Médecins Sans Frontières

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

150,000€

Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

39

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Médecins Sans Frontières   (MSF)

    EU Transparency Register

    38497857515-11 First registered on 21 Dec 2011

    Goals / Remit

    Médecins sans Frontières is a private international association. The association is
    made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other
    professions which might help in achieving its aims. All of its members agree to honour
    the following principles:
    Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims
    of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so
    irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.
    Médecins Sans Frontières observes neutrality and impartiality in the name of universal
    medical ethics and the right to humanitarian assistance and claims full and unhindered
    freedom in the exercise of its functions.
    Members undertake to respect their professional code of ethics and to maintain
    complete independence from all political, economic, or religious powers.
    As volunteers, members understand the risks and dangers of the missions they carry
    out and make no claim for themselves or their assigns for any form of compensation
    other than that which the association might be able to afford them.

    Main EU files targeted

    Migration and asylum issues, humanitarian affairs, trade policies and bilateral trade agreements with developing countries and access to medicines policies in IP chapters and investment chapters. Medical Research and development policies of the EU: Horizon 2020, EDCTP and IMI.

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue de Lausanne, 78
    Geneva 21 1211
    SWITZERLAND
    EU Office
    MSF Belgium
    46, rue de l'arbre Bénit
    Bruxelles 1050
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Mar 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Lucile HERMANT 10 Dec 2016 13 May 2017
    Ms Inmaculada Vazquez 20 Oct 2016 13 May 2017
    Ms Aliénor Devalière 21 May 2016 13 May 2017
    Myriam Castello 28 Apr 2016 31 Oct 2016
    Ms helle aagaard 12 Mar 2016 30 Jun 2016
    Ms Inmaculada Vazquez 03 Dec 2015 21 Oct 2016
    Ms Virginia MURA 01 Oct 2015 29 Mar 2016
    Ms Maria Racero Crespo 02 Apr 2015 31 Oct 2015
    Mr Edouard RODIER 24 Jan 2015 21 Jan 2016
    Ms Helle Rosborg Aagaard 13 Jan 2015 09 Jan 2016
    Ms VITTORIA MORETTI 11 Nov 2014 05 Jun 2015
    Ms Helle Rosborg Aagaard 10 Jan 2014 08 Jan 2015
    Mr Edouard RODIER 09 Jan 2014 08 Jan 2015
    Mrs Andrea POTIROLI 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Inma Vasquez (Representative to the European Union)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Ms Joanne Liu (International President)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    www.msf.org

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    150,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    79,025,000 € (Source: ECHO and EU institutions and governmants)

    Other financial info

    All detailed information available in http://www.msf.org/international-financial-reports

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    MSF provides secretarial support for the informal European Parliament Working Group on Innovation, Access to Medicines and Poverty-related Diseases. MSF Access Campaign does events in the Parliament on issues relevant to access to medicines, engage on legislative files related to trade, Intellectual property, research and development and public health.

    Other activities

    xxx

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    39 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.

    • Date 09 Feb 2017 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Lybia, Mali, Niger
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)
      • Michael Curtis (Cabinet member)
      • Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Humanitarian Crises; International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Nov 2016 Location Brussels / Berlaymont
      Subject Humanitarian situation in Nigeria
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Mathieu Briens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Nov 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Niger Compact
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 15 Nov 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Greece
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Davinia Wood (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Oct 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject CHildren in migration
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
      • Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 18 Oct 2016 Location Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Asylum system in Greece
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Richard Szostak (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Sep 2016 Location BERL
      Subject Humanitarian issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Humanitarian issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Michael Curtis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Humanitarian Situation in Syria
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Access to medicine
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Main humanitarian crises; refugee crisis
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Jun 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject EU Humanitarian Aid/Refugee crisis
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 May 2016 Location Bruxelles
      Subject MSF concerns around the EU Turkey Agreement, its humanitarian consequences and the fact that humanitarian aid is part of it.
      DG European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
      Attending
      • Monique Pariat (Director-General)
    • Date 18 Apr 2016 Location BERL 11/076
      Subject Meeting on South Sudan humanitarian issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Mathieu Briens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Apr 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject International Humanitarian Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Apr 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject International Refugee Crisis
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Davinia Wood (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Mar 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject WHS/IHL
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Mar 2016 Location Bruxelles
      Subject Overview of the MSF plans and priorities, including MSF positioning for the WHS. The respect of IHL and protection of the medical mission and the humanitarian response to the refugee/migrant crisis.
      DG European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
      Attending
      • Monique Pariat (Director-General)
    • Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject International Humanitarian Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Syria
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Michael Curtis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject MSF to present a report on Syria.
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Oliver Rentschler (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Feb 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject International Refugee Crisis
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Davinia Wood (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Jan 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject International Humanitarian Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject International Humanitarian Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
    • Date 27 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Humaintarian aid
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
    • Date 19 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject International Humanitarian Law
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Current situation in Donbass
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Iwona Piorko Bermig (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Aug 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Current humanitarian crises
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Jul 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Ebola
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Jun 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Ebola
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 May 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject EBOLA - Lessons learned ( MSF Belgium General Assembly)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
    • Date 19 May 2015 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Humanitarian aid and access to medicines
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Myrto Zambarta (Cabinet member)
    • Date 04 May 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Innovation and Access in Medicines
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
      Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation
      Attending
      • Giulia Del Brenna (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Apr 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Humanitarian Aid Ukraine
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Myrto Zambarta (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Apr 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Humanitarian situation in wider Middle east
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Michael Curtis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject EU ACTION ON TB; POSSIBILITIES TO RAISE PROFILE OF WORK ON TB
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
      Portfolio Health &amp; Food Safety
      Attending
      • Paula Duarte Gaspar (Cabinet member)
      • Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
    • Date 04 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, L86 - ECHO OFFICES
      Subject Meeting with MSF on current crisies (Ebola, Syria, CAR, South Sudan)
      DG European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
      Attending
      • Claus Sorensen (Director-General)
    • Date 27 Jan 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Ebola
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
      Portfolio Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management
      Attending
      • Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet member)
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