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)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
EL*C - EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community (EL*C)
EU Transparency Register
523642244314-94 First registered on 07 Oct 2021
Goals / Remit
From 2016, the EL*C - EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community set out to be a network aimed at making lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex women and non-binary persons (hereinafter LBTI women and non-binary persons) visible, strengthening their participation in decision making spheres, and increasing their access to human rights, social justice, economic justice and wellbeing, while influencing relevant policies on the national, European
and international level, from the perspective of needs and interests of LBTIQ women and non-binary persons. As such, EL*C strives to be a representative, powerful and visible voice of movements of LBTIQ women and non-binary persons in Europe and Central Asia, and has implemented numerous activities in the areas of movement building, networking, advocacy and policy, visibility and public campaigning, research and grant-making.Main EU files targeted
Legislations and policies mostly covered by EL*C activities are the those included in:
- the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
- the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025
Other initiatives pertaining to the broader EU strategic framework on equality can be relevant. This includes:
- Legislations and policies included in the Disability Rights strategy 2021-2030
- Legislations and policies included in the EU anti-racism action plan,
- Legislations and policies included in the EU Roma strategyAddress
Head Office
Heumühlgasse 14/1
Vienna 1040
AUSTRIAEU Office
Rue Rossinic/o Ilaria Todde
Anderlecth 1070
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Feb 2025
Name Start date End Date Aïda Yancy 23 Aug 2024 23 Aug 2025 Ilaria TODDE 23 Aug 2024 23 Aug 2025 Ilaria TODDE 27 Sep 2023 25 Aug 2024 Ilaria TODDE 12 Oct 2022 27 Sep 2023 Complementary Information
N/A
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
N/A
Member organisations
None declared
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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
3,698,566€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, EU funding, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution CERV-2022-OG-SGA 1,029,976€ Contribution CERV-2021-OG-SGA 134,208€ Contribution CERV-2023-OG-SGA 1,029,817€ Contribution CERV-2023-DAPHNE 1,187,868€ Contribution Dreilinden Foundation 250,000€ Contribution The Global Fund for Women 13,388€ Contribution Council of Europe 11,993€ Grant CERV-2023-OG-SGA 1,029,817€ Grant CERV-2022-OG-SGA 1,029,976€ Grant CERV-2021-OG-SGA 134,208€ Grant CERV-2023-DAPHNE 1,187,868€ Other financial info
The grants CERV-2023-OG-SGA and CERV-2023-DAPHNE have been received in December 2023, therefore in the closed financial year. However, the funds refers to activities to be conducted in 2024 and they could be used only starting from January 2024, therefore in the current financial year.
We have included CERV-2023-DAPHNE in the question concerning EU grants contributing to operating costs as the guideline are not clear on the meaning of "operating costs". However this project is an action grant and as such does not contribute to operating costs (e.g. salaries). -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
LGTBI
Communication activities
EL*C has been conducted several activities in the past years that are relevant for the EU policies above.
This includes the events:
- in the European Parliament organised in collaboration with the EP Intergroup on LGBTIQ rights and with offices of MEPs to mark International Lesbian Visibility Day and the international day on combating violence against women (April 2018, April 2020, April 2022, November 2023, April 2024)
- participation with speakers to Conferences organised by German Presidency to the EU Council “Intersectionality and LGBTI Policies in Europe: Lived Realities of Lesbian* Women and the Recognition of Rainbow Families" in November 2020 and to the High-level conference on LGBTI Rights organised by the Swedish Presidency to the EU Council in 2023 and a High-level conference organised by the Belgian Presidency to the EU Council in 2024.
- an event featuring MEPs and Commissioner Dalli for the launch of EL*C research on the COVID-19 impact on lesbian community in June 2021
- a European Lesbian Conference in 2022 with the participation of representatives from the European Commission and an event in 2024 on the occasion of the European elections with the participation of EC representatives
Other activities are relevant for the EU policies mentioned are:
- “Brief Report on Lesbian* Lives in (parts of) Europe” (2017): https://europeanlesbianconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Brief-Report-for-web.pdf
- “The State of Lesbian Organizing and the Lived Realities of Lesbians in the EU and the Accession Countries” (2020) https://europeanlesbianconference.org/the-state-of-lesbian-organising-a-groundbreaking-research/
- "Resistance as a Way of Living: Lesbian lives through the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021)
https://europeanlesbianconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Covid-Report-final-1.pdf
- "Lesbophobia: an intersectional form of violence" (2021)
https://europeanlesbianconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Lesbophobia-2.pdf
- "A bitter pill to swallow: gaps and discriminations in healthcare for lesbians" (2022)
https://europeanlesbianconference.org/a-bitter-pill-to-swallow-gaps-and-discriminations-in-healthcare-for-lesbians/
- EL*C webiste in support of Ukranian refugees (2022): https://www.lesbians4refugees.org/
- "Making the Invisible Visible: an analysis of older lesbians lived experiences" (2023) https://europeanlesbianconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Making-the-Invisible-Visible-an-analysis-of-older-lesbians-lived-experiences_ELC-research.pdf
- EL*C Observatory on Lesbophobia (2023) https://lesbiangenius.org/observatory-lesbophobia-2019-2020/ and EL*C Observatory on Lesbophobia (2024) https://lesbiangenius.org/wp-content/uploads/2023-Report-on-lesbophobia.pdf
- Report on a Research on the Implementation of the Convention to Protect LBT Women (2024): https://lesbiangenius.org/wp-content/uploads/Lesbianising-the-Istanbul-Convention-report.pdfOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared