Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
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 (when relevant)
* Transparency of the EU institutions, including of spending
* Rules on the EU Transparency Register
* Migration and refugee policy and financing
* Legislative files that affect Whistleblower Protection, fight against corruption, money laundering rules, copyright, data protection, the re-use of public sector information, and media freedom
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
* Transparency of the Council and Permanent Representations
Times spend for lobbying via ALTER EU have been calculated separately:
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
Calle 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:
Helen Darbishire
Other persons engage to a more limited extentPerson in charge of EU relations
Ms Helen Darbishire (Executive Director / Vice President)
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)
United Nations Convention against Corruption Coalition (http://www.uncaccoalition.org/)
ALTER-EU (www.alter-eu.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/)
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)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
EU grant income for closed financial year
81,928 € (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 board of the 2018 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)
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 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
- Meetings