Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (FSFE)
EU Transparency Register
33882407107-76 First registered on 09 Nov 2011
Goals / Remit
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. It is dedicated to the furthering of Free Software, and works to promote freedom in the emerging digital society.
FSFE works to build awareness for Free Software - software which anyone may use, study, share and improve - and its benefits for individuals and organisations.
We work to increase knowledge about technology, and to build and environment in which software innovation and businesses can thrive. This includes promoting helpful rules such as Open Standards, and removing obstacles such as software patents or monopolies in the software market.Main EU files targeted
Copyright reform
Free Trade Agreements
Patent policy
Competition policy
Standardisation
EducationAddress
Head Office
Schönhauser Allee, 6/7
Berlin 10119
GERMANY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 09 Mar 2016
Name Start date End Date Alexander SANDER 17 Oct 2023 16 Oct 2024 Lina Maritza CEBALLOS ZAMBRANO 26 May 2023 24 May 2024 Alexander SANDER 05 Apr 2022 05 Apr 2023 Lina Maritza CEBALLOS ZAMBRANO 31 Mar 2022 31 Mar 2023 Mr Matthias KIRSCHNER 31 Oct 2018 31 Oct 2019 Alexander SANDER 30 Oct 2018 30 Oct 2019 Mr Karsten Gerloff 13 Jun 2014 11 Jun 2015 Mr Karsten Gerloff 29 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Matthias Kirschner (President)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Kirschner Matthias (President)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
FSFE is financed exclusively through donations. Most of these donations (in number as well as amount) originate from small and medium enterprises and individuals.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Comments on DSM https://fsfe.org/activities/policy/eu/digital-single-market-comments.en.html
Other activities
Technology Awareness
Competition
Antitrust
ICT Standardisation
Public Procurement
Digital sovereignty
Meetings
Meetings
3 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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Date 04 Jul 2023 Location online Subject interoperability, public sector open source Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Open source software Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject IT procurement and open source strategy DG Informatics Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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