Lobby organisation
Child Helpline International
NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Netherlands · website · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Child Helpline International appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
In their own words
“Child Helpline International (CHI) is a foundation (“Stichting”) registered in the Netherlands, which brings together 150 child helplines across 130 countries around the world. Founded in 2003, our vision is to create a world where the voices of children and young people are heard and taken into account, and their rights are respected.”
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“As a global network, we aim to: - Expand the reach and strengthen the capacity and quality of child helplines to ensure access to a high-quality child helpline for all children and young people - Strengthen the network of child helplines to respond to increased digitalisation of society - Enhance reliable and detailed child helpline data collection on the voices and lived experiences of children and young people to inform policy and practice - Enhance recognition and integration of child helplines and children’s voices in child rights and child protection policy and practice […]”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2026–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2026). All meetings were in one calendar year. Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 4 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Laura Ballarín Cereza | EU Kids Act |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Sandro Ruotolo | online recruitment of children by criminal organizations |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Nikola Minchev | Exchange of views |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Sandro Ruotolo | Children support helpline |
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