Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (3)
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 60 music, dance, theater and multidisciplinary festivals, 14 national festival associations and cultural organisations from 35 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
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
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
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
https://www.efa-aef.eu/en/members/find-your-festival/
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
164,858 € (Source: European Commission Creative Europe Programme)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
EFFE Award Ceremony – biannual highlevel PR event of festivals in the frame of EFFE
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 House for CultureOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
11 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 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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