Overview
Lobbying Costs
226,887€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ActionAid (AAI)
EU Transparency Register
85103504511-82 First registered on 11 Nov 2010
Goals / Remit
ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency which takes sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together.
Around the world we work in local communities, listening to poor people and learning about their needs. We help them approach decision makers in their own countries, simultaneously lobbying powerful institutions such as the G7 and the EU to change the international policies and regulations that contribute to the uneven distribution of wealth.
The European Union (EU) is the largest multi-lateral donor of aid in the world and the decisions made within it have major implications for the lives of millions of people living in the developing world.
ActionAid opened its EU Office in Brussels in 1999. The function of the ActionAid EU Office is to ensure that EU policies place the fight against extreme poverty and global injustice as a central concern.
Drawing on ActionAid’s experience working in Asia, Africa, Europe and in the Americas, the ActionAid EU office focuses its efforts on optimising the political space for development within the EU by working with other civil society organisations in favour of human rightsMain EU files targeted
The ActionAid EU office works on two ActionAid multi-country campaigns, from a EU perspective: A campaign against land grabs, and a campaign for tax justice.
In the framework of the land campaign, ActionAid EU office follows closely the EU development policy in the field of agriculture and food security. It is notably seeking to ensure that the implementation of the May 2014 Communication on the role of private sector in development includes adequate criteria and safeguards to ensure that the private sector effectively contributes to sustainable development and human rights. We also seek to ensure a strengthening of the rules on European financial institutions to avoid them being supportive of projects that end up being land grabs. In the past, ActionAid has also been supporting the reform of the EU biofuels policy, to avoid further harm on food prices and land rights outside Europe.
In the framework of the tax campaign, we are following the initiatives announced by the European Commission. Our objective is to try and ensure that the interests of developing countries are taken into account in the framework of the proposed reforms, so that they can strengthen their domestic resources, needed to pay for health and education.
Throughout our work, we emphasise women’s rights and the need for any EU policy to promote the rights of women and girls – this can range from the role of private sector in development to access to land.
As part of CONCORD, ActionAid is actively following the process of adoption of the new Consensus for development. It also contributes to CONCORD work on policy coherence for development.Address
Head Office
rue de l'Industrie, 10
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Jan 2017
Name Start date End Date Javier GARCÍA DE LA OLIVA 15 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025 Hamdi BENSLAMA 15 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025 Carmen GARILLETI 24 Jan 2024 23 Jan 2025 Mathilde PANNEAU 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Nadia PAROLARI 29 Apr 2023 21 Dec 2023 Martina VENZO 29 Apr 2023 21 Dec 2023 Javier GARCÍA DE LA OLIVA 07 Feb 2023 07 Feb 2024 Hamdi BENSLAMA 07 Feb 2023 07 Feb 2024 Ms Isabelle Brachet 29 Oct 2019 29 Oct 2020 Ms Anna MELENCHUK 27 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2020 Ms Lis PARISI SERVULO DA CUNHA 11 Sep 2019 15 Aug 2020 Ms Isabelle Brachet 11 Oct 2018 29 Oct 2019 Ms Lis PARISI SERVULO DA CUNHA 05 Sep 2018 11 Sep 2019 Ms Isabelle Brachet 30 Oct 2017 11 Oct 2018 Ms Katarzyna SZENIAWSKA 01 Dec 2016 01 Dec 2017 Ms Isabelle Brachet 16 Nov 2016 30 Oct 2017 Ms Katarzyna SZENIAWSKA 28 Aug 2015 29 Aug 2016 Ms Isabelle Brachet 15 Jul 2015 13 Jul 2016 Ms Isabelle Brachet 21 Aug 2014 15 Jul 2015 Mr Sara Jespersen 23 Mar 2013 22 Mar 2014 Complementary Information
Two other persons are based in the ActionAid Brussels office, but not contributing to the above-mentioned activities.
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Isabelle Brachet (Advocacy Coordinator)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Laura Sullivan (Head of Office)
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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
ActionAid International belongs to a number of non-profit networks and confederations. At European level, we are members of Concord and Eurodad.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
226,887€
Other financial info
The financial information above relates to the Brussels office of ActionAid International. For financial information related to the organisation overall, please see aggregated statement of financial activities on www.actionaid.org under 'Who We Are' 'How We Work'.
