CONCORD Europe

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

700,000€ - 799,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5.75 Fte (9)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

55

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    CONCORD Europe

    EU Transparency Register

    34478709670-34 First registered on 21 Sep 2012

    Goals / Remit

    CONCORD is the European Confederation of NGOs working on sustainable development and international cooperation.

    We are made up of 26 national platforms, 25 international networks and 7 associate members that represent over 2600 NGOs, supported by millions of citizens across Europe.

    We were founded in 2003 by development NGOs to act as a strong interlocutor with the EU institutions on development policy.

    Main EU files targeted

    Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development
    Financing and Funding for Sustainable Development
    Inequalities and Sustainable Business models
    Promoting Civil Society Space
    Gender Equality
    Regional Alliances
    Digital for Development
    Global Citizenship Education & People Engagement

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue de L'Industrie 10
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    Rue de L'Industrie 10
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    9

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%7
    25%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Jul 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Lonne Poissonnier 21 Feb 2020 20 Feb 2021
    Mr Riccardo ROBA 13 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021
    Ms Tanya Cox 30 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020
    Ms Francesca Romana Minniti 22 Jan 2019 22 Jan 2020
    Mr Gilberto Pelosi 15 Jan 2019 15 Aug 2019
    Elisabeth HARDING 25 Oct 2018 01 Mar 2019
    Ms Lonne Poissonnier 25 Apr 2017 12 Apr 2018
    Ms Francesca Romana Minniti 04 Feb 2017 03 Feb 2018
    Mr Seamus Jeffreson 12 Jan 2016 31 Dec 2016
    Mr Maarten Coertjens 16 Apr 2015 14 Apr 2016
    Ms Francesca Romana Minniti 12 Nov 2014 10 Nov 2015
    Mr Seamus Jeffreson 12 Sep 2014 10 Sep 2015
    Ms Lonne Poissonnier 27 Aug 2014 21 Aug 2015
    Ms Zuzana Sladkova 01 May 2014 05 Jun 2015
    Mr Carlos VILLOTA 01 May 2014 12 Sep 2014
    Ms Francesca Romana Minniti 05 Oct 2013 04 Oct 2014

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Civil Society Europe (https://civilsocietyeurope.eu/)
    FORUS (https://www.forus-international.org/en/)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    700,000€ - 799,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant EU Commission DG INTPA operational Grant 950,000€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant EU Commission DG INTPA operational Grant 1,075,000€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    700,000€ - 799,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    CONCORD’s communication actions include (but are not limited to):
    - monthly tracking of our external channels (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, website, press)
    - Specific actions (e.g. reports, initiatives)

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    55 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.

    1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

    • Date 12 Jun 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject The objective of the meeting was to discuss ideas for the International Partnership portfolio and in particular engagement with civil society
      DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Koen Doens (Director-General)
    • Date 25 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject MMF review process
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 03 Mar 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject CSOs and EU priorities, partnerships and programming
      DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Koen Doens (Director-General)
    • Date 01 Dec 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject Speech at the 2nd GAP III Structured Dialogue with CSOs
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 19 Oct 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject CSOs working in the field of international cooperation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
    • Date 05 Jul 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject xxx
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 29 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Global Health
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 15 Feb 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Opening speech at the session of the Africa-Europe Week CSOs-LAs Forum
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 15 Feb 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Preparation of the AU-EU Summit and the Africa-Europe Week 2022
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 01 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject Roundtable with CSO: Preparation of the AU-EU Summit and the Africa-Europe Week 2022
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 18 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject EU-Africa Partnership
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Lora Borissova (Cabinet member)
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
    • Date 31 Aug 2021 Location virtual
      Subject SDGs
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni
      Portfolio Economy
      Attending
      • Estelle Göger (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Update on the EU-Africa Summit and next steps on post-Cotonou agreement
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      • Lora Borissova (Cabinet member)
      • Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 May 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Roundtable on Human Development
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 23 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject EU-Africa Summit and consulation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Lora Borissova (Cabinet member)
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Preparations of the Communication on Multilateralism and the follow-up
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject sustainable and inclusive business models through EU external action
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      • Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject General Assembly of Concord
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
    • Date 17 Nov 2020 Location Teleconference
      Subject Preparation of GA CONCORD
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Oct 2020 Location VTC
      Subject Meeting with Director. Reorganisation DG DEVCO, NDICI, Team Europe, EU-Africa relations, EU-ACP negotiations.
      DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Koen Doens (Director-General)
    • Date 07 Oct 2020 Location Teleconference
      Subject Update on Post-Cotonou Negotiations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Inequalities and sustainable business models
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Jul 2020 Location Teleconference
      Subject EU-ACP Negotiations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Jul 2020 Location Teleconference
      Subject EU-Africa and CSO engagement
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Lora Borissova (Cabinet member)
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 25 Jun 2020 Location Teleconference
      Subject EU-ACP Negotiations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Jun 2020 Location Teleconference
      Subject EU-ACP Negotiations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 May 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Roundtable with Civil Society (NGOs)-The EU global response to COVID-19
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Apr 2020 Location Teleconference
      Subject Inequalities
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      • Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Priorities of the new Commission ; the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Sandra Bartelt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Gender Equality Strategy, equality in all areas of life
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli
      Portfolio Equality
      Attending
      • Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
    • Date 20 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Africa Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 30 Jan 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Courtesy meeting to explore avenues of cooperation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
    • Date 23 Sep 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Inclusive Economy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Maria Luisa Llano Cardenal (Cabinet member)
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 May 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject discussion on the implementation of SDGs
      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)
    • Date 02 Apr 2019 Location Berlaymont
      Subject SDGs
      DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
      Attending
      • Ann Mettler (Director-General)
    • Date 19 Mar 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Cooperation CONCORD with DEVCO under the Framework Partnership Agreement
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Feb 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject past and future of better regulation
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Jan 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Discussion about MFF/NDICI
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
      • Neven Mimica (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 02 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, BERL
      Subject discussion on the implementation of the SDGs
      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)
    • Date 11 Jul 2018 Location Brussels, BERL
      Subject meeting with the representatives of the SDG high-level multi-stakeholder platform
      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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 18 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, BERL
      Subject meeting with the representatives of the SDG high-level multi-stakeholder platform
      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)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 19 Apr 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Policy coherence for Development
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Dec 2017 Location Brussels, BERL
      Subject Discussion on the Sustainable Development Goals
      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)
    • Date 17 Oct 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Civil society as partners in development cooperation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Oct 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Cooperation with Civil Society
      DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Stefano Manservisi (Director-General)
    • Date 30 Mar 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject European Consensus on Development
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Mar 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Sustainable Development
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Mar 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Discussion of some of the recommendations of CONCORD's report ‘Sustainable Development – The stakes could not be higher’
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet member)
    • Date 29 Jun 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Discussions sur le futur de la politique de développement
      DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Stefano Manservisi (Director-General)
    • Date 02 Mar 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Presentation of the next CONCORD priorities. Exchange of views on the most prominent issues in the area of international cooperation and development
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Paolo Berizzi (Cabinet member)
      • Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Jan 2016 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the EU
      DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
      Attending
      • Ann Mettler (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 11 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject current trade policy issues linked with developing countries
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
    • Date 15 Sep 2015 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Sustainable development
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Presentation of Commissioner Mimica's priorities.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Paolo Berizzi (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Modalités de coopération entre DEVCO et les organismes de la société civile, notamment les ONG
      DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Fernando Frutuoso De Melo (Director-General)
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