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Lobby organisation

ActionAid

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: South Africa · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, ActionAid appears in 49 declared MEP meetings (24 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

49
declared meetings
with current MEPs
24
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
5.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency which takes sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together. Around the world we work in local communities, listening to poor people and learning about their needs.”

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“We help them approach decision makers in their own countries, simultaneously lobbying powerful institutions such as the EU to change the international policies and regulations that contribute to the uneven distribution of wealth. The EU is the largest multi-lateral donor and its decisions have major implications for the lives of millions of people in the developing world. ActionAid opened its EU Office in Brussels in 1999. The ActionAid EU Office seeks to ensure that EU policies place the fight against extreme poverty and global injustice as a central concern.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 49 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats2143%
Greens/EFA1939%
European People's Party36%
Renew Europe36%
The Left36%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (22 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
4
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
10
2025
22
2026
12

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Marit Maij
10 meetings · S&D
Alice Kuhnke
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Erik Marquardt
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Tineke Strik
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Marco Tarquinio
4 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Sep 2026Charles GoerensGlobal Europe
15 Sep 2026Erik MarquardtMigration conditionality
9 Sep 2026Lynn BoylanCOP31, climate finance
15 Jul 2026Marit MaijGlobal Europe
11 May 2026Lina GálvezWomen and children situation in Gaza.
16 Apr 2026Hildegard BenteleGlobal Europe Instrument
9 Apr 2026Marit MaijGAP IV and Global Europe
19 Mar 2026Erik Marquardtdevelopment cooperation and migration funding
18 Mar 2026Marco TarquinioMFF negotiations
5 Mar 2026Marit MaijMeeting with CSO representative
25 Feb 2026Tineke StrikGlobal Europe
15 Jan 2026Cecilia Strada2024 ECA recommendations concerning the identification, mitigation and redress of human rights risks and violation in EU-funded prokects
14 Dec 2025Marco TarquinioGlobal Europe
8 Dec 2025Cecilia StradaExchange of views on the new proposal Global Europe, with a focus on the migration-related aspects
3 Nov 2025Tineke StrikGlobal Europe Regulation

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