Overview
Lobbying Costs
550,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
36
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
CEE Bankwatch Network (BWN)
EU Transparency Register
93834493808-49 First registered on 30 Jun 2010
Goals / Remit
CEE Bankwatch Network is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) with member organisations currently from 12 countries across the central and eastern European region.
We monitor the activities of the international financial institutions (IFIs) which operate in the region and the spending of European Regional Development and Cohesion Funds in CEE, and propose constructive alternatives to IFI and EU policies and projects in the region.
Bankwatch is working to prevent negative environmental and social impacts of IFI or EU financed projects, and promotes public participation and access to information about IFI activities and European cohesion policy across our region.
Our goals:
· To create public awareness about the activities of international financial institutions (IFIs) and EU regional development policies in central and eastern European countries and its social and environmental impacts.
· To promote public participation in the decision making process about the policies and projects of the IFIs and EU funds, at the local, national and regional levels.
· To help non-governmental environmental organisations and citizen groups to monitor what the IFIs are doing in central and eastern Europe and how investments fostered by EU development funds are planned and executed.
· To change - or stop - the environmentally and socially destructive policies and projects of IFIs or EU funds in central and eastern Europe, and to promote alternatives.
· To cooperate with environmental citizen organisations in order to stop the destructive activities of transnational corporations, and to limit their overall impacts on the environment in central and eastern Europe.Main EU files targeted
We monitor the activities of the international financial institutions (IFIs) which operate in the region and the spending of European Regional Development and Cohesion Funds in CEE, and propose constructive alternatives to IFI and EU policies and projects in the region.
Bankwatch is working to prevent negative environmental and social impacts of IFI or EU financed projects, and promotes public participation and access to information about IFI activities and European cohesion policy across our region.Address
Head Office
Na Rozcesti, 1434/6
Prague 9 190 00
CZECH REPUBLICEU Office
rue d'Edimbourg 26
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 10 Mar 2017
Name Start date End Date Joanna JAKUBOWSKA 16 Jun 2023 14 Jun 2024 Valeriya IZHYK 11 Jul 2023 10 Jul 2024 Christophe JOST 15 Jun 2023 14 Jun 2024 Francesca CANALI 15 Jun 2023 14 Jun 2024 Ms Valeriya IZHYK 11 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Joanna JAKUBOWSKA 16 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Christophe JOST 15 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Francesca CANALI 15 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Raphael HANOTEAUX 20 Jun 2020 20 Mar 2021 Mr Daniel THOMSON 20 Jun 2020 01 Jan 2021 Ms Desislava STOYANOVA 30 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2020 Ms Ioana CIUTA 23 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020 Ms Anelia Stefanova 20 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Mr Nicolas HUBERT 05 Nov 2019 24 Mar 2020 Mr Raphael HANOTEAUX 05 Jul 2019 13 Mar 2020 Mr Raphael HANOTEAUX 09 Oct 2018 01 May 2019 Mr Raphael HANOTEAUX 29 Mar 2018 13 Sep 2018 Mr David Holyoake 25 Jan 2017 24 Jan 2018 Mr Marc PIPER 16 Jan 2016 15 Jan 2017 Mr Markus Trilling 09 Oct 2015 07 Oct 2016 Mr Markus Trilling 15 Oct 2014 09 Oct 2015 Mr Jakub Jerzy Gogolewski 16 Jul 2014 14 Jul 2015 Mr Markus Trilling 25 Jul 2013 23 Jul 2014 Mr Markus Trilling 22 Jun 2012 25 Jul 2013 Ms Anelia Stefanova 22 Jun 2012 01 Aug 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr David Holyoake (EU Policy Officer)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Mark Fodor (Executive Director)
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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
GREEN 10. www.green10.org
The Green 10 are ten of the largest European environmental organisations/networks. They coordinate joint responses and recommendations to EU decision makers. Membership of the Green 10 alone is more than 20 million people.
Counter Balance www.counterbalance-eib.org/
Counter Balance is a European coalition of development and environmental non-governmental organisations, formed in 2007 to specifically challenge the European Investment Bank. Counter Balance's mission is to make the EIB an open and progressive institution delivering on EU development goals and promoting sustainable development to empower people affected by its work.
Counter Balance includes members from:
· Central and Eastern Europe: CEE Bankwatch Network
· France: les Amis de la Terre
· Germany: urgewald and WEED
· Italy: Re:Common
· Netherlands: BothEnds
· United Kingdom: Bretton Woods Project
Euro-IFIsMember organisations
Bulgaria: Centre for Env. Inform. and Education (CEIE) www.ceie.org(1),
Bulgaria: For the Earth! (Za Zemiata!) www.zazemiata.org(1),
Croatia: Green Action, http://zelena-akcija.hr/(1),
Czech Republic: Centre for Transport and Energy (CDE) www.cde.ecn.cz(1),
Czech Republic: Hnuti DUHA www.hnutiduha.cz(1),
Estonia: Estonian Green Movement-FoE (ERL) www.roheline.ee(1),
Georgia: Green Alternative www.greenalt.org(1),
Hungary: National Society of Conservationists - Friends of the Earth H(1),
Latvia: Latvian Green Movement www.zalie.lv(1),
Macedonia: Eco - sense www.ekosvest.com.mk/home_eng.html(1),
Poland: Polish Green Network www.zielonasiec.pl(1),
Serbia: Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development (CEKOR),(1),
Slovak Republic: Friends of the Earth - www.priateliazeme.sk/cepa(1),
Ukraine: National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU) www.necu.org.ua(1),
Russia: Sakhalin Environment Watch, http://www.sakhalin.environment.ru(1),
Lituania: Atgaja(1) -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
550,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
2,074,159 € (Source: DG Environment LIFE+; DG Development Europe Aid)
Other financial info
Following the guidelines of the EU Civil Society Contact Group and the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU, CEE Bankwatch Network has calculated that it spent an estimated 526,204 € (20% of our total budget) in 2015 on activities carried out with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions.
