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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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
18
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)
EU Transparency Register
679535014238-83 First registered on 18 Aug 2014
Goals / Remit
The European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) is an independent European non-profit organisation supporting democratic transformations worldwide. As a network of European civil and political society organisations working on democracy assistance, EPD advocates for a stronger presence of democracy support on the European Union’s agenda and facilitates the exchange of knowledge and best practices in democratic transformations around the world.
The European Partnership for Democracy is the first Community of Practice on democracy assistance operating at the EU level. As such, its added value lies in its capacity to bring together and to connect the work of organisations within various policy areas, in a way that enhances the effectiveness and the quality of the programming and implementation cycles of democracy support at the EU level.Main EU files targeted
EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024 | NDICI Multi-annualIndicative Programmes | European Democracy Action Plan | EU external actionGender Action Plan (GAP) III 2021 –2025 | Digital Services Act Package | Digital Markets Act | Proposal fora regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transparency and targeting of political advertising | European AI Strategy | European Rule of Law reports | Recast of the regulation of the statute and funding of European political parties and foundations. | Report on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation | Initiative against abusive litigation targeting journalists and rights defenders | European Media Freedom Act | Defence of Democracy Package | European cooperation network on elections (ECNE) | Youth Action Plan in EU external action
Address
Head Office
123-133 rue Froissart
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
123-133 rue Froissart
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 12 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Marta Desiree VERDEILLE 27 Feb 2024 21 Feb 2025 Sofia CALABRESE 24 Oct 2023 23 Oct 2024 Evangelia ANTONIOU 07 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Ms Marta Desiree VERDEILLE 27 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Sofia CALABRESE 24 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Evangelia ANTONIOU 07 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Carolin JOHNSON 15 Mar 2023 15 Mar 2024 Mr Fernando HORTAL FORONDA 14 Mar 2023 18 Nov 2023 Ms Lucie ROHRBACHEROVÁ 25 Nov 2022 25 Nov 2023 Mr Fernando HORTAL FORONDA 19 Mar 2022 14 Mar 2023 Ms Ruth Marie HENCKES 26 Apr 2019 25 Apr 2020 Mr Sebastian BLOCHING 26 Apr 2019 25 Apr 2020 Mr Leon Hemkemeyer 10 Jan 2019 10 Jan 2020 Ms Elsa PACELLA 06 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Ms Ruth Marie HENCKES 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Mr Leon Hemkemeyer 09 Feb 2018 10 Jan 2019 Mr Sebastian BLOCHING 09 Feb 2018 09 Feb 2019 Mr Andrei Constantin 12 May 2017 01 Feb 2018 Mr Leon Hemkemeyer 30 Nov 2016 30 Nov 2017 Mr Ken Godfrey 22 Aug 2016 01 Aug 2017 Ms Anna Zangrossi 22 Aug 2016 16 Jul 2017 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
HRDN
CONCORDMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
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
3,417,661€
Major funding types in closed year
Member's contribution, Grants, EU funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution European Commission - ENI 647,322€ Contribution European Commission - Development Cooperation Instrument 891,944€ Contribution European Commission - Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace 394,642€ Grant European Commission - ENI 30,137€ Grant European Commission - CSO-LA 199,558€ Grant European Commission - EIDHR 157,814€ Grant European Commission - ENI 647,322€ Grant European Commission - DCI 891,944€ Grant European Commission - DCI 6,994€ Grant European Commission - NDICI 205,747€ Grant European Commission - Erasmus+ 7,532€ Grant European Commission - NDICI 20,792€ Grant European Commission - NDICI 202,492€ Grant European Commission - CERV 30,959€ Grant European Commission - IcSP 394,642€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission - IcSP 351,658€ Grant European Commission - CSO-LA 120,839€ Grant European Commission - DCI 15,000€ Grant European Commission - DCI 450,000€ Grant European Commission - EIDHR 81,867€ Grant European Commission - ENI 41,830€ Grant European Commission - INTPA 144,067€ Grant European Commission - NDICI 5,000€ Grant European Commission - NDICI 60,000€ Other financial info
The figures for the current financial year are temporary and shall be approved by EPD's Board and the AGM in June 2023.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
https://epd.eu/2023/08/08/how-to-implement-the-dsa-so-that-the-political-advertising-regulation-works-in-practice/
https://epd.eu/2023/06/26/civil-society-open-letter-on-the-ongoing-negotiations-regarding-the-regulation-of-political-advertising/
https://epd.eu/2023/06/05/civil-society-statement-on-democratic-digital-infrastructure/
https://epd.eu/2023/03/30/joint-civil-society-and-democracy-organisations-priorities-for-the-defence-of-democracy-package/
https://epd.eu/2023/03/16/transparency-of-media-ownership-within-the-emfa/
https://epd.eu/2023/03/02/statement-in-the-eu-parliament-cult-committee-on-the-european-media-freedom-act/
https://epd.eu/2023/02/23/transparency-of-state-advertising-in-the-proposal-for-a-european-media-freedom-act-emfa/
https://epd.eu/2023/02/22/joint-statement-on-the-european-commissions-2023-rule-of-law-report/
https://epd.eu/2023/01/26/epds-assessment-of-the-european-media-freedom-act-proposal/
