Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union

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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 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5.5 Fte (11)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

5

High-level Commission meetings

16

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union   (COFACE)

    EU Transparency Register

    93283396780-85 First registered on 26 Sep 2011

    Goals / Remit

    COFACE Families Europe promotes the well-being, health and security of families and their members in a changing society and serve as a trusted entity for family mainstreaming and for the voice/needs of families in the EU and beyond.

    COFACE’s focus is essentially on policies and legislation that impact the lives of children and families, in particular in the fields of social protection and inclusion, safeguarding the rights of disabled and dependent persons, prevention and fighting child poverty, reconciling family and work life, migration, inclusive education and early childhood education and care, parenting support services to families, information and communications technologies, health and consumer policies and other relevant policy areas.

    COFACE Families Europe advocates for policies of non-discrimination and equal opportunities between persons and between family forms, and specifically supports policies aimed at increasing equality between women and men, with a speci (...)

    Main EU files targeted

    Work-life balance, Gender equality, Transnational families, Family reunification, Education, ECEC, Inclusive education, Disability, UN CRPD, Deinstitutionalisation, Family carers, Digitalisation, Online safety, Financial inclusion, Health, Family policy, EU Pillar of Social Rights.

    Address

    Head Office
    rue de Londres, 17
    Brussels 1050
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    rue de Londres, 17
    Brussels 1050
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    11

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%11

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Elizabeth GOSME 06 Oct 2024 05 Oct 2025
    Holly SHOREY 08 Oct 2024 07 Oct 2025
    Attila BOHM 08 Oct 2024 07 Oct 2025
    Beatrijs GELDERS 06 Oct 2024 05 Oct 2025
    Florian CHARRON 06 Oct 2024 05 Oct 2025
    Sebastian Pablo GONZALEZ HAJDU 04 Apr 2024 04 Oct 2024
    Martino SERAPIONI 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Bettina GUIGUI 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Holly SHOREY 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Attila BOHM 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Samira BOUMAKDI ISABEL 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Beatrijs GELDERS 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Beybin TUNC 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Camille Roux 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Elizabeth GOSME 24 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 23 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Florian CHARRON 24 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Martino SERAPIONI 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Bettina GUIGUI 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Holly SHOREY 25 May 2022 01 Jan 2023
    Attila BOHM 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Beybin TUNC 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Camille Roux 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Elizabeth GOSME 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Florian CHARRON 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Camille Roux 19 Feb 2021 19 Feb 2022
    Ms Nienke BROEKSTRA 19 Feb 2021 19 Feb 2022
    Ms Isabell WUTZ 17 Feb 2021 17 Feb 2022
    Mr Pascual Martinez 12 Feb 2021 12 Feb 2022
    Florian CHARRON 10 Feb 2021 10 Feb 2022
    Elizabeth GOSME 05 Feb 2021 05 Feb 2022
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 05 Feb 2021 05 Feb 2022
    Mr Pascual Martinez 26 Feb 2020 12 Feb 2021
    Ms Nienke BROEKSTRA 26 Feb 2020 19 Feb 2021
    Mr Martin SCHMALZRIED 05 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020
    Ms Irene Bertana 05 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020
    Florian CHARRON 01 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 01 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020
    Elizabeth GOSME 01 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020
    Ms Isabell WUTZ 01 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020
    Mr Pascual Martinez 11 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020
    Florian CHARRON 10 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Mr Martin SCHMALZRIED 10 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Paola PANZERI 10 Oct 2018 01 Jan 2019
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 10 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Ms Isabell WUTZ 10 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Ms Irene Bertana 10 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Ms Magdolna BIRTHA 01 Jun 2018 10 Oct 2018
    Elizabeth GOSME 30 May 2018 30 May 2019
    Florian CHARRON 05 Oct 2017 29 Sep 2018
    Mr Martin SCHMALZRIED 05 Oct 2017 29 Sep 2018
    Paola PANZERI 05 Oct 2017 29 Sep 2018
    Ms Ana PEREZ 05 Oct 2017 29 Sep 2018
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 05 Oct 2017 29 Sep 2018
    Elizabeth GOSME 09 Jun 2017 25 May 2018
    Ms Magdolna BIRTHA 09 Jun 2017 25 May 2018
    Mr Martin SCHMALZRIED 15 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2017
    Florian CHARRON 30 Sep 2016 01 Oct 2017
    Paola PANZERI 30 Sep 2016 01 Oct 2017
    Ms Ana PEREZ 30 Sep 2016 01 Oct 2017
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 30 Sep 2016 01 Oct 2017
    Elizabeth GOSME 03 Jun 2016 01 Jun 2017
    Ms Magdolna BIRTHA 31 May 2016 31 May 2017
    Mr Martin SCHMALZRIED 17 Oct 2015 15 Oct 2016
    Florian CHARRON 01 Oct 2015 29 Sep 2016
    Paola PANZERI 01 Oct 2015 29 Sep 2016
    Ms Agnes UHERECZKY 01 Oct 2015 06 Dec 2015
    Mr Zoltan VADKERTI 01 Oct 2015 28 May 2016
    Ms Ana PEREZ 01 Oct 2015 29 Sep 2016
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 01 Oct 2015 29 Sep 2016
    Ms Ana PEREZ 03 Sep 2014 28 Aug 2015
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 11 Apr 2014 10 Apr 2015
    Florian CHARRON 03 Sep 2014 28 Aug 2015
    Mr Martin SCHMALZRIED 03 Sep 2014 28 Aug 2015
    Paola PANZERI 03 Sep 2014 28 Aug 2015
    Ms Agnes UHERECZKY 03 Sep 2014 28 Aug 2015
    Mr Zoltan VADKERTI 03 Sep 2014 28 Aug 2015
    Mrs Ana PEREZ 03 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 11 Apr 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs Ana PEREZ 18 Sep 2013 03 Sep 2014
    Florian CHARRON 11 Sep 2013 03 Sep 2014
    Mr Martin SCHMALZRIED 11 Sep 2013 03 Sep 2014
    Paola PANZERI 11 Sep 2013 03 Sep 2014
    Ms Agnes UHERECZKY 11 Sep 2013 03 Sep 2014
    Mr Zoltan VADKERTI 11 Sep 2013 03 Sep 2014
    Anne-Marie DRIESKENS 23 Mar 2013 22 Mar 2014
    Ms Agnes UHERECZKY 27 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013
    Mr Zoltan VADKERTI 27 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013
    Mrs Ana PEREZ 27 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013
    Mr Martin SCHMALZRIED 26 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013
    Paola PANZERI 26 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013
    Florian CHARRON 17 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013
    Mr Zoltan VADKERTI 18 Jan 2012 27 Oct 2012
    Mr William LAY 09 Feb 2012 27 Oct 2012
    Mr Martin SCMALZRIED 09 Feb 2012 26 Oct 2012
    Mrs Ana PEREZ 09 Feb 2012 27 Oct 2012
    Paola PANZERI 17 Jan 2012 26 Oct 2012

