Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,125,000€
Financial year: Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
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
ECAS' objectives are described under 3 C's:
C1. Civil Society
ECAS can take credit for enlarging NGO representation at European level, but the Institutions still appear remote, complex, and provide little guidance on the way they want to inter-relate with members of civil society. We can help make the EU easy.
Our priorities are:
Developing an electronic newsletter for members
Training NGO representatives from the new member states and neighbouring countries to become EU specialists.
Promoting better access to the structural funds for NGOs
C2. Citizens free movement rights
ECAS is an advice service for individuals as well as NGOs. We run hotlines and our team of legal experts has handled over 50,000 complaints.
Our priorities are:
To run the Citizen Signpost Service for the European Commission at a high level of quality and to help solve cross-border problems.
To promote a "dual citizenship," both national and European, based on residence and going beyond free movement rights.
To organize conferences and develop co-operation among citizens advice services
C3. Citizenship and governance
ECAS' first two objectives cannot be achieved without a third: A real change in the administrative culture of the Institutions to make them open and accountable to citizens.
Our priorities are:
To inform citizens about the new Consitution and how it strengthens their European rights.
To develop policy research on transparency and communication between the EU and citizens.
To propose a European compact between civil society and the EU Institutions.
To campaign for a genuine European citizenship.Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Avenue de la Toison d'Or
Brussels 1060
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Jun 2012
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
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Tony Venables (Director)
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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
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,125,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
306,216 €
Other financial info
We are funded by the Commission of 76,27 % (Core Grants) and are used to work with The Rowntree Charitable Trust.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
- 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 - Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - EU DisinfoLab
- Civil Society Europe
- Democracy International e.V.
- European Foundation Centre
- 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
- Asociación de Víctimas de la Ley de Violencia de Género Madrid
- Open Search Foundation e.V.
- European Movement International
- European Civic Forum
- European Partnership for Democracy
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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 - European Youth Forum
- European Civic Forum
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Front Line Defenders
- European Partnership for Democracy
- Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- EU DisinfoLab
- Europe's People's Forum
- European Foundation Centre
- Civil Society Europe
- 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)
- Meetings