Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Counter Balance (CB)
EU Transparency Register
02902955023-04 First registered on 17 Jan 2011
Goals / Remit
Counter Balance is a European coalition of development and environmental non-governmental organisations, formed in 2007 to specifically challenge the European Investment Bank. While the EIB remains our main target, we have since then expanded the scope of our work to other public finance institutions.
Counter Balance's mission is to make European public finance a key driver of the transition towards socially and environmentally sustainable and equitable societies.
Counter Balance includes members from:
* Central and Eastern Europe: CEE Bankwatch Network
* France: les Amis de la Terre
* Germany: urgewald
* Italy: Re:Common
* Netherlands: BothEnds
* Spain: ODG
* United Kingdom: Bretton Woods Project, The Corner House, Platform LondonMain EU files targeted
- Annual resolutions of the EP on EIB activities
- European Fund for Strategic Investments
- InvestEU
- European External Investment Plan (EFSD)
- NDICI
- Global Gateway
- Tax issues and anti-money laundering policies
- European Green Deal & the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan
- Recovery and Resilience FacilityAddress
Head Office
Heřmanova 1088/8
Prague 17000
CZECH REPUBLICEU Office
26 rue d'Edimbourg
Ixelles 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Frank VANAERSCHOT 09 Sep 2022 09 Sep 2023 Mr Paul CREENEY 09 Sep 2022 09 Sep 2023 Ms Clara BOURGIN 26 Sep 2020 25 Sep 2021 Mr Xavier Sol 12 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Mr Jan CALLEWAERT 27 Nov 2019 27 Nov 2020 Mr Xavier Sol 21 Feb 2019 12 Feb 2020 Mr Xavier Sol 11 Jan 2018 10 Jan 2019 Mr Xavier Sol 26 Jan 2017 11 Jan 2018 Ms Adriana Antonietta Paradiso 16 Mar 2016 15 Mar 2017 Mr Xavier Sol 28 Jan 2016 26 Jan 2017 Mr Berber Verpoest 02 Apr 2015 31 Mar 2016 Mr Xavier Sol 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Mr Xavier Sol 20 Feb 2014 03 Mar 2015 Mr Berber Verpoest 20 Feb 2014 03 Mar 2015 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Alter EU
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
97,046€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Stiftung Open Society Institute 99,170€ Contribution European Climate Foundation 62,461€ Contribution Polden Puckham Charitable Fund 24,997€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant CERV 32,300€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
In relation to above-mentioned processes, Counter Balance publishes reports and analysis, and provides decision-makers with recommendations on the design and expected impact of financial instruments designed at EU level.
Other activities
On behalf of Counter Balance 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 50 percent or more of their working time on behalf of Counter Balance carrying out such activities:
Xavier Sol, Director
Jan Callewart, Media and Communication officer
Clara Bourgin, Policy and Advocacy officer
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 26 Jul 2023 Location video call Subject EU Export Credit Agencies and the Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member)
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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)
Other Lobbyists