Unie Vrijzinnige Verenigingen

Acronym: deMens.nu

General Information

Identification Code: 872093423847-01

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Entity Form: VZW

Registration Category: Organisations representing churches and religious communities

Registration Date: 10/24/2016

Last Update: 8/31/2023

EP Accredited Number: 1

Mission & Interests

Goals: Our goal is to develop the non-confessional Humanist Community by: -taking actions, to support and coordinate actions requested by our member organisations -taking initiatives and developing actions in cooperation with our member organisations -organising, managing and building moral assistance for the general population, as for specific categories -representing the non-confessional Humanist community at the governmental and third party level The goal of the organisation is also to monitor, advocate and defend the rights of humanists, atheists, non-believers, agnosts, rationalists, scepticists and free thinkers locally, nationally, in Europe and the world by defending their interests, advocate in international institutions and promote their values of Human Rights, equality and freedom wherever a lack of these values can be observed.

Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests

Interests:

Climate action
Communication
Culture
Digital economy and society
Education and training
European neighbourhood policy
External relations
Foreign affairs and security policy
Humanitarian aid and civil protection
Institutional affairs
International co-operation and development
Justice and fundamental rights
Migration and asylum
Regional policy
Research and innovation
Trans-European Networks
Youth

Levels of Interest:

global
sub-national
national
european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: -Reform of the Fundamental Rights Agency last year. -Renewal of the EEAS Special Envoy on FoRB outside the EU. - Repeated interaction regarding Blasphemy and freedom of thought after the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo. - Greed Deal report - European Parliament dialogue seminar with Churches and religious communities on: "The External Policies of the EU" - The future of Work - General Data Protection Regulation - Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU - Protection of places of worship in the EU - Countering fake news/disinformation - Non-discrimination policies - Whistleblowers directive - Review of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy - Development and humanitarian action by Churches, religious communities and faith-based organisations - Churches, religious communities and faith-based organisations as human right actors in third countries - Report of the High-Level Expert Group on AI: Policy and Investment Recommendations for AI -White Paper on AI - A European approach to excellence and trust - European Data Strategy - Integration of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking - Trafficking in Human Beings - Intolerance and persecution against vulnerable religious groups and minorities in third countries - Implementation of EU Guidelines on Freedom of religion or belief. - Contribution to the discussion on the situation in Ukraine with the religious communities. - Chaplaincy in Defence - Chaplaincy in Civil aviation.

Communication Activities: The Freethought Report of Humanists International is being presented together with European Humanist Federation every year to the EU leaders, through the platforms of FoRB Intergroup, the European Political Platform for Secularism in Politics, and the Art17 of the TFEU. We are participating to art.17 TFEU activities at the Parliament and the Commission. We helped out with the promotion of book presentation at the EPRS library, like the one of Andrew Copson recently. We followed up closely on the EEAS Global Exchange on Religion in Society GERIS project. https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/global-exchange-on-religion-in-society-geris- We are also following up on the work of ILGA that is in the field of LGBT affairs. We follow up on the different reports of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population & Development. We try to come regularly to the EPP activities on FoRB.

Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Freedom of religion and religious tolerance,European cultural heritage, ways of Saint-James and other European cultural routes,LGTBI,Unofficial groupings,Christians in the Middle East

Head Office

Address: Brand Whitlocklaan 87

Post Code: B1200

City: Brussels

Country: BELGIUM

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EU Office

Address: Brand Whitlocklaan 87

Post Code: B1200

City: Brussels

Country: BELGIUM

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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0

Members25 Percent: 1

Members50 Percent: 1

Members75 Percent: 1

Members: 4

Members F T E: 2.5

Structure

Structure Type: Structure

Is Member Of: http://www.demens.nu/nl/UnieVrijzinnigeVerenigingen/lidverenigingen.html

Organisation Members: Co-founders, sponsors and active members of Humanists International https://humanists.international/