Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.75 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
International Rescue Committee Belgium (IRC Belgium)
EU Transparency Register
754747839408-96 First registered on 03 Sep 2020
Goals / Remit
The International Rescue Committee Europe is part of the IRC global network, which has its headquarters in New York and London. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through 22 regional offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees resettle in the US and become self-sufficient.
Main EU files targeted
The IRC has been engaging in advocacy and policy activities towards the EU Institutions, with particular focus on the EU Commission. DG ECHO and DEVCO are IRC's key targets for policy activities especialy in the following areas:
- European refugee crisis
- Women/girls protection and empowerment (e.g. ECHO policy on "Gender in Humanitarian Aid: Different Needs, Adapted Assistance" and the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020);
- Urban refugees and protracted displacement situations;
- Context-specific policies and programmes;
- EU humanitarian funding.
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BelgiumAddress
Head Office
International Rescue Committee
122 East 42nd Street
New York
UNITED STATESEU Office
International Rescue Committee Belgium
Square de Meeus 5-6
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
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
Closed financial year
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
64,761,603 € (Source: ECHO and Europe Aid)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 21 May 2021 Location Brussels (VTC) Subject Malnutrition and famine Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič Portfolio Crisis Management Attending - Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 29 Mar 2021 Location Lesvos, Greece Subject Migration management on Lesvos Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
- Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
- Gosia Pearson (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists