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)
4.75 Fte (14)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
EU Transparency Register
996789025151-11 First registered on 19 Dec 2016
Goals / Remit
As a university Vrije Universtiteit Brussel follows a wide range of EU initiatives, policies and legislative files. As a research institution we are an avid participant of the framework programme Horizon Europe. We also adhere to the charter and the code of researchers and have the seal of HR excellence. Furthermore we monitor EU policy mainly surrounding HEU but also as a whole and in dept through our researchers involved in European Studies. We are following up on big issues such as data protection, ethics, animal testing, clinical trials, data management and storage, open access…
As a university we are also very much involved with the Erasmus+ programme.
We have experts keeping up to date with EU regulation and aligning these with our internal rules and practices. Our researchers are often functioning as experts and evaluators for the EC. We take part in a number of surveys and stakeholder consultations by the EU or the EC.Main EU files targeted
Vrije Universiteit Brussels has around 230 EU (co-)funded projects at any time. Furthermore it has a number of service contracts delivering services to the EU. These actions involve dissemination and outreach. As a university publications are our core business. The main focus of these publications is geared towards advancing science but they also include publications relevant to policy and outreach initiatives.
Address
Head Office
Pleinlaan 2
Brussel 1050
BELGIUMEU Office
Pleinlaan 2
Brussel 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 3 25% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Jonathan Millins 03 Sep 2024 02 Sep 2025 Raphaël Devos 31 May 2024 30 May 2026 Complementary Information
None declared
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
UNICA - https://www.unica-network.eu/
UniLion - https://www.unilion.eu/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
331,968,251€
Major funding types in closed year
Other, Public funding, EU funding
Funding types "other" information
the category 'other' includes other income linked to education, research and services.
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Other income linked to education, research and services 37,450,920€ Contribution governmental contributions 204,732,112€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Income and living conditions#E01485#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1485 #OBSERVER #C#Academia/ResearchTask Force on innovative tools and sources for HBS and TUS#E01485/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100135 #OBSERVER #C#Academia/Research
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
We organize small and large events relevant to our research & policy like the CPDP conference on data protection.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 15 Sep 2021 Location Brussels (videoconference) Subject Keynote speech at Jean Monnet Network GOVTRAN : “Fit for 55% and climate neutrality: The future of Europe in the World”. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jul 2020 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject High-Level Roundtable Discussion on The State of the Union in 2020 and EU's Global Engagement in a Covid-19 world - [Via Webex] Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member)
- Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
- Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
- Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
- Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
- Brenda Furniere (Cabinet member)
- Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
- Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
- Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 18 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Presentation on liver disease research (ERC grant) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
- Giulia Del Brenna (Cabinet member)