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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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.25 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)
EU Transparency Register
968695641327-04 First registered on 01 Mar 2021
Goals / Remit
The six strategic objectives of VLIZ are:
*To Initiate, support, promote and implement innovative and multidisciplinary marine research for the benefit of, in collaboration with or complementary to Flemish and international marine research groups.
*Promote the national and international image of Flemish marine research.
*Serve as a national and international point of contact in the field of marine research.
*Promote ocean literacy in Flanders and marine research visibility among the general public.
*Provide tailored scientific data, information, knowledge and insights to the Flemish marine research community, the blue economy and policymakers with regard to marine matters.
*Deploy and manage large marine research infrastructure, including research vessels, a marine station and the Flemish Marine Data CentreMain EU files targeted
Maritime Spatial PLanning Directive and ICZM Recommendation
Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Water Framework Directive
All Biodiversity policies (incl ABS)
Digital Stategy and Digitalisation
(Blue) Data management
Horizon Europe and predecessors
Green Deal, decarbonisation
Blue Economy and Blue Innovation
European ESFRIs
European Marine Data and Observation Network
Climate-related
SDGsAddress
Head Office
InnovOcean Campus Jacobsenstraat 1
Oostende 8400
BELGIUMEU Office
InnovOcean Campus Jacobsenstraat 1
Oostende 8400
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 50% 2 25% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
We are (partially) government-funded research performing and research supporting organisation, that coordinates marine research and innovation at Flanders level, representing a network of more than 1500 marine experts that work at global, EU, national and local level. We are well-embedded in EU processes, and are world players in areas of marine biodiversity (databases/datasystems) and others. We have a close working relationship with IOC-UNESCO.
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
Specialised/expert networks on marine data, infrastructures, citizen science and research
EMODNET
ESFRIs
European Marine Board
EuroMarine
SCOR-ISC
POGO
EMSEA, EU4Ocean,..
SBEP partnership
Mission Ocean Forum
Ocean Decade Network, Ocean Decade Alliance, Ocean Decade Implementing PartnersMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
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
12,419,673€
Major funding types in closed year
Other, Public financing, EU funding, Grants
Funding types "other" information
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Flanders government 7,843,019€ Contribution Flanders Science Foundation FWO 1,663,621€ Contribution European Commission 1,652,035€ Contribution other 1,260,998€ Grant HorizonEurope and INTERREG 1,652,035€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant HorizonEurope 8,115,499€ Grant other EU funding (INTERREG, DGMARE grants..) 1,760,029€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Biodiversity, hunting, countryside#Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#Green new deal#SEARICA
Communication activities
see an overview of our projects and programmes:
https://www.vliz.be/en/projectsOther 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 14 Sep 2022 Location video-call Subject Marine observation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Sep 2022 Location video-call Subject Marine observation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists