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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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.7 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ARTICLE 19
EU Transparency Register
594787238502-76 First registered on 01 Jul 2020
Goals / Remit
Founded in 1987, ARTICLE 19 is an international organization defending freedom of expression and information around the world. We work for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination. ARTICLE 19 works on five interacting areas: civic space, digital, media, protection, and transparency, all of which are underpinned by a focus on equality, and our local to global theory of change. More information about our organisation can be found here: https://www.article19.org/about-us/
Main EU files targeted
ARTICLE 19 is primarily following developments concerning the Digital Services Act ('DSA'), the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU Codes of Conduct on Hate Speech and Disinformation and implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and Terrorism Directive. We follow developments on competition issues as relevant to digital and social media markets and engage with BEREC. We follow developments on Artificial Intelligence, including the Draft AI Regulation. More generally our focus is on laws that can have an impact on freedom of expression and digital rights.
We are also doing work related to protection of the media, in particular the EU Democracy Action Plan and a Rule of Law Mechanism related to the safety of journalists and SLAPPs.Address
Head Office
The Market Building 72-82 Rosebery Avenue
LONDON EC1R 4RW
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Weesperstraat 3
Amsterdam 1018 DN
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.7
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 09 Jun 2023
Name Start date End Date Mark DEMPSEY 21 Jun 2023 20 Jun 2024 Complementary Information
We have two staff members who spend about a third or up to half of their time on occasion following EU developments on the DSA and competition issues at the intersection of freedom of expression.
Another two staff members engage on the Democracy Action Plan and Rule of Law Mechanism/SLAPPS on a more ad hoc basis (about 10% each).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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
We are a member of the European Digital Rights Initiative: https://edri.org/
and the European Partnership for Democracy: https://epd.eu/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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
12,398,931€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Other, EU funding
Funding types "other" information
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution US Department of State 1,938,148€ Contribution UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 2,423,265€ Contribution Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency 2,319,716€ Contribution Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 722,303€ Contribution Others (combined) 4,510,666€ Grant European Commission 484,833€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Partnership for Democracy 184,430€ Other financial info
The listed contribution from the European Commission represents the total received from the Commission directly where ARTICLE 19 was the core receiver of the grant.
Additional funding was provided to ARTICLE 19 as a partnership in projects of other organisations receiving the EU funding -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert group against SLAPP#E03746#Barbora Bukovska#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3746 #Member #B#Civil society#LEGAL ASPECTS OF SLAPP#Implementation of the Anti-SLAPP Recommendation
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
ARTICLE 19 seeks to respond to consultations on the files that are relevant to our areas of interest. We have produced 10 policy recommendations for the DSA that we have shared with relevant Commission officials and MEPs. We have responded to a number of consultations, including on the DSA, on a competition tool and on a proposal for an initiative for greater transparency in political content (together with EPD). We have produced briefings on our key issues in the DSA/DMA and have attended a number of events on the DSA/DMA. We have also signed on to letters relative to the DSA/DMA that have been sent to Commissioners and other EU actors. As members of EDRi, we also contribute to their work on various digital rights files that are relevant to our own priorities.
In addition to digital rights, we also engage in advocacy activities around the EU Democracy Action Plan. As part of this work we have been engaging with Commissioner Vera Jourová and her cabinet. We also engage with the EEAS and their work and receive project funding from the EU for the defence of freedom of expression in Turkey and Russia.
Moving forward, we plan to engage or continue engaging with the European Parliament and European Councilon the DSA/DMA as well as the following commissioners and their cabinets: Margrethe Vestager (A Europe Fit for the Digital Age), Vera Jourová (Values and Transparency), and Thierry Breton (Internal Market).
We may also organise events with partners in Brussels on files of relevance to our work.
Our recommendations for the DSA can be found here: https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ARTICLE-19s-Recommendations-for-the-EU-Digital-Services-Act-FINAL.pdf
Sample of our work on the DMA: https://www.article19.org/resources/eu-dma-needs-to-shape-digital-markets-future/
The joint letter we signed onto about the DSA is available from here: https://www.article19.org/resources/joint-letter-to-eu-commissions-telecommunications-council-on-digital-services-act/
Our work with EPD on sponsored political content is available here: https://www.article19.org/resources/focus-on-political-ad-transparency-not-contents/Other activities
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- Meetings
Meetings
5 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 08 Sep 2022 Location videoconference call Subject European Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject European Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - News Media Europe
- Europäisches Zentrum für Presse- und Medienfreiheit
- Reporters sans frontières
- European Newspaper Publishers' Association
- European Publishers Council
- International Press Institute
- Committee to Protect Journalists
- Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe
- European Magazine Media Association
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Date 13 Jan 2022 Location Videoconference Subject SLAPP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Irina Stefuriuc (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Safety of Journalists Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 19 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Broad introduction to Media Freedom Rapid Response Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
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