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Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen (SOMO)
EU Transparency Register
70953241037-94 First registered on 31 Jan 2009
Goals / Remit
Providing information on companies and the sectors in which they operate, corporate social responsibility, trade and investment agreements, to civil society organisations in world wide and especially developing countries in order to increase understanding and provide ways to achieve sustainable societies including the respect of human rights.
SOMO is an independent, not-for-profit research and network organisation working on social, ecological and economic issues related to sustainable development. Since 1973, the organisation investigates multinational corporations and the consequences of their activities for people and the environment around the world. SOMO:
- conducts its own research
- conducts research for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
- coordinates and participates in networksMain EU files targeted
- GoodElectronics Network
- Pro development supermarket supply chain
- Creating Change Agents in the European Garment Industry
- EU Investment coherance for sustainable development
- Trafficking Human Beings
- ProcureITfair
- Human Rights at WorkAddress
Head Office
Sarphatistraat, 30
Amsterdam 1018 GL
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Totaal hebben binnen SOMO 23 verschillende personen in 2014 aan de verschillende EU projecten gewerkt. Per saldo is ongeveer 2,3 FTE toe te rekenen aan de EU projecten.
Person in charge of EU relations
Ronald Gijsbertsen (Managing Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ronald Gijsbertsen (Managing director)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
SOMO belongs to many networks at national, European and international level, including MVO platform, OECD Watch, GoodElectronics Network, Tax Justice Network, ECCJ Network.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
314,959 € (Source: GoodElectronics, Pro development supermarket supply chain, Creating Change Agents in the Garment Industry, EU Investment coherance for sustainable Development, Trafficking Human Beings, ProcureITfair)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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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Date 27 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Finance; CMU 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 - Raquel Lucas (Cabinet member)
- Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
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