European Union for Progressive Judaism

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

37,500€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (3)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    European Union for Progressive Judaism   (EUPJ)

    EU Transparency Register

    570348727424-31 First registered on 08 Jun 2017

    Goals / Remit

    The EUPJ works to foster and stimulate the growth of Progressive Judaism throughout Europe because we believe that Progressive Judaism, with its combination of respect for Jewish tradition and openness to modernity, provides the blueprint for Jewish continuity in the 21st century.

    The EUPJ is the umbrella organisation linking and supporting more than 170 Liberal, Progressive and Reform communities in 17 countries, with new communities regularly seeking membership. Our continued growth across Europe is testament to the fact our approach unites Jews who want a non-fundamentalist, inclusive, egalitarian and modern interpretation of Judaism. The EUPJ is one of the seven regions of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) with its headquarters in Jerusalem which is the largest movement of affiliated Jews in the world with 1.8 million members

    Main EU files targeted

    The EC has dialogue with individual religions about various matters from time to time – this frequently calls for specialists on a particular topic. We want to represent non-orthodox Judaism in this dialogue.

    We are involved in interfaith dialogue.

    We are involved in the fight against Anti-Semitism.

    We defend Europe's fundamental values and want to participate in its defence.

    Address

    Head Office
    Sternberg Centre, 80 East End Rd
    London N3 2SY
    UNITED KINGDOM
    EU Office
    International Jewish Centre
    Uccle
    Brussels Belgium 1180
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    3

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%1
    25%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    We are just launching here in Brussels, so far on a part-time probono basis, but we hope to grow and add both volunteers and eventually salaried employees to deal with this work.

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr William Echikson (Representative in charge of EU relations)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Leslie Bergman (President Emeritus)

  • Categories

    Category

    V - Organisations representing churches and religious communities

    Subcategory

    Organisations representing churches and religious communities

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    e European union of the World Union, based in London, focuses particularly on the challenges of continental Europe where the increasing Jewish population now provides enormous potential for growth. Communities destroyed during the Nazi period are re-emerging and rebuilding themselves from both survivors who returned after the Second World War and immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, many of whom are settling in Germany where there are now 18 congregations and many education programs. Two rabbinical seminaries, in Germany and the Netherlands, are complementing the work of the Leo Baeck College-Centre for Jewish Education in the U.K in training rabbis for Europe.

    Outside the United Kingdom, there are substantial congregations in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, as well as smaller ones in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Spain and Sweden.

    A well-organized European Region Beit Din provides a coherent structure for emerging communities and offers a modus vivendi for individuals and for new groups living under difficult circumstances particularly in former Communist countries.

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    37,500€

    Other financial info

    So far, all our work in Brussels has been voluntary. The London-based headquarters plans to give us a startup grant and we will then begin fundraising to build up the office and representation in front of the European Union institutions. We will rent the offices at the International Jewish Centre here in Brussels.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    We are just beginning our activities in Brussels.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • 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.

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