Overview
Lobbying Costs
750,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
21 Fte (28)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)
EU Transparency Register
15789364550-66 First registered on 17 Nov 2010
Goals / Remit
Building Bridges between Scholars and Policy Makers.
Founded in late 1989, the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) is an interdisciplinary public policy institute dedicated to the values of democracy and market economy. CSD is a non-partisan, independent organization fostering the reform process in Europe through impact on policy and civil society. CSD’s objectives are:
• to provide an enhanced institutional and policy capacity for a successful European integration process, especially in the area of justice and home affairs;
• to promote institutional reform and the practical implementation of democratic values in legal and economic practice;
• to monitor public attitudes and serve as a watchdog of the institutional reform process.ТJuw
Building bridges is the old-fashioned way of bringing together social actors and cementing new alliances. Born as a think-tank, the Center for the Study of Democracy has evolved into policy development through dialogue and partnership.
Bringing cutting-edge solutions to transition problems is our way of keeping the middle ground between academia and social practice.
CSD has pioneered in several areas traditionally perceived as the inviolable public property, such as anti-corruption institutional reform, and national security. Our belief is that bringing a new culture of cooperation and trust in a milieu of inherited fragmentation and opacity is equally rewarding as the achievement of concrete social goals.Main EU files targeted
Justice and home affairs (corruption, organized crime, migration), energy, public procurement, enlargement, human rights, counter-terrorism, extremism and (de)radicalization, EU funds for cohesion and territorial development, neighbourhood policies, Russia
CSD has participated in: the Interim Evaluation of the Internal Security Fund - Police, commissioned in 2017 by DG Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission; the Evaluation of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), commissioned in 2018 by DG Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission; the Schengen Facility for Croatia, commissioned in 2018 by DG Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission.Address
Head Office
5, Alexander Zhendov Str.
Sofia 1113
BULGARIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
28
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 28 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
21
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
As of March 1, 2019, the Center for the Study of Democracy employs a staff of twenty eight of whom twenty-six in professional and management positions, including part-time consultants, and two employees in administrative positions.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Ruslan Stefanov (Economic Program Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ognian Shentov (Chairman)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
US Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
750,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
617,641 € (Source: European Commission)
Other financial info
CSD's annual financial report for 2017 is published at: https://csd.bg/fileadmin/user_upload/publications_library/files/2017_12/CSD_AR_2017_ENG_Financial_Part.pdf
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Projects:
Strategic Assessment for Law and Police Cooperation, DG Justice and Consumers, 2018
Launch and Implementation of Diversity Charter in Bulgaria, DG Justice and Consumers, 2018
Offenders with Psycho-Social and Intellectual Disabilities: Identification, Assessment of Needs and Equal Treatment, DG Justice and Consumers, 2018
Towards a more effective rights protection and access to judicial procedures for victims of crimes, DG Justice and Consumers, 2018
Anti-trafficking stakeholders and economic sectors networking, cooperation to combat the business of human trafficking chain, DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2018 Judicial Strategy Against all Forms of Violent Extremism in Prison, European Commission, JUST-AG-2016, 2018
Innovative Methods to Investigate Fraud and Corruption in EU funding for agriculture, OLAF-D.1, 2018
Integrated Community, Probation, and Prison Services Radicalisation Prevention Approach, Erasmus+ KA2, 2017
Pro Victims Justice through an Enhanced Rights Protection and Stakeholders Cooperation, DG Justice and Consumers, 2017
Assessing the risk of isolation of suspects and accused, DG Justice and Consumers, 2017
Publications:
Best Practices in Anti-Corruption and Fraud Investigation in EU Funding (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/best-practices-in-anti-corruption-and-fraud-investigation-in-eu-funding/)
The Kremlin Playbook 2: The Enablers (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/the-kremlin-playbook-2-the-enablers-1/)
Standards for Forced-Return Monitoring in Bulgaria (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/standards-for-forced-return-monitoring-in-bulgaria/)
Financing of Organised Crime: Human Trafficking in Focus (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/financing-of-organised-crime-human-trafficking-in-focus/)
Assessing the Risk of Isolation of Suspects and Accused (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/assessing-the-risk-of-isolation-of-suspects-and-accused/)
Bulgarian Organised Crime Threat Assessment (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/bulgarian-organised-crime-threat-assessment/)
Russian Influence in the Media Sectors of the Black Sea Countries: Tools, Narratives and Policy Options for Building Resilience (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/russian-influence-in-the-media-sectors-of-the-black-sea-countries-tools-narratives-and-policy-opti/)
Russian Economic Footprint in the Western Balkans. Corruption and State Capture Risks (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/russian-economic-footprint-in-the-western-balkans-corruption-and-state-capture-risks/)
Events:
Standards for Forced-Return Monitoring in Bulgaria (https://csd.bg/events/event/standards-for-forced-return-monitoring-in-bulgaria/)
Improving the Situation of Victims of Crime and the Cooperation of Stakeholders (https://csd.bg/events/event/improving-the-situation-of-victims-of-crime-and-the-co-operation-of-stakeholders/)
Energy Security Risks and Energy Security Agenda in Southeast Europe (https://csd.bg/events/event/energy-security-risks-and-energy-security-agenda-in-southeast-europe/)
Standing Up to State Capture: Innovative Methods to Investigate Fraud and Corruption in EU Funding for Agriculture, 13-14 September 2018 (https://csd.bg/events/event/standing-up-to-state-capture-innovative-methods-to-investigate-fraud-and-corruption/)
Diagnosing and Countering Russian Influence and Media Capture in the Black Sea Countries (https://csd.bg/events/event/diagnosing-and-countering-russian-influence-and-media-capture-in-the-black-sea-countries/)
Envisioning the Transition to Low-Carbon Energy (https://csd.bg/events/event/envisioning-the-transition-to-low-carbon-energy/)
Democracy That Delivers: Unlocking the Potential of the Western Balkans (https://csd.bg/events/event/democracy-that-delivers-ten-years-later-unlocking-the-potential-of-the-western-balkans/)
Countering Corruption in the Private Sector (https://csd.bg/events/event/countering-corruption-in-the-private-sector/)Other activities
CSD has carried out numerous research and consultancy projects on issues related to corruption, organised crime, hidden economy, energy, migration, radicalisation, and criminal justice. CSD also participates in several FP7 corruption and crime, as well as energy research projects. More information about specific projects and competencises could be found by visiting CSD’s webpage (www.csd.bg) or by contacting its Program Directors.
- Meetings
Meetings
5 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.
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Date 15 Oct 2023 Location Online Subject Discussion on programming Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Hugo Monteiro Brilhante Sobral (Cabinet member)
- Simeona Manova (Cabinet member)
- Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023 Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
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- Europe Jacques Delors
- Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
- Real Instituto Elcano
- Bruegel
- European Policy Centre
- European Council on Foreign Relations
- Trans European Policy Studies Association
- European University Institute
- Carnegie Europe
- Mercator Institute for China Studies
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl
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Date 29 Mar 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation and Energy security issues Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Irina Stefuriuc (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location video conference Subject European climate policy for 2030 and 2050 and opportunities resulting from the European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Aug 2020 Location Virtual Subject The European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
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