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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.6 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Association for the European Citizens' Initiative e.V. (ECI e.V.)
EU Transparency Register
299290727346-64 First registered on 31 May 2017
Goals / Remit
Our organization has its origins in the Constitutional Convention on the Future of Europe (2002/03) in which we successfully campaigned for the legal introduction of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) – the world’s first and only tool of transnational, participatory and digital democracy. Today we work on the successful introduction of the ECI. We closely monitor ECI implementation and support individual ECIs with online collection software, campaigning, fundraising and legal advice. In particular, we provide the only independent ECI Help Desk. We consist of former and ongoing ECI organizers, IT-coders and EU-lawyers who provide their expertise for the sake of democratic development in the EU. As of 2016 the organisation works for the combination of the ECI with other democratic innovations such as sortition (randomly selcted citizens' panels).
Main EU files targeted
Legal ECI revision process. We are working for the successful introduction and implementation of the European Citizens’ Initiative right and thus strive for a new successful revision process of the ECI regulation to make the ECI more user-friendly and impactful.
Address
Head Office
Association for the European Citizens' Initiative e.V. c/o Carsten Berg
Freiburg 79100
GERMANYEU Office
Association for the European Citizens' Initiative e.V. c/o Carsten Berg
Freiburg 79100
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Xavier DUTOIT 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Mr Maarten de Groot 20 Nov 2017 17 Nov 2018 Complementary Information
Currently our work is spread and based on volontary work and one regularly paid position.
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
https://civic-forum.eu/
http://democracy-international.org/
https://democracyrd.org/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
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
51,238€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution SALVIA Foundation 50,000€ Grant EU Project Leadership For Transition 3.0 Erasmus Plus 1,238€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
See an ECI that Works!
http://citizens-initiative.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Berg_2014_Berg_Thomson_An_ECI_That_Works.pdfOther activities
None declared
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.
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 20 Nov 2023 Location videoconference call Subject End of Cage European Citizens initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2023 Location videoconference call Subject Reform of the European Citizens' Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Aug 2017 Location Brussels Subject Revision of the European Citizens' Initiative Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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