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)
1.25 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
17
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Equinet - the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet)
EU Transparency Register
718971811339-46 First registered on 13 Jun 2013
Goals / Remit
Equinet is the European Network of Equality Bodies, a membership organisation bringing together 46 equality bodies from across Europe, including all of the EU Member States.
Equality bodies are public organisations assisting victims of discrimination, monitoring and reporting on discrimination issues, and/or promoting equality. They are legally required to do so in relation to one, some, or all of the grounds of discrimination covered by European Union (EU) law – gender, race and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and disability.
Equinet aims to:
- Strengthen and support Equality Bodies to achieve equality for all
- Act as an expert voice of Equality Bodies in Europe on equality and non-discrimination
- Maintain and improve Equinet’s capacity as a strong, resilient, and innovative NetworkMain EU files targeted
Standards for National Equality Bodies; Horizontal Anti-discrimination Directive; Women on Boards Directive; Roadmap on Work Life Balance; European Pillar of Social Rights; European Accessibility Act; AI European Approach
Address
Head Office
Place Victor Horta 40
Brussels 1060
BELGIUMEU Office
Place Victor Horta 40
Brussels 1060
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Jone Elizondo Urrestarazu 18 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024 Tamas KADAR 10 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Ms Moana Genevey 30 Mar 2023 30 Mar 2024 Tamas KADAR 04 Oct 2022 04 Oct 2023 Ms Sarah Cooke O'Dowd 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023 Ms Moana Genevey 23 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Jone I. Elizondo Urrestarazu 22 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Tamas KADAR 04 Sep 2019 04 Sep 2020 Ms Sarah Cooke O'Dowd 22 Aug 2019 22 Aug 2020 Ms Sarah Cooke O'Dowd 08 May 2018 01 Jun 2019 Tamas KADAR 24 Apr 2018 24 Apr 2019 Ms Sarah Cooke O'Dowd 12 May 2017 08 May 2018 Ms Jessica Machacova 28 Mar 2017 25 Mar 2018 Tamas KADAR 21 Feb 2017 21 Feb 2018 Ms Katrine Steinfeld 21 Feb 2017 11 Feb 2018 Ms Sarah Cooke O'Dowd 09 Apr 2016 09 Apr 2017 Tamas KADAR 17 Feb 2016 16 Feb 2017 Ms Jessica Machacova 10 Feb 2016 08 Feb 2017 Ms Katrine Steinfeld 10 Feb 2016 08 Feb 2017 Ms Tamieck Nianne van Vuuren 01 Apr 2015 16 Aug 2015 Mr Mihael Topolovec 01 Apr 2015 30 Aug 2015 Ms Sarah Cooke O'Dowd 14 Feb 2015 12 Feb 2016 Ms Jessica Machacova 11 Feb 2015 06 Feb 2016 Ms Martina Meneghetti 30 Sep 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Jessica Machacova 11 Jul 2014 13 Sep 2014 Ms Anne Gaspard 09 Jul 2014 07 Jul 2015 Tamas KADAR 09 Jul 2014 07 Jul 2015 Ms Ilaria Volpe 08 Jul 2014 04 Jul 2015 Ms Jessica Machacova 08 Mar 2014 11 Jul 2014 Mr Charalambos Stergiou 10 Feb 2014 04 Mar 2014 Mr Charalambos Stergiou 06 Nov 2013 01 Feb 2014 Ms Ilaria Volpe 03 Sep 2013 08 Jul 2014 Ms Anne Gaspard 03 Sep 2013 09 Jul 2014 Tamas KADAR 03 Sep 2013 09 Jul 2014 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
We don not belong to any membership organisation, but are ourselves a European network. See further information below.
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
1,289,585€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Member's contributions
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution DG JUST - REC Programme 1,200,000€ Contribution Equinet Membership fees 2023 89,585€ Grant DG JUST - REC Programme 1,200,000€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Advisory Committee on equal opportunities for women and men#E01238#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1238 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyDisability Platform#E03820#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3820 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
regular publications on issues relating to the implementation of the equal treatment and non-discrimination directives
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
17 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 10 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting with new Chair of Equinet to discuss the directives on standards for equality bodies. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Attending - Annelisa Cotone (Cabinet member)
- Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject Commissioner Helena Dalli helds a keynote speech at Equinet focused on EU Standards for Equality Bodies as well as challenges and opportunities towards the future of the Union of Equality. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Annelisa Cotone (Cabinet member)
- Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
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Date 12 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to discuss legislative proposal on equality bodies. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Annelisa Cotone (Cabinet member)
- Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject Speaker at Equinet Conference Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meet and greet of Equinet’s new Chairperson (since November 2021), Laurence Bond, Director of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission as well as discussion on joint priorities and ways to support each other’s endeavours. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
- Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject Commissioner Dalli delivered a keynote speech at the opening session of an EQUINET conference aimed at representatives of equality bodies and policymakers at both European and national level. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject To discuss cooperation in 2022 around the European Year of the Youth Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2021 Location Online Subject Ms Helena Dalli holds a videoconference call with Ms Tena Simonovic Einwalter, the Croatian Ombudswoman and Chair of EQUINET Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject impact of COVID19 crisis on equality Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 22 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Impact of COVID-19 on equality Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Helena Dalli (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Equinet 10th anniversary conference Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, BERL Subject Discussion on gender equality 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)
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Date 19 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Equality policies 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)
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Date 30 Aug 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Equal Treatment Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Role of European equality bodies Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet member)
- Michelle Sutton (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Equality bodies work Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Aug 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Equality bodies management and opportunities Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
- Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)