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 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Foundation Centre (EFC)
EU Transparency Register
78855711571-12 First registered on 23 Apr 2009
Goals / Remit
The European Foundation Centre (EFC) is the association and the leading voice of institutional philanthropy in Europe. We represent foundations, corporate funders and other players that are independently governed and have their own financial resources which they deploy strategically for public good. With over 200 members across 38 countries spending around 22 billions euros annually in public-benefit programmes, EFC represents a third of the total estimated philanthropic spending in Europe.
EFC’s work aims at strengthening and making the case for institutional philanthropy.
With 30 years of experience, the EFC has a wealth of knowledge on the sector and strong relationships with a range of actors. Our European and global perspective on institutional philanthropy and the landscape it inhabits gives us a “helicopter view” that presents a unique opportunity for us as an organisation, hand in hand with our members, to reflect on, understand, engage with and together strengthen th (...)Main EU files targeted
Company law legislation
Social Economy Action Plan
VAT Directive
Tax policy
Review of Anti-money Laundering Directive - new AML Package
Review of Directive on Combating Terrorism
SNRA
Rule of Law report
Democracy Action Plan
Implementation of Article 11TEU
Conference on the Future of Europe
Freedom of capital
MFF / InvestEU
TaxonomyAddress
Head Office
rue Royale, 94
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
rue Royale, 94
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Feb 2023
Name Start date End Date Ms Hanna SURMATZ 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Ms Nikoleta BITTEROVA 06 Dec 2019 05 Dec 2020 Ms Maria Orejas 06 Feb 2019 01 Mar 2020 Ms Hanna SURMATZ 06 Feb 2019 01 Mar 2020 Ms Hanna SURMATZ 13 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Ms Maria Orejas 09 Feb 2018 06 Feb 2019 Ms Marilena VRANA 09 Feb 2018 08 Feb 2019 Ms Emamnuelle Faure 28 Feb 2017 27 Oct 2017 Ms Emamnuelle Faure 27 Feb 2016 26 Feb 2017 Ms Maria Orejas 26 Jan 2017 25 Jan 2018 Ms Marilena VRANA 23 Jan 2017 18 Jan 2018 Emamnuelle Faure 27 Feb 2016 25 Feb 2017 Ms Emmanuelle Faure 25 Feb 2015 23 Feb 2016 Ms Giulia Lombardi 27 Feb 2015 25 Feb 2016 Ms Emmanuelle Faure 04 Mar 2014 03 Mar 2015 Mrs Emmanuelle Faure 04 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Emmanuelle Faure 12 Apr 2013 04 Mar 2014 Ms Giulia Lombardi 05 Apr 2013 04 Apr 2014 Ms Giulia Lombardi 26 Jun 2012 06 Apr 2013 Mrs Emmanuelle Faure 29 Mar 2012 12 Apr 2013 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
• Charity Security Network
Launched in late 2008, the Charity & Security Network is made up of a broad cross-section of nonprofits, including charities working on humanitarian aid, development, peacebuilding, human rights and civil liberties, along with grantmakers, donors and faith-based groups.The network’s mission is to protect civil society’s ability to carry out peacebuilding, humanitarian aid, human rights and development work without being unduly constrained by counterterrorism laws and policies.
http://www.charityandsecurity.org
• European Charities Committee on VAT (ECCVAT) is a group of associations and charitiesthat has come together to research the impact of VAT and other taxes on the work of NGOs and to make representations to the EU institutions. In 2018, EFC is chairing ECCVAT
http://www.eccvat.org/
• Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium (FAIB) is a non-profit, non-political association that promotes and defends the interests and activities of its Members
http://faib.org/
• International Society for Third Sector Research
Founded in 1992, the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) is a major international association promoting research and education in the fields of civil society, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector
http://www.istr.org/
• Social Economy Europe (SEE) is the EU-level representative institution for social economy. It was set up in November 2000 under the name of CEP-CMAF. SEE aims to promote social economy as a sector that produces both economic and social wealth, to promote the role and values of social economy actors throughout Europe, and to reinforce political and legal recognition of social economy and the cooperatives, associations, mutual societies and foundations at the European level. http://www.socialeconomy.eu.org/
• Worldwide Initiatives from Grantmaker Support (WINGS) is a global network of more than 140 membership associations and support organisations serving grantmakers which was formally created in January 2000. Organisations have joined together to create opportunities to learn from and support one another, develop modes of communication and collaboration among themselves, and contribute to the strengthening of philanthropy worldwide. http://www.wingsweb.org/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
5,416,402€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Member's contribution, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission expert group on social economy and social enterprises #E03576#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3576 #Member #C#Other
Groups (European Parliament)
Social economy#Social Economy
Other activities
EFC is a member of the EESC Liaison Group
Meetings
Meetings
19 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 06 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Participation at the Philea event to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Social economy action plan. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Commission - Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Philanthropy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Commission - Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Mar 2022 Location video conference Subject Social society and social economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Commission - Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Social Economy Action Plan Conference on the Future of Europe Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Commission - Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2021 Location Brussels Subject Philanthropy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Commission - Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2021 Location virtual Subject Barriers to philantropy's cross border activity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Commission - Estelle Göger (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2021 Location Virtual Subject Barriers to philanthropy's cross border activity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Commission - Fabien Dell (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Social economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jul 2021 Location Brussels Subject Philanthropy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Commission - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
- Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject Support of Media Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Commission - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 20 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Africa Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Commission - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - CONCORD Europe
- Women Engage for a Common Future
- Organización Mundial de Ciudades y Gobiernos Locales Unidos - United Cities and Local Governments
- International Organisation of Employers
- International Trade Union Confederation
- ICA INTERNATIONAL consulting
- European Youth Forum
- The ONE Campaign
- Fundatia ADEPT Transilvania
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Date 25 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Lunch Meeting organized by the European Foundation Centre Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Commission - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
- Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject Single Market for Philanthropy Commission - Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)
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Date 28 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Commission - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Research partnerships with Foundations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Commission - Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to present their activities Commission - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
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Date 08 Nov 2018 Location Philanthropy House, Rue Royale 94, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Subject Making the European Pillar of Social Rights Real Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Commission - Ruth Paserman (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on Civil Society Organisations Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Commission - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Cicrular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commission - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)