Secretariat of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union)

Membership of the European Laudato Si' Alliance/ELSi'A (a network of Church-related and religious organisations involved in the care for our common home and ecological justice)

Observer in the European Sunday Alliance (a network of national Sunday Alliances, trade unions, civil society organisations and Churches and religious communities committed to raise awareness of the unique value of synchronised free time for our European societies)

Participation to an informal ecumenical group of Christian organisations working on migration and asylum issues

Member of ad-hoc working group on abortion law of the Catholic Office of the German Bishop Conference

None declared

Does not represent commercial interests

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

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.

1,317,488€

Member's contribution

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Fighting against poverty#Freedom of religion and religious tolerance#• Participation in the stakeholder consultation for the European Solidarity Corps mid-term review
• Contribution to the EPP Working Group on Intercultural and religious dialogue meeting on “Sustainable future - reflections from Churches and religious communities” (19 April 2023)

Contributions

• Statement on the occasion of the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale tragic military invasion of Ukraine
• Recommendations for a review of EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders
• Joint Statements on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
• Contribution in view of the EU-CELAC Summit and the renewal of the EU-LAC partnership
• Contribution to Social economy – developing framework conditions
• Contribution to EP discussions on cross-border parenthood
• Contribution to Council discussions on the review of de minims State aid legislation
• Statement on Ethics of Energy “ Energy Crisis, A Call for Solidarity ahead of Winter”
• Statement of the Commission on Ethics of COMECE ‘The Ethical Indefensibility of an EU Fundamental Right to Abortion’
• Joint Statement to raise concerns on the draft regulation on “ Quality and safety standards for substances of human origin intended for human use“
• “Position Paper on the proposed regulation on quality and safety standards for substances of human origin intended for human use”
• COMECE-DBI-FAFCE Contribution to the European Commission’s public consultation on the proposal of a European year of Skills 2023

Events

• Event “European Care Strategy and Challenges faced by women during and after the pandemic” coorganized with FAFCE (30 November 2022)
• Webinar on the Brumadinho dam disaster and the need for an EU due diligence law (20 January 2023)
• Event on Social Economy (28 February 2023)
• Event “Africa-EU partnership of equals: how can we get there? Is the Global Gateway fit for purpose?” (7 March 2023)
• Event “Work and loneliness: Quality resting time for an improved mental health of workers” coorganized with the European Sunday Alliance and FAFCE (26 April 2023)
• Spring meeting of the COMECE Youth Net, with participation of European Parliament and European Commission’s officials (27-28 April 2023)
• Event Towards a new model for companies in Europe (3 May 2023)
• Roundtable with EU policy-makers on the war in Ukraine and on-going security challenges in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood (25 May 2023)
• COMECE-DBI-FAFCE Dialogue event on the European Year of Skills “Grounded in the Present, Skilled for the Future” (31 May 2023)
• Event on the future of the EU-LAC partnership “How can the EU-CELAC Summit contribute to a partnership of equals and promote global justice?” (6 June 2023)
• Roundtable with EU policy-makers on challenges linked to mining in the Latin American context and perspectives for a people-centred, just and sustainable transition (22 September 2023)
• Event on the issue of child labour in the Dominican Republic (9 October 2023)

Webnews/press releases/press conferences; COMECE website; Social media; COMECE Annual Report 2022; videos.

Participation to:

- European AI Alliance
- EU Operators’ Forum on the protection of public spaces
- European Platform for Roma Inclusion.

Meeting of COMECE Youth Platform with Members of the Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on the European Green Deal (10 July 2020)

E-meeting with the EUSR on Human Rights, Eamon Gimore (17 July 2020)

E-meeting with Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi in the context of the review of the EU partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood (18 January 2021)

EEAS roundtable with civil society organisations on religious freedom in third countries (11 February 2021)

E-meeting with Mr Michael Koehler, Deputy Director General at DG ECHO (24 February 2021)

European Data Protection Board Stakeholders list.

20 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	11 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Enlargement policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi
  Portfolio	Neighbourhood and Enlargement
  Attending	Ildikó Voller-Szenci (Cabinet member)

• Date	28 Feb 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Social Economy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)

• Date	19 Sep 2022	Location	Online
  Subject	Social Economy and the SEAP implementation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Jun 2022	Location	VTC
  Subject	Celebrating the European Year of Youth
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi
  Portfolio	Neighbourhood and Enlargement
  Attending	Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member) Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)

• Date	14 Jan 2022	Location	virtual conference
  Subject	Article 17 dialogue
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
  Portfolio	Promoting the European Way of Life
  Attending	Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	EGALE Egalité-laïcité-Europe The PR Office The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - European Union and International Affairs Office European Buddhist Union Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in European Union Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe association européenne de la pensée libre Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Church Council Conference of European Churches

• Date	25 Nov 2021	Location	video-call
  Subject	Interfaith Convention on the European Green Deal
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	29 Jun 2021	Location	VTC
  Subject	Exchange of views on the future of Lebanon
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi
  Portfolio	Neighbourhood and Enlargement
  Attending	Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)

• Date	24 Jun 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	social policies and inclusion
  DG	Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
  Attending	Joost Korte (Director-General)

• Date	10 Jun 2021	Location	Brussels - video conference
  Subject	European Green Deal presentation and discussion
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in European Union EGALE Egalité-laïcité-Europe association européenne de la pensée libre HINDU FORUM EUROPE Grande Loge Féminine de France (Institut Maçonnique Européen) European Union for Progressive Judaism Conference of European Churches Alliance Maçonnique Européenne European Buddhist Union Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels

• Date	18 Jan 2021	Location	VTC
  Subject	The state of play on the Southern Neighbourhood policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi
  Portfolio	Neighbourhood and Enlargement
  Attending	Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)

• Date	07 Sep 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Green Paper on Ageing
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica
  Portfolio	Democracy and Demography
  Attending	Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe

• Date	10 Jul 2020	Location	Brussels - video conference
  Subject	Discussion on the European Green Deal with the Catholic Youth
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)

• Date	16 Jun 2020	Location	Brussels - video conference
  Subject	Preparation of youth dialogue meeting
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)

• Date	04 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU Enlargement and opening of accession talks with Albania
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi
  Portfolio	Neighbourhood and Enlargement
  Attending	Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)

• Date	25 Oct 2018	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU
  DG	Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom
  Attending	Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)

• Date	08 Feb 2018	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Agriculture
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

• Date	14 Sep 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Dialogue selon l’Art. 17
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Jun 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EMU reflection paper
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
  Attending	Kai Wynands (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Oct 2016	Location	Comece Secretariat
  Subject	European Pillar of Social Rights and its role in ensuring good working conditions and account for the changes on the labour market.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
  Portfolio	Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
  Attending	Ruth Paserman (Cabinet member)

• Date	10 Nov 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	social issues – including youth unemployment, the impact of austerity policies on citizens and child poverty
  DG	Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
  Attending	Michel Servoz (Director-General)