Overview
Lobbying Costs
550,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5 Fte (5)
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 100 music, dance, theatre and multidisciplinary festivals, 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 wider political debate.Main EU files targeted
EU Creative Europe programme
Pilot Project DG EAC Europe for Festivals Festivals For Europe
People to people dialogue China
New Narrative Project
Culture in external affairs
Citizenship programmeAddress
Head Office
Sainctelettesquare 17
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Kathrin Deventer (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Kathrin Deventer (Secretary General)
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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, Access to Culture Platform, Intercultural Europe Platform and Potential of Creative Industries Platform.
Member organisations
Armenia
Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival
Belgium
BOZAR Festival
Europalia Arts Festival
Flanders Festival International
Federation of Music Festivals in Flanders
Festival de Wallonie
Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Spring of Mostar
International Festival Sarajevo Winter
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Festivals Association
March Music Days International Festival
Varna Summer International Music Festival
Croatia
Dubrovnik Summer Festival
Music Biennale Zagreb
Czech Republic
Czech Association of Music Festivals
International Music Festival "Janacek May"
Prague Spring International Music Festival
Estonia
Estonian Music Festivals
Finland
Finland Festivals
France
Festival Aix-en-Provence
France Festivals
Chorégies d'Orange
Festival d’Automne à Paris
Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne
Georgia
Batumi MusicFest
Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre
Germany
Berliner Festspiele
Audi Sommerkonzerte
Mosel Musikfestival
Rheingau Musik Festival Konzertgesellschaft mbH
Usedom Music Festival
Hungary
Budapest Spring Festival
Iceland
Reykjavik Arts Festival
Ireland
Association of Irish Festival Events
Israel
Israel Festival, Jerusalem
Italy
Mittelfest
Emilia Romagna Festival
ItaliaFestival
Festival della Valle d'Itria
südtirol classic festival - Meraner Musikwochen
Pavia Barocca
Ravenna Festival
Stresa Festival
MITO SettembreMusica
Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico
Korea (republic of)
Music Isle Festival in Jeju
Latvia
Riga Festival
Lebanon
Baalbeck International Festival
Al Bustan Festival
Beiteddine Art Festival
Beirut Chants Festival
Lithuania
Vilnius Festival
Luxembourg
Festival de Wiltz
Macedonia
Ohrid Summer Festival
Malta
Malta Arts Festival
Montenegro
International Music Festival "A Tempo"
Netherlands
Rotterdam Festivals
Norway
Norway Festivals
Poland
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
International Festival Wratislavia Cantans
Portugal
Estoril Lisbon Festival
Romania
George Enescu International Festival and Competition
SoNoRo Festival
European Festival of Performing Arts Timisoara - New Romanian Drama Festival
Russian Federation
A. Sakharov International Art Festival
Alla Shelest's Festival of Classical Ballet
Sochi Winter International Festival of Arts
Music Festival Stars of the White Nights
Serbia
Serbian Festivals Association
Slovakia
Bratislava Music Festival
Slovenia
Ljubljana Festival
South Africa
National Arts Festival Grahamstown
Spain
Festival de Música de Canarias
Festival Internacional de Música de Cantonigròs
Semana de Música Religiosa
Festival Internacional de Música Castell de Peralada
Spanish Association of Classical Music Festivals
Festival Internacional de Música y Danza 'Ciudad de Úbeda'
Sweden
Association of Swedish Music Festivals
Switzerland
Gstaad Menuhin Festival
Lucerne Festival
Sion Festival
swissfestivals
Turkey
Ankara International Music Festival
Turkish State Theatres
Aspendos International Opera & Ballet Festival
D-Marine Turgutreis International Festival of Classical Music
Istanbul Music Festival
International Izmir Festival
Mersin International Music Festival
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Festival
United Kingdom
Edinburgh International Festival
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
550,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
200,000 € (Source: European Commission Creative Europe Programme)
Other financial info
Additionally to the Creative Europe Project Grant EFA received a specific grant from the EP on behalf of the EC to implement the Pilot Project EFFE.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
New Narrative for Europe
Platform for Festivals: Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe
NoneACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
EFA as part of training activities in the People to People dialogue strategy
Implementation festivals’ policy through EU Platform for FestivalsOther activities
The European Festivals Association was, since 2008, member of the 3 Civil Society Platforms created by the European Commission: Intercultural Europe, Potential of Creative Industries and Access to Culture.
- 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 - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
- Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet member)
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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 - Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)
- Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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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 - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
- Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
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