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)
0.75 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Kirkon Ulkomaanapu sr (Finn Church Aid) (FCA)
EU Transparency Register
434831615060-89 First registered on 01 Dec 2014
Goals / Remit
Finn Church Aid (FCA) is a rights-based actor, a Finnish non-governmental, non-profit organisation with over 70 years of experience, with operations in over 10 countries, and a member of the global ACT Alliance. FCA is Finland’s largest NGO in development cooperation and 2nd largest provider of disaster relief. We realise our mission and vision through development cooperation, humanitarian assistance and advocacy work, and invest in small and medium-sized enterprises in the developing countries.
We consider three thematic areas as central to sustainable change: the right to peace (R2P), livelihood (R2L) and quality education (R2QE).
Our Mission: Action for human dignity.
Our Vision: A world comprised of resilient and just societies where everyone's right to peace, quality education and sustainable livelihood has been fulfilled.
Our Values: Unconditional love for our neighbours; Unyielding hope; Courage; and Respect.Main EU files targeted
EU budget in cooperation with the relevant networks representing development and humanitarian NGOs to increase the funds available to humanitarian and development actions.
Migration policies and initiativesAddress
Head Office
Eteläranta 8
Helsinki FI-00130 - 210
FINLANDEU Office
Eteläranta 8
Helsinki FI-00130 - 210
FINLANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 10% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
FCA is a founding member and one of the main stakeholders of ACT Alliance, a coalition of churches and faith-based organisations in development work, humanitarian aid and advocacy. ACT Alliance is one of the largest charity organisations in the world with 135 operators in over 120 countries. http://actalliance.org/
FCA is a member of ACT Alliance EU. Its main objective is to influence institutions of the European Union in decision-making processes that affect developing countries, to advance the cause of justice and peace, and to eradicate poverty. http://actalliance.eu/
As a member of ACT Alliance EU, FCA is also part of the CONCORD, which is the European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs. https://concordeurope.org/
FCA is also a member of VOICE (Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies), a network of European organisations providing humanitarian aid. http://www.ngovoice.org/
FCA has facilitated the long-term development programmes of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). The LWF is also a significant partner of FCA in humanitarian aid, especially in connection with reviewing the human rights situations of programme countries through the UN Human Rights Council’s UPR processes. https://www.lutheranworld.org/
We are one of the specialised cooperation organisations in the World Council of Churches. Together we support programmes that promote peace, facilitate interfaith dialogue and support human rights. http://www.oikoumene.org/en/
FCA is also a member of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Steering Group, the UN’s Global Education Cluster, the UNESCO Teacher Task Force and the EU’s Radicalisation Awareness Network; FCA is also a member of the working group in the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE.
FCA is a member of CHS Alliance, and has been certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability. https://corehumanitarianstandard.org/
Furthermore, FCA is a member of Finnwatch, an organisation studying and monitoring Finnish companies operating in developing countries. http://www.finnwatch.org/en/Member 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
74,295,346€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, EU funding, Donations, Public financing
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Donations from individuals 17,491,709€ Contribution United Nations 11,377,800€ Contribution European Commission 9,588,176€ Contribution Government of Finland 8,153,026€ Contribution Governments, other than Finland 7,243,754€ Contribution Others 20,440,881€ Grant EEAS, negotiated procedure. Agreement No. FED/2018/397-621. FCA project code 11951. 896,975€ Grant DG-FPI, ICSP/2019/163483. Agreement No. IcSP/2019/413-461. FCA project code 12108. 249,406€ Grant DG-FPI, IcSP/2020/168173; Agreement: ICSP/2020/421-906. FCA project code 12184. 322,368€ Grant NDICI-Peace; Negotiated procedure. Consortia project, Coordinator Aga Khan Foundation (AKF). FCA project code 13169. 2,702€ Grant DG-ECHO, ECHO/-AF/BUD/2020/91000. Agreement:ECHO/-AF/BUD/2020/91025. FCA projectcode 12145. 344,772€ Grant DG-ECHO, HIP 2021. Agreement: ECHO/-HF/BUD/2021/91005. FCA project code 12212. 1,260,389€ Grant DG-ECHO, ECHO/SYR/BUD/2021/91000. Agreement: ECHO/SYR/BUD/2021/91036. FCAproject code 12220. 833,917€ Grant DG-ECHO, ECHO/-AF/BUD/2022/91000. Agreement: ECHO/-AF/BUD/2022/91006. FCA project code 12297. 611,159€ Grant DG-ECHO, ECHO/UKR/BUD/2022/91000. Agreement: ECHO/UKR/BUD/2022/91025. FCAproject code 13094. 2,006,800€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant NDICI-CSO; 439-986; 174201; EuropeAid/174201/DD/ACT/MM. Agreement: NDICI-ASIA/2022/439-986. FCA project code 13181. 960,400€ Grant DG-ECHO, ECHO/HLP/BUD/2023/91000. Agreement: ECHO/-HF/BUD/2023/91017. FCA project code 13214. 500,005€ Grant DG-ECHO, ECHO/-AF/BUD/2022/91000. Agreement: ECHO/-AF/BUD/2022/91006. FCAproject code 12297. 1,163,798€ Grant DG-ECHO, ECHO/UKR/BUD/2022/91000. Agreement: ECHO/UKR/BUD/2022/91025. FCAproject code 13094. 5,012,372€ Other financial info
In the section d) we have presented the EU grants as in our most recent closed fiscal year, which is FY 2022.
FY 2023 is not fully closed and audited yet (will be in April 2024).
We will updated to the Register the FY 2023 EU grants and other figures when the Financial Statements are ready.
In the "In the current financial year" part, we have presented the EU grants as budgeted in our organisation's official budget for the FY2024. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
4 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 23 Aug 2023 Location Helsinki Subject development cooperation processes and partnerships Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Education in the renewed AU-EU partnership Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2017 Location Helsinki, Finnland Subject Humanitarian Aid Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides Portfolio Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Attending - Davinia Wood (Cabinet member)
- Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Dec 2014 Location Berlaymont 11/044 Subject Humanitarian Aid Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides Portfolio Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Attending - Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
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