Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
23
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 platform for and champion of institutional philanthropy – with a focus on Europe, but also with an eye to the global philanthropic landscape.
With the aim of being the voice of institutional philanthropy in Europe, we communicate to stakeholders the value of organised philanthropy to society, to help nurture an environment in which it can flourish. We serve as a hub of sector exchange and intelligence, to help our members increase the impact of their added value in society.
With over 25 years of experience and over 200 member organisations across 30 countries, the EFC has a wealth of knowledge on the sector and strong relationships with a range of actors.
For more information about the EFC and its members, please see www.efc.be
EFC Members agree to adhere to the EFC Principles of Good Practices, http://www.efc.be/about/principles-of-good-practice/Main EU files targeted
Company law legislation
Revision of VAT Directive
Review of Antimoney Laundering Directive
Review of Directive on Combating Terrorism
SNRA
Implementation of Article 11TEU
Freedom of capitalAddress
Head Office
rue Royale, 94
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Mar 2018
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
Ms Marilena Vrana (Manager, Policy and Incubation)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Gerry Salole (Chief Executive Officer)
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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
• 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
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
The approximate calculation figure is arrived at by calculating staff costs and related overheads for staff who worked on policy issues, as well as the production of materials and meetings and/or conferences organised where an element of such meetings included trying to influence policy, and 100% of the membership fees and contributions paid by EFC to European platforms.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Policy Forum on Development #E00150 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=150 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
Social Economy
Communication activities
Position papers, press releases, meeting reports and publications online at: http://www.efc.be/news/
Key publication: Enlarging the Space for European Philanthropy, joint EFC DAFNE study 2018 (http://www.efc.be/news/press-release-philanthropy-demands-a-level-playing-field-in-europe/)
Key events: annual conference 29-31 May 2018, Europhilantopics 2018Other activities
EFC is a member of the EESC Liaison Group
EFC participates in the European Platform againt Poverty (EPAP) (DG EMP), the Policy Forum on Development (DG DEVCO), the European Platform for Roma Inclusion (DG JUST)
Policy fields of interest:
Anti-discrimination - Disability, Roma, Migration
Company law and internal market
Data Protection
Direct taxation of cross-border assets/funds (savings/investments/ donations/)
Environment and sustainable development
Common Agricultural Policy
Indirect taxation (VAT)
International affairs and development
Home Affairs
Science and research
Sustainable cities
Transparency issues- Meetings
Meetings
23 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 06 Jul 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of Democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - The Innovation in Politics Institute GmbH
- European Endowment for Democracy
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
- Democracy International e.V.
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- European Civic Forum
- European Partnership for Democracy
- European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting
- European Youth Forum
- Front Line Defenders
- European Movement International
- Civil Society Europe
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Date 24 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Democracy International e.V.
- European Civic Forum
- Civil Society Europe
- European Partnership for Democracy
- EU DisinfoLab
- Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
- European Citizen Action Service
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- Amnesty International Limited
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Asociación de Víctimas de la Ley de Violencia de Género Madrid
- Open Search Foundation e.V.
- European Movement International
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Date 31 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on Africa-EU partnership Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of democracy package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - Europe's People's Forum
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
- European Citizen Action Service
- European Youth Forum
- European Civic Forum
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- Civil Society Europe
- Front Line Defenders
- European Partnership for Democracy
- Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- EU DisinfoLab
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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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - The ONE Campaign
- 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
- Fundatia ADEPT Transilvania
- International Trade Union Confederation
- ICA INTERNATIONAL consulting
- European Youth Forum
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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 Attending - Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
- Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject Single Market for Philanthropy DG Research and Innovation Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to present their activities DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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