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    COFACE is a member of the following European networks :
    - Social Platform
    - European Disability Forum
    - Finance Watch

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    817,480€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Member's contribution, EU funding, Grants

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution EaSI-ESF+ programme 540,446€
    Contribution DigiGen - Horizon2020 120,916€
    Contribution Erasmus+ Skills4Parents 12,995€
    Contribution rEUsilience - Horizon Europe 18,008€
    Contribution Own contributions 124,622€
    Grant EaSI programme/ DG EMPL 540,446€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant EaSI programme/DG EMPL 686,580€

    Other financial info

    COFACE is a partner in other EU projects under Horizon Europe

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Disability Platform#E03820#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3820 #Member #C#Civil society#Sub-group on Independent Living

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Children's rights#Disability#Committees such as FEMM, EMPL, the interest groups (such as the Interest Group on Carers, interest group on Solidarity between Generations).

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    16 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 17 Feb 2022 Location Online
      Subject - European Care Strategy, including Early Childhood Education and Care and Long-Term Care. - Demographic change.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica
      Portfolio Democracy and Demography
      Attending
      • Iris Abraham (Cabinet member)
      • Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject action plan to drive change and support both children and their families
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet member)
      • Brenda Furniere (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 May 2020 Location video-conferencing
      Subject COVID-19 relief measures
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 08 Apr 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject EU child guarantee as well as the demographic challenges
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica
      Portfolio Democracy and Demography
      Attending
      • Ivo Belet (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Sep 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject EU Platform for action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
      Portfolio Health &amp; Food Safety
      Attending
      • Inga Preikšienė (Cabinet member)
      • Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 14 Nov 2018 Location Brussels, BERL
      Subject discussion on gender equality and families in Europe
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 14 Nov 2018 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Discussion on gender equality and families in Europe
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Apr 2018 Location Berlaymont
      Subject MFF
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 28 Jan 2018 Location Berlaymont Brussels
      Subject Multiannual Financial Framework
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Dec 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Work-life balance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Mar 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Work-Life Balance
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject New Start Roadmap on work-life balance and Global goals on gender
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Nov 2015 Location Berlaymont
      Subject work-life balance and global goals on gender
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Social and employment priorities
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
    • Date 20 Apr 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Meeting with Coface delegation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
    • Date 08 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Family issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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