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Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Association of European Journalists (AEJ)
EU Transparency Register
018214429231-64 First registered on 07 Dec 2017
Goals / Remit
Promoting free, independent and high quality journalism and media in Europe, safeguarding the welfare of journalists as professionals, engaging with EU institutions and bodies for the above goals, and promoting the AEJ as a network for sharing knowledge, skills and mutual support of members
Main EU files targeted
Everything on media freedom, protection of sources of journalists and fight against violence perpetrated on journalists while doing their job, innovation in media (technological and media literacy).
Address
Head Office
Press Club Brussels Europe
Rue Froissart 95
Brussels 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Lieven Taillie, AEJ Brussels Representative, acts as permanent liaison with European institutions in Brussels on media policy, media freedom matters and various events and activities. As such he participates from time to time in events organised by EC, MEP's and other EU institutions (EESC/COR...).
Irina Nedeva, chair of AEJ-Bulgaria, promotes and supports EU policy concerning fake news and online disinformation as special AEJ representative on these items.
William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative, writes and edits material and reports for the AEJ website, and takes part ad hoc in policy-related events of the European Commission, European Parliament and the Council of EuropePerson in charge of EU relations
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Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Observer status at Council of Europe Steering Committee on Media and Information Society, CDMSI, since 2008
Member of the CoE platform for alert on Press Freedom
Observer Status at UNESCOMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
All activities of AEJ members are undertaken on a voluntary basis with only partial re-reimbursement of certain costs and expenditures.
Total Revenues of the Association in 2018 amounted to 6295 Euros in national section membership fees.
Total Revenues of the Association in 2019 amounted to 18 568, 75 Euros
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
News and publications related to European media policy, external relations, Eastern Partnership, Brexit negotiations etc on AEJ website www.aej.org and various national websites e.g. www.aej-uk.org; www.aej-bulgaria.org; www.aej-belgium.eu
Letters to the new elected EC, MEP's,etc. concerning attention to be given to media freedom and support for the launch of an intergroup on media in the EP
In 2020 follow up actions jointly with other members of the EU Media Advocacy Working Group (CPJ/EFJ/GFMD/FPU...) exchange of letters with MEP's of Budget Committee on MFF and funds to be allocated to Creative Europe Program, with EC Reynders, Jourova and Hahn on their respective portfolios in matters linked to media freedom (EDAP, ...) . Open letters and messages to be found on our website(s).Other activities
William Horsley, AEJ Vice President and Media Freedom Representative, participated in several colloquia organised by the European, Commission
Idem for Tibor Macek, Secretary General in the EP on invitation of Austrian MEP Josef Weidenholzer
Idem for Otmar Lahodynsky, President, Lieven Taillie, Brussels Representative and Irina Nedeva of Bulgarian section- Meetings
Meetings
4 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 14 Jul 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Media freedom, media pluralism Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 08 Dec 2020 Location videoconference Subject EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Freedom of press and rights of journalists Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2018 Location Ireland Subject Agri matters Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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