UNI MEI Global Union

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No longer registered as of 13 May 2022 - Registration as it was on 28 Mar 2021
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

37,500€

Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.5 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

6

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    UNI MEI Global Union   (UNI MEI)

    EU Transparency Register

    82864476764-79 First registered on 22 Sep 2011

    Goals / Remit

    UNI MEI Global Union affiliates over 160 unions & guilds in more than 70 countries world wide representing over 475 000 creators, technicians and other workers in the media, entertainments and arts. In Europe, UNI MEI has 65 member organisations throughout the EU and other European countries.

    The UNI MEI Secretariat based in Brussels serves as a point of contact for its affiliates and the members they represent in the increasingly internationalised creative industries. It is a clearing house for information useful to them, particularly that regarding binational or multinational productions, or movement of workers across national borders. It is concerned with issues ranging from ownership structural evolution, trade policy and technological change to copyright and neighbouring rights, piracy and censorship. It acts to exchange information about collective agreements, legal standards and practices.

    UNI MEI Global Union represents the common positions of the categories it re (...)

    Main EU files targeted

    The main EU inititiatives and legislative files that UNI MEI follows at this moment are:

    - Digital Services Act
    - EU Competition Law and Collective Bargaining of Solo-Self-employed
    - Delevering on European Pillar of Social Rights
    - Skills Agenda
    - Implementation of Directive EU Copyright in the DSM
    - Implementation of Directive CabSat
    - Implementation of Audiovisual Media Services Directive
    - Radio Spectrum Allocation

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue Joseph II, 40
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    Rue Joseph II, 40
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Mar 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Johannes Studinger 20 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020
    Mr Johannes Studinger 05 Sep 2018 01 Sep 2019
    Mr Johannes Studinger 08 Sep 2017 05 Sep 2018
    Mr Johannes Studinger 29 Aug 2016 26 Aug 2017
    Mr Johannes Studinger 26 Aug 2015 23 Aug 2016
    Mr Richard Polacek 14 Oct 2014 10 Oct 2015
    Mr Johannes Studinger 26 Aug 2014 21 Aug 2015
    Mr Richard Polacek 31 Oct 2013 14 Oct 2014
    Mr Johannes Studinger 24 Aug 2013 23 Aug 2014
    Mr Johannes Studinger 29 Nov 2012 12 Sep 2013

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    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

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade unions and professional associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    - Sector organisation of UNI Global Union

    - Member of the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (IAEA) and its European Regional organisation, the European Arts and Entertainment Alliance, EAEA

    - The IAEA is a member of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC

    - The EAEA is a member of the European Trade Union Confederation, ETUC

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    37,500€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    1,456,072 € (Source: EU Commission, DG Employment - calls for proposals "Support for EU Social Dialogue" and "Information and training measures for workers' organisations")

    Other financial info

    UNI MEI's operational costs are financed by membership fees paid by affiliates to UNI Global Unions and its regional organisation, UNI Europa.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Currently, UNI MEI is carryo-ing out the following projects co-financed by the EU:


    1) Projet VS 2018/ 0354: Promoting Dignity and Preventing Violence at Work Behind Screen & Set
    2) Projet VS 2019/0012: Developing an Online Interactive Risk Assessment Tool (OiRA) for film and TV production
    3) Projet VS 2019/ 0014: Mapping the situation of social dialogue in the commercial live performance sector
    4) Project VS/2020/0051: Shaping Change: The Future of Information, Consultation and Participation in European Audiovisual Media Companies
    5) VS/2020/0013: Fostering social dialogue on skills to adapt to digitalisation in the EU audiovisual and live performance sectors
    6) Project VS/2021/0019: Strengthening capacities of social partners to meet the challenges of environmental sustainability in film and TV productions
    7) Project VS/2021/0027: Strengthening Collective Bargaining for Audio-Visual Creators

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    6 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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