Overview
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.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.6 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Armenian General Benevolent Union Europe (AGBU Europe)
EU Transparency Register
852151527714-11 First registered on 11 Jul 2017
Goals / Remit
Founded in 2009, AGBU Europe coordinates and develops the pan-European activities of the Armenian General Benevolent Union. The aims of AGBU are to promote the Armenian heritage through programs in the fields of education, leadership training, culture, heritage, and through humanitarian assistance.
Since its establishment, AGBU Europe has built on the organization’s traditions of solidarity, humanism and openness to develop programmes which unify the Armenian diaspora of Europe. It has been particularly active in promoting academic research and awareness-raising campaigns and in empowering young professionals through training, coaching and mentoring.Main EU files targeted
- Resolution European Parliament resolution of 19 January 2023 on the humanitarian consequences of the blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh (2023/2504(RSP))
- European Parliament resolution of 10 March 2022 on the destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh (2022/2582(RSP))
- European Parliament resolution of 20 May 2021 on prisoners of war in the aftermath of the most recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan (2021/2693(RSP))
- European Resources for Mediation Support (ERMES)
- EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
and its related reform agenda based on democracy, transparency and rule of law
- European Partnership for the Peaceful Settlement of the Conflict over Nagorny Karabakh (EPNK)
- “Rapid Emergency Response to Families from Nagorno Karabakh”, an initiative aimed at providing support to people displaced due to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall 2020, financed by the EU and implemented by AGBU in Armenia
- Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law - and its implementation by Belgian legislation in 2019Address
Head Office
Av. Louise, 367
Brussels 1050
BELGIUMEU Office
Av. Louise, 367
Brussels 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Celine GULEKJIAN 29 Apr 2023 11 Mar 2024 Ms Maria SIMONYAN 25 May 2022 19 Apr 2023 Ms Celine GULEKJIAN 04 May 2022 29 Apr 2023 Mr Nicolas TAVITIAN 25 Mar 2020 25 Mar 2021 Ms Celine GULEKJIAN 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Nicolas TAVITIAN 26 Feb 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Celine GULEKJIAN 02 Feb 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Celine GULEKJIAN 19 Sep 2017 19 Sep 2018 Mr Nicolas TAVITIAN 20 Jul 2017 13 Jul 2018 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
The Armenian General Benevolent Union: https://agbu.org/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
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.
Total organisational budget in closed year
154,620€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Donations, Member's contribution
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Armenian General Benevolent Union 138,510€ Contribution European Education and Culture Executive Agency 13,930€ Grant European Education and Culture Executive Agency 13,930€ Other financial info
AGBU Europe, as an international asbl based in Brussels, receives contributions from the head office of the Armenian General Benevolent Union – AGBU.
In 2019, AGBU Europe received from EACEA a first allotment of 28.800€ for a European Remembrance project.
In 2021, AGBU Europe received a 2nd allotment of 13.930€ for its Remembrance project which was postponed in 2020 because of Covid-related restrictions.
AGBU Europe received the balance of the grant in 2022.
The total amount of the grant is 96.010€. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
EU-Armenia Friendship group
Communication activities
- State and Sovereignty in the Armenian Experience. https://www.agbuwebtalks.org/page/state-and-sovereignty-in-the-armenian-experience
- AGBU and Creative Armenia raise global awareness of crisis in Artsakh with online release of new film Invisible Republic. https://agbueurope.org/2023/01/20/agbu-and-creative-armenia-raise-global-awareness-of-crisis-in-artsakh-with-online-release-of-new-film-invisible-republic/
- AGBU Letter of Appeal to EU leaders Regarding Armenia. https://agbueurope.org/2022/09/20/agbu-letter-of-appeal-to-eu-leaders-regarding-armenia/
- Women after War. https://agbu.org/armenian-woman/women-after-war
- Armenians Come Together. https://agbu.org/act
- Ideas and their Consequences:Genocide and International Justice after 1919. https://www.genocideandjusticeafter1919.com/
- Assessing results of International Engagement and Confidence-Building in Nagorno-Karabakh
https://agbueurope.org/2019/06/17/international-engagement-and-confidence-building-in-nagorno-karabakh/
- Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
https://agbueurope.org/2019/12/10/agbu-europe-attends-the-annual-assembly-of-the-eastern-partnership-civil-society-forum-in-brussels/
- Conference on the criminalization of negationism in Belgium/Europe
https://agbueurope.org/2019/12/19/changing-the-law-on-negationism-in-belgium/
- Film Showcase from Eastern Partnership countries
https://agbueurope.org/2020/02/03/showcasing-films-from-eastern-partnership-region-in-brussels/
- Humanitarian shipment of Covid-19 supplies & relief items to Armenia
https://agbueurope.org/2021/01/05/un-world-food-program-facilitates-agbu-shipment-of-covid-19-supplies-and-relief-items-to-armenia/
- Book Presentation: Europeans write their love of Armenia
https://agbueurope.org/2021/04/12/european-scholars-politicians-share-their-passion-for-armenia-in-online-book-presentation-armenia-mon-amour/
- Photo exhibition "Nagorno-Karabakh, Scenes of a Disregarded War": https://agbueurope.org/2021/10/08/agbu-europe-partners-with-local-authorities-in-brussels-to-display-open-air-photo-exhibition-on-artsakh-war/Other 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 20 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Meet Mr Karadzhyan INV to 62nd annual conference of Directors of shipping companies members of the Bratislava agreement Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet member)