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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Cultural Foundation (ECF)
EU Transparency Register
48891989251-14 First registered on 31 Jul 2012
Goals / Remit
European Cultural Foundation is an independent foundation based in the Netherlands founded in 1954 and operating across Europe for 65+ years. ECF's vision is that the connecting power of culture is essential for creating open, inclusive and democratic societies, and as such is invaluable for building Europe. We promote a European sentiment through developing and supporting cultural initiatives that let us share, experience and imagine Europe. We initiate and support cultural exchange and creative expression across wider Europe. ECF shares and connects knowledge across the European cultural sector, and advocates for arts and culture on all levels of political decision-making. We link policy and practice, to act as catalysts for artistic and cultural expression and to have a concrete impact on European cultural policies and strategies. We do this through our programmes, grants, advocacy, publications and digital platforms. Since 2020 we developed the Culture of Solidarity fund.
Main EU files targeted
EU policies in culture and creative industries, European Agenda for Culture; Sustainable and inclusive mobility of artists and cultural professionals; European Public Sphere and inclusive media; EU policies in the EU Neighbourhood; Regional policy, Urban Agenda for the EU, Digital agenda, copyrights, Impact assessment and evaluation of EU programmes (social and economic impact) Culture in EU External Relations is a particular field where ECF has been involved in think tanking, research and informing EU institutions.
Address
Head Office
Jan van Goyenkade, 5
Amsterdam 1075HN
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Jan van Goyenkade, 5
Amsterdam 1075HN
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Sep 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Andre WILKENS 21 Aug 2019 21 Aug 2020 Ms Marjolein Cremer 06 Apr 2019 12 Sep 2019 Ms Tsveta Andreeva 05 Apr 2019 04 Apr 2020 Ms Isabelle Schwarz 05 Apr 2019 04 Apr 2020 Ms Tsveta Andreeva 24 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019 Ms Katherine Watson 23 Apr 2015 21 Apr 2016 Ms Isabelle Schwarz 05 Mar 2015 03 Mar 2016 Ms Tsveta Andreeva 04 Dec 2014 02 Dec 2015 Ms Marjolein Cremer 04 Dec 2014 02 Dec 2015 Ms Marjolein Cremer 04 Oct 2012 01 Aug 2013 Ms Tsveta Andreeva 03 Oct 2012 01 Aug 2013 Ms Isabelle Schwarz 03 Oct 2012 01 Aug 2013 Complementary Information
ECF staff is in total 26 FTE (by January 2022)
https://culturalfoundation.eu/organisation/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
By 2022 ECF is an active member of:
Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association (former European Foundation Center) - international network of foundations, philanthropic organisations and networks working for the common good.
European cultural networks: Culture Action Europe, Europa Nostra & European Heritage Alliance; On the Move - the international network for information on cultural mobility;
Think tanks: European Policy Center (EPC), Friends of Europe
Other Philanthropic initiatives: Edge Europe, Dutch philanthropy associations Goede Doelen Nederland & FIN.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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
6,901,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Other
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds 4,674,203€ Grant EU/FPI Cultural Relations Platform 24,100€ Grant Creative Europe (Cultural Creative Places and Cities project) 38,690€ Grant Creative Europe (i-Portunus House) 749,900€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant DG CNECT (Migrants and Media) 300,000€ Grant EU/FPI Cultural Relations Platform 14,400€ Grant Horizon Europe CSA CrAFt 202,312€ Other financial info
Full details on ECF's financial incomes and expenditures, audited annual accounts, balance sheet etc. for the last closed financial year (2021) are in the publicly available Annual and Financial Report 2021: https://culturalfoundation.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2021-ECF-Annual-Report_including-Finances-and-Auditors-Report.pdf
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Cultural Creators Friendship Group (CCFG)
Other activities
ECF advocates for an inclusive, democratic, open and creative Europe, we believe in the change-making power of culture for achieving this.
The Global pandemic, led us to join forces on a Cultural Deal for Europe (#CulturalDealEU) and to promote further the EP resolution proposal for 2% of the EU Resilience and Recovery Funds for Culture.
Our current strategy (2020-2025) "Amsterdam Manifesto for Europe" stipulates: What can culture do? Culture must be free. Europe should stand and fight for cultural freedom in Europe and worldwide. Living our values is the best way of defending them. Culture can create spaces for European experience. Culture can provide the spaces that are needed for exchanging diverging views. Culture can break up filter bubbles. Public debate can mitigate the increasing polarisation in society. Culture can bring people together across borders. Culture can celebrate Europe’s diversity. Culture can imagine better Europe and build European identities. Culture can tell the story of Europe.
Together with Culture Action Europe in 2019 we launched a pre-elections campaign addressed to current and future MEPs for more inclusive and culturally aware candidates and political manifestos. We continue advocating for 1% for culture in the next MFF.
ECF's Advocacy Agenda is implies concrete demands for influencing a long term vision on culture as an intrinsic European value, embedded in policies and actions by the European Union and its members.
Our Democracy Needs Imagination grants in 2019 reached out all European continent supporting innovative actions for reinventing and re-imagining democracy through culture.
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Initiatives of the European Cultural Foundation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Catherine Sustek (Cabinet member)
- Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
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Date 05 Jun 2020 Location Video - conferencing Subject EU measures in favour of the cultural and creatives sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Clean Energy transition in South-Eastern Europe, EU-India relations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Culture Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views and priorities Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)