Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

1,125,000€

Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

10 Fte (10)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

10

High-level Commission meetings

13

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants   (PICUM)

    EU Transparency Register

    19093363838-48 First registered on 08 Jul 2010

    Goals / Remit

    PICUM - the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that aims to promote respect for the human rights of undocumented migrants within Europe. PICUM also seeks dialogue with organisations and networks with similar concerns in other parts of the world.

    PICUM provides a direct link between the grassroots level, where undocumented migrants' experience is most visible, and the European level, where policies relating to them are deliberated. PICUM reports on issues regarding undocumented migrants through its members’ experiences and simultaneously monitors developments within the European institutions. This approach mainstreams undocumented migrants' concerns into key policy debates, ensures PICUM’s network is well informed of the EU agenda and develops their capacity to engage in the realisation of just and fair strategies for undocumented migrants.

    Main EU files targeted

    EU MIGRATION AGENDA
    Promote the implementation of migration policies and practices that reduce vulnerabilities and improve social inclusion of people at risk of expulsion due to their precarious migration status.

    Together with governments, the Commission and national NGOs, design and implement pilot initiatives that help resolve people’s immigration status while remaining in the community, without resorting to detention which causes social exclusion and harm in the short and long term.

    Gather data and best practices to advocate for returns’ procedures that aim to improve the well-being and future outlook of persons and increase the sustainability of return by employing quality legal and social assistance throughout the process.


    ACCESS TO JUSTICE
    Support implementation of the EU Victims' Directive, particularly with regards to its application to undocumented victims of crime.

    Promote greater awareness among policymakers, the public, and officials responsible for supporting victims, of the rights of victims who are undocumented, and how to effectively implement those rights, as defined and required by EU and international law.


    REDUCING HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE EU
    Increases understanding and awareness of the impact of policies outside of the health sector on migrants’ safety and health, the relationship between residence status and social exclusion, and of the potential to address social determinants of health by integrating a rights- and health-based perspective across areas of EU policymaking.


    INVESTING IN CHILDREN
    Coordinates joint advocacy to advance policies and practices that address child poverty and social exclusion by embedding child rights and the 3 pillar approach of Investing in Children Recommendation.


    FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS
    Promote mechanisms that enable all workers regardless of status to enjoy fair, safe and secure working conditions, file a complaint and access remedies in cases of exploitation (Chapter II EPSR and SDGs 8.7 & 8.8).

    Address how the prioritisation of immigration enforcement over the enforcement of labour standards makes undocumented workers zero-risk victims for exploitation, resulting in unfair competition and social dumping as well as in-work poverty and social exclusion of workers and their families.


    EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS
    PICUM serves as a vital bridge between the EU’s social agenda and migration agenda, bringing the realities of migrants into the social inclusion agenda, while also mainstreaming concerns regarding employment, health, children, access to services and social cohesion into the migration policy debate.

    Working to advance the social rights of migrants facing de-facto discrimination and exclusion, PICUM works to ensure that EU priorities on migration do not compromise the EU2020 objectives on quality and sustainable employment, adequate and decent social protection, combating poverty and social exclusion, and improving working conditions.

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue du Congrès / Congresstraat, 37-41
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    10

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%10

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    10

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    10 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 11 Dec 2020