https://epd.eu/2023/01/24/joint-statement-on-article-17-of-the-european-media-freedom-act/
https://epd.eu/2022/09/19/reaction-to-the-european-commissions-proposal-for-a-european-media-freedom-act/
https://epd.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/opa-policy-brief-3.pdf
https://epd.eu/2021/11/25/online-political-ads-regulation-reaction/
https://epd.eu/2021/11/04/joint-statement-on-recommender-systems/
https://epd.eu/2021/11/25/online-political-ads-regulation-reaction/
https://epd.eu/2021/11/15/sense-and-sensibility-the-role-of-policy-dialogue-in-the-eus-new-global-agenda/
https://epd.eu/closing-democratic-space/
https://epd.eu/2021/09/30/why-the-dsa-matters-to-democracy/
https://epd.eu/2021/09/22/cso-statement-eu-ruleoflaw/
https://epd.eu/2021/06/22/eu-digital-policy-3d-nexus/
https://epd.eu/2020/11/04/ai-regulation-challenges-and-opportunities-for-democracy-and-epd/
https://epd.eu/2021/05/07/joint-statement-summit-for-democracy/
https://epd.eu/2020/09/14/european-democracy-action-plan-input-paper/
https://epd.eu/3d-nexus-paper/
https://epd.eu/virtual-insanity/
https://epd.eu/2020/10/30/programming-for-democracy-a-how-to-guide-for-different-areas-of-democratic-support/
https://epd.eu/2020/11/02/epd-joins-call-for-putting-meaningful-transparency-at-the-heart-of-the-digital-services-act/
https://epd.eu/2019/09/30/louder-than-words-connecting-the-dots-of-european-democracy-support/Other activities
ADVOCACY
EPD contributes to advancing the policy debate in Europe from its head office in Brussels. EPD has been involved in this debate as a proactive partner, working in close cooperation with the EU institutions and Member States, as well as with other organisations involved in democracy assistance.
PROGRAMMES
EPD aims to provide local partner organisations with support during the project management cycle based on the needs of those partners. This includes project design and implementation; fundraising; communication and visibility; training and capacity building; and monitoring, audit and evaluation.
KNOWLEDGE
As a knowledge hub, EPD aims to facilitate an exchange of experience and lessons learned amongst practitioners from different sectors of the democracy support community so that they can find common solutions from an inclusive and holistic approach to democracy support.
Meetings
Meetings
18 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 28 Jul 2023 Location videoconference call Subject Defence of Democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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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 - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Democracy International e.V.
- European Endowment for Democracy
- European Civic Forum
- European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
- Front Line Defenders
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- European Foundation Centre
- European Movement International
- European Youth Forum
- The Innovation in Politics Institute GmbH
- Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
- Civil Society Europe
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
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Date 24 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Asociación de Víctimas de la Ley de Violencia de Género Madrid
- European Foundation Centre
- European Civic Forum
- Amnesty International Limited
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Open Search Foundation e.V.
- Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- EU DisinfoLab
- Civil Society Europe
- European Citizen Action Service
- Democracy International e.V.
- European Movement International
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Date 24 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of Democracy, Foreign interference initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Simona Constantin (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 - European Citizen Action Service
- Open Society European Policy Institute
- European Youth Forum
- European Civic Forum
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Front Line Defenders
- Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- Europe's People's Forum
- European Foundation Centre
- EU DisinfoLab
- Civil Society Europe
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
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Date 14 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2022 Location videoconference Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 28 Oct 2021 Location Online Subject Digital Services Act and Political Advertising Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Oct 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Political advertising Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Launching of the European Democracy Hub- event organised by EPD Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Jan 2021 Location Teleconference Subject Preparation of the European Democracy Hub event Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Dec 2020 Location videoconference Subject EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 10 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Democracy Support Roundtable Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Oct 2020 Location Teleconference Subject Preparation of the Democracy Support Roundtable on 10/11/20 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2020 Location videoconference Subject European Democracy Action Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 15 Jul 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Responsibility and accountability of online platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jul 2020 Location Videoconference Subject European Democracy Action Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)