The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - European Union and International Affairs Office

The EU Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a member of/affiliated with:

- European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID), www.eprid.eu.

- European Policy Centre, http://www.epc.eu/en/members

Our office represents The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the European Union institutions. The administration of the Church is facilitated by geographic areas. Areas are overseen by an area president and two counselors, who are usually members of the Quorums of the Seventy. Under the direction of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, area presidencies provide spiritual and administrative direction to the leaders and members of the Church in their areas. As of February 2024, there are 23 areas.

Does not represent commercial interests

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

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.

450,759€

None declared

The office budget and operating costs are financed by the Association Belge de l'Eglise de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours ASBL. The total budget covers the salary paid to the full-time staff, operating costs (rent, utilities, office supplies, etc.), public relations, and the activities under the scope if this registration.

None declared

Freedom of religion and religious tolerance

For details of all old and recent events, please visit: www.facebook.com/CHURCHinEU

2023
- Lisbon Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75 Webinar series
- Roundtables, webinars and conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Eu Guidelines on Freedom of Religion or Belief

2021
- Fortifying Families Webinar Series
- Faith and Society Webinar Series
- Ahead of the 2021 Italy G20 Summit

2020
- Fortifying Families Webinar Series
- Covid-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar series (14 episodes)
- Call for the appointment of a Special Envoy for the promotion of Freedom of religion or belief outside the EU

2019
- Interfaith: Rome Temple open house
- Social media campaign on Freedom of religion or belief
- Social media campaign for International Day of Families
- Live! Interviews on Article 17 TFEU
- Statement on European Parliament elections
- Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2020-2024
- Call for the appointment of a Special Envoy for the promotion of Freedom of religion or belief outside the EU

None declared

6 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.

• Date	14 Jan 2022	Location	virtual conference
  Subject	Article 17 dialogue
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
  Portfolio	Promoting the European Way of Life
  Attending	Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member) Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe

• Date	15 Jan 2021	Location	Virtually
  Subject	Follow up on EPRID meeting: Introductory meeting with representative of the entity, The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-day Saints.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
  Portfolio	Promoting the European Way of Life
  Attending	Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)

• Date	14 Jan 2021	Location	Virtually
  Subject	Introductory meeting with the European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination to discuss their priorities and the best way to offer their support.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
  Portfolio	Promoting the European Way of Life
  Attending	Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Open Doors International

• Date	29 Nov 2016	Location	berlaymont
  Subject	exchange of info on humanitarian portfolios
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
  Portfolio	Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management
  Attending	Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) Philippos Savvides (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 May 2016	Location	berlaymont
  Subject	Introduction of the office
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
  Portfolio	Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management
  Attending	Philippos Savvides (Cabinet member)

• Date	28 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Introduction meeting
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva
  Portfolio	Budget & Human Resources
  Attending	Michael Jennings (Cabinet member)