European Cyclists' Federation

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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)

6.75 Fte (7)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

4

High-level Commission meetings

20

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    European Cyclists' Federation   (ECF)

    EU Transparency Register

    28451455737-18 First registered on 27 Apr 2011

    Goals / Remit

    The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) works for more and better cycling for all in Europe. ECF is pledged to ensure that bicycle use achieves its fullest potential so as to bring about sustainable mobility and public well-being. To achieve these aims, the ECF seeks to change attitudes, policies and budget allocations at the European level. The ECF will stimulate and organise the exchange of information and expertise on bicycle related transport policies and strategies as well as the work of the cyclists' movement.

    Our Aims and Objectives:
    • To promote and encourage cycling in the countries of Europe as an economic, efficient, healthy and environmentally friendly means of transport and recreation. The ECF shall act as a federation of member groups throughout Europe.
    • To raise the status of cycling and to promote recognition of the benefits of cycling for both individuals and society as a whole.
    • To encourage consideration of cyclists' needs in Europe in all aspects...

    Main EU files targeted

    ECF objectives in relations to EU institutions are to ‘raise the status of cycling and to promote recognition of the benefits of cycling for both individuals and society as a whole’ and to ‘encourage consideration of cyclists’ needs in Europe in all aspects of transport planning and management, environment, safety and health, and promote cycle-friendly conditions throughout Europe’.

    ECF works on these EU initiatives:
    • Funds: Recovery and Resilience Facility, ERDF, ESF, the Cohesion Fund, EAFRD, CEF
    • European Commission Communication on Tourism - Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination: a new political framework for tourism in Europe [COM(2010) 352]
    • Trans-European Transport Network [Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013]
    • Connecting Europe Facility [Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013]
    • Rail passengers’ Rights and Obligations [Regulation (EU) No. 1371/2007]
    • COSME and ERASMUS+ programmes [Regulations (EU) No 1287/2013 and No 1288/2013, respectively]
    • Key Features of an EU Urban Agenda [SWD(2015) 109] and UN New Urban Agenda (Habitat III)
    • European Commission Communication on Together towards Competitive and Resource-efficient Urban Mobility [COM(2013) 913], European Mobility Week
    • Digital Agenda for Europe (Smart Cities)
    • Intelligent Transport Systems Directive [Directive 2010/40/EU]
    • ITS action plan and Cooperative-Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS)
    • Type-approval Requirements for the General Safety of Motor Vehicles [Regulation (EC) No 661/2009]
    • Revision of the Road Infrastructure Safety Management Directive [2008/96/EC]
    • EU Motor Insurance Directive [2009/103/EC]
    • Council Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax
    • Energy Performance of Buildings Directive [2010/31/EU]
    • Regulation on the governance of the energy union and climate action (EU)2018/1999, agreed as part of the Clean energy for all Europeans package which was adopted in 2019.
    • EU Urban Mobility Framework
    • EU Social Climate Fund
    • EU mission on 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030

    Address

    Head Office
    22, rue de la Charité
    Brussels 1210
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    22, rue de la Charité
    Brussels 1210
    BELGIUM

    Website

    http://www.ecf.com/

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    7

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%6
    75%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    6.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Aleksander Buczyński 03 Oct 2024 03 Oct 2025
    Fabian KÜSTER 03 Oct 2024 03 Oct 2025
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 03 Oct 2024 03 Oct 2025
    Philip AMARAL 03 Oct 2024 03 Oct 2025
    Philip AMARAL 17 May 2023 17 May 2024
    Agathe DAUDIBON 17 May 2023 17 May 2024
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 17 May 2023 17 May 2024
    Aleksander BUCZYNSKI 17 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024
    Mr Edward Lancaster 22 Jun 2022 11 May 2023
    Ms Marta ORIHUEL 18 Jun 2022 11 May 2023
    Aleksander BUCZYNSKI 18 Jun 2022 17 Jun 2023
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 31 May 2022 17 May 2023
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 26 Feb 2020 26 Feb 2021
    Mr Edward Lancaster 11 Dec 2019 01 Jan 2021
    Mr Fabian KÜSTER 23 Jul 2019 23 Jul 2020
    Ms Maria Mercedes Gaton FRaile 02 Mar 2019 27 Jul 2019
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 14 Feb 2019 14 Feb 2020
    Aleksander BUCZYNSKI 28 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019
    Mr Fabian KÜSTER 23 May 2018 23 May 2019
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 03 Mar 2018 14 Feb 2019
    Ms Maria Mercedes Gaton FRaile 24 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019
    Mr Holger HAUBOLD 15 Dec 2017 14 Dec 2018
    Mr Edward Lancaster 02 Dec 2017 02 Dec 2018
    Mr Fabian KÜSTER 17 May 2017 13 May 2018
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 28 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 13 Feb 2016 10 Feb 2017
    Bernhard ENSINK 14 Oct 2015 12 Oct 2016
    Mr Jesus Freire Valderrama 15 Jul 2015 13 Jul 2016
    Mr Fabian KÜSTER 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016
    Mr Edward Lancaster 09 Apr 2015 07 Apr 2016
    Mr Ádám Bodor 09 Apr 2015 07 Apr 2016
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 17 Dec 2014 15 Dec 2015
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 07 Nov 2013 06 Nov 2014
    Mr Randall Rzewnicki 11 Sep 2012 19 Apr 2013
    Bernhard ENSINK 28 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Mr Martti Olavi TULENHEIMO 08 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mr Benoît Noël BLONDEL 08 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mr Fabian KÜSTER 08 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Ceri WOOLSGROVE 29 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Transport and Environment (T&E)
    European Greenways Association (AEVV)
    Mobilise your City (MYC)
    Slocat – Partnership on Sustainable, Low-Carbon Transport
    World Cycling Alliance
    Clean Cities Campaign

