Overview
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.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen (deMens.nu)
EU Transparency Register
872093423847-01 First registered on 24 Oct 2016
Goals / Remit
Our goal is to develop the non-confessional Humanist Community by:
-taking actions, to support and coordinate actions requested by our member organisations
-taking initiatives and developing actions in cooperation with our member organisations
-organising, managing and building moral assistance for the general population, as for specific categories
-representing the non-confessional Humanist community at the governmental and third-party level
The goal of the organisation is also to monitor, advocate and defend the rights of humanists, atheists, non-believers, agnosts, rationalists, scepticists and free thinkers locally, nationally, in Europe and the world by defending their interests, advocate in international institutions and promote their values of Human Rights, equality and freedom wherever a lack of these values can be observed.Main EU files targeted
-Reform of the Fundamental Rights Agency last year.
-Renewal of the EEAS Special Envoy on FoRB outside the EU.
- Repeated interaction regarding Blasphemy and freedom of thought after the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo.
- Greed Deal report
- European Parliament dialogue seminar with Churches and religious communities on: "The External Policies of the EU"
- The future of Work
- General Data Protection Regulation
- Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU
- Protection of places of worship in the EU
- Countering fake news/disinformation
- Non-discrimination policies
- Whistleblowers directive
- Review of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy
- Development and humanitarian action by Churches, religious communities and faith-based organisations
- Churches, religious communities and faith-based organisations as human right actors in third countries
- Report of the High-Level Expert Group on AI: Policy and Investment Recommendations for AI
-White Paper on AI - A European approach to excellence and trust
- European Data Strategy
- Integration of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking
- Trafficking in Human Beings
- Intolerance and persecution against vulnerable religious groups and minorities in third countries
- Implementation of EU Guidelines on Freedom of religion or belief.
- Contribution to the discussion on the situation in Ukraine with the religious communities.
- Chaplaincy in Defence
- Chaplaincy in Civil aviation.Address
Head Office
Brand Whitlocklaan 87
Brussels B1200
BELGIUMEU Office
Brand Whitlocklaan 87
Brussels B1200
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Oct 2024
Name Start date End Date Yvan Dheur 11 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024 Yvan Dheur 03 Dec 2022 11 Nov 2023 Yvan Dheur 29 Sep 2021 29 Sep 2022 Yvan Dheur 01 Oct 2020 29 Sep 2021 Yvan Dheur 15 Oct 2019 01 Oct 2020 Yvan Dheur 10 Nov 2018 15 Oct 2019 Yvan Dheur 13 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018 Yvan Dheur 12 Nov 2016 13 Oct 2017 Elizabeth O'Casey 12 Nov 2016 05 Apr 2017 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
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Categories
Category
Organisations representing churches and religious communities
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Networking
Affiliation
Co-founders, sponsors and active members of Humanists International
https://humanists.international/ This institutions represents all humanists of the world, to the EU.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
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.
Total organisational budget in closed year
107,538€
Major funding types in closed year
Public funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Ministry of Justice of Belgium 108,893€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Freedom of religion and religious tolerance
Communication activities
The Freethought Report of Humanists International is being presented together with European Humanist Federation every year to the EU leaders, through the platforms of FoRB Intergroup, the European Political Platform for Secularism in Politics, and the Art17 of the TFEU.
We are participating to art.17 TFEU activities at the Parliament and the Commission.
We helped out with the promotion of book presentation at the EPRS library, like the one of Andrew Copson recently.
We followed up closely on the EEAS Global Exchange on Religion in Society GERIS project.
https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/global-exchange-on-religion-in-society-geris-
We are also following up on the work of ILGA that is in the field of LGBT affairs.
We follow up on the different reports of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population & Development.
We try to come regularly to the EPP activities on FoRB.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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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 -
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