Overview
Lobbying Costs
750,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
31 Fte (31)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Citizens Assembly (hCa)
EU Transparency Register
152896744065-48 First registered on 10 Sep 2021
Goals / Remit
Citizens' Assembly (formerly Helsinki Citizens' Assembly) is a civil society organization working on fundamental rights and freedoms, peace, democracy and pluralism.
The Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Turkey started its activities in 1990 in parallel with the initiative of the international Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly and was established in Istanbul in 1993 as a non-governmental organization, recognized as an internationally operating organization by the Council of Ministers. Helsinki Citizens' Assembly was renamed as Citizens' Assembly with the decision of the General Assembly held in 2016.Main EU files targeted
The Assembly works on fundamental rights and freedoms, peace, pluralism, citizenship and democratization. It aims to introduce - into daily life - values such as life with dignity, the rule of law and justice, accountable, transparent and participatory public administration, gender equality as enshrined in international conventions; an economy which does not destroy the social texture and peace, cities and the planet; resolution of conflicts and problems through peaceful negotiations, consultation and dialogue and to ensure that these values be concretely reflected and spread on a civic basis.
In order to achieve these goals, the Citizens' Assembly organizes activities, symposia, seminars, workshops, panels and meetings at local, national and transnational levels (such as the Balkans, Caucasus, Mediterranean and European Union); issues publications; cooperates with civil society organizations, initiatives, think-tanks and academic community working on similar issues; develops contacts with public institutions at different levels.
Working independently from political parties, governments and states and trying to develop pluralist democratic structures and civil society initiatives, the main working principle of the Assembly is the resolution of problems through mutual understanding and dialogue.Address
Head Office
Gumussuyu Mahallesi, Aga Ciragi Sokak, Pamir Apt. No: 7/3
Beyoglu
Istanbul 34437
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People
Total lobbyists declared
31
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 31 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
31
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Citizenship Association carried out a psycho-social support project for refugees living in Turkey between September 2012 and June 2021 with Médecins Sans Frontières' (Doctors Without Borders - MSF) financial and technical support. Twenty of the employees are the personnel of this project. However, after June 2021, this project was handover. The current number of staff is 11.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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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
Human Rights Joint Platform https://www.ihop.org.tr/en/
Citizens Network for Peace, Reconciliation and Human Security https://cn4hs.org/about/who-are-we/
EuroMed Rights, https://euromedrights.org/about-us/who-we-are/
YavasGamast, https://www.yavasgamats.org/en/Member organisations
Human Rights Joint Platform https://www.ihop.org.tr/en/
Citizens Network for Peace, Reconciliation and Human Security https://cn4hs.org/about/who-are-we/
EuroMed Rights, https://euromedrights.org/about-us/who-we-are/
YavasGamast, https://www.yavasgamats.org/en/ -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
750,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
314,671 € (Source: European Commission)
Other financial info
The 130348 Euluk part of the budget mentioned above is a turnover from the previous year. Of the 495628 Euros provided by Médecins Sans Frontières, the Citizens' Association (hCa) used only 20400 Euros for administrative expenses, and the hCa used all the remaining grants for refugees. ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ASSOCIATIONS in Turkey, the hCa notifies the civil authority of all budgets received from abroad. Citizens' Association makes all its expenditures through the bank. The hCa spends according to the following procedures:
The hCa makes all its expenses based on invoices or contracts.
The general coordinator approves expenditures up to 3000 Euros.
The association accountant does it by bank transfer.
The Association receives three offers for each expenditure of over 3000 Euros.
The Association selects the most suitable offer. The Association's Board of Directors approves expenditures over 3000 Euros. The Association Accountant makes the spending again through the bank. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Green New deal#Biodiversity, hunting, countryside#Freedom of religion and religious tolerance#Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#Traditional minorities, national communities and languages#Anti-racism and diversity
Communication activities
The Helsinki Citizens 'Assembly (hCa), an international working conference that has also marked the starting point for the launch of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Turkey, is a network of inter-community solidarity operating for peace, human rights, an international economy that does not destroy the environment, international democracy and the rule of law.
The Helsinki Final Act is an international agreement which provided a basis for creating conditions favourable to peace in Europe and made human rights a common value to be respected by all nations in a world which was divided into Eastern and Western camps in that period. The word "Helsinki", used in the name of our assembly till 2016, refers to the historic significance of this agreement.Other activities
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Meetings
Meetings
1 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.