More details on our income sources in 2015 is available in our annual report: http://bankwatch.org/about-us/annual-reports -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Bankwatch particpates in the:
European Network of Environmental and Managaing Authorities;
Structured Dialogue with ESI Funds' partners group of experts;
Expert Group on Greening the European Semester.ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Bankwatch regularly publishes results of its monitoring activities, as well as policy briefings developped to inform the various processes.
Other activities
On behalf of CEE Bankwatch Network the persons listed below have had, during the reporting period, four or more contacts with members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions; or they have spent 30 percent or more of their working time on behalf of CEE Bankwatch Network carrying out such activities:
1. EU Cohesion Policy and ERDF/CF
Markus Trilling, CEE Bankwatch Network
Anelia Stefanova, CEE Bankwatch
2. EIB (operations inside/outside EU)
Ana Colovic, CEE Bankwatch
Anna Roggenbuck, CEE Bankwatch
3. Climate and Energy
Kuba Gogolewski, CEE Bankwatch- Meetings
Meetings
36 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 Feb 2024 Location Videoconference Subject 2030 climate and energy targets and role of NECPs Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Dino Toljan (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Green Deal, 2040 climate target, strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture in the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 15 Dec 2023 Location DG REGIO Subject Cohesion policy funding DG Regional and Urban Policy Attending - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
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Date 05 Dec 2023 Location Brussels Subject CEE Bankwatch shared most current information and views about the Just Transition process in Central and Eastern Europe. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Attending - Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Dec 2023 Location Brussels Subject Just Transition Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Transition towards sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - European Coordination Via Campesina
- European Environmental Bureau
- Greenpeace European Unit
- Health & Environment Alliance
- Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs
- Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)
- Stichting BirdLife Europe
- Climate Action Network Europe
- WWF European Policy Programme
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Date 07 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Transition towards sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)
- WWF European Policy Programme
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs
- Health & Environment Alliance
- European Environmental Bureau
- Stichting BirdLife Europe
- Greenpeace European Unit
- European Coordination Via Campesina
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Date 15 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Civil society views on current and future challenges in climate and energy policies issues in selected CEE countries Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
- Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of the Just Transition Fund Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject CEE Bankwatch shared information and views about the Just Transition process on the ground in Central and Eastern Europe. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Fit for 55, Repower EU and events planned under CZ Presidency Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
- Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
- Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2022 Location Video Conference Subject To discuss the role district heating could play in the Repower EU package. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2022 Location Video call Subject Contribution and engagement from CSOs, local authorities and social partners on Polish RRP Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject VTC meeting: Revision of the SUD Proposal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Roberto Reig Rodrigo (Cabinet member)
- Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2021 Location Online Subject Discussion on upcoming Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Markets Package (adoption foreseen for 14.12.2021) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject Colossal Western Balkans coal pollution must prompt EU action Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
- Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2021 Location video-call Subject state of play on just transition planning in coal regions in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 08 Apr 2021 Location video-conference Subject Recovery and resilience plans Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jan 2021 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the implementation of the Biodiversity strategy, the actions under the zero-pollution ambition as well as green funding under the new MFF and the recovery funds. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Apr 2020 Location video-conferencing Subject Economic recovery, sustainable finance taxonomy, EIB energy lending policy, Just Transition Mechanism, Industrial Strategy, Integrating SDGs in the European Semester Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
- Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Vanessa Mock (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Priorities for the Coronavirus recovery Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Europe Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject discussion on Struma Motorway, Bulgaria and Kresna Gorge case 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 18 Sep 2017 Location Berlaymont Subject Sustainable Development Goals DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 07 Jul 2017 Location Grodno Subject RENEWABLES IN PL & CONSUMERS' INVOLVEMENT Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject EU budget Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2017 Location BRUSSELS Subject COHESION POLICY - NEXT MFF, etc. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu Portfolio Regional Policy Attending - Ioannis Latoudis (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU Semester Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Environment Council Preparation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Pierre Schellekens (Cabinet member)
- Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject ETS review, Energy Union implementation and International Climate negotiations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Isaac Valero Ladron (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - European Environmental Bureau
- Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)
- ACT Alliance Advocacy to the European Union
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Greenpeace European Unit
- Stichting BirdLife Europe
- Carbon Market Watch
- Climate Action Network Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
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Date 08 May 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EFSI Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Representatives of Green 10 on CWP 2015 Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 27 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject CEE Bankwatch Network Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu Portfolio Regional Policy Attending - Corina Crețu (Commissioner)
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Date 15 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Follow-up to Lima and climate action diplomacy up to Paris / Energy Union (state of play) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Isaac Valero Ladron (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Nov 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Lima climate talks; climate and energy priorities Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Isaac Valero Ladron (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists
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