Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
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’ mission is to empower citizens to exercise their rights and promote open and inclusive decision-making through provision of high quality advice, research and advocacy, as well as capacity building to civil society organisations.
ECAS’ Vision:
ECAS aspires to be the EU Resource Centre on citizens’ rights, campaigning for an inclusive, transparent and democratic Europe, where the benefits of EU citizenship can be fully tapped.
ECAS’ 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 utilize their rights.
- Inclusiveness: Ensuring that all EU citizens can fully enjoy their rights.
- Innovation: Applying unique and modern solutions.
Mid-Term Strategy
ECAS strategic plan for the period 2014-2017 is organized along three thematic pillars:
Pillar I – “EU Resource Centre Services”
Pillar II – “Open EU Decision-Making”
Pillar III – “Engaging the Unengaged”Main EU files targeted
- Digital agenda
- Reforms of the Transparency register
- European Citizens' Initiative
- Labour Mobility package
- Free movement of EU citizens and their family members
- Neighborhood policies
- EnlargementAddress
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
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 06 Apr 2017
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
Ms Assya Kavrakova (Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Assya Kavrakova (Execitive 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
- EESC Liason Group
- Civil Society EuropeMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
EU grant income for closed financial year
577,241 € (Source: European Commission grants)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
REFIT Platform - stakeholder group
NoneACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
For detailed information about our activities in 2016, please consult the following link: http://www.ecas.org
Other activities
-The EU rights focus area: http://ecas.org/focus-areas/eu-rights/
-The Digital Democracy focus area: http://ecas.org/focus-areas/digital-democracy/
-The Beyond EU focus area: http://ecas.org/focus-areas/beyond-the-eu/
-Your Europe Advice: http://europa.eu/youreurope/advice/index_en.htm
-The EU rights clinic: http://ecas.org/services/eu-rights-clinic/introduction/
-The ECI Support Center: http://ecas.org/services/eci-support-centre/
-The Knowledge Center: http://ecas.org/knowledge-centre/
-EU Funding advice: http://ecas.org/services/eu-funding-advice/
-Training centre: http://ecas.org/services/tailor-made-services/
-TripleA project: http://tripleacitizens.eu/- 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 - Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
- European Foundation Centre
- Civil Society Europe
- 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 Civic Forum
- European Movement International
- European Partnership for Democracy
- EU DisinfoLab
- Democracy International e.V.
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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
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
- Europe's People's Forum
- European Foundation Centre
- Civil Society Europe
- European Youth Forum
- Front Line Defenders
- European Civic Forum
- European Partnership for Democracy
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
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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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