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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
9.75 Fte (11)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
OpenForum Europe AISBL (OFE)
EU Transparency Register
2702114689-05 First registered on 28 Nov 2008
Goals / Remit
OpenForum Europe (OFE) is a not-for-profit think tank which was originally launched in 2002 to accelerate and broaden the use of Open Source Software (OSS) among businesses, consumers and governments. OFE's role has since evolved and its primary role now is to promote the use of open standards in ICT as a means of achieving full openness and interoperability of computer systems throughout Europe. It continues to promote open source software, as well as openness more generally as part of a vision to facilitate open, competitive choice for IT users. In support of this vision, it develops the thinking in five main policy areas: standardisation, public procurement, cloud computing, intellectual property and cybersecurity.
Main EU files targeted
The following is a non-exclusive list of the main topics followed by OFE in 2022:
- European Multi Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation;
- Interoperable Europe;
- European Interoperability Framework;
- DSA;
- CRA;
- PLD;
- AI Act;Address
Head Office
Avenue des Arts 56 4C
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue des Arts 56 4C
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
11
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 9 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
9.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Ciaran O'RIORDAN 07 Dec 2023 27 Mar 2024 Mr Axel THÉVENET 05 Jul 2023 01 Dec 2023 Ciaran O'RIORDAN 21 Apr 2023 21 Oct 2023 Mr Astor NUMMELIN CARLBERG 16 Mar 2023 16 Mar 2024 Mr Axel THÉVENET 24 Jun 2022 31 May 2023 Mr Astor NUMMELIN CARLBERG 24 Sep 2021 24 Sep 2022 Ms Giulia GUADAGNOLI 22 Apr 2021 22 Apr 2022 Mr Sivan PÄTSCH 02 Aug 2019 01 Aug 2020 Ms Paulina GRZEGORZEWSKA 02 Aug 2019 01 Aug 2020 Ms Sachiko Muto 15 May 2019 15 May 2020 Mr Astor NUMMELIN CARLBERG 16 Apr 2019 01 May 2020 Mr Sivan PÄTSCH 08 Jun 2018 08 Jun 2019 Mr Astor NUMMELIN CARLBERG 18 Apr 2018 16 Apr 2019 Mr Norman RÖHNER 31 Jan 2018 22 Dec 2018 Ms Sachiko Muto 07 Dec 2017 07 Dec 2018 Ms Diana Cocoru 31 Aug 2017 25 Aug 2018 Mr Pedro CRISTOBAL BOCOS 31 Aug 2017 20 Jan 2018 Ms Sachiko Muto 19 Oct 2016 18 Oct 2017 Ms Diana Cocoru 22 Aug 2016 22 Jul 2017 Mr Pablo Plaza Jiménez 22 Aug 2016 22 Jul 2017 Ms Diana Cocoru 13 Aug 2015 10 Aug 2016 Mr Maël Brunet 21 May 2015 19 May 2016 Mr Graham Taylor 21 May 2015 19 May 2016 Mr Iliy NAIDENOFF 21 May 2015 19 Jul 2015 Mr Maël Brunet 18 Feb 2015 17 Apr 2015 Ms Diana Cocoru 28 Aug 2014 13 Aug 2015 Mr Maël Brunet 19 Feb 2014 13 Feb 2015 Ms Aneta Bodlakova 19 Feb 2014 10 May 2014 Mr Maël Brunet 27 Sep 2013 01 Jan 2014 Mr Jorge Castro 27 Sep 2013 14 Feb 2014 Mr Jorge Castro 22 Feb 2013 20 Jul 2013 Mr Maël Brunet 24 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013 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
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
All members of the association are natural persons. There are no member organisations.
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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
370,573€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Other
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission SMART2019/0011 33,500€ Grant European Commission SMART2019/0015 32,600€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission SMART2019/0015 32,600€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Multi-Stakeholders Platform on ICT Standardisation#E02758#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2758 #Member #C#Industry, Academia/Research, Civil society, SMEs#Task Force Rolling Plan
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Events:
- EU Open Source Policy Summit
- OFE Policy Series
- OFE standardisation and open source lounge - six events
- Study for DG Connect on the Impact of Open Source software and hardware on the European Economy
- Data Act event
- Open Strategic Autonomy
- Open Source Programme OfficesOther activities
To raise awareness of Governments, Public Sector, Businesses, Consumers, and other Official Bodies of the European benefits of open standards and open source, as well as openness in ICT.
Meetings
Meetings
6 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 14 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Open Source Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject standards, open innovation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Standardisation, innovation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject standardisation, e-government, data Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject IT procurement and open source strategy DG Informatics Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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