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Secretariat of COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union)

Acronym: COMECE Secretariat

General Information

Identification Code: 47350036909-69
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: A.I.S.B.L.
Registration Category: Organisations representing churches and religious communities
Registration Date: 10/7/2011
Last Update: 11/15/2023
EP Accredited Number: 10

Mission & Interests

Goals: The COMECE Secretariat carries out operatively the aims of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union (COMECE), partnering EU political processes; monitoring EU activities and informing its Episcopates; communicating to the EU the views of its Episcopates. The COMECE Secretariat supports greater transparency in EU processes. It recognises itself as ‘Organisations representing churches and religious communities’ and agrees that the Register should not apply to Churches. COMECE is involved in Art. 17.3 TFEU Dialogue with a specific contribution and a peculiar identity, status and dignity, not as a lobby/interest representative/single-issue organisation. Our contribution is of moral/ethical nature but also rooted in Church Social Doctrine. It is constantly inspired by the Gospel and hurch reflection on the dignity of each human being as created in God’s image. We operate for the common good, not for business/interests and we are not conditioned by third-party interests.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Banking and financial services
  • Borders and security
  • Budget
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Culture
  • Culture and media
  • Customs
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Enlargement
  • Environment
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • External relations
  • Food safety
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • Fraud prevention
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Maritime affairs and fisheries
  • Migration and asylum
  • Public health
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Sport
  • Taxation
  • Trade
  • Trans-European Networks
  • Transport
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: • Implementation of Article 17 TFEU • General Data Protection Regulation • Protection of places of worship in the EU • Non-discrimination policies and legislation • Cross-border recognition of parenthood • Proposal on fighting online child pornography • De minimis State aid • Non-profit associations law • Strengthening equality bodies • European Media Freedom Act • Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive • New Agenda for Relations between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean/EU-CELAC Summi • EU’s response to the war in Ukraine • Global Gateway investment initiative • Digital Ethics • Mental Health • Ethics of Care • Sexual and reproductive health • Women‘s rights • Genetically modified organisms/new genomic techniques • REPowerEU • Nature Restoration Law • ETS 2: buildings, road transport and additional sectors • European Critical Raw Materials Act • Adequate minimum wages directive • European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan • Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health • Just Transition Mechanism, Platform Workers Directive • Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions • European Year of Skills • Digital education and the Digital Education Action Plan • Culture in external relations • European Year of Youth • Creative Europe Programme • New European Bauhaus
Communication Activities: Contributions • Statement on the occasion of the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale tragic military invasion of Ukraine • Recommendations for a review of EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders • Joint Statements on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive • Contribution in view of the EU-CELAC Summit and the renewal of the EU-LAC partnership • Contribution to Social economy – developing framework conditions • Contribution to EP discussions on cross-border parenthood • Contribution to Council discussions on the review of de minims State aid legislation • Statement on Ethics of Energy “ Energy Crisis, A Call for Solidarity ahead of Winter” • Statement of the Commission on Ethics of COMECE ‘The Ethical Indefensibility of an EU Fundamental Right to Abortion’ • Joint Statement to raise concerns on the draft regulation on “ Quality and safety standards for substances of human origin intended for human use“ • “Position Paper on the proposed regulation on quality and safety standards for substances of human origin intended for human use” • COMECE-DBI-FAFCE Contribution to the European Commission’s public consultation on the proposal of a European year of Skills 2023 Events • Event “European Care Strategy and Challenges faced by women during and after the pandemic” coorganized with FAFCE (30 November 2022) • Webinar on the Brumadinho dam disaster and the need for an EU due diligence law (20 January 2023) • Event on Social Economy (28 February 2023) • Event “Africa-EU partnership of equals: how can we get there? Is the Global Gateway fit for purpose?” (7 March 2023) • Event “Work and loneliness: Quality resting time for an improved mental health of workers” coorganized with the European Sunday Alliance and FAFCE (26 April 2023) • Spring meeting of the COMECE Youth Net, with participation of European Parliament and European Commission’s officials (27-28 April 2023) • Event Towards a new model for companies in Europe (3 May 2023) • Roundtable with EU policy-makers on the war in Ukraine and on-going security challenges in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood (25 May 2023) • COMECE-DBI-FAFCE Dialogue event on the European Year of Skills “Grounded in the Present, Skilled for the Future” (31 May 2023) • Event on the future of the EU-LAC partnership “How can the EU-CELAC Summit contribute to a partnership of equals and promote global justice?” (6 June 2023) • Roundtable with EU policy-makers on challenges linked to mining in the Latin American context and perspectives for a people-centred, just and sustainable transition (22 September 2023) • Event on the issue of child labour in the Dominican Republic (9 October 2023) Webnews/press releases/press conferences; COMECE website; Social media; COMECE Annual Report 2022; videos.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Fighting against poverty,Freedom of religion and religious tolerance,Unofficial groupings

Head Office

Address: Square de Meeûs, 19
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Square de Meeûs, 19
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 4
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 12
Members F T E: 8.5

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Catholic Response for Ukraine Working Group Contribution to the activities of the ProSPeReS Consortium on protection of places of worship in the EU
Organisation Members: Membership of the European Laudato Si' Alliance/ELSi'A (a network of Church-related and religious organisations involved in the care for our common home and ecological justice) Observer in the European Sunday Alliance (a network of national Sunday Alliances, trade unions, civil society organisations and Churches and religious communities committed to raise awareness of the unique value of synchronised free time for our European societies) Participation to an informal ecumenical group of Christian organisations working on migration and asylum issues Member of ad-hoc working group on abortion law of the Catholic Office of the German Bishop Conference