Overview
Lobbying Costs
801,570€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
11 Fte (11)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
-
Info
The Smile of the Child (TSOC)
EU Transparency Register
66055258617-28 First registered on 18 Apr 2012
Goals / Remit
“The Smile of the Child”, in Greek “To Xαμόγελο του Παιδιού”, is the largest internationally recognized non-profit, Non-Governmental Organization in Greece in the critical field of child protection, search and rescue of missing children, support of children and families with children in need, as well as free public health service for children, both in prevention and treatment.
The Organization was founded by a 10-year-old boy, Andreas Yannopoulos, before he succumbed to brain cancer in late 1995. His father Costas Yannopoulos, President of the Board of Directors, inspired by the wish of well-being for all children in the world, expressed by his son has gradually led “The Smile” to what it is today: Over 22 years of action “The Smile” has made the difference for more than 1.350.000 children and their families in Greece.
The 505 personnel (social workers, psychologists, ambulance staff, etc.) and the 2.381 active volunteers create a substantial impact, earning “The Smile of the Child” both nationwide and international recognition. This recognition is reflected in a series of MOUs with national authorities and institutions and active, even leading positions of “The Smile of the Child” in international fora.
In order to achieve this goal, the organization implements wide range of programs and activities for the welfare and protection of physical and psychological health, as well as for the safety of thousands of children in need in Greece, on a 24/7 basis, 365 days a year.
The summary of the activities of “The Smile of the Child” involves:
- Operation of 12 Centers for Direct Social Intervention nationwide
- Operation of the National Helpline for Children SOS 1056
- Operation of the European Hotline for Missing Children 116000
- Operation of the European Helpline for Children and Adolescents 116111
- Operation of 6 call centers across Greece interconnected as 1
- Operation of 11 Homes where hundreds of our children are raised
- Operation of 3 Daycare Homes for families with children in crisis
- Operation of the only Day Center in Greece named “The House of the Child” that provides therapy to children victims of any form of violence
- Activation and coordination of the Amber Alert Hellas
- Operation of the Search and Rescue Team “Thanassis Makris”, a unique and specialized volunteer group for the search and rescue of missing children
- Activation of a Mobile Operational Unit for the emergency cases of Missing Children
- Operation of “ODYSSEAS”, the 1st Mobile Lab of Information, Education and Technology in Greece, which also serves as a Mobile Command Center in emergency situations in the country
- Operation of 3 Mobile Units of Preventive Medicine, including the Mobile Multi-medical Unit “Hippocrates” for the provision of preventative medicals exams to children
- Operation of 7 Mobile Medical Units of Intensive Care for newborns and children based in Athens, Thessaloniki, Mytilini (Lesvos) and Heraklion (Crete)
- Operation of Mobile Medical Pediatric Units for the Care of Children at Home in Athens and Thessaloniki
- Operation of 14 Support Centers for Families with Children across Greece
- Operation of a Management and Delivery Center of products at the facilities of the Central Market and Fishery Organization (OKAA) in Athens
- Operation of a Management and Delivery Center of products in the Attica Region located in Nea Makri
- Operation of a fleet of 100 specialized vehicles for the IMMEDIATE management and coverage of EACH and EVERY need of a child in GreeceMain EU files targeted
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child, 2011
-Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage, 2013
-Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims
-Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
-EU Strategy towards eradication of trafficking in human beings 2012-2016
- White Paper: Recommendations to the EC for the expansion of Victor Info-Desks in EU countries. available here: http://www.victorproject.eu/media/uploads_file/2015/07/16/p19qbc672g8hn1n3juq11u4jqc0v.pdfAddress
Head Office
1 Sp. Loui str., Marousi, Athens, Greece
Athens
GREECEEU Office
Wittebroodhof 12, 9052 Gent
Gent 15124
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
11
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 11 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
11
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The Smile of the Child has 505 full-time staff members plus 3.644 active volunteers.
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Piji Protopsaltis (Coordinator of International Cooperations)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Konstantinos Giannopoulos (President, Board of Directors)
-
Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
-
Networking
Affiliation
Member of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC)
Member of CHI (Child Helpline International)
Member of the Global Missing Children’s Network (GMCN)
Member of the Board of Directors of the Missing Children Europe (MCE)
Member of Eurochild
Member of European Emergency Number Association (EENA)
Member of EU Civil Society Platform Against THB
Member of the EU Fundamental Rights Platform
“Special Consultative Status” with the UN Economic and Social Council
Associated with the UN’s Department of Public Information
Founding member of European Antibullying Network
Country partner of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)Member organisations
None declared
-
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
801,570€
EU grant income for closed financial year
103,798 € (Source: EU funds)
Other financial info
The data for the financial year of 2017 will be available in early June and we will proceed with the necessary update of our information in the Register.
2016 financial statements were externally audited by Ernst & Young.
Public financing refers to any non private funding.
-
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
- In November 2018 “The Smile of the Child”, given its longstanding and internationally recognized record of activities, received the positive evaluation of DG ECHO following its application to become official FPA partner of the European Commission’s Directorate General of the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). It thus became the first originally national Greek Organization to obtain this status.
-A nationwide campaign against the Sexual Abuse of Children with the slogan “It remains a Secret” #Meneimystiko was launched by “The Smile of the Child” in 2017. This year on the 19th of November 2018, our organization held a press conference addressing the issue and asking the governments and law enforcement agencies to tackle this phenomenon.
