Organisation · Transparency Register · 371567915480-41
Gates Foundation
EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what. Built only from official disclosures, every meeting cited.
In short
Gates Foundation has 102 disclosed EU lobbying meetings from 2019-12-09 to 2026-10-21: 99 with the European Commission and 3 with Members of the European Parliament. Source: EU Transparency Register no. 371567915480-41, Commission disclosures and MEP declarations.
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Lobbying profile
as declared 2026-02-20- Category
- Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
- Legal status
- Private foundation - 501(c) trust under US law
- Declared lobbying cost
- €0
- Lobbying FTEs
- 2.85
- Members
- 1
Files it’s lobbying on
The org's disclosed policy areas, ranked by number of meetings.
Health17 mtgs
Finance13 mtgs
Climate11 mtgs
Technology7 mtgs
Energy6 mtgs
A disclosed meeting is contact, not influence. Counts are of disclosed meetings only.
Declared fields of interest
Agriculture and rural development · Education and training · External relations · International co-operation and development · Public health · Research and innovation · Youth
At a glance
The officials and MEPs most often met, by disclosed-meeting count.
Commission officials
- Kurt Vandenberghe12
- Renaud Savignat6
- Elena Martines5
- Koen Doens5
- Andreas Schwarz4
MEPs met
Disclosed meetings
Newest first, showing the most recent 60 of 102. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.
- 2026-10-21ECIvan Dimov · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaPhilanthropic funding for AI and healthsource ↗
- 2026-10-21ECElena Martines · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaPhilanthropic funding for AI and healthsource ↗
- 2026-10-21ECAnn-Sofie Ronnlund · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaPhilanthropic funding for AI and healthsource ↗
- 2026-10-21ECAndreas Schwarz · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaPhilanthropic funding for AI and healthsource ↗
- 2026-10-12ECDiego Canga Fano · Acting Deputy Director-GeneralDiscussion on investment in agricultural research and innovation with impact in the EU and globally.source ↗
- 2026-09-18ECMichele Piergiovanni · Cabinet of President Ursula von der LeyenPreparatory meeting ahead of an encounter between the President and Bill Gatessource ↗
- 2026-09-07ECEsther Luigi · Cabinet of Commissioner Hadja LahbibUpcoming gender equality eventssource ↗
- 2026-07-14ECElena Martines · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaParticipation of philanthropies in Horizon Europe fundingsource ↗
- 2026-06-03ECTaru Haapaniemi · Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe HansenR&I, biostimulants, European Competitiveness Fund (ECFsource ↗
- 2026-03-17ECGiulia Del Brenna · Head of UnitThe meeting was organised to discuss the possible follow up to the letter of Bell Gates to EVP Séjournésource ↗
- 2026-01-15ECDiego Canga Fano · Acting Deputy Director-GeneralDiscuss synergies between the Mission Soil and the Gates Foundation investments with impact in the EU and Africa and how to scale up possible collaborations between the public and the private sectors.source ↗
- 2026-01-15ECHenri Delanghe · Head of UnitDiscuss synergies between the Mission Soil and the Gates Foundation investments with impact in the EU and Africa and how to scale up possible collaborations between the public and the private sectors.source ↗
- 2025-12-03ECBoriša Falatar · Cabinet of Commissioner Hadja Lahbibwastewater surveillance and MCM Strategysource ↗
- 2025-11-20ECHalliki Voolma · Cabinet of Commissioner Hadja LahbibExchange further on our strategies, on the Women in Leadership Program & Adolescent and Youth Learning Agenda plus any upcoming opportunities.source ↗
- 2025-10-23ECHenri Delanghe · Head of UnitDiscuss common priorities and mechanisms for collaboration to improve soil health research and innovation with global impact.source ↗
- 2025-09-22ECJozef Síkela · Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef SíkelaGlobal Health and Human Developmentsource ↗
- EU global health policysource ↗
- 2025-09-03ECElena Martines · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaPossible synergies between the Gates Foundation and the Scaleup Europe Fundsource ↗
- 2025-09-03ECAndreas Schwarz · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaPossible synergies between the Gates Foundation and the Scaleup Europe Fundsource ↗
- 2025-09-03ECNils Behrndt · Deputy Secretary-GeneralExchange of views on global health and povertysource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECMiguel Jose Garcia Jones · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke HoekstraClimate policy and future technological trendssource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECChristophe Hansen · Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe HansenFood security, fertilisers, small-scale and women farmers, African Union, climate emissionssource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECHalliki Voolma · Cabinet of Commissioner Hadja LahbibIntroduce the work of the Gates Foundation on gender equality and on preparednesssource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECAndreas Schwarz · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaExploring Strategic Investment Synergies Between the Gates Entities and the European innovation policiessource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECHadja Lahbib · Cabinet of Commissioner Hadja LahbibIntroduce the work of the Gates Foundation on gender equality and on preparednesssource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECAstrid Dentler · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke HoekstraClimate policy and future technological trendssource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECTaru Haapaniemi · Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe HansenFood security, fertilisers, small-scale and women farmers, African Union, climate emissionssource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECEkaterina Zaharieva · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaExploring Strategic Investment Synergies Between the Gates Entities and the European innovation policiessource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECJan Hoogmartens · Cabinet of Commissioner Hadja LahbibIntroduce the work of the Gates Foundation on gender equality and on preparednesssource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECWopke Hoekstra · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke HoekstraClimate policy and future technological trendssource ↗
