Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
EU Transparency Register
47003483702-10 First registered on 04 Jun 2010
Goals / Remit
Mission
Empowering citizens in order to create a more inclusive and stronger European Union by:
• Promoting and defending citizens’ rights.
• Developing and supporting mechanisms to increase citizens and citizen organisations’ democratic participation in, and engagement with, the EU.
Vision
An inclusive, transparent, citizen-centric and democratic European Union in which citizens’ rights are at the heart of decision making at all levels and in which citizens are informed, consulted and actively participate.
Values
• Non-partisanship: Free from affiliation with any political party.
• Professionalism: Striving for excellence in all aspects of our work.
• Empowerment: Enabling citizens to understand and utilise their rights.
• Inclusiveness: Ensuring that all EU citizens can fully enjoy their rights.
• Innovation: Applying unique and modern solutions.Main EU files targeted
- Free movement of EU citizens and their family members
- EU Citizens' Political Rights
- European Citizens' Initiative
- Digital agenda
- Online Disinformation
- Understanding PopulismAddress
Head Office
Avenue de la Toison d'Or, 77
Brussels 1060
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Sep 2020
Name Start date End Date Ms Assya Kavrakova 05 Feb 2020 05 Feb 2021 Ms Anna Zaremba 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Anna Zaremba 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Ms Assya Kavrakova 17 Mar 2018 16 Mar 2019 Ms Claire Damilano 09 Jun 2017 24 May 2018 Ms Zuzana PUNDOVA 30 Sep 2016 23 Sep 2017 Ms Elisa Lironi 30 Sep 2016 22 Sep 2017 Mr Huw Longton 30 Sep 2016 22 Sep 2017 Ms Marta PONT GUIXA 15 Sep 2016 13 Sep 2017 Ms Assya Kavrakova 30 Aug 2016 26 Aug 2017 Ms Zuzana PUNDOVA 30 Sep 2015 28 Sep 2016 Ms Claire Damilano 25 Sep 2015 23 Sep 2016 Mr Tristan BARBER 24 Sep 2015 14 Sep 2016 Ms Elisa Lironi 23 Sep 2015 21 Sep 2016 Ms Assya Kavrakova 13 Aug 2015 10 Aug 2016 Ms Marta PONT GUIXA 13 Aug 2015 10 Aug 2016 Ms Claire Damilano 09 Jul 2014 07 Jul 2015 Ms Vera Soldanova 05 Jul 2014 03 Jul 2015 Mr Kenan Hadzimusic 03 Jul 2014 27 Jun 2015 Ms Assya Kavrakova 24 Jun 2014 21 Jun 2015 Ms Elisa Bruno 24 Jun 2014 21 Jun 2015 Mr Anthony David Venables 15 Aug 2013 22 Jun 2014 Pietro Emili 26 Apr 2013 24 Apr 2014 Mr Anthony Venables 05 Jun 2012 02 Apr 2013 Pietro Emili 13 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013 Complementary Information
http://www.ecas.org/about-us/team/
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
- EESC Liason Group
- Civil Society EuropeMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
183,134 € (Source: European Commission grants - REC; Erasmus+; Europe for Citizens; Horizon 2020)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Structured Dialogue with European Structural and Investment Funds' partners group of experts#E03226 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3226 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
For detailed information about our activities in 2020, please consult the following link: http://www.ecas.org
Other activities
-The EU rights focus area: https://ecas.org/focus-areas/eu-rights/
-The European Democracy focus area: https://ecas.org/focus-areas/european-democracy/
-Your Europe Advice: http://europa.eu/youreurope/advice/index_en.htm
-The EU rights clinic: https://ecas.org/focus-areas/eu-rights/eu-rights-clinic/
-The European Citizens’ Initiative Forum: https://ecas.org/services/eci-forum/
-IMPEU: https://ecas.org/impeu/
-MORE for EU Citizens:https://ecas.org/more-for-eu-citizens/
-Civic Observatory on the Rights of EU Citizens (CORE): https://ecas.org/core/
-DEMOS: https://ecas.org/projects/demos/
-REP 2019: https://ecas.org/projects/rep-2019/
-NEXUS: https://ecas.org/projects/nexus/
-The Knowledge Centre: https://ecas.org/knowledge-centre-2/
-Training centre: https://ecas.org/services/services-civil-society-organisations/tailor-made-services/
-Services to CSOs: https://ecas.org/services/services-civil-society-organisations/- Meetings
Meetings
7 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 24 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - EU DisinfoLab
- European Foundation Centre
- Democracy International e.V.
- European Civic Forum
- Civil Society Europe
- European Partnership for Democracy
- Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- Amnesty International Limited
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Open Search Foundation e.V.
- European Movement International
- Asociación de Víctimas de la Ley de Violencia de Género Madrid
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Date 17 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of democracy package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- EU DisinfoLab
- Europe's People's Forum
- European Foundation Centre
- Front Line Defenders
- Civil Society Europe
- European Partnership for Democracy
- European Youth Forum
- European Civic Forum
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
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Date 18 Jan 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Media policy research Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject ECAS presentation of the latest findings of the Horizon 2020 research project 'DEMOS' Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Aug 2017 Location Brussels Subject Revision of the European Citizens' Initiative 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 - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 24 May 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
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Date 11 Dec 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Passenger name records (PNR) directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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