Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
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 legislative files that Access Info follows are:
* Regulation 1049/2001 on access to EU documents
* Rules on the functioning of the EU Transparency Register
* Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions own-initiative report procedure (AFCO) Sven GIEGOLD
* Migration and refugee agreements and policy
* Directive 95/46/EC on personal data protection
* Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information
Access Info is part of the Steering Committee of the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER EU) since October 2011 and as such is engaged with ALTER EU on the following topics:
* EU Transparency Register and its implementation
* Commission Work Programmes for 2016 and 2017, including the establishment of a mandatory transparency register for interest representatives – namely via the Lobby Transparency Now! Campaign.
* Ongoing implementation of Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament with respect to financial interests and conflicts of interest (2011/2174(REG))
* Ongoing implementation of 2014 European staff regulations
* Ongoing implementation of 2011 Code of Conduct for Commissioners
* Ongoing review and updating of Rules of Procedure for Expert Groups
* European Parliament's working group: Revisiting the Rules of Procedure
* Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions. Reference: 2015/2041(INI) Own-initiative report procedure. AFCO. Sven GIEGOLD
* Transparency of the Council and Permanent Representations
More details can be found on the ALTER EU Transparency register page: http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=2694372574-63 or on the ALTER EU website: http://www.alter-eu.orgAddress
Head Office
Cava de San Miguel 8, 4º centro
Madrid 28005
SPAIN -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The following persons are involved in promoting the transparency of the EU on a regular basis:
Andreas Pavlou
Helen DarbishirePerson in charge of EU relations
Ms Helen Darbishire (Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Alberto Alemanno (President)
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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)
European Civil Liberties Network (www.ecln.org)
United Nations Convention against Corruption Coalition (http://www.uncaccoalition.org/)
ALTER-EU (www.alter-eu.org)
European Coalition for Corporate Justice (www.corporatejustice.org)
Citizens for Europe
(http://www.citizensforeurope.eu/)
Transparency, Accountability and Participation in Post-2015 Coalition
(http://www.wfuna.org/transparency-accountability-and-participation-tap-network)
Coalición Pro Acceso
(http://www.proacceso.org/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
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 board of the 2016 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
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
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 Commission
On problematic procedural issues related with Regulation 1049/2001:
- Campaigning against the EC's postal address policy adopted on 1 April 2014, whereby access to documents requests are rejected if citizens fail to provide a personal postal address.
- Letters challenging the automated message warning requesters that there might be delays in processing their requests due to the summer holidays.
On the overuse of exceptions contained in Regulation 1049/2001:
- Protection of privacy (to block access initially to EU Commissioners’ expenses: https://www.access-info.org/eut/27442)
- Protection of legal advice (to block access to the legal advice of the European Commission on the reform of the Lobby Register, and to block access to the legal advice received by the Commission on the ‘EU-Turkey Deal’). You can find out about our cases against the Commission, here: https://www.access-info.org/litigation#EUlitigation
- We also campaign on the need for greater transparency of decision-making processes, including better record keeping and greater transparency of trilogues.
- We published an analysis of the levels of transparency and access to information related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. https://www.access-info.org/ttip-transparency
*Transparency of the European Parliament
- Campaigning for adoption of international standards on access to information as part of the Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions own-initiative report procedure (AFCO) Sven GIEGOLD
* Transparency of Company Ownership:
- Access Info will follow the implementation of the Anti-money laundering Directive, focusing on the question of "legitimate access" to beneficial ownership information and calling for public registers.
* 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)
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