Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
OPERA Research Center |
| Acronym: |
OPERA
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| Legal status: |
Academic institution
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| Website address: |
http://www.operaresearch.eu
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Sections
| Section: |
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions |
| and more precisely: |
Think tanks and research institutions |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Ettore Capri
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| Position: |
Director |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Alexandru Marchis
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| Position: |
Policy Team Coordinator |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
84 via E.Parmense
Piacenza 29100
ITALY
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| Telephone number: |
(+39) 0523599218 |
| Fax number: |
(+) |
| Other contact information: |
Brussels office of OPERA
Place du Champ de Mars, n.2,
1050 Brussels
Tel. +32 (0)25187683
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
OPERA is a research center of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
It is an independent, not-for-profit scientific think tank, committed to the sharing and developing of the best practices in agri-environmental measures in the context of European legislation, in order to help and achieve the desired objectives of the European Pesticides Package.
The fundamental contribution of OPERA is to use the potential of existing scientific researches and knowledge to support the stakeholders in their political and technical decisions concerning agriculture, the management of agricultural risks relating to pesticides and the environment. One objective is to create a list of recommendations to policy makers on improving the effectiveness of agriculture policies in EU.
Created thanks to the initiative of several European scientists from academia and other public institutions, the structure of OPERA includes key networks and joint initiatives of academic scientific groups, national and EU Institutions, industry professionals, companies and NGOs.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
5
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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The fundamental contribution of OPERA is to use the potential of existing scientific researches and knowledge to support the stakeholders in their political and technical decisions concerning agriculture. OPERA may, in itself, also produce relevant new research.
The information compiled by OPERA will primarily fall in two categories:
• Policy Recommendations - short documents providing an overview of the possible solutions utilizing new techniques and technologies, they will l not take into account specific local situations.
• Detailed Studies and Suggestions for National Implementation - these will be more complex scientific papers, providing specific solutions and supported by the creation of an ad-hoc international expert group.
At present OPERA is working on two pillars:
Common Agricultural Policy reform
The Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Budget
- Environment
- Food Safety
- Research and Technology
- Trade
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
10 |
| Number of member organisations: |
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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OPERA Research Center belongs to Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2012
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12/2012
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Total budget:
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625,000
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€
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of which public financing:
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475,000
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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150,000
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€
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- from national sources:
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225,000
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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100,000
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€
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from other sources: |
150,000
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€
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- donations:
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€
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- contributions from members:
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€
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- private companies :
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50,000
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€
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- Own financing of the University :
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100,000
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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