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)
5 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
28
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe (CDT Europe)
EU Transparency Register
57305017757-64 First registered on 17 Jan 2012
Goals / Remit
At CDT Europe, we work to increase equality, amplify voices, and promote human rights in European level law and policy debates. We champion policies, laws, and technical designs that protect against invasive, discriminatory, and exploitative uses of new technologies. We work on the discriminatory impact of algorithms and participation in online debates.
CDT Europe is closely following European-level legislative files such as the Digital Services Act. CDT Europe insists that online platforms be transparent, accountable, and respect human rights. We also advocate that regulation should set limits on the collection and use of personal information and give people greater control.
CDT Europe also works at the European-level to ensure that people are free from unwarranted surveillance. In line with international human rights law standards, we advocate that government surveillance should have strict, independent oversight and checks against bias.Main EU files targeted
Digital Services Act
Digital Markets Act
European Democracy Action Plan
Upcoming law on online political advertising
Terrorist Content Online Regulation: CDT has written several blogposts and held meetings with MEPs on this Regulation, focused on free expression
E-Evidence Regulation and Directive: CDT has written several papers on these pieces of draft legislation.
E-Privacy Regulation: CDT submitted two analyses and blogposts for the attention of Members of the European Parliament.
Proposed Regulation on Child Sexual Abuse Material Online
EU Artificial Intelligence ActAddress
Head Office
1401 K Street NWFloor 2
Washington, DC 20005
UNITED STATESEU Office
Rue d'Arlons 25
Brussels 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Silvia Lorenzo Perez 10 May 2024 10 May 2026 David Klotsonis 10 May 2024 10 May 2026 Laura Mercedes Lazaro Cabrera 10 May 2024 10 May 2026 Aimée Macabies-Duprat 10 May 2024 10 May 2025 Asha ALLEN 23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2024 Ms Vânia REIS 11 Jan 2023 11 Jan 2024 Ms Rachele CERAULO 11 Jan 2023 11 Jan 2024 Ms Iverna MCGOWAN-SMYTH 15 Sep 2022 15 Sep 2023 Ms Ophelie STOCKHEM 04 Feb 2022 04 Feb 2023 Asha ALLEN 30 Sep 2021 30 Sep 2022 Ms Iverna MCGOWAN-SMYTH 05 Mar 2021 05 Mar 2022 Mr Pasquale ESPOSITO 07 Mar 2020 07 Feb 2021 Mr David NOSAK 12 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Mr Jens-Henrik Jeppesen 10 Jan 2020 24 Jun 2020 Ms Carla Farre Montel 29 Oct 2019 08 Jan 2020 Ms Carla Farre Montel 21 May 2019 29 Oct 2019 Mr Vincenzo TIANI 22 Mar 2019 20 Nov 2019 Mr Jens-Henrik Jeppesen 10 Jan 2019 10 Jan 2020 Ms Ana Laura Blanco Gutierrez 24 Jan 2018 20 Jan 2019 Mr Jens-Henrik Jeppesen 01 Dec 2017 29 Nov 2018 Mr Adar CARVER 31 Aug 2017 17 Dec 2017 Ms Ana Laura Blanco Gutierrez 23 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2018 Mr Jens-Henrik Jeppesen 10 Oct 2016 08 Oct 2017 Mr Scott Craig 13 Jan 2016 31 Jan 2017 Mr Jens-Henrik Jeppesen 14 Oct 2015 11 Oct 2016 Mr Jens-Henrik Jeppesen 20 Jun 2014 18 Jun 2015 Mr Jens-Henrik Jeppesen 10 Jul 2013 20 Jun 2014 Complementary Information
There are five full time staff members in our Europe Office. Colleagues from our HQ input to some of our policy papers but the main policy and advocacy work is done directly through our office in Brussels. We are in the course of hiring new staff members who should be in place by 2025 which will bring our staff numbers up to 7 full time and one intern.
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
Global Network Initiative
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Digital Due Process
Global Encryption CoalitionMember 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
402,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants, Other
Funding types "other" information
CDT Europe is committed to sound financial stewardship and transparency. We are registered as an international NGO under Belgian law, and have received clean audits each year. CDT’s funders have no influence or control over CDT’s projects or priorities. CDT Europe does not accept funding from private companies.
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Center for Democracy & Technology, HQ 325,821€ Contribution Civitates - a philanthropic initiative for democracy and solidarity in Europe 22,500€ Contribution European AI & Society Fund 10,466€ Contribution Omyidar Foundation 11,250€ Contribution Open Society Foundations, in cooperation with the Europe and Central Asia Program 24,561€ Other financial info
The annual budget for CDT Europe Office (registered as an AISBL under Belgian law) is listed above. This covers the costs of three full time staff, some consultancies fees for office management and accountancy and activity costs.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Artificial intelligence and digital,Children's rights
European Internet Forum (https://www.eifonline.org/)Communication activities
We have responded to EU consultations in the area of Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Services Act, the European Democracy Action Plan, the proposed CSA Regulation and Pegasus Inquiry. Our position papers and any associated research and policy papers are all available on the website provided.We engage with MEPs across these files and others where people's rights are at risk in relation to tech law and policy proposals.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
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.
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Date 17 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of democracy package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 18 Jan 2022 Location Online Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Oct 2021 Location Online Subject Digital Services Act, EU Action Plan on Democracy and Human Rights Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Mette Dyrskjot (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Nov 2020 Location videoconference Subject EDAP, DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 05 May 2020 Location Videoconference Subject 1.COVID-19 situation - Role of digitial technologies and data in combating the outbreak 2. E-evidence proposals 3. Terrorist Content Online. State of negotiations: possible areas of compromise. 4. AI policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Jan 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Political advertising and European Democracy Action Plan Digital policies and strategies Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Cooperation in fight against terrorism Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Monika Maglione (Cabinet member)
- Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Jan 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Disinformation, Platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Cyber security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Ulrik Trolle Smed (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject proposal for a Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Terrorist Content Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julie Ruff (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Online content Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Tackling illegal content online Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Tackling Illegal Content Online Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Tackling illegal content online Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos Portfolio Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Attending - Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Cyber / data Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject NetzDG Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 May 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject The draft German Social Media Law Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Agreement with the United States on mutual legal assistance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
- Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Freedom of expression DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Marlene Holzner (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Internet governance, copyright, data protection, telecoms single market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
- Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Internet Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)