Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Festivals Association (EFA)
EU Transparency Register
434027116304-07 First registered on 04 Mar 2015
Goals / Remit
The European Festivals Association is the umbrella organisation for festivals across Europe and beyond. One of the oldest cultural networks in Europe, it was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1952 as a joint initiative of the eminent conductor Igor Markevitch and the great philosopher Denis de Rougemont. Since its foundation, the Association has grown from 15 festivals into a dynamic network representing about 110 music, dance, theater and multidisciplinary festivals, 12 national festival associations and cultural organisations from 40 countries.
The aim of the European Festivals Association is to support festivals, promote festivals’ significance and their important role in international cultural cooperation and societies today. Therefore, EFA seeks primarily to
- coordinate the efforts of its members;
- facilitate cooperation and co-production;
- set common policy;
- promote multidisciplinary tendencies;
- underline the state of art in society;
- act prominently in the (...)Main EU files targeted
EU Creative Europe cultural policy is the main focus area as a cultural network
Address
Head Office
Sainctelettesquare 17
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Sainctelettesquare 17
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 7 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
with the support of 4 to 5 international internships per year
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
The European Festivals Association is a member of Pearle – live performance Europe, IMC – International Music Council, ietm - international network for contemporary performing art, REMA – European Early Music Network and European Alliance for Culture and the Arts and Culture Action Europe.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€ - 699,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Creative Europe 101053984 247,500€ Grant Creative Europe 101059116 629,998€ Grant Creative Europe 616643 58,869€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant Creative Europe 101053984 247,500€ Grant Creative Europe 101059116 629,998€ Grant Creative Europe 101175876 616,000€ Grant Creative Europe 101186011 264,000€ Grant Creative Europe 101174064 33,465€ Grant Creative Europe 101118753 25,696€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Other financial info
Most recent closed year = 2023
Current financial year = 2024 (Grants for operations in 2025 received in 2024)
In our grant as an EU Platform (Creative Europe 101059116 - 3 years - and Creative Europe 101175876 - 4 years) we re-grant 70% of the total grant amount. The yearly re-granted amounts are not considered as operational cost above. All other costs are considered operational costs. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
FestivalFinder.eu - festivals search engine for festivals
Festival cities initiative – involving cities in the conversations around festivals
Perform Europe – Traveling Arts Fund for the performing arts sector
Eye-to-Eye The Festival Quarterly – e-Magazine for the festival sector
European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists - www.effea.euOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
11 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 22 Jun 2021 Location Videoconferencing Subject Strategies and possible contributions of festivals to the European political agenda, Creative Europe Programme Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Jun 2021 Location Videoconferencing Subject Strategies and possible contributions of festivals to the European political agenda, Creative Europe Programme Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Jun 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject Festivals and the Dance sector and how they have been impacted the by COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Jun 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject Festivals and the Dance sector and how they have been impacted the by COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Annual Festival Roundtable Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet member)
- Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Preparation of Roundtable Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Aug 2016 Location Brussels Subject European Cultural Festivals Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Culture (Festivals) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
- Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject EU-China Dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on areas of common interest Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views and priorities for the culture sector 2015 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
- Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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