Industry#Update Biological Agents Directive 2000/54/EC#Advisory Committee for Vocational Training#X01803 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1803 #Member #C

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    None declared

  • 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.

    • Date 13 Dec 2019 Location Stockholm, Sweden
      Subject Minimum wage, skilling of workforce in digital and green transitions
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
      Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights
      Attending
      • Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
      • Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
      • Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
      • Eugenia Dumitriu-Segnana (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Priorities of the Commission
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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