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Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,125,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
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 outside the European Union. 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
EPD closely follows the EU's foreign policy and development cooperation policies. In particular EPD follows the activities of the following committees and subcommittees: AFET, DROI, DEVE and INTA.
The EPD network is conceived as a Community of Practice in which practitioners from different dimensions of democracy support share knowledge in order to increase the impact of their work. The Community of Practice currently comprises 13 European member organisations with long track records and specialisations in working:
• on different fields of democracy support: political parties, local authorities, elections, multi-stakeholder dialogue, political and civil rights, civil society capacity building and civic and political education;
• at different levels of society: political leadership, elected representatives, civil society and grassroots community representatives.
By covering different field and levels of support, EPD has direct insight on the various dimensions of democratic governance that must work in parallel in a functioning democracy. Thanks to this operational exchange, partners can improve the quality of their programming and contribute to EPD’s evidence-based advocacy.Address
Head Office
rue Froissart, 123-133
Brussels 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 May 2017
Name Start date End Date Ms Marta Desiree VERDEILLE 27 Feb 2024 21 Feb 2025 Ms Sofia CALABRESE 24 Oct 2023 23 Oct 2024 Ms Evangelia ANTONIOU 07 Oct 2023 04 Oct 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
Mr Ken Godfrey (Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ken Godfrey (Executive Director)
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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
HRDN
Member organisations
http://www.epd.eu
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,125,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,040,137 € (Source: EU Commission)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
http://www.epd.eu/creating-a-space-for-myanmars-civil-society/
http://www.epd.eu/pasc-tunisie/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)
- Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
- European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting
- European Endowment for Democracy
- European Youth Forum
- Front Line Defenders
- European Foundation Centre
- European Movement International
- The Innovation in Politics Institute GmbH
- Civil Society Europe
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Democracy International e.V.
- European Civic Forum
- Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
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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.
- Open Search Foundation e.V.
- European Foundation Centre
- Civil Society Europe
- Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- EU DisinfoLab
- European Civic Forum
- Amnesty International Limited
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- European Citizen Action Service
- Asociación de Víctimas de la Ley de Violencia de Género Madrid
- 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 - Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Front Line Defenders
- European Citizen Action Service
- European Youth Forum
- European Civic Forum
- Europe's People's Forum
- European Foundation Centre
- Civil Society Europe
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
- Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- EU DisinfoLab
- Open Society European Policy Institute
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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 - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
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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)
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