Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

125,000€

Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2.5 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

1

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen   (deMens.nu)

    EU Transparency Register

    872093423847-01 First registered on 24 Oct 2016

    Goals / Remit

    Our goal is to develop the non-confessional Humanist Community by:
    -taking actions, to support and coordinate actions requested by our member organisations
    -taking initiatives and developing actions in cooperation with our member organisations
    -organising, managing and building moral assistance for the general population, as for specific categories
    -representing the non-confessional Humanist community at the governmental and third party level

    The goal of the organisation is also to monitor, advocate and defend the rights of humanists, atheists, non-believers, agnosts, rationalists, scepticists and free thinkers locally, nationally, in Europe and the world by defending their interests, advocate in international institutions and promote their values of Human Rights, equality and freedom wherever a lack of these values can be observed.

    Main EU files targeted

    Human Rights - gender equality -social justice -ethical issues- woman rights - racism - stem cell research - scientific research - education - youth - employment - Freedom issues (religious freedom, freedom of press, freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of sexual and reproductive rights,...) - external action services - humanitarian rights - policy making - influence of church on EU decision making - religious radicalism and extremism - liberal and social democracy - EU core values - inter-generational dialogue - interfaith dialogue - privacy - internet freedom - lobbying in general - diplomacy - food and agriculture (ritual slaughtering) - Regionalism (CoR) and territoriality - migration - Status of the non-confessional organizations - relationship religion/states.

    Address

    Head Office
    Brand Whitlocklaan 87
    Brussels B1200
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    75%1
    50%1
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 17 Sep 2019

    Name Start date End Date
    Yvan Dheur 11 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024
    Yvan Dheur 03 Dec 2022 11 Nov 2023
    Yvan Dheur 29 Sep 2021 29 Sep 2022
    Yvan Dheur 01 Oct 2020 29 Sep 2021
    Yvan Dheur 15 Oct 2019 01 Oct 2020
    Yvan Dheur 10 Nov 2018 15 Oct 2019
    Yvan Dheur 13 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018
    Yvan Dheur 12 Nov 2016 13 Oct 2017
    Elizabeth O'Casey 12 Nov 2016 05 Apr 2017

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Yvan Dheur (Staff Knowledge Centre and International Affairs)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Ms Ketelaer Anne-France (Algemeen Directeur)

  • Categories

    Category

    V - Organisations representing churches and religious communities

    Subcategory

    Organisations representing churches and religious communities

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    We are also have a delegate member in the board of the European Humanist Federation:
    http://humanistfederation.eu/membres.php

    Co-founders, sponsors and active members from which the Vice-President of Humanists International
    https://humanists.international/

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    125,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    - Freedom of religion or belief and religious tolerance
    - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex rights - LGBTI

    We seek to work with:
    Active ageing, intergenerational solidarity & family policies
    Anti-racism and diversity
    Children's rights
    Extreme poverty and human rights

    Communication activities

    All implementations, relations and communications linked to any topic mentioned here above.
    Specific negotiations with Parliament and Commission in regard with the status of non-confessional organisations and non-believers in Europe.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    2 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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