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    2,175,126€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Donations, EU funding, Grants, Member's contributions

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution Cycling Industries Europe 600,000€
    Contribution ECF members 214,823€
    Grant EU Life Programme 359,897€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    SUMP monitoring and implementation #E03863/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103732 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyMultimodal Passenger Mobility Forum#E03826#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3826 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyUrban logistics#E03863/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103735 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyExpert Group on Urban Mobility#E03863#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3863 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyPublic transport and shared mobility#E03863/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103734 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyActive mobility and safety of vulnerable road users#E03863/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103752 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyForgiving roadsides and self explaining and self enforcing roads#E03686/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100827 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyRoad Markings & Road Signs#E03686/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100889 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #MEMBER #C#Civil society#IndustryMethodology on road safety assessments & safety ratings#E03686/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100813 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyForum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles#E03652#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3652 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#IndustryFuture of urban mobility and inclusive and sustainable urban space #E03863/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103792 #MEMBER #C#Civil society

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    ECF's biggest communications activity in 2022 was a global campaign it led with 400 civil society organisations calling on transport ministers attending COP27 in Egypt to include active mobility in their commitments to reduce CO2 road transport emissions. The campaign successful influenced transport ministers to include key language underscoring the need for systemic change that includes active mobility and public transport in the shift away from fossil-fuel transport to zero emissions transportation.

    2022 highlights:
    • A campaign to urge EU and national policymakers to take actions to increase cycling mode share to contribute to energy savings
    • A successful campaign focused on COP 27 to raise the profile of cycling as an effective CO2 reduction measure, gathering signatures from over 400 NGOs on a joint letter to government delegates
    • A campaign for a European cycling declaration, culminating in a 2023 European parliamentary resolution calling on the European Commission to create one
    • Recruitment of EU member states to join the member state-led European Cycling Declaration
    • Publication of updates on our research, especially on national cycling strategies

    Events:
    • The Velo-city conference in Ljubljana in June 2022 gathered thousands of cycling advocates, cities, decision-makers, researchers and industry leaders. It was hailed as a major success. Legendary Danish architect Jan Gehl provided a keynote, assuring the audience that "bicycle activism can save the world."
    • A World Bicycle Day webinar on 3 June, attracting hundreds of attendees, and the Belgian Federal Minister for Transport announcing the European Cycling Declaration.
    • A 25-years of EuroVelo anniversary event publicising the European long distance cycle route network with dozens of speakers, including MEP Ciaran Cuffe.
    • An ECF Awards launched at Velo-city 2022 providing recognition to cities, employers and campaigners for promoting cycling.

    European projects:
    • EuroVelo, the European cycle route network
    • CHIPS
    • HEMA
    • CCCB
    • SCAP
    • ECO-CYCLE
    • EU CYCLE
    • MORE
    • MoTiV (ended in 2020)
    • PACTE

    ECF’s networks and partnerships:
    • Scientists for Cycling
    • Cities and Regions for Cyclists
    • Cycle-friendly Employer Consortium
    • World Cycling Alliance
    • Cycling Forum Europe
    • Women in Cycling
    • 1% for the Planet
    • World Tourism Organization

    ECF’s Publications in 2022:
    • The State of National Cycling Strategies in Europe, 2nd edition
    • Cycling Towards Energy Independence
    • ECF amendments to the EPBD and TEN-T legislative proposals

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    20 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.

    • Date 04 Oct 2023 Location Seville - urgan mobility days
      Subject Introductory meeting
      DG Mobility and Transport
      Attending
      • Magdalena Kopczynska (Director-General)
    • Date 29 Nov 2021 Location Brussels
      Subject Mobility
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Nov 2021 Location Brussels
      Subject Cycling in Green and Efficient Mobility Package
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Sep 2021 Location video-call
      Subject Speech at Velo-city 2021 Lisboa; Climate policies –The New Gateway for cycling towards a Green Recovery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
    • Date 15 Mar 2021 Location video call
      Subject Cycling in the European Green Deal
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 30 Sep 2020 Location Video call
      Subject Follow up Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 Sep 2020 Location video call
      Subject Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 10 Sep 2020 Location video call
      Subject Cycling and the European Green Deal
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 09 Jan 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Cycling and the Green Deal for Mobility
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Dec 2017 Location brussels
      Subject Meeting with Mr Küster and Adam Bodor
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Silke Obst (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Sep 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject EU Cycling Strategy follow up
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 May 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Cycling's health benefits, promoting physical activity in general; supporting cycling as healthy lifestyle
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
      Portfolio Health &amp; Food Safety
      Attending
      • Paula Duarte Gaspar (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject EU Cycling Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
    • Date 14 Jun 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Meeting with the SG of the European Cyclists' Federation Mr. Ensink
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
      • Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
    • Date 06 Jun 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject European year of cultural heritage 2018
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
      Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
      Attending
      • Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject ECF Luxembourg Declaration; Transport White Paper
      DG Mobility and Transport
      Attending
      • Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
    • Date 05 May 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Meeting with ECF
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
    • Date 14 Apr 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Transport White Paper, Urban Mobility Policy
      DG Mobility and Transport
      Attending
      • Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General)
    • Date 30 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Meeting with ECF
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belguim
      Subject Issues discussed
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
      • Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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