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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
16.5 Fte (18)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Europäisches Zentrum für Presse- und Medienfreiheit (ECPMF)
EU Transparency Register
823710129179-63 First registered on 14 Dec 2017
Goals / Remit
The ECPMF promotes the implementation of the European Charter on Freedom of the Press in all European countries. This charter was adopted and signed in 2009 and formulates in ten articles, principles for the freedom of the press and media. The ECPMF helps shaping a common European media space and supports, defends, elaborates and expands pan-European media freedom. Freedom of the press and media is of vital importance for democratically organised states and open societies. Attacks on freedom of the media are attacks on freedom itself. The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) was founded as an independent, non-profit European Co-operative Society ("societas cooperativa Europaea", SCE). The purpose of the SCE, which shall operate exclusively on a non-profit basis in the Federal Republic of Germany and other European countries, particularly in the European Union, is therefore the promotion, preservation and defence of freedom of the press and media.
Main EU files targeted
The ECPMF acknowledges the role of the EU members states on a national level in matters of media policy. However, it stresses the importance of the EU in this issue. The ECPMF, together with its partners, closely observes EU initiatives, strategies and legislative processes inter alia on whistle-blowing protection, data protection, defamation, access to information, public-service broadcasting, (self-)censorship, and financing of journalism.
Address
Head Office
Menckestraße 27
Leipzig 04155
GERMANYEU Office
Menckestraße 27
Leipzig 04155
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
18
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 14 75% 2 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
16.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The statutory bodies of ECPMF are the General Meeting, the Executive Board, and the Supervisory Board. The General Meeting represents the highest body of ECPMF and consists of the co-operative member.
The ECPMF is currently funded through project funding. The main project is the Media Freedom Rapid Response funded by the European Commission, the Free State of Saxony, the City of Leipzig and the Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig. It also received project related funding from the Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien Germany, the Federal Foreign Office Germany and the National Endowment for Democracy.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
"Forum Media and Development" (Forum Medien und Entwicklung) - http://fome.info/
Journalists in Distress Network - https://cpj.org/emergency-response/journalists-in-distress-network/
EUTRP - https://eutrp.eu/Member organisations
https://ecpmf.eu/members
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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
600,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Public financing, EU funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Europäische Union 800,000€ Grant European Commission 600,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission 600,000€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert group against SLAPP#E03746#Flutura Kusari#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3746 #Member #B#Civil society#Implementation of the Anti-SLAPP Recommendation
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The ECPMF is facilitating activities according to actual needs. The Centre carries out advocacy, diplomatic and lobbying initiatives, with the aim for better awareness, regulations and legal initiatives for the protection of journalists. In “Fact-finding missions” the ECPMF conducts research and analyses on-the-spot in cooperation with partners, experts and affected people in the country after which it drafts recommendations, petitions and statements to the EU and its member states. Besides making concrete demands, the Centre also offers expertise on media freedom and media policy to political stakeholders. Through its website, social media, newsletter, events, solidarity actions and campaigns, the ECPMF aims to raise awareness for media freedom violations on a pan-European scale and tries to keep media freedom on the political agenda.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
12 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 03 Mar 2023 Location videoconference call Subject European Media Freedom Act, media freedom and plurality, events Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Feb 2023 Location videocall Subject Safety of journalists, SLAPP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2022 Location videoconference call Subject European Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Aug 2022 Location conference call Subject European Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject European Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2022 Location Videoconference Subject SLAPP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 24 Aug 2021 Location Phone call Subject safety of journalists Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Dec 2020 Location videoconference Subject Media freedom, EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 20 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject Media freedom Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 19 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject “Media Freedom Rapid Response” project Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
- Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Broad introduction to Media Freedom Rapid Response Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Freedom of press and rights of journalists Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
- Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists