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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: Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

3.75 Fte (5)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

4

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    ADF International Belgium   (ADFI)

    EU Transparency Register

    69403354038-78 First registered on 20 Aug 2010

    Goals / Remit

    ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organisation that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people.

    Main EU files targeted

    EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;
    EU Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights;
    EU Guidelines on Freedom of expression online and offline;
    EC Initiative to include Hate Speech & Hate Crime on the list of EU Crimes;
    EC Initiative on Cross-border family situations- recognition of parenthood;
    TFEU Article 17 Dialogue;
    Interaction with the EP Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance;
    EP Report on Persecution of minorities on the ground of belief or religion;
    EP Annual report on Human Rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's Policy on the matter;
    EP Resolution on the risk of the death penalty and the execution of singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria” (2023);
    EP Resolution on India, the situation in Manipur” (2023);
    EP Resolution on the recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria” (2024).

    Address

    Head Office
    Reisnerstrasse 40/3.OG
    Wien 1030
    AUSTRIA
    EU Office
    Rue Guimard
    Bruxelles (Etterbeek) 1040
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    5

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%2
    75%2
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    3.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Apr 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Martina DIVKOVIC 19 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025
    Georgia Alida DU PLESSIS 21 Feb 2024 20 Feb 2025
    Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 02 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2024
    Adina Ioana PORTARU 21 Feb 2024 20 Feb 2025
    Ms Georgia Alida DU PLESSIS 21 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024
    Ms Adina Ioana PORTARU 21 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024
    Ms Martina DIVKOVIC 19 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 02 Sep 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Ms Vivian Cristina DOS SANTOS SIMS 13 Jun 2023 01 Sep 2023
    Ms Georgia Alida DU PLESSIS 10 Mar 2023 21 Feb 2024
    Ms Adina Ioana PORTARU 10 Mar 2023 21 Feb 2024
    Ms Martina DIVKOVIC 25 Jan 2023 19 Jan 2024
    Mr Felix BÖLLMANN 21 Jan 2023 01 Aug 2023
    Mr Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 16 Sep 2022 02 Sep 2023
    Ms Georgia Alida DU PLESSIS 09 Apr 2022 10 Mar 2023
    Ms Adina Ioana PORTARU 23 Mar 2022 10 Mar 2023
    Mr Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 08 Sep 2021 09 Sep 2022
    Ms Adina Ioana PORTARU 27 Feb 2021 26 Feb 2022
    Ms Raluca MIHALACHE 27 Feb 2021 26 Feb 2022
    Ms Jennifer LEA 27 Feb 2021 26 Feb 2022
    Ms Adina Portaru 27 Feb 2021 15 Sep 2021
    Mr Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 17 Sep 2020 17 Sep 2021
    Ms Adina Portaru 11 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021
    Ms Jennifer LEA 11 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021
    Mr Felix BÖLLMANN 11 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021
    Ms Raluca MIHALACHE 09 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021
    Ms Paola Vanessa LÓPEZ DARCE 09 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021
    Mr Lorcán Price 19 Nov 2019 19 Nov 2020
    Ms Adina Portaru 16 Mar 2019 11 Feb 2020
    Mr Robert Clarke 16 Mar 2019 14 Mar 2020
    Ms Alice Neffe 16 Mar 2019 09 Jan 2020
    Ms Marianne RABY 31 Jan 2019 31 Mar 2019
    Mr Andreas Thonhauser 11 Jan 2019 11 Jan 2020
    Ms Raluca MIHALACHE 08 Jan 2019 08 Jan 2020
    Mr Lorcán Price 20 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Ms Jennifer LEA 20 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Mr Felix BÖLLMANN 20 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Ms Marija JUNKOVIĆ 02 Jun 2018 01 Aug 2018
    Mr Jan KOŠIČEK 31 May 2018 01 Aug 2018
    Ms Leen den Blauwen 20 Mar 2018 20 Mar 2019
    Ms Adina Portaru 20 Mar 2018 16 Mar 2019
    Ms Sophia KUBY 20 Mar 2018 20 Mar 2019
    Mr Robert Clarke 20 Mar 2018 16 Mar 2019
    Ms Alice Neffe 10 Mar 2018 09 Mar 2019
    Mr Andreas Thonhauser 29 Nov 2017 22 Nov 2018
    Mr Lorcán Price 14 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018
    Ms Jennifer LEA 14 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018
    Mr Felix BÖLLMANN 14 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018
    Ms Rozalia Kielmans-Ratyńska 27 Jun 2017 16 Aug 2017
    Mr Jamie McGowan 14 Jun 2017 13 Aug 2017
    Ms Leen den Blauwen 25 Apr 2017 20 Mar 2018
    Ms Adina Portaru 25 Apr 2017 20 Mar 2018
    Mr Paul Coleman 25 Apr 2017 07 Apr 2018
    Ms Sophia KUBY 25 Apr 2017 20 Mar 2018
    Mr Robert Clarke 25 Apr 2017 20 Mar 2018
    Ms Alice Neffe 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018
    Mr Lorcán Price 18 Nov 2016 14 Oct 2017
    Mr Andreas Thonhauser 16 Nov 2016 15 Nov 2017
    Mr Laurence Wilkinson 16 Nov 2016 15 Nov 2017
    Ms Zuzana Cahojova 03 Jun 2016 20 Jul 2016
    Ms Leen den Blauwen 05 May 2016 09 Apr 2017
    Ms Adina Portaru 12 Apr 2016 09 Apr 2017
    Mr Paul Coleman 12 Apr 2016 09 Apr 2017
    Ms Sophia KUBY 12 Apr 2016 09 Apr 2017
    Mr Robert Clarke 12 Apr 2016 09 Apr 2017
    Mr Laurence Wilkinson 27 Nov 2015 16 Nov 2016
    Mr Lorcán Price 27 Nov 2015 18 Nov 2016
    Mr Andreas Thonhauser 25 Nov 2015 16 Nov 2016
    Ms Zuzana Cahojova 21 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2016
    Ms Sophia KUBY 18 Apr 2015 12 Apr 2016
    Ms Leen den Blauwen 17 Apr 2015 15 Apr 2016
    Ms Adina Portaru 17 Apr 2015 12 Apr 2016
    Mr Paul Coleman 17 Apr 2015 12 Apr 2016
    Mr Roger Kiska 17 Apr 2015 23 Mar 2016
    Mr Robert Clarke 17 Apr 2015 12 Apr 2016

