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)
1.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Democracy Reporting International (DRI)
EU Transparency Register
769286939357-35 First registered on 07 Sep 2020
Goals / Remit
Democracy Reporting International operates on the conviction that democratic, participatory governance is a human right and governments should be accountable to their citizens. Democracy Reporting International supports democratic governance around the world with a focus on institutional aspects of democracy, namely:
→ Elections
→ Parliaments
→ Constitutions
→ Democracy Standards
Through careful assessments based on detailed field research, Democracy Reporting International provides the public with specialist policy advice on improvements that can be made to enhance democratic governance. Democracy Reporting International advocates for such changes with domestic actors, the media and relevant international bodies and co-operates with national organisations, wherever possible.Main EU files targeted
Digital Services Act Public Consultation
European Democracy Action Plan Public ConsultationAddress
Head Office
Elbestr. 28/29
Berlin 12045
GERMANYEU Office
Elbestr. 28/29
Berlin 12045
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Heather THOMPSON 15 Jun 2023 15 Jun 2024 Dennis WENZL 15 Jun 2023 15 Jun 2024 Paul ZOUBKOV 15 Jun 2023 15 Jun 2024 Mr Richard KUCHTA 20 Jan 2023 20 Jan 2024 Ms Joshita PAI 31 May 2022 22 Dec 2022 Heather THOMPSON 26 May 2022 26 May 2023 Dennis WENZL 27 Apr 2022 27 Apr 2023 Paul ZOUBKOV 27 Apr 2022 27 Apr 2023 Complementary Information
DRI's unit on "Social Media and Democracy" works on these topics. This includes our Research Coordinator, Programme Officer, and input from the Executive Director.
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
DRI is member of the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) since2020.
EPD website: https://epd.eu/Member 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
6,557,064€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 443,003€ Contribution Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs 1,475,990€ Contribution European Union 1,203,483€ Contribution Foundations, NGOs and others 694,829€ Contribution German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) 72,221€ Contribution German Federal Foreign Office 1,978,404€ Contribution Mercator Foundation 439,340€ Contribution Porticus 249,794€ Grant Annual Report 1,203,483€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Under the German Federal Foreign Office-funded project „Ein Europa für das digitale Zeitalter - Konsultation der EU Zivilgesellschaft zur Regulierung von online-Diskursen, begleitend zu EU Regulierungsdebatten" (A Europe fit for the digital age - Consultation of EU civil society for the regulation of online discourse and EU regulation debates), DRI is and has organised several events and publications in 2020.
First, we organised an online workshop 31 March - 1 April, "A Europe fit for the digital age: Civil society input into EU regulation of online platforms and democratic discourse", where we invited speakers from DG Connect, DG Justice, the EEAS, Facebook representatives, academics, and civil society organisations around the EU. After hearing from the EU Commission, EEAS, and Facebook representative, in working groups we discussed the gaps and potential recommendations for addressing online disinformation, illegal content and hate speech, online political finance, and transparency and accountability.
Discussions from the workshop led to a report, which included recommendations to tackle online disinformation, illegal and harmful content, online political finance, and to promote transparency and accountability. Overarching issues that should be addressed by the EU’s regulatory plans were also addressed, such as the need to recognise the relevance of the online sphere, the equality of member states, the question of liability for content, obligations of monitoring and the role of a regulator. Published in July, you can find it here: https://democracy-reporting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-07_CS_Tech_Regulation_Recommendations.pdf
The report and workshop also fed into our submissions for the public consultations of the DSA and the EDAP.
We are planning similar events in Berlin and Brussels in autumn 2020 to connect the German debate on online hate speech regulation and disinformation with the regulatory debate currently taking place in Brussels.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 22 Jul 2024 Location videoconference call Subject AI, elections, disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Veronika Musilova (Cabinet member)
- Diana-ioana Vlad-calcic (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jun 2024 Location Berlin Subject Elections and disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Veronika Musilova (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 24 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Media pluralism Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Rule of Law - panel discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Sep 2020 Location videoconference Subject Digital agenda for Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)