Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Access Info Europe (Access Info)
EU Transparency Register
49931835063-67 First registered on 22 Jan 2011
Goals / Remit
Access Info Europe is a human rights organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting the right of access to information in Europe as a tool for defending civil liberties and human rights, for facilitating public participation in decision-making and for holding governments and intergovernmental bodies accountable.
Access Info's mission is that the right of access to information be enshrined in law and work in practice.
This includes the right of access to EU documents as established by Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.Main EU files targeted
The main policy areas and legislative files that Access Info follows are:
* Regulation 1049/2001 on access to EU documents (when relevant);
* Transparency of the EU institutions, including Council and Commission, including transparency of policy making and spending;
* Rules on the EU Transparency Register and related regulation of lobbying and transparency related to influence;
* The legislation related to all the EU Funds;
* Migration and refugee policy and rules transparency;
* Legislative files that affect open data and reuse of public sector information, whistleblower protection, fight against corruption, money laundering rules, copyright, data protection, public procurement (transparency of), and media freedom.Address
Head Office
Calle Cava de San Miguel 8, 4º centro
Madrid 28005
SPAIN -
People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 3 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The following Access Info team members will be involved in promoting the transparency of the EU during 2021:
Helen Darbishire
Martina Tombini
Rachel Hanna
Patricia Gonzalez
Paula Domínguez
Marta MorcuendePerson 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
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Freedom of Information Advocates Networks (www.foiadvocates.net)
Open Government Partnership – Helen Darbishire is a member of the Steering Committee and Access Info is a part of the government-civil society forum in Spain. (www.opengovpartnership.org)
United Nations Convention against Corruption Coalition (http://www.uncaccoalition.org/) - Helen Darbishire is the current Chair of the UNCAC Coalition
International Open Data Charter (https://opendatacharter.net/) - Helen Darbishire is a member of the board
Global Data Barometer (https://globaldatabarometer.org/) - Access Info is the regional coordination hub for Europe
ALTER-EU (www.alter-eu.org) - member
Citizens for Europe (http://www.citizensforeurope.eu/) - member
Coalición Pro Acceso - Spanish civil society network to advance transparency, Access Info coordinates
(http://www.proacceso.org/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
EU grant income for closed financial year
195,614 € (Source: European Commission)
Other financial info
A summary of Access Info Europe's annual accounts can be found at https://www.access-info.org/transparency-policy. We are currently awaiting approval from our Executive Board of the 2019 accounts, which will be uploaded to our website shortly.
Access Info operates on the bases of grants and donations. We do not accept anonymous donations over 100 Euros.
Under Access Info's transparency policy, anyone may file a request for further information about our finances and the bills and receipts related to our expenditure for each year are available for inspection in the Access Info office in Madrid. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Anti-corruption
Communication activities
Relevant policy implementation, public relations and communication activities such as projects, events and publications:
* AsktheEU.org
- Access Info runs the https://www.AsktheEU.org website, an online platform where citizens can file access to documents requests to any EU institutions. All responses and requests are published online and in real-time. Access Info also regularly files information requests of our own.
* Transparency of the European Institutions (Council, Commission, Parliament) and other EU bodies and agencies with a specific focus on:
- ensuring an open legislative process
- promoting open decision making
- promoting good record keeping
- identifying and challenging procedural issues related to Regulation 1049/2001
- identifying and challenging overuse of exceptions
Access Info undertakes appeals, complaints to the European Ombudsman as well as legal challenges to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
* To read our EU Transparency campaign priorities as part of our overall Action Plan, please visit: https://www.access-info.org/what-we-do
*All recent activities and news on our campaigning can be found on our website: https://www.access-info.org/newsOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 01 Mar 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Transparency register Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists