Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Ārvalstu investoru padome Latvijā (FICIL)
EU Transparency Register
771458019273-80 First registered on 22 Oct 2015
Goals / Remit
FICIL's mission is to improve the business environment in Latvia through active dialogue with the government. We work to advise in a transparent manner the Latvian government on areas to improve the investment climate so that it benefits all investors.
Accordingly, the following principles lie behind FICIL's activities:
FICIL works with the government of Latvia in solving common problems shared by its members,
FICIL does not lobby or represent interests of individual companies,
FICIL identifies generic issues and then strives for solutions to improve the investment climate overall.
FICIL focuses on generic issues of concern to the wider investors' community in Latvia.Main EU files targeted
Sustainable economic development
Fiscal stability
Europe 2020 strategy
The European Semester
Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Guidelines – evaluationAddress
Head Office
Elizabetes iela 4-2
Rīga LV-1010
LATVIAEU Office
Elizabetes iela 4-2
Rīga LV-1010
LATVIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
The British Chamber of Commerce in Latvia: https://www.britcham.lv/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
FICIL internal committees - work groups actively working with the Latvian Government on a range of business environment issues. FICIL meets annually with the Government of Latvia in High Council (HC) meetings.The HC meetings are intended to facilitate a top-level discussion forum between foreign investors and the Government, to set up structured exchange of information and views between the major investors and the national policymakers.
Other activities
The tradition and routines of the organisation encourage and support FICIL members to identify shared issues which affect their business operations in Latvia. Wealth of member's international experiences offers opportunity to develop and substantiate variety of alternatives for legal or administrative measures that can facilitate a successful solution of problems thus identified. Active participation in policy and decision making processes supports implementation of the recommendations. FICIL anticipates and encourages all members to contribute actively towards organisation's core activities.
- Meetings
Meetings
4 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 06 May 2019 Location Riga Subject European Semester CSRs implementation, reform agenda for Latvia Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
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Date 23 Apr 2019 Location Riga, Latvia Subject European Semester, CSRs for Latvia, Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
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Date 05 Jun 2017 Location Riga Subject European Semester CSR and investment climate Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
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Date 30 Oct 2015 Location Riga, Latvia Subject The recent economic developments in EU and Eurozone, Europe2020, European Semester and its recommendations for Latvia. FICIL's position papers on investment and structural reform agenda in LV. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
- Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
- Meetings