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Lobby organisation

SwissCore, Contact Office for European Research, Innovation and Education

Think tank / academic · Think tanks & research · HQ: Switzerland · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, SwissCore, Contact Office for European Research, Innovation and Education appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“We are the Swiss information and liaison office for European research, innovation and education in Brussels. Our mission is: to act as a bridge between Swiss and European knowledge institutions; to support Swiss participation in European knowledge programmes.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party571%
Greens/EFA114%
Socialists & Democrats114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2022).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
2
2023
1
2024
0
2025
1
2026
2

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

Lukas Mandl
2 meetings · EPP
Michael Bloss
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Christian Ehler
1 meeting · EPP
Victor Negrescu
1 meeting · S&D

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
12 Mar 2026Christian EhlerFP10
28 Jan 2026Bogdan Andrzej ZdrojewskiStakeholder dialogue on establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034
3 Sep 2025Victor NegrescuAcademic Freedom and Democracy under Geopolitical Pressure
7 Nov 2023Lukas MandlEU-Swiss relations, Erasmus+
28 Jun 2022Lukas MandlEU-Swiss relations
11 May 2022Sabine VerheyenErasmus+
26 Sep 2019Michael Blossresearch

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