Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
CBM
EU Transparency Register
62193811660-44 First registered on 08 May 2009
Goals / Remit
CBM is an international Christian development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world. Based on its Christian values and over 100 years of professional expertise, CBM addresses poverty as a cause, and a consequence of disability, and works in partnership to create a society for all.
Presence at EU level:
Since 2003, CBM is running an EU Liaison Office in Brussels. Its role and mandate is to
- Advocate for the inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities in the policies and programmes of the EU
- Strengthen relationship with other development and human rights NGOs as well as with Disabled People Organisations (DPOs)that are working at European level.
CBM is a member of CONCORD, and plays an active role in many CONCORD working processes including Policy Forum, HRBA, Gender, EU watch Delegations and Cotonou Working group.
Our registration is based on the guidelines for transparent registration developed by the Civil Society Contact Group and ALTER-EU. You can find the guidelines on “http://www.act4europe.orgMain EU files targeted
The main activites of CBM for 2016 are:
- The mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework
- The EU implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- The implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Mainstream the rights of women and girls with disabilities in gender eqaulity policies
- The post-Cotonou processAddress
Head Office
Nibelungenstr., 124
Bensheim 64625
GERMANYEU Office
CBM EU Liaison Office
Rue Montoyer 39
Brüssel 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 12 Feb 2016
Name Start date End Date Ms Alba Gonzalez 16 Jan 2019 16 Jan 2020 Ms Ariane Lignier 07 Jul 2018 06 Jul 2019 Ms Alba Gonzalez 23 Jan 2018 16 Jan 2019 Ms Ariane Lignier 09 Jun 2017 30 May 2018 Ms Alba Gonzalez 26 Jan 2017 23 Jan 2018 Ms Ariane Lignier 13 Sep 2016 06 Mar 2017 Ms Alba Gonzalez 16 Feb 2016 26 Jan 2017 Ms Luisa Fenu 20 Feb 2015 04 Nov 2015 Ms Alba Gonzalez 20 Feb 2015 16 Feb 2016 Mr Lars Bosselmann 27 Aug 2013 24 Aug 2014 Mrs Luisa Fenu 30 Aug 2013 28 Aug 2014 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Lars Bosselmann (International Advocacy and Alliances Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Dave McComiskey (Präsident)
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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
Your organisation is a member of the following associations/federations/confederations and/or belongs to the following network:
CBM EU Liaison Office is actively involved in Concord, the Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN), the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) and the European Disability Forum (eDF). We also contribute to the Beyond 2015 campaign.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
EU grant income for closed financial year
597,443 € (Source: Non-State Actors and Local authorities in Development (NSA-LA), European Initiative for Democracy and Human rights (EIDHR), Investing in People)
Other financial info
2 staff members in Brussels, devoting 100 % of their working hours to lobbying the EU.
The lion’s share of our budget (approximately 90 %) are funded from donors.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
CBM focuses on making the EU's development and human rights policies and programs inclusive to persons with disabilities. In this broader context, we are currently working on
- the new EU institutional arrangements following the European Parliament elections in 2014
- The implementation of the new EU- joint programming.
- The implementation by the EU of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- The EU's contribution to the achievement of the MDGs and post 2015 agenda.
- The implementation of the EU Strategy on Human Rights and Democracy.
- the review of the EU Gender Action Plan (2010 – 2015)
We also work to ensure that all relevant EU institutions include the rights of persons with disabilities in all overarching development and human rights policies and programs.- Meetings
Meetings
None declared
- Meetings