European Federation of Museum & Tourist Railways

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

17,500€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2.5 Fte (5)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    European Federation of Museum & Tourist Railways   (FEDECRAIL)

    EU Transparency Register

    6128433730-45 First registered on 04 Dec 2008

    Goals / Remit

    Museum- and Tourist Railways

    Railways revolutionised the way we live. For the first time, transport became possbile beyond human and animal force and improved the transport of people and the distribution of goods and made possible the industrial revolution.

    FEDECRAIL represents 650 railways and railway museums in 25 countries in the European Union and beyond which aim to save and preserve our railway environment and to show its impact on our cultural and social history.

    All this has been achieved by the commitment of individuals prepared to spend time and money restoring railway artefacts and buildings to their former glory. Operating trains requires teamwork, and administration is usually implemented through organisations whose constitutions prohibit the distribution of profit, thus ensuring that any surplus is reinvested in the heritage railway.

    What is FEDECRAIL?

    In many countries, these voluntary bodies have banded together to form umbrella organisations to promote their common interests on a national level. These in turn have joined forces to form FEDECRAIL, the European Federation of Museum and Tourist Railways.

    FEDECRAIL is constituted under the Belgian law. Its members are the national umbrella organisations from European countries but also include, in those countries where none yet exists, some individual railway or museum organisations. Under its constitution, it is governed by a Council of at least six elected representatives from different European countries. It holds a general meeting once a year preceded by a conference on topics of interest to operators of heritage railways, which is attended by delegates from member organisations from all over Europe as well as observers from other continents.

    The Aims and Objectives of FEDECRAIL

    FEDECRAIL seeks to:
    * Promote the rescue, restoration and operation of Europe's railway heritage.
    * Represent its members' interests vis-a-vis international agencies and, in particular, the European institutions.
    * Encourage the exchange of ideas across national and cultural boundaries and foster co-operation between museum and tourist railway organisations including museums involved in railway heritage.
    * Help provide advice and assistance for such organisations.
    * Study and resolve problems shared in restoring and operating heritage railways.

    Main EU files targeted

    Transport policy, in praricular for the railway sector.
    Tourism policy in regard to industrial heritage.

    Address

    Head Office
    Merellaan 11
    Goes 4461 RH
    NETHERLANDS
    EU Office
    c/o Advocatenkontor van der Perre
    Ganzenstraat 57
    Brugge 8000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    5

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%5

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    All persons are volunteers.

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Jaap Nieweg (President)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Jaap Nieweg (President)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    FEDECRAIL is member of Europa Nostra, the Pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage. (http://www.europanostra.org/)
    FEDECRAIL has a cooperation agreement with UIC (http://uic.org/)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    17,500€

    Other financial info

    FEDECRAIL is fully financed by the subsciption of its members, its supporter organisation (firends of FEDECRAIL) and income from own activities.
    FEDECRAIL staff is not paid (voluteers) by the association.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Member of the Group of Representative Bodies at the European Agency for Railways.

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    FEDECRAIL seeks to maintain an enviroment which allows its members to continue their business even in a changing European legislative enviroment, in particular in the railway and tourism sector. It seeks exemption from regulations where necessary to allow its members to continue to operate its heritage, museum or tourist railways as they require.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    1 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.

    • Date 03 Mar 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Importance of protecting and supporting European and global industrial and mobile heritage
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
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