    Complementary Information

    all are employees

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    N/A

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

    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

    650,000€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Donations

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM 650,000€

    Other financial info

    The worldwide work of ADF International is funded by thousands of private donors in more than 60 countries – including within the EU. ADF International receives no funding from any governmental nor multilateral entity. The budget listed in March 2022 was the global budget of all ADF International operations worldwide. Thanks to the clarification provided by the Register’s Secretariat, the registration has been updated to indicate the most recent and relevant data pertaining to the budget of the registered entity in accordance with ANNEX II of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 May 2021.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Freedom of religion and religious tolerance

    Communication activities

    Briefing events, submission of briefing papers
    ADF International co-hosted events in the European Parliament:
    "Genocide by Isis: Urgent need for International Action" on February 17 2016;
    "Freedom of Conscience" on March 2 2016;
    Book Launch "Never Again;
    Legal responses to a broken promise in the Middle East" on June 29 2016;
    Presentation on the ongoing genocide against Christians in Iraq on January 11 2017;
    Briefing on "Hate Speech" at the European Parliament on October 19 2017;
    Brussels ll Briefing at the European Parliament on February 27 2018;
    MEP Briefing on "Religious Freedom" on June 20 2018;
    MEP Briefing event on India on October 10 2018;
    UDHR Event on November 28 2018, 10th anniversary of the EU Charter on June 19 2019.
    Various campaigns on the promotion and protection of human rights and inherent dignity (e.g. ("Let us Worship", "End Forced Marriage").
    Conference/Webinar "The Forgotten Christian Minorities in Myanmar" on September 28, 2021.
    Conference "Freedom of Religion in Türkiye" on October 13, 2022.
    Conference “Nigeria’s blasphemy laws – Death penalty for sharing a song?” on October 12, 2023.
    MEP Briefing on Religious Freedom on October 25, 2023.
    MEP Briefing on Human Dignity on January 9, 2024.

    Other activities

    Human Rights, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression, Church relations, parental rights and education, bioethics.

  • 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.

    • Date 07 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, BERL
      Subject discussion on the Equal Treatment
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 19 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Code of conduct against hate speech
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet member)
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