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)
11 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
EU Transparency Register
47003483702-10 First registered on 04 Jun 2010
Goals / Remit
Mission
Empowering citizens in order to create a more inclusive and stronger European Union by:
• Promoting and defending citizens’ rights.
• Developing and supporting mechanisms to increase citizens and citizen organisations’ democratic participation in, and engagement with, the EU.
Vision
An inclusive, transparent, citizen-centric and democratic European Union in which citizens’ rights are at the heart of decision making at all levels and in which citizens are informed, consulted and actively participate.
Values
• Non-partisanship: Free from affiliation with any political party.
• Professionalism: Striving for excellence in all aspects of our work.
• Empowerment: Enabling citizens to understand and utilise their rights.
• Inclusiveness: Ensuring that all EU citizens can fully enjoy their rights.
• Innovation: Applying unique and modern solutions.Main EU files targeted
EU Citizenship report
Directive 2004/38/EC
European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP)
Artificial Intelligence, ePrivacy Directive, Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Data Governance Act (DGA)
2021 European Commission proposal of measures to reinforce democracy and protect the integrity of elections,
the European Parliament proposal of May 2022 on the reform of the EU Electoral Act
European Citizens' Initiative Regulation.Address
Head Office
BeCentral, 12 Cantersteen
BRUSSEL 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
BeCentral, 12 Cantersteen
BRUSSEL 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 10 75% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
11
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Assya Kavrakova 05 Feb 2020 05 Feb 2021 Ms Anna Zaremba 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Anna Zaremba 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Ms Assya Kavrakova 17 Mar 2018 16 Mar 2019 Ms Claire Damilano 09 Jun 2017 24 May 2018 Ms Zuzana PUNDOVA 30 Sep 2016 23 Sep 2017 Ms Elisa Lironi 30 Sep 2016 22 Sep 2017 Mr Huw Longton 30 Sep 2016 22 Sep 2017 Ms Marta PONT GUIXA 15 Sep 2016 13 Sep 2017 Ms Assya Kavrakova 30 Aug 2016 26 Aug 2017 Ms Zuzana PUNDOVA 30 Sep 2015 28 Sep 2016 Ms Claire Damilano 25 Sep 2015 23 Sep 2016 Mr Tristan BARBER 24 Sep 2015 14 Sep 2016 Ms Elisa Lironi 23 Sep 2015 21 Sep 2016 Ms Assya Kavrakova 13 Aug 2015 10 Aug 2016 Ms Marta PONT GUIXA 13 Aug 2015 10 Aug 2016 Ms Claire Damilano 09 Jul 2014 07 Jul 2015 Ms Vera Soldanova 05 Jul 2014 03 Jul 2015 Mr Kenan Hadzimusic 03 Jul 2014 27 Jun 2015 Ms Assya Kavrakova 24 Jun 2014 21 Jun 2015 Ms Elisa Bruno 24 Jun 2014 21 Jun 2015 Mr Anthony David Venables 15 Aug 2013 22 Jun 2014 Pietro Emili 26 Apr 2013 24 Apr 2014 Mr Anthony Venables 05 Jun 2012 02 Apr 2013 Pietro Emili 13 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013 Complementary Information
http://www.ecas.org/about-us/team/
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
- EESC Liason Group
- Civil Society EuropeMember organisations
https://ecas.org/about-us/members/
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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
2,951,989€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Grants, Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EURECA 2023 676,174€ Grant ProEUValuesBG 72,635€ Grant PopAI 72,351€ Grant DigiDEM 9,836€ Grant BOLSTER 48,201€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
For detailed information about our activities, please consult the following link: http://www.ecas.org
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
7 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 24 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of democracy package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 18 Jan 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Media policy research Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject ECAS presentation of the latest findings of the Horizon 2020 research project 'DEMOS' Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Aug 2017 Location Brussels Subject Revision of the European Citizens' Initiative Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 24 May 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
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Date 11 Dec 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Passenger name records (PNR) directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)