CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission Christian Blind Mission

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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

  • 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.org

    Main 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 process

    Address

    Head Office
    Nibelungenstr., 124
    Bensheim 64625
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    CBM EU Liaison Office
    Rue Montoyer 39
    Brüssel 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    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)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

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