Overview
Lobbying Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
14 Fte (14)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Social Network AISBL (ESN)
EU Transparency Register
94402711517-87 First registered on 14 Apr 2009
Goals / Remit
The European Social Network (ESN) is the network for local public social services bringing together social services welfare departments at national, regional, and local levels with statutory duties for planning, managing, funding, delivering, and inspecting public social services.
ESN supports the development of effective social services and social/health care practices through the exchange of knowledge. ESN gathers its members with the aim to inform them about the latest European policy and trends, to learn from each other’s experience. Members participate in the knowledge exchange and building activities organised by ESN including seminars, working groups, training programmes, peer learning visits and activities outside the co-funded EC programme, such as the European Social Services Conference and the European Social Services Awards.
ESN is financed by the EaSI Programme (operating grants, works on several social policies and is currently involved in 9 EU Funded Projects.Main EU files targeted
Integrated Care & Support
Social Innovation
Innovation and Digitalisation
Workforce
Social Service Management and Quality
Transformation of social services
Crisis preparedness (resilience)
EU-funding
Children Families and Youth
Ageing and Care
Community Care
Inclusive ActivitationAddress
Head Office
Avenue des Arts 3-4-5 8 Floor
Brussels 1210
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue des Arts 3-4-5 8 Floor
Brussels 1210
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 14 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
14
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Mar 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Martin LICHTE 23 Jul 2022 21 Jul 2023 Mr Francesco Capuani 29 Mar 2022 28 Mar 2023 Mr Alfonso LARA MONTERO 29 Mar 2022 28 Mar 2023 Mr Alfonso LARA MONTERO 20 Mar 2020 20 Mar 2021 Mr John Denis Ronan Mangan 08 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Mr Martin LICHTE 15 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020 Ms Valentina GUERRA 12 Nov 2019 12 Nov 2020 Mr Alfonso LARA MONTERO 27 Mar 2019 29 Feb 2020 Mr Alfonso LARA MONTERO 20 Apr 2016 19 Apr 2017 Mr Alfonso LARA MONTERO 07 Nov 2011 01 Oct 2012 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
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
900,000€ - 999,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant 101059169-2022 ESN AWP 983,131€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant 101101915 - ESN AWP 2023 699,160€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Other financial info
ESN receives operating grant from ESF+ (social inclusion)
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Disability Platform#E03820#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3820 #Member #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
Disability#Anti-racism and diversity#Fighting against poverty#Social economy#Children's rights
Other activities
• European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion; DG EMPLOYMENT Civil Society Dialogue; European Semester
• Europe 2020
• Social Investment Package (notably Recommendation Investing in Children)
• Youth Employment Package
• Recommendation on Early School Leaving
• European Joint Action on Mental Health & Well-being
• National Reform Programmes/Country Specific Recommendations Assessment
• Child Rights/Child Protection
• SPC working group on long term careMeetings
Meetings
5 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 29 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference meeting on social support care service and COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Commission - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Social Services in Europe, Statutory Duties of Public Social Services, Explanation, Impact & challenges of COVID-19, Elderly, Role of the EU, Rights of persons with disabilities, social dialogue & cross-sectoral social dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Commission - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
- Colin Scicluna (Cabinet member)
- Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2020 Location Brussels Subject VC meeting on the Impact of COVID-19 on Social Services and the risks for persons in vulnerable situations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Commission - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 15 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Primary Care Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Commission - Annika Nowak (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Information meeting on future initiatives by ESN and discussion on Commission social agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Commission - Vasiliki Kokkori (Cabinet member)