Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS)
EU Transparency Register
656236835033-67 First registered on 12 Jun 2019
Goals / Remit
CIVICUS is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
We were established in 1993 and since 2002 have been proudly headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with additional hubs across the globe. We are a membership alliance with more than 7,000 members in more than 170 countries.
Our definition of civil society is broad and covers non-governmental organisations, activists, civil society coalitions and networks, protest and social movements, voluntary bodies, campaigning organisations, charities, faith-based groups, trade unions and philanthropic foundations. Our membership is diverse, spanning a wide range of issues, sizes and organisation types.
Our strategic goals (2017-2022)
1. Defending civic freedoms and democratic values
2. Strengthening the power of people to organise, mobilise and take action
3. Empowering a more accountable, effective and innovative civil society.
These goals work towards our vision of a worldwide community of informed, inspired, committed citizens engaged in confronting the challenges facing humanity.
We make a difference by:
- building solidarity among civil society actors across borders and at scale
- supporting civil society to connect with others
- producing timely and world-class knowledge and analysis
- advocating for open spaces and systemic change
- amplifying voices of those not included
- promoting resourcing of a diverse and resilient civil society
- innovating and incubating bold initiatives
- promoting, modeling and disseminating civil society best practice
Our Unique Contribution to Change
At CIVICUS, our identity is informed by:
- Our diverse global membership, with a strong presence in the global south.
- Our clear mandate to defend civic space and promote civil society.
- Our focus on strengthening citizen action and civil society writ large, working across issues, geographies and organisation types.
- Our role as a trusted convener and thought leader on civil society issues and trends.
- Our ability to amplify civil society voices and enable activists and organisations to speak truth to power.
- Our commitment to standing in solidarity with actors across civil society.
- Our capacity to incubate and support ambitious strategies and initiatives to improve civil society’s
effectiveness and inclusivity.
A key constituency is the Affinity Group of National Associations, which brings together national associations and regional platforms from around the world to foster greater cooperation across national and regional boundaries, including innovating new ways for civil society organisations to collaborate.
By strengthening the power of people to organise, mobilise and take action, AGNA builds meaningful opportunities for networks to come together to participate in and influence global governance institutions and processes.Main EU files targeted
European Consensus for Development, EU and and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, International development dialogue
Address
Head Office
CIVICUS, 6 Floor
25 Owl Street
Johannesburg 2092
SOUTH AFRICA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Cathryn Archibald (Membership & Networks Lead)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Lysa John (Secretary General)
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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
Accountable Now: https://accountablenow.org/
Member organisations
CIVICUS' membership comprises both voting and associate members. AGNA members form a key component of CIVICUS' voting membership, with 92 members from more than 81 countries.
In addition to the countries listed below, AGNA also has members in Rwanda and Pakistan.
https://www.civicus.org/index.php/what-we-do/strengthen/agna -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
969,362 € (Source: DG DevCo)
Other financial info
Our annual reports, including links to our full financial report, can be found here: https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-center/reports-publications/annual-reports
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
DG DEVCO Framework Partner Agreements with civil society, Partnership Forum, Policy Forum on Development
Related CIVICUS: projects, events and publications
- advocacy, lobbying and campaigning at the UN (Geneva and New York) https://civicus.org/stageit/index.php/what-we-do/defend/civicus-at-the-un
- Civic Space Initiative: https://civicus.org/stageit/index.php/what-we-do/defend/civic-space-initiative
- CIVICUS Monitor: https://civicus.org/stageit/index.php/what-we-do/innovate/civicus-monitorOther activities
n/a
- 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.
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Date 05 Jul 2022 Location Videoconference Subject xxx Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung)
- CONCORD Europe
- Culture Action Europe
- Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V.
- African Diaspora Network in Europe
- Plan International EU Office
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Search for Common Ground
- The ONE Campaign
- Women Environmental Programme
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- European Youth Forum
- World Vision Brussels & EU Representation ivzw/aisbl
- Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises
- Meetings