The ActionAid EU office did not receive any funding from the EU institutions (see reply above). But many ActionAid affiliates in different regions of the world have benefited from EU funding in 2016. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
We don't plan ActionAid publications focusing in particular on the EU this year, but ActionAid is an active member of Concord, the platform bringing together all european development NGOs. In that farmework of Concord, we contribute to various publications. Last year, in 2016, we contributed in particular to a flagship report on the EU's role in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals ("The stakes couldn't be higher"), and a policy brief on the implementation of the EU Food Security Policy Framework. In january 2017, ActionAid organised with the trade union movement a public event on the EU trade policy and job creation in developing countries.
Other activities
Drawing on ActionAid’s experience working in Asia, Africa and in the Americas, the ActionAid EU office focuses its efforts on optimising the political space for development within the EU. We work with other civil society organisations to seek justice on rights.
End 2016, ActionAid has adopted its new Global Strategy "Strategy 2028: Action for Global Justice". Under that new strategy, the organisation's overarching goal is to achieve social justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication by shifting and redistributing power and resources, strengthening the resilience of communities and movements, and fulfilling the rights of people living in poverty and exclusion.
The four programmatic priorities to deliver that ambition will be
1: Address the structural causes of violence against women and girls and
secure women’s economic justice
2: Ensure increased civic participation and state accountability for the
redistribution of resources and delivery of quality, gender-responsive public
services
3: Strengthen resilient livelihoods and secure climate justice
4: Advance transformative women-led emergency preparedness, response
and prevention
Meetings
Meetings
19 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 15 Nov 2022 Location Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Subject Progress of COP27 negotiations Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - Danish 92 Group - Forum for Sustainable Development
- Klimadelegation e.V.
- Greenpeace European Unit
- CARE France
- ZERO - ASSOCIAÇÃO SISTEMA TERRESTRE SUSTENTÁVEL
- Ecologistas en Accion
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- Women Engage for a Common Future
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Germanwatch
- REScoop.eu asbl
- Bischöfliches Hilfswerk MISEREOR e.V.
- Carbon Market Watch
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Date 23 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Making the European Green Deal work for International Partnerships Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
- Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 09 Sep 2020 Location Video call Subject The Green Deal implemetation with view to external relations Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
- Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Wetlands International - European Association
- International Fund for Animal Welfare
- ACT Alliance Advocacy to the European Union
- WWF European Policy Programme
- Environmental Investigation Agency
- Fern
- Conservation International Europe
- CARE International Aisbl
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- World Vision Brussels & EU Representation ivzw/aisbl
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- European Network on Debt and Development
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Date 10 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject European Green Deal, COVID-19 and development cooperation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
- Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 05 Jun 2020 Location Video-conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Wereldsolidariteit - Solidarité Mondiale vzw
- Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond van België
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Centre National de Coopération au Développement- 11 11 11
- Global Witness
- Anti-Slavery International
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- Amnesty International Limited
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- Dreikönigsaktion - Hilfswerk der Katholischen Jungschar
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Date 08 Apr 2020 Location Conference call Subject nutrition in partner countries Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 Mar 2020 Location Conference call Subject international dimension of the European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 09 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject discussion on environmental protection and women's rights Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Sustainability finance in the mid-term review of the Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 30 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject European Consensus on Development Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 May 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject ActionAid report on industrial policy contribution to job creation in developing countries Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Denis Cajo (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Priorities of the Commissioner in the field of international cooperation and development. Main areas of interests of ActionAid Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Paolo Berizzi (Cabinet member)
- Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject the Commission's agenda against corporate tax avoidance and their views on the Anti-Tax Avoidance Package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
- Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 02 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Discuss Corporate Tax Avoidance Package Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 30 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Rural policy issues in Europe and Africa (discussion Action Aid and Via Campesina) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Peter Power (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 28 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Tax and Development (domestic revenue mobilisation) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Ivan Prusina (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Apr 2015 Location European Commission - Berlaymont Subject Tax avoidance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 31 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Discussion on ActionAid's new report on a land grab in Tanzania Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Ivan Prusina (Cabinet member)