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
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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
AUSTRIAEU Office
Rue Guimard
Bruxelles (Etterbeek) 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 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 28 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Georgia Du Plessis 05 Aug 2024 05 Aug 2025 Martina DIVKOVIC 05 Aug 2024 05 Aug 2025 Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 05 Aug 2024 05 Aug 2025 Adina Portaru 05 Aug 2024 05 Aug 2025 Martina DIVKOVIC 19 Jan 2024 24 Aug 2024 Georgia Alida DU PLESSIS 21 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 02 Sep 2023 14 Aug 2024 Adina Ioana PORTARU 21 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Ms Vivian Cristina DOS SANTOS SIMS 13 Jun 2023 01 Sep 2023 Georgia Alida DU PLESSIS 10 Mar 2023 21 Feb 2024 Adina Ioana PORTARU 10 Mar 2023 21 Feb 2024 Martina DIVKOVIC 25 Jan 2023 19 Jan 2024 Mr Felix BÖLLMANN 21 Jan 2023 01 Aug 2023 Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 16 Sep 2022 02 Sep 2023 Georgia Alida DU PLESSIS 09 Apr 2022 10 Mar 2023 Adina Ioana PORTARU 23 Mar 2022 10 Mar 2023 Jean-Paul VAN DE WALLE 08 Sep 2021 09 Sep 2022 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 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
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
N/A
Member organisations
None declared
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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
Type Name Amount 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.
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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
None declared
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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.
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 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)
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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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