-'The Smile of the Child', which holds the presidency of the European Anti-bullying Network, co-organized the 5th International Conference of the Network in Athens, Greece in June 2018. The conference emphasized the urgent need to address the worrying increase of new forms of bullying, from cyberbullying to hate speech, and identified a number of good practices and tools for the promotion of specific actions to deal with bullying within the Member States and European institutions.
-The Smile of the Child” honors the International Youth Day by participating to the global campaign of the United Nations and informing the public on the actions of the Yousmile European Student Volunteer Network. The International Youth Day is celebrated every year on the 12th of August and focuses on the problems of the youth across the world. The theme of International Youth Day 2018 (IYD) is “Safe Places for Youth” which was celebrated by the young volunteers of YouSmile.
-The second awards of the European Student Volunteer Network of YouSmile became reality given to students who give the best example to other children and adults, in Athens on the 21 June 2018. The purpose of the awards was to showcase the actions and initiatives of students which have a positive impact to society and inspire other children or adults. Students from different regions across Greece, teachers, parents and children filled the venue, where the 2nd YouSmile Awards were presented with the main slogan: “Trust children, believe in them, and the world can become better”.
-“The Smile of the Child”, for 15th consecutive year and on the occasion of the 25th of May – International Missing Children’s Day, organized a meeting, in the framework of the “SAFE” project, under the title: Missing Children in Greece and in Europe, actions and initiatives for preventing and tackling of the phenomenon”.
-On the occasion of the 6th of March, National School Anti-bullying Day, “The Smile of the Child" is implementing an awareness raising campaign under the coordination of the European Student Volunteer Network YouSmile.gr with the goal to mobilize students, parents and teachers. More specifically, . All the actions are uploaded on milatora.gr and highlighted via the social media of YouSmile.
-“The Smile of the Child” participated in the Lost in Migration Conference 20-22 February, organized by Missing Children Europe and the Maltese President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society.
-“The Smile of the Child”, humanitarian partner of the European Commission, presented on the 15th of March 2019 at the Panhellenic Center of Health Services and Social Care of the Organization in Athens the final results of the project “Direct and Holistic Medical and Psychosocial Intervention for Refugee and Migrant Children in Danger in Greece”. Thanks to this project more than 900 migrant children received support.
- “The Smile of the Child” united its forces with the Greek and international scientific community in organizing the International Conference entitled: “Child Sexual Abuse: Next Steps in the Holistic Support of Children” on, the 28th of February 2019 in Athens.Other activities
ONGOING PROJECTS
-INTEGRA - Multidisciplinary Mentorship program to support the entrepreneurship of children in care and young care-leavers (2018-2020)
-Hate Interrupter Teams (HIT) – Youth counteracting hate speech towards migrants and minorities through participatory and creative campaigning. (2018-2020)
-Virtual reality as a tool for countering bullying amongst youth (2018-2020)
- “Direct and Holistic Medical and Psychosocial Intervention for Refugee and Migrant Children in Danger in Greece” (ECHO/-EU/BUD/2018/011007) funded by the Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations of the European Union (DG ECHO) [2018-2019].
- “Now What?: Preparing and Empowering Youth Leaving Care” which is funded by the European Program ERASMUS+.
- "AMINA - Safeguarding Migrant Children Across Europe", which is coordinated by the European Federation for missing and sexually abused children “Missing Children Europe (MCE)”. The project is funded by the “H&M Foundation”.
- ChildRescue, a 36-month project which involves 10 organizations in total from 6 different EU countries. The project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 780938.
-In the framework of the European Territorial Cooperation Programme “Interreg V-A Greece -Bulgaria” 2014-2020, the Organization “The Smile of the Child”, in the role of Lead partner, is implementing the project entitled “Integrated Territorial Synergies for Children Health and Protection ΙΙ - INTERSYC II”.
-ABC (Anti-Bullying Certification) project, which is funded by the European Program ERASMUS+.
-«Building knowledge from local practices: a solution for better care and support of unaccompanied minors in Europe», which is funded by the European Program ERASMUS+.
-Homes for children in danger, within the framework of the action "Funding of Organizations for the Operation of existing Unaccompanied Minors’ Shelters" funded by the NATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FUND.
-«Protecting Enhancing Participating Educating Informing», which is funded by the European Program ERASMUS+.
-“CONVEY - Counteracting sexual Violence and harassment: Engaging Youth in schools in digital education on gender stereotyping” with financial support from the REC Programme of the European Union (2016-2019).
-“Sustainable Alliance For Missing Children in Greece [SAFE]” with financial support from the REC Programme of the European Union (2016-2018).
-Strengthening existing child rights networks to act as a movement to amplify the voices of children - linking international to national and local – TURKEY (Delegation of the European Union in Turkey, Europe Aid) (2015-2017).
-The Smiling Houses (Programme “Housing and Reintegration” of the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity) (2015-2016)
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 12 Mar 2020 Location Athens Subject Discussion on the current situation in Greece Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
- Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
- Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Children - Humanitarian Aid Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides Portfolio Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Attending - Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
-
Date 24 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Belgium Subject Actions on issues of unaccompanied children and abused children Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos Portfolio Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Attending - Dimitris Avramopoulos (Commissioner)