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)
1.3 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Universiteit Twente (UT)
EU Transparency Register
769258827114-68 First registered on 09 May 2017
Goals / Remit
Founded in 1961, the University of Twente is a young, dynamic, entrepreneurial university with nearly 4,000 employees and 12,000 students. Given UT’s mission to be a university of technology that puts people first, we ensure that the power of science and technology is harnessed to achieve the best possible impact in a changing world. We cherish our rich tradition of combining technical and social sciences in our five profiling themes: improving healthcare by personalised technologies, creating intelligent manufacturing systems, shaping our world with smart materials, engineering our digital society, and engineering for a resilient world.
Our research institutes combine scientific excellence with a sharp eye for knowledge valorisation and social application and are highly successful in generating spin-off businesses.
Our mission and vision are stated in the Shaping2030 document: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/about/shaping2030/Main EU files targeted
Main sectors of interest are Education, Research and Innovation -related dossiers and programmes. Also (indirectly) dossiers on Euregional and regional developments and international cooperation. The University of Twente is currently focusing its activities in the four impact domains: Climate, Chip Technology, Health and Safety, carrying out activities in a diverse set of areas such as - amongst others: human-technology relations, quantum nano, bio-nano, engineering, chemistry, mobility, water, crisis management, cybersecurity, energy efficiency, earth observation and robotics. Therefore we target the EU legislative proposals and policies in the related areas, for example: the Chips Act, the EU Cybersecurity Act, the AI Act, and concerning Education, Research and Innovation, for example: R&I Framework Programmes (Horizon2020, Horizon Europe), Digital Europe, Erasmus+, ERA Policy Agenda.
Most recent EU legislative proposals or policies targeted, or where the University of Twente provided input on, are:
- Public consultation on the past, present and future of the European research and innovation programmes 2014-2027
- Erasmus+ 2021-27 interim evaluation & Erasmus+ 2014-20 final evaluation
- ERA Policy Agenda (2025-2027)Address
Head Office
Drienerlolaan 5
Enschede 7522NB
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Drienerlolaan 5
Enschede 7522NB
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 25% 1 10% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
N/A
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
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
The University of Twente is a member of the following associations that carry out activities related to EU policies:
UNL (https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/en), VSNU (https://www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/), 4TU (https://www.4tu.nl/en/), ECIU (https://www.eciu.eu/ and https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/collaboration/eciu/), Cesaer (https://www.cesaer.org/ and https://www.cesaer.org/members/), Science|Business (https://sciencebusiness.net/ and https://sciencebusiness.net/network), EARMA (https://earma.org/ and https://earma.org/members/institutions/)
The University of Twente is also engaged in the partnerships and collaborations described here: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/collaboration/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
481,500,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Public funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap 298,100,000€ Other financial info
Link to Annual Report (2023): https://2022.ut.f19.nl/cms/api/public/v1/assets/download/project/f9d7b50a-03f1-0000-aad4-063979b44264/name/UT%20Jaarverslag%202023%20-%20def.pdf
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission Expert group for Digital Education Content#E03942#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3942 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Funded projects under Horizon 2020, Erasmus + and Horizon Europe. Various initiatives under other programs, such as EFRO, Interreg, etc. Contributions to various initiatives led by the associations listed in field 12 e.g. through ECIU (https://www.eciu.eu/eu-affairs) or CESAER (https://www.cesaer.org/publications/) and through Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the umbrella organization of Dutch universities.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
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 25 May 2022 Location videoconference Subject European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 28 Sep 2021 Location Brussels (videoconference) Subject Speech on the European Green Deal at Trans Europe Express 2.0 symposium Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)