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)
0.35 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Defend Democracy
EU Transparency Register
656334937846-80 First registered on 29 Apr 2020
Goals / Remit
Defend Democracy works to defend and strengthen democracy against foreign, domestic and technological threats. We work at the intersection of democracy, security and technology. We operate on the frontline: building awareness, shaping advocacy and taking action. We are independent, nonpartisan, transatlantic. In particular, we contribute to greater societal resilience against hybrid threats to democracy. Our current projects range from convening high-level democracy stakeholders, to advocating for the regulation of Big Tech and fixing the information disorder, to community building for democracy defenders, and from exposing organised information manipulation, to training practitioners how to handle disinformation and other harmful information activities.
Main EU files targeted
European Democracy Shield and related policies (EC); European Preparedness Union and related policies (EC); Defence of Democracy and related policies (EC); European Democracy Action Plan and related policies (EC); EU Security Union Strategy and related policies (EC); EU Digital Strategy and related policies (EC); EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (EP)
Address
Head Office
p/a HCSSLange Voorhout 1
The Hague 2514EA
NETHERLANDSEU Office
p/a HCSSLange Voorhout 1
The Hague 2514EA
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.35
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Democracy Under Threat (a Dutch coalition; https://democracyunderthreat.com/manifest/)
Declaration for American Democracy (an American coalition; https://dfadcoalition.org/)
People versus Big Tech (a European coalition; https://peoplevsbig.tech/)
Tracking-Free Ads Coalition (a European coalition; https://trackingfreeads.eu/the-costs-of-tracking-ads/)
Global Coalition for Tech Justice (a global coalition; https://yearofdemocracy.org/)
Global Encryption Coalition (a global coalition; https://www.globalencryption.org/)
Forum on Information & Democracy (a global coalition; https://informationdemocracy.org/)Member organisations
We occasionally collaborate with other NGOs, for example around International Democracy Day.
The organisers of the local chapters of our #DemocracyDrinks (https://democracydrinks.org/) are not affiliated but do their own thing. We have no say about the content of their events.
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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
34,952€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution U.S. Mission to the EU 22,700€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The latest information about our activities can always be found here:
* projects: https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/
* news: https://defenddemocracy.eu/news/
* current affairs: @DefendDemocracy on Twitter
Current projects:
* Coalition for Democratic Resilience: To help build societal resilience and civil preparedness against 'sharp power' (a.k.a. hybrid threats) and other challenges, Defend Democracy brings together transatlantic governments and civil society through the Coalition for Democratic Resilience (C4DR). More information: https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/coalition-for-democratic-resilience-c4dr/
* Transatlantic Democracy Dialogue: high-level roundtables convening democracy stakeholders from across the Transatlantic region to revitalise what brings Transatlantic allies together: our shared values. The working meetings contribute to protecting, strengthening and supporting democracies’ values at home and abroad. More information: https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/transatlantic-democracy-dialogue/
* Act On Disinfo: resilience-building trainings on how to deal with online information manipulation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, propaganda and other harmful information activities. More information: https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/act-on-disinfo/
* People Vs Big Tech: advocacy for technologies that help, not harm democracy. More information: https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/people-vs-big-tech/
* #DemocracyDrinks: informal networking and resilience-building events for democracy defenders (advocates, thinkers and enthusiasts) and for everyone who cares about democracy, fundamental freedoms, values and rights. More information: https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 27 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject European media Freedom Act, digital platforms and democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 14 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Defence of Democracy package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of the Defend Democracy and current projects in 2022. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Ingrid Godkin (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Nov 2020 Location videoconference Subject EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)