- 2025-06-26ECElena Martines · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaExploring Strategic Investment Synergies Between the Gates Entities and the European innovation policiessource ↗
- 2025-06-25ECAndreas Schwarz · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva- Startup and Scaleup Strategy and Scaleup Europe Fund - Life Sciences Strategysource ↗
- 2025-06-25ECEkaterina Zaharieva · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva- Startup and Scaleup Strategy and Scaleup Europe Fund - Life Sciences Strategysource ↗
- 2025-06-25ECUrsula von der Leyen · Cabinet of President Ursula von der LeyenMeeting in the context of the Gavi Global Health Summitsource ↗
- 2025-06-24ECDan Jørgensen · Cabinet of Commissioner Dan JørgensenMeeting with Bill Gates/ Exchange on EU energy policysource ↗
- 2025-06-24ECTomas Anker Christensen · Cabinet of Commissioner Dan JørgensenMeeting with Bill Gates/ Exchange on EU energy policysource ↗
- 2025-06-03ECDiego Canga Fano · Acting Deputy Director-GeneralDiscuss common priorities and mechanisms for collaboration to scale up investments in soil health research and innovation with global impact.source ↗
- 2025-05-22ECDiego Canga Fano · Acting Deputy Director-GeneralFood security, research and innovation, EU Soil Missionsource ↗
- 2025-05-22ECTaru Haapaniemi · Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe HansenFood security, research and innovation, EU Soil Missionsource ↗
- Development eventsource ↗
- 2025-05-05ECSebastien Paquot · Head of UnitExchange on carbon pricing and markets. Main pointssource ↗
- 2025-05-05ECChristian Holzleitner · Head of UnitExchange on carbon pricing and markets. Main pointssource ↗
- 2025-05-05ECKoen Doens · Director-GeneralThe upcoming Global Summit: Health & Prosperity through Immunisation, to be co-hosted by Gavi and the Gates Foundation and the European Union on 25 June 2025source ↗
- 2025-03-19ECElena Martines · Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina ZaharievaExchange of views on the possible structure and operations of a public-private scaleup fund and potential links with philanthropic initiatives.source ↗
- 2025-03-18ECHana Genorio · Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef SíkelaGlobal Summit: Health & Prosperity through Immunisationsource ↗
- Global health policysource ↗
- 2025-02-27ECAntti Karhunen · Director- Introduction to the Local Currency Fund for Women’s Economic Empowerment in East Africa. - Explain details of the local currency Financing Facility (Fund, Guarantee and Technical Assistance) for East Africa.source ↗
- 2025-01-28ECCecile Billaux · Head of UnitExchange of views on Global Health Initiatives and the future of the global health architecturesource ↗
- 2025-01-28ECMartin Seychell · Deputy Director-GeneralExchange of views on Global Health Initiatives and the future of the global health architecturesource ↗
- 2025-01-23ECHana Genorio · Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef SíkelaEnhancing partnership; Gavi conferencesource ↗
- 2025-01-23ECJozef Síkela · Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef SíkelaEnhancing partnership; Gavi conferencesource ↗
- 2025-01-09ECTaru Haapaniemi · Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe HansenInnovation in agriculturesource ↗
- 2024-11-13ECKoen Doens · Director-Generalforthcoming Replenishment GAVI conferencesource ↗
- 2024-06-24ECKurt Vandenberghe · Director-GeneralTo explore how we can jointly increase the ambition and effectiveness of all forms of climate finance to fund the agrifood system transformation.source ↗
- 2023-10-16ECRenaud Savignat · Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta UrpilainenPreparation of Global Gateway Forumsource ↗
- 2023-10-11ECIliana Ivanova · Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana IvanovaCooperation between Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & Commission in the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, Transatlantic cooperation in clean tech and Catalyst Partnership btw Breakthrough Energy, Commission and EIBsource ↗
- 2023-10-11ECInes Prainsack · Cabinet of Commissioner Stella KyriakidesHealth topicssource ↗
- 2023-10-05ECJorge Pinto Antunes · Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz WojciechowskiEU Soil missionsource ↗
- 2023-05-10ECWerner Stengg · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe VestagerDigital public infrastructuresource ↗
- 2023-04-13ECRenaud Savignat · Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta UrpilainenExchange of views on the EFSD+source ↗
Frequently asked
How many EU lobbying meetings has Gates Foundation disclosed?
Gates Foundation (EU Transparency Register no. 371567915480-41) appears in 102 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2019-12-09 and 2026-10-21: 99 with the European Commission and 3 with Members of the European Parliament.
What does Gates Foundation lobby on?
Gates Foundation's disclosed EU meetings most often concern Health, Finance, Climate, Technology. Every meeting and its topic is listed with its official source on this page.
Who does Gates Foundation meet in Brussels?
Across its disclosed meetings, Gates Foundation has met Commission officials including Kurt Vandenberghe, Renaud Savignat, Elena Martines, and MEPs including BOSSE Stine, ANDREWS Barry. These are counts of officially disclosed meetings, not a measure of influence.
Primary sources
EU Transparency Register · no. 371567915480-41 ↗European Commission meeting disclosures ↗European Parliament — MEP meeting declarations ↗
Every meeting above is a public disclosure by the European Commission or a Member of the European Parliament; counts are of disclosed meetings only and are not a measure of influence. Methodology. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU) & the European Parliament.
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