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Louise Bonneau 23 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024
    Davide GNES 06 Dec 2023 05 Dec 2024
    Ms Silvia CARTA 06 Dec 2023 05 Dec 2024
    Mr Imanol LEGARDA 10 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024
    Ms Chloe BOUVIER 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Ms Marta GIONCO 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Ms Laetitia VAN DER VENNET 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Mr Gianluca Cesaro 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Ms Irene SUBIRI 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Ms Alyna Smith 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Ms Michele LEVOY 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Ms Lilana KEITH 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Ms Louise Bonneau 07 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024
    Ms Silvia CARTA 10 Dec 2022 06 Dec 2023
    Ms Michele LEVOY 07 Oct 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Ms Chloe BOUVIER 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Ms Marta GIONCO 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Ms Laetitia VAN DER VENNET 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Mr Gianluca Cesaro 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Ms Irene SUBIRI 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Ms Alyna Smith 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Ms Lilana KEITH 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023
    Federica Lucrezia 10 Dec 2021 17 Aug 2022
    Ms Chloe BOUVIER 04 Nov 2021 29 Sep 2022
    Ms Alyna Smith 04 Nov 2021 29 Sep 2022
    Ms Lilana KEITH 04 Nov 2021 29 Sep 2022
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 04 Nov 2021 17 Aug 2022
    Mr Gianluca Cesaro 20 Sep 2021 21 Sep 2022
    Ms Michele LEVOY 20 Sep 2021 21 Sep 2022
    Ms Marta GIONCO 17 Sep 2021 17 Sep 2022
    Ms Laetitia VAN DER VENNET 17 Sep 2021 17 Sep 2022
    Ms Chloe BOUVIER 08 Dec 2020 04 Nov 2021
    Ms Alyna Smith 28 Nov 2020 04 Nov 2021
    Ms Lilana KEITH 28 Nov 2020 04 Nov 2021
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 28 Nov 2020 04 Nov 2021
    Ms Michele LEVOY 13 Oct 2020 20 Sep 2021
    Mr Gianluca Cesaro 13 Oct 2020 20 Sep 2021
    Ms Irene SUBIRI 18 Sep 2020 01 Oct 2021
    Ms Roos Marie VAN DEN BOGAARD 18 Sep 2020 18 Sep 2021
    Ms Laetitia VAN DER VENNET 18 Sep 2020 17 Sep 2021
    Ms Marta GIONCO 18 Sep 2020 17 Sep 2021
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 11 Dec 2019 28 Nov 2020
    Ms Michele LEVOY 22 Nov 2019 13 Oct 2020
    Ms Lilana KEITH 21 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020
    Ms Alyna Smith 21 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020
    Mr Davide MANCINI 21 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020
    Ms Irene SUBIRI 27 Aug 2019 27 Aug 2020
    Mr Gianluca Cesaro 27 Aug 2019 27 Aug 2020
    Ms Laetitia VAN DER VENNET 27 Aug 2019 27 Aug 2020
    Ms Marta GIONCO 27 Aug 2019 27 Aug 2020
    Ms Roos Marie VAN DEN BOGAARD 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 30 Nov 2018 01 Dec 2019
    Ms Eve GEDDIE 30 Nov 2018 09 May 2019
    Ms Lilana KEITH 30 Nov 2018 21 Nov 2019
    Ms Michele LEVOY 30 Nov 2018 22 Nov 2019
    Ms Alyna Smith 30 Nov 2018 21 Nov 2019
    Mr Davide MANCINI 30 Nov 2018 21 Nov 2019
    Ms Caroline ROBINSON 17 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019
    Ms Irene SUBIRI 15 Aug 2018 27 Aug 2019
    Ms Myriam ERQUICIA 03 Jan 2018 21 Dec 2018
    Ms Michele LEVOY 06 Dec 2017 28 Nov 2018
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 29 Nov 2017 28 Nov 2018
    Ms Eve GEDDIE 29 Nov 2017 28 Nov 2018
    Ms Lilana KEITH 29 Nov 2017 28 Nov 2018
    Ms Gotlind Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber 29 Nov 2017 28 Nov 2018
    Mr Fabian PRÉVOT 14 Sep 2017 03 Jan 2018
    Ms Alyna Smith 13 Sep 2017 13 Sep 2018
    Ms Lilana KEITH 17 Dec 2016 29 Nov 2017
    Ms Michele LEVOY 17 Dec 2016 06 Dec 2017
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 16 Dec 2016 29 Nov 2017
    Ms Eve GEDDIE 16 Dec 2016 29 Nov 2017
    Ms Gotlind Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber 16 Dec 2016 29 Nov 2017
    Ms Mercedes Miletti 16 Dec 2016 13 Sep 2017
    Ms Alyna Smith 22 Aug 2016 05 Aug 2017
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 05 Jan 2016 16 Dec 2016
    Ms Eve GEDDIE 05 Jan 2016 16 Dec 2016
    Ms Lilana KEITH 05 Jan 2016 17 Dec 2016
    Ms Michele LEVOY 05 Jan 2016 17 Dec 2016
    Ms Gotlind Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber 05 Jan 2016 16 Dec 2016
    Ms Mercedes Miletti 05 Jan 2016 16 Dec 2016
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 21 Jan 2015 05 Jan 2016
    Ms Eve GEDDIE 21 Jan 2015 05 Jan 2016
    Ms Lilana KEITH 21 Jan 2015 05 Jan 2016
    Ms Gotlind Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber 21 Jan 2015 05 Jan 2016
    Ms Maria Giovanna Manieri 21 Jan 2015 19 Jan 2016
    Ms Michele LEVOY 21 Jan 2015 05 Jan 2016
    Ms Mercedes Miletti 21 Jan 2015 05 Jan 2016
    Ms Kadri SOOVA 28 Jan 2014 21 Jan 2015
    Ms Gotlind Elisabeth Schmidt-Hieber 28 Jan 2014 21 Jan 2015
    Ms Maria Giovanna Manieri 28 Jan 2014 21 Jan 2015
    Ms Eve GEDDIE 25 Jan 2014 21 Jan 2015
    Ms Lilana KEITH 25 Jan 2014 21 Jan 2015
    Ms Michele LEVOY 25 Jan 2014 21 Jan 2015
    Ms Mercedes Miletti 25 Jan 2014 21 Jan 2015
    Kadri SOOVA 06 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Eve GEDDIE 06 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Nicola FLAMIGNI 06 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Devin CAHILL 06 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Lilana KEITH 06 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Alexandrine PIRLOT DE CORBION 06 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Sangeetha IENGAR 06 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Michele LEVOY 06 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013

