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European Association of Research and Technology Organisations

Business group · Think tanks & research · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, European Association of Research and Technology Organisations appears in 28 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

28
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
€1.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“EARTO is a non-profit international association established in Brussels, where it maintains a permanent secretariat. EARTO Vision: a European research and innovation system without borders in which RTOs occupy nodal positions and possess the necessary resources and independence to make a major contribution to a competitive European economy and high quality of life through beneficial cooperation with all stakeholders.”

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“EARTO Mission: to promote and defend the interests of RTOs in Europe by reinforcing their profile and position as a key player in the minds of EU decision-makers and by seeking to ensure that European R&D and innovation programmes are best attuned to their interests; to provide added-value services to EARTO members to help them to improve their operational practices and business performance as well as to provide them with information and advice to help them make the best use of European R&D and innovation programme funding opportunities.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 28 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1968%
Renew Europe518%
Socialists & Democrats414%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (12 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
2
2023
2
2024
5
2025
7
2026
12

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Christian Ehler
15 meetings · EPP
Eszter Lakos
3 meetings · EPP
Yvan Verougstraete
2 meetings · Renew
Ivars Ijabs
1 meeting · Renew
Lina Gálvez
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Jun 2026Bruno TobbackFrom Research to Industrial Power: Scaling Europe’s Critical Technologies
25 Mar 2026Christian EhlerFP10
24 Mar 2026Christian EhlerFP10
19 Mar 2026Eszter LakosEU research & innovation policy
13 Mar 2026Christian EhlerFP10
12 Mar 2026Christian EhlerFP10
25 Feb 2026Ivars IjabsHorizon Europe
24 Feb 2026Matthias EckeEuropäischen Fonds für Wett­be­werbs­fä­hig­keit
23 Feb 2026Christian EhlerFP10
5 Feb 2026René RepasiHorizon Europe
27 Jan 2026Yvan VerougstraeteEuropean Competitiveness Fund
27 Jan 2026Sigrid FriisECF roundtable Innovation, research and digital
8 Dec 2025Christian EhlerFP10
20 Oct 2025Christian EhlerFP10
14 Oct 2025Oihane Agirregoitia MartínezInnovación

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