Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Quaker Council for European Affairs |
| Acronym: |
QCEA
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| Legal status: |
AISBL
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| Website address: |
http://www.qcea.org
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Sections
| Section: |
III - Non-governmental organisations |
| and more precisely: |
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Alexandra Bosbeer
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| Position: |
Head of Office |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Alexandra Bosbeer
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| Position: |
Head of Office |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
50 Square Ambiorix
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM
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| Telephone number: |
(+322) 2304935 |
| Fax number: |
(+322) 2306370 |
| Other contact information: |
QCEA blog: http://qceablog.wordpress.com
QCEA Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quaker-Council-for-European-Affairs-QCEA/208820802584092?ref=stream
QCEA Twitter account: @QCEA
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
The twin goals of the Quaker Council for European Affairs are: first, to engage Quakers and those in close sympathy with Quakers in Europe in the political processes of the European Institutions and, second, to influence where possible the policies of the European Institutions in line with the values and concerns of Quakers and those in close sympathy with Quakers in Europe, on matters relating to peace, human rights, economic justice, energy security, sustainability, and transparency.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
4
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Complementary information:
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We employ:
2 Joint Representatives/Heads of Office
2 Programme Assistants (Stagaires/Interns)
All of these staff spend most of their time on advocacy, i.e. activities which fall under the scope of this register.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
| First name
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Alexandra
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Bosbeer
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19/09/12
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17/09/13
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Gordon
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Matthews
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22/09/12
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20/09/13
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Christopher
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Venables
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15/11/12
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14/11/13
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Imogen
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Parker
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20/02/13
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18/01/14
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Bethany
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Squire
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15/11/12
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14/11/13
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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QCEA has had a change of staff, with two new Joint Representatives and two new Programme Assistants from 1 October 2012. (The information below pertains to the previous year.)
On behalf of the Quaker Council for European Affairs the persons listed below have had, during the reporting period, four or more contacts with members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions; or they have spent 20 percent or more of their working time on behalf of the Quaker Council for European Affairs carrying out such activities:
Liz Scurfield - Joint Representative and Head of Office
EU policy on justice matters
EU Policy in Israel/Palestine
EEAS
Martina Weitsch - Joint Representative and Head of Office
CSDP
Peacebuilding Partnership
Stability Instrument
Conflict Prevention Policy
EU Budget Review and Multiannual Financial Framework
Horizon 2020, European Security Research Programme and Consultation about future direction in both
EEAS
EIB Social and Environmental Standards
EU Policy in Israel/Palestine
Paul Parrish - Advocacy Officer
EU Energy Policy
EU Climate Policy
Isabel Skrine (from October 2011 to July 2012)
EU Climate and Energy Policy
Hannah Slater (from October 2011 to June 2012)
EU policy on Israel/Palestine
Cat Hellewell (from October 2011 to June 2012
EU policy on justice matters
EU Budget Review and Multiannual Financial Framework
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Budget
- Climate Action
- Customs
- Development
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Enterprise
- Environment
- External Relations
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Foreign and Security Policy and Defence
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Home Affairs
- Humanitarian Aid
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Research and Technology
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
9 |
| Number of member organisations: |
15 |
| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
- Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (16,000 members)
- Ireland Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (1,500 members)
- German Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (270 members)
- Norway Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (150 members)
- Sweden Yearly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (100 members)
- Netherlands Yearly Meeting of the Relgious Society of Friends (100 members)
- France Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (60 members)
- Switzerland Yearly Meeting of the Religious Societh of Friends (75 members)
- Belgium and Luxembourg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Fri (40 members)
- Friends World Committee for Consultation EMES (20,000 members)
- Europe and Middle East Young Friends (100 members)
- Denmark Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (30 members)
- QCEA British Committee (15 members)
- Friends of QCEA - Netherlands (VVQREA) (10 members)
- Europe and Middle East Section of Friends World Committee for Consulta (120 members)
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
- AUSTRIA
- BELGIUM
- BULGARIA
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- DENMARK
- ESTONIA
- FINLAND
- FRANCE
- GERMANY
- GREECE
- HUNGARY
- IRELAND
- ITALY
- LATVIA
- LITUANIA
- LUXEMBOURG
- NETHERLANDS
- POLAND
- SPAIN
- SWEDEN
- UNITED KINGDOM
- NORWAY
- PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED TERRITORY
- SWITZERLAND
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Complementary information:
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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The Quaker Council for European Affairs belongs to the following networks:
European Peacebuiding Liaison Office
Human Rights and Democracy Network
Civil Society Contact Group
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Total budget:
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222,298
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€
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of which public financing:
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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€
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- from national sources:
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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€
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from other sources: |
222,298
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€
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- donations:
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947
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€
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- contributions from members:
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141,719
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€
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- Grant Giving Trusts :
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30,000
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€
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- Lettings Income :
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23,616
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€
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- Publications and Events :
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10,385
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€
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- Income towards maintenance of building :
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1,024
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€
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- Bank Interest :
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2,160
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€
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- Reimbursements of direct costs :
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3,303
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€
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- Restricted funds for specific projects :
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9,144
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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150000
€ - 200000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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