Caritas Europa

Caritas Europa is very active among the Brussels-based civil society. The network holds a privileged partnership with the:

-CCEE – Council of European Bishop’s conferences

-COMECE – Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of the European Community

-CIDSE – International Alliance of Catholic Development Agencies

Caritas Europa is also a co-founder of Social Services Europe, along with CEDAG, EASPD, EPR, Eurodiaconia, FEANTSA, Red Cross, Solidar, and Workability Europe.

Caritas Europa is a member of:

-CONCORD – European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development

-ECRE – European Council on Refugees and Exiles

-ERSO – European Reintegration Support Organisations

-European Laudato Si Alliance

-European NGO Platform for Migration and Asylum

-NGO Voice – Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies

-SDG Watch Europe

-Social Platform – Platform of European Social NGOs

-Social Services Europe

Caritas Europa is part of the working structures of:

-COMECE’s Working Group on Migration and Asylum

-COMECE’s Commission on Social Affairs

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Does not represent commercial interests

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

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.

2,245,404€

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Unofficial groupings

CE aims to raise awareness of social rights and promote social justice both internally within the network as well as externally to the general public in order to influence policy change and contribute to a social Europe.

To this end, CE disseminates articles, stories, position papers, briefing papers, joint calls with other networks/allies, statements, press releases, opinion pieces, publications, etc. about its EU policy work via the website, monthly electronic newsletter, and social media channels – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.



These outputs relate to ongoing societal issues to give visibility to the realities of people living in vulnerable situations and to influence public narratives to bring about structural change. They are based on information received directly from the member organisations working on the ground.



At the same time, the network allows for a multiplier effect as many of these outputs are disseminated through member organisations at the national level across Europe.



The biennial CARES poverty report is an example of such output with each edition focusing on a specific social policy issue of concern for the people CE and its member organisations serve, such as on access to services. The launch events of these publications as well as other policy-oriented events all aim at bringing together various actors – policymakers, civil society organisations (Caritas and non-Caritas actors), academia, and people living in vulnerable situations – to discuss challenges and share good practices to bring about the needed policy change.



Other punctual campaigns, particularly on social media, focus on specific policy files, such as on the minimum income directive. These are carried out throughout the year with the support of member organisations.

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28 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.

• Date	13 May 2024	Location	online
  Subject	EU directive on minimum income
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Attending	Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)

• Date	06 Sep 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	IPA III
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi
  Portfolio	Neighbourhood and Enlargement
  Attending	Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)

• Date	02 Sep 2022	Location	Online
  Subject	Ukraine Safe Homes Initiative
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Housing Europe

• Date	19 Jul 2022	Location	online
  Subject	European Care Strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)

• Date	29 Jun 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	The consequences of the war in Ukraine, external borders and resettlement.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)

• Date	29 Jun 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	European Care Strategy, Minimum Wages, Social economy.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member) Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Deutscher Caritasverband e. V.

• Date	01 Jun 2022	Location	Berlin (DE)
  Subject	Social economy, minimum income, fighting poverty, minimum wages, Care strategy.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) Anouk Faber (Cabinet member) Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Sozialverband Deutschland Diakonie Deutschland

• Date	21 Feb 2022	Location	Online - Brussels
  Subject	Keynote speech during launch event of the Caritas CARES! European Poverty Report.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli
  Portfolio	Equality
  Attending	Helena Dalli (Commissioner) Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Feb 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Preparation of the AU-EU Summit and the Africa-Europe Week 2022
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	CONCORD Europe

• Date	01 Feb 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Roundtable with CSO: Preparation of the AU-EU Summit and the Africa-Europe Week 2022
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE

• Date	29 Mar 2021	Location	Lesvos, Greece
  Subject	Migration management on Lesvos
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Brian Synnott (Cabinet member) Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) Gosia Pearson (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Médecins Sans Frontières International SOS Children's Villages International

• Date	18 Sep 2020	Location	Luxembourg
  Subject	Meeting on social and employment policies in Europe, on the social dimension of the Green Deal as well as on housing and anti-poverty.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Anouk Faber (Cabinet member) Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)

• Date	28 Jul 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	MFF, support to civil society and NGOs
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn
  Portfolio	Budget and Administration
  Attending	Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)

• Date	15 Jul 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Report on the Impact of Demographic Change Green Paper on Ageing Rights of the elderly Challenges of the care sector
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica
  Portfolio	Democracy and Demography
  Attending	Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Jun 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Presentation of the Caritas work in the field of human development, Africa-EU relations and migration.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)

• Date	05 May 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Migrants’ challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and their contribution to economic recovery
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions Open Society European Policy Institute

• Date	20 Feb 2020	Location	Prague
  Subject	Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet member) Monika Maglione (Cabinet member) Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Sdružení pro integraci a migraci Amnesty International Limited

• Date	19 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	European Green Deal
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Youth Forum

• Date	17 Feb 2020	Location	Madrid
  Subject	Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Brian Synnott (Cabinet member) Raul Hernandez Sagrera (Cabinet member) Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Save the Children Europe

• Date	12 Feb 2020	Location	Vienna
  Subject	New Pact on Migration
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) Raul Hernandez Sagrera (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Diakonie Deutschland International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• Date	06 Feb 2020	Location	Stockholm
  Subject	Discussions on the New Pact on Migration
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Save the Children Europe

• Date	04 Feb 2020	Location	Bratislava
  Subject	Discussion on the New Pact on Migration
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Tom Snels (Cabinet member) Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)

• Date	22 Jan 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	implementation of the Social pilar
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)

• Date	04 Oct 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Financing for development cooperation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
  Portfolio	International Cooperation & Development
  Attending	Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	GLOBAL HEALTH ADVOCATES

• Date	12 Apr 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Refugee crisis
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
  Portfolio	Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management
  Attending	Mathieu Briens (Cabinet member)

• Date	28 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Pauvreté en Europe et des moyens de lutte contre ce fléau grandissant
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
  Portfolio	Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
  Attending	Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner) Julie Fionda (Cabinet member)

• Date	22 Dec 2015	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	exchange of views on current situation and cabs future actions
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
  Portfolio	Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management
  Attending	Philippos Savvides (Cabinet member)

• Date	08 May 2015	Location	ECHO, L86
  Subject	Current Humaniatrian issues, Ukraine Crisis, WHS
  DG	European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
  Attending	Claus Sorensen (Director-General)