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

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

None declared

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1,375,000€

It should be noted that in this section the word ‘members’ is meant to refer to the members of COMECE.

none

Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Intergroup; Freedom of religion and belief and religious tolerance Intergroup.

Contributions:

- Contribution to the European Commission consultation on the implementation of Article 17 TFEU (May 2019)
- “Technology at the Service of Peace” – a reflection on uncrewed armed systems (July 2019)
- Contribution of COMECE and CEC to Finland’s EU Council Presidency Programme “Sustainable Europe – Sustainable Future” (July 2019)
- Call for people-centred asylum policies (July 2019)
- Call for humane treatment in irregular migrants’ return process (August 2019);
- Calls on the European Day Without a Road Death (September 2019) and on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (November 2019)
- Contribution to the Round table of The European Group on Ethics of Science and New Technologies on Genome Editing (October 2019)
- Contribution to the EU public consultation on the future of the Eastern partnership (November 2019)
- Contribution to the European Commission consultation on protection of places of worship in the EU (November 2019)
- Call to ensure stability in Burkina Faso (January 2020)
- Contribution of COMECE and CEC to Croatia’s EU Council Presidency Programme “A strong Europe in a world of challenges” (January 2020)
- COMECE President letter calling EU Bishops’ Conferences to launch relocation projects for refugees in Greece (February 2020)
- Contribution of COMECE to the European Data Protection Board Annual Report 2019 (February 2020).

Events:

- Meeting of Military Bishops & Ordinaries from EU countries and dialogue with EU military officials (8-9 April 2019)
- COMECE co-organiser of a working breakfast with His Beatitude Louis Raphaël Cardinal Sako I, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, about the situation of Christians in Iraq and future challenges (8 May 2019)
- Meeting of Bishops' Conferences data protection experts platform (21 May 2019)
- Commission consultation meeting on the implementation of Article 17 TFEU (22 May 2019)
- Dialogue event with the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on “Human Rights & Religion” organised together with Don Bosco International and Baha’i International Community (3 July 2019)
- COMECE co-organiser of the EP Conference on Trafficking in Human Beings (2 December 2019)
- Joint COMECE-Caritas Europa dialogue meeting on partnerships between the EU and religious actors in the area of development cooperation (23 January 2020)
- Study and advocacy visit of the Presidency of the Albanian Catholic Bishops’ Conference to EU institutions, including a public dialogue event with Church and political representatives on the next steps for Albania´s EU integration (3-5 February 2020)
- Contribution to the KAS Workshop on "Europe's policy on border security" (Athens 18 November 2019)
- Contribution to the 2nd International Conference on Christian Persecution (Budapest, 27 November)
- Contribution to the EPP Conference “Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together” (11-12 December 2019, at the Lebanese Maronite Monastery Saint Charbel in Belgium).

Webnews/press releases/press conferences; COMECE website; Social media; COMECE Annual Report 2019; videos.

Participation to ad hoc meetings and consultations:

- European Data Protection Board Stakeholders list
- Stakeholders’ meetings of the European Roma Platform, DG Justice
- European Development Days concerning addressing religious actors and inequalities.

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	Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member) Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	EGALE Egalité-laïcité-Europe The PR Office European Buddhist Union EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Church Council Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in European Union Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe Conference of European Churches association européenne de la pensée libre The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - European Union and International Affairs Office Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen

• 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	Alliance Maçonnique Européenne European Buddhist Union HINDU FORUM EUROPE Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe Grande Loge Féminine de France (Institut Maçonnique Européen) Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in European Union EGALE Egalité-laïcité-Europe association européenne de la pensée libre EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels European Union for Progressive Judaism Conference of European Churches

• 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)