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
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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 time Lobbyists 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 14 Sep 2018
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 Intelligence Centre and International Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Ketelaer Anne-France (Algemeen Directeur)
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Categories
Category
V - Organisations representing churches and religious communities
Subcategory
Organisations representing churches and religious communities
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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 the International Humanist and Ethical Union:
http://iheu.org/membership/our-members/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/profile&page=CiviCRM&gid=4Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
125,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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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 rightsCommunication 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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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 - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
- Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Secretariat of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union)
- association européenne de la pensée libre
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - European Union and International Affairs Office
- EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels
- Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe
- Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in European Union
- The PR Office
- European Buddhist Union
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Church Council
- Conference of European Churches
- EGALE Egalité-laïcité-Europe
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Date 10 Jun 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject European Green Deal presentation and discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Union for Progressive Judaism
- Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in European Union
- EGALE Egalité-laïcité-Europe
- association européenne de la pensée libre
- EKD-Büro Brüssel / EKD-Office Brussels
- Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe
- Conference of European Churches
- Alliance Maçonnique Européenne
- European Buddhist Union
- Secretariat of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union)
- Grande Loge Féminine de France (Institut Maçonnique Européen)
- HINDU FORUM EUROPE
- Meetings