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Europe-Central Africa Network

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Europe-Central Africa Network appears in 10 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

10
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Europe Central-Africa Network (EurAc), created in 2003, serves as the umbrella organisation of over 30 non-governmental organisations and networks, working closely on the ground with civil society from the Great Lakes Region in Central Africa, and supporting their efforts in building a better future. EurAc carries out advocacy work for a strong, coherent and sustainable engagement by the European…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 10 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe550%
Socialists & Democrats220%
European People's Party110%
Greens/EFA110%
The Left110%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025).

2022
1
2023
0
2024
0
2025
6
2026
3

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

Hilde Vautmans
2 meetings · Renew
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
2 meetings · Renew
Marc Botenga
1 meeting · The Left
Bernd Lange
1 meeting · S&D
Erik Marquardt
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 10 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Apr 2026Reinhold LopatkaHuman Rights Situation in Burundi
2 Mar 2026Jan-Christoph OetjenExchange on current situation in