Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Melissa: Network of Migrant Women in Greece (MN)
EU Transparency Register
040869739141-53 First registered on 05 Aug 2020
Goals / Remit
Melissa is a network of refugee and migrant women, promoting empowerment, active citizenship and social cohesion. It has created an innovative community-based integration programme offered on a daily basis consisting of 7 strands of activities: literacy, psycho-social support, life-skills, information and advocacy, art and creativity, self-care and community engagement. It operates on the basis of a common platform, a hub where networks and individuals can meet, share their concerns and ideas, and support each other in the pursuit of their common goals. The aim is to bring migrant and refugee women together and to make their voices heard. All the activities are planned in order to open channels of communication and to promote integration. Their empowerment will not only enhance their own circumstances and improve the conditions of their children and their wider ethnic communities, but will contribute to the overall social cohesion.
Main EU files targeted
EU AMIF proposals
Erasmus program
European Commission, Directorate-General Migration and Home AffairsAddress
Head Office
Feron 18
Victoria Square
Athens 10434
GREECE -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
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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
European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW)
We are a network of individuals and groups of organizationsMember organisations
European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW)
We are a network of individuals and groups of organizations -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
There were no projects covered by the EU institutions during the reported period.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Trade Unions#Traditional minorities, national communities and languages#Social economy#Anti-racism and diversity
Communication activities
The Independent, “Migrant women help female refugees build new lives in Athens”, by Chantal de Silva, September 2017.
Link:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/greece-refugee-women-syria-afghanistan-iran-somalia-womens-rights-human-rights-a7941676.html
New York Times | Women in the World, “A Greek refuge for women migrants spreads love amid a sea of hatred”, by Lauren Bohn and Tania Karas, June 2016.
Link:https://womenintheworld.com/2016/06/06/a-greek-refuge-for-women-migrants-spreads-love-amid-a-sea-of-hatred/
Financial Times, “The migration dilemma: EU weighs impact of its deal with Turkey”, by Michael Peel and Kerin Hope, March 2018.
Link: https://www.ft.com/content/179de308-2c2b-11e8-a34a-7e7563b0b0f4
Financial Times, “From entrepreneurs to athletes: Six women to watch in Greece”, by Kerin Hope, May 2019
Link:https://www.ft.com/content/c4ffa098-4a27-11e9-bde6-79eaea5acb64?desktop=true&segmentId=7c8f09b9-9b61-4fbb-9430-9208a9e233c8&fbclid=IwAR0Jdw2nG0thXJ3hLEUeiMoQJbGJUAfF5HtZ2WpJKg3HPsXSw33xBG8ZBg0#myft:notification:daily-email:content
Deutsche Welle, “Melissa Network: A hive built by migrant women” by Omaira Gill, November 2017
Link:https://m.dw.com/en/melissa-network-a-hive-built-by-migrant-women/a-4122224
Aljazeera, “Pandemic pushes harder Greek refugee policy, but also solidarity”, by John Psaropoulos, April 2020
Link:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/pandemic-pushes-harder-greek-refugee-policy-solidarity-200420201314090.html?fbclid=IwAR1oRGQZuBBL2cNaU-UjT8-MGjTRgxB945K6bloEJBH8WeOqc8Jczmj85-w
Liberation, “The strength of the antifa movement benefits refugees”, Maria Malagardis, May 2019.
Link:https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2019/05/22/grece-la-force-du-mouvement-antifa-profite-aux-refugies_1728885?fbclid=IwAR3mGMST3YDEzQg4oPxzOsTTrv5_0o0h_amL7AQ1F3R5ghS4cG_h5XL_2mQ
Cairo’s Al Ahram Weekly, “Forgotten communities amid the pandemic”, by Khadija Elrabti, March 2020.
Link:http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1203/365949/AlAhram-Weekly/World/Forgotten-communities--amid-the-pandemic.aspx?fbclid=IwAR1Q_SGzyx-1Gk4L0zRbAH9aNusziQnZ3WFTfBBVKc5PdyZpq8Nd0FqiTWI
Euronews, “As women, we have to fight to achieve our rights”, Lene Christensen, October 2018.
Link:https://www.euronews.com/2018/10/05/as-women-we-have-to-fight-to-achieve-our-rights-view?fbclid=IwAR0I7Cx4opfO-jEDjfmImS3VtviVsavNGsREUUuIndWOtWpcdLuHVzRQeGg
European Commission Website on Integration “Integration of migrant women”, Melissa Network in the best practices of integration, European Website on Integration EWSI Editorial Team, November 2018.
Link:https://ec.europa.eu/migrant-integration/feature/integration-of-migrant-women
Transformational Change Leadership | The Rockefeller Foundation, “The Melissa Network”
Link: https://tcleadership.org/the-melissa-network/
Kathimerini Newspaper, “AI chief visits as report points to plight of women migrants” during Kumi Naidoo’s visit in Athens and at Melissa center, by Simela Pantzartzi, October 2018.
Link:https://www.ekathimerini.com/233355/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/ai-chief-visits-as-report-points-to-plight-of-women-migrantsOther 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.
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 30 Jul 2020 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject Brainstorming Session on "The State of the Union in 2020: Society and Democracy" - [Via Webex] Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet member)
- Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
- Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
- Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet member)
- Per Haugaard (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
- Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
- Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (Cabinet member)
- Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
- Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
- Charmaine Hili (Cabinet member)
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