Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Conference of European Churches (CEC)
EU Transparency Register
55481528937-66 First registered on 08 Jun 2012
Goals / Remit
The Conference of European Churches (CEC), founded in 1959, is a fellowship of some 114 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic Churches from all countries of Europe, plus 40 national councils of churches and organisations in partnership.
The role of CEC is on the one hand to develop a dialogue among its Member Churches and support co-operation, tolerance and respect between churches in Europe both inside and outside of the European Union.
On the other hand CEC supports and strengthens the common witness of European Churches vis-à-vis International Organisations by encouraging its members to speak with a common voice: it links its members and associates with the European Union’s institutions, the Council of Europe and other international institutions and maintains and facilitates an open, regular and transparent dialogue with them.
CEC monitors the EU Institutions and informs its members about relevant developments so as to raise awareness about EU-matters in its c (...)Main EU files targeted
Monitoring and contributing to public consultations in the following fields: Europe 2020, European Economic Governance, EU Climate Policies, Energy Union, Neighbourhood policy, Erasmus Plus.
Address
Head Office
Rue Joseph II, 174
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Joseph II, 174
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 7 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Georgios MAGLIS 22 Feb 2024 21 Feb 2025 AIKATERINI PEKRIDOU 22 Feb 2024 21 Feb 2025 Peter PAVLOVIC 05 Jul 2023 04 Jul 2024 Elizabeta KITANOVIC 05 Jul 2023 04 Jul 2024 Mr Georgios MAGLIS 22 Feb 2024 26 Apr 2024 Ms Aikaterini Pekridou 22 Feb 2024 26 Apr 2024 Mr Peter Pavlovic 05 Jul 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 05 Jul 2023 26 Apr 2024 Mr Joergen Skov SOERENSEN 27 Sep 2022 27 Sep 2023 Ms Vanessa BARRETO 28 Sep 2022 28 Sep 2023 Mr Georgios MAGLIS 28 Sep 2022 28 Sep 2023 Ms Veronique ENGELS 28 Sep 2022 28 Sep 2023 Ms Naveen QAYYUM 28 Sep 2022 28 Sep 2023 Mr Joergen Skov SOERENSE 27 Sep 2022 24 Jan 2023 Ms Aikaterini Pekridou 06 Jul 2022 06 Jul 2023 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 22 Jun 2022 22 Jun 2023 Mr Peter Pavlovic 26 May 2022 26 May 2023 Mr Sören LENZ 05 Apr 2022 02 Feb 2023 Mr Soeren LENZ 05 Apr 2022 11 Apr 2022 Ms Aikaterini Pekridou 11 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 08 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Mr Peter Pavlovic 08 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Mr Soeren LENZ 08 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Mr Heikki Huttunen 05 Apr 2019 09 Jan 2020 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 20 Feb 2019 08 Feb 2020 Mr Peter Pavlovic 20 Feb 2019 08 Feb 2020 Mr Soeren LENZ 20 Feb 2019 08 Feb 2020 Ms Barbara WEBER 20 Feb 2019 20 Feb 2020 Ms Naveen QAYYUM 30 Oct 2018 01 Feb 2019 Ms Erin Green 08 May 2018 01 Jun 2019 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 13 Mar 2018 20 Feb 2019 Mr Peter Pavlovic 13 Mar 2018 20 Feb 2019 Mr Frank-Dieter Fischbach 13 Mar 2018 16 Feb 2019 Mr Heikki Huttunen 13 Mar 2018 08 Mar 2019 Ms Aikaterini Pekridou 09 Feb 2018 01 Feb 2019 Mr Soeren LENZ 30 Jan 2018 30 Jan 2019 Mr Henrik HANSSON 20 Jul 2017 07 Jul 2018 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Mr Peter Pavlovic 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Mr Frank-Dieter Fischbach 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Ms Erin Green 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Mr Heikki Huttunen 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Ms Aikaterini Pekridou 19 Oct 2016 18 Oct 2017 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 21 Apr 2016 21 Mar 2017 Mr Peter Pavlovic 21 Apr 2016 21 Mar 2017 Mr Frank-Dieter Fischbach 21 Apr 2016 21 Mar 2017 Mr Richard Fischer 21 Apr 2016 11 Oct 2016 Mr Heikki Huttunen 20 Jan 2016 19 Jan 2017 Ms Erin Green 22 Dec 2015 31 Dec 2016 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 05 May 2015 21 Apr 2016 Mr Peter Pavlovic 05 May 2015 21 Apr 2016 Mr Frank-Dieter Fischbach 05 May 2015 21 Apr 2016 Mr Richard Fischer 05 May 2015 21 Apr 2016 Mr Robert Innes 05 May 2015 30 Apr 2016 Mr Guy Liagre 05 May 2015 13 Jan 2016 Ms Erin Green 15 Jan 2015 22 Dec 2015 Mr Robert Innes 06 May 2014 05 May 2015 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 01 May 2014 05 May 2015 Mr Peter Pavlovic 01 May 2014 05 May 2015 Mr Frank-Dieter Fischbach 01 May 2014 05 May 2015 Mr Richard Fischer 02 Apr 2014 01 Apr 2015 Mr Rüdiger Noll 24 May 2013 02 Oct 2013 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 18 May 2013 01 May 2014 Mr Peter Pavlovic 18 May 2013 01 May 2014 Mr Frank-Dieter Fischbach 18 May 2013 01 May 2014 Mr Frank-Dieter Fischbach 07 Nov 2012 19 May 2013 Mr Peter Pavlovic 09 Oct 2012 19 May 2013 Ms Elizabeta Kitanovic 20 Sep 2012 19 May 2013 Mr Rüdiger Noll 13 Jul 2012 17 Jun 2013 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
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Categories
Category
Organisations representing churches and religious communities
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Networking
Affiliation
INGO-Conference of the Council of Europe
Fundamental Rights Platform of the Fundamental Rights Agency
EPRIDMember organisations
None declared
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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
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission 95,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance, Intergroup on Extreme Poverty
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Attendance of Breakfast prayers at European Parliament in Strasbourg
All persons involved in the activities covered by the Register stated under heading 10 are employees of the Conference of European Churches
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 Jan 2022 Location virtual conference Subject Article 17 dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
- Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - association européenne de la pensée libre
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - European Union and International Affairs Office
- Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in European Union
- EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels
- Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe
- The PR Office
- European Buddhist Union
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Church Council
- EGALE Egalité-laïcité-Europe
- Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen
- Secretariat of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union)
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Date 10 Jun 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject European Green Deal presentation and discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in European Union
- EGALE Egalité-laïcité-Europe
- association européenne de la pensée libre
- Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe
- EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels
- Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen
- Alliance Maçonnique Européenne
- European Buddhist Union
- Secretariat of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union)
- HINDU FORUM EUROPE
- Grande Loge Féminine de France (Institut Maçonnique Européen)
- European Union for Progressive Judaism
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Date 30 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European social policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Raf De Backer (Cabinet member)
- Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)