    Complementary Information

    This number includes all PICUM staff members engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Migrants Rights International (Steering Committee Member)
    Social Platform (Steering Committee Member)
    European Migration NGO Platform (Member)
    European Anti- Poverty Network (Member)
    Investing in Children Alliance (Member)
    La Strada International (LSI) NGO Platform (Member)
    The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) (Member)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    1,125,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    664,199 € (Source: DG Employment, social affairs and inclustion & DG Research and innovation / DG Research & Innovation: Resoma)

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    1) Monitoring and advocacy towards EU policies on social rights, migration policy, labour rights, health, victim’s rights and child rights
    By focusing on the basic social rights of those most vulnerable to discrimination and exclusion, PICUM works to ensure that EU priorities on migration do not compromise its objectives on quality and sustainable employment, adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty, and improving working conditions.
    In this capacity PICUM regularly interacts with different EU Commission departments as well as the European Parliament to advocate for the inclusion of the human rights of migrants in EU policies. Some recent examples include discussion with DG Home Regular Migration Unit on the rights of migrant seasonal workers; working with the EMN Return Expert group on alternatives to detention; meetings with the EU Parliament’s Children Intergroup to advance a child rights-based approach in the EU Pact on Migration. PICUM also follows the EU Victims of Crime policies and has held meetings with DG Justice on safe reporting for undocumented victims of crime and on forthcoming victims’ rights strategy. PICUM participated in a web meeting hosted by Vice-President Jourova and Commissioner Dalli with civil society for input on forthcoming Anti-Racism Action Plan.
    Engaged in EU policy frameworks on employment, healthcare, housing, education, children, PICUM actively informs and involves social partners, EU and national institutions in addressing the social dimensions of migration policy, and migration dimensions of social policy. Stepping up efforts to promote positive change at national level, PICUM supports strategic task forces of its members to advocate for national implementation of specific policy in targeted countries.

    2) Produce research and analysis concerning ongoing EU policy processes shaping the living and working situation of migrants with an insecure or irregular status.
    Credible data and analysis on the living and working situation of undocumented migrants, alongside the articulation and promotion of good practices will continue to underpin PICUM’s efforts to influence the policy agenda and facilitate civil society engagement in key EU-driven processes on social protection and social inclusion. Dissemination through strategic communications will seek to influence the EU and global migration policy level.
    Some relevant recent publications include: Child Immigration Detention in the EU – March 2019; The Future EU Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion: Ensuring an Approach Inclusive of All – Policy Paper – October 2020; Non-exhaustive overview of European government measures impacting undocumented migrants taken in the context of COVID-19 – October 2020; An EU Strategy that Promotes and Reinforces the Rights of All Victims – Regardless of Residence Status; Statement on the Upcoming EU Pact on Asylum and Migration, How the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum creates new loopholes to ignore human rights obligations, Joint position paper on a Comprehensive Child Rights Strategy.


    3) Supporting members and stakeholders through capacity building and transnational implementation of good practice, awareness raising, and the development of innovative tools.

    PICUM provides regular information on EU social and employment policy issues, offer opportunities for strategic engagement, and provide a helpdesk for members. PICUM prioritises mutual learning, solution-orientated exchange and actions which support members to address the daily social exclusion challenges, build collective analysis regarding EU and global trends, and highlight the positive impact of EU instruments addressing poverty and discrimination.
    In 2020 PICUM organized 25 events for its members on the thematic areas mentioned in section 1.

    Other activities

    As the only European civil society network focused exclusively on the social situation of migrants with an insecure or irregular status, PICUM represents the concerns of millions of migrants living and working in situations of extreme poverty and social exclusion and those providing them services.

    PICUM envisions a Europe in which discrimination and inequality are addressed, where EU-led processes are supported and grounded in local realities, and where civil society, policy makers and social partners work together to produce positive policy outcomes. PICUM works to improve policies by ensuring equality and non-discrimination for all irrespective of origin or status, and by providing solid data and analysis on the harmful impacts of certain migration enforcement practices on EU social inclusion objectives.

    PICUM promotes respect for the basic social rights of undocumented migrants, such as the right to health care, the right to shelter, the right to education and training, the right to a minimum subsistence, the right to family life, the right to moral and physical integrity, the right to legal aid, and the right to fair working conditions.

    Through a range of activities, events, reports and policy documents, PICUM aims to inform policy makers, civil society organisations and the general public about the situation facing undocumented migrants. PICUM’s awareness raising strategy fights an atmosphere in Europe of increasing public hostility and entrenched impunity for systematic violations of undocumented migrants’ fundamental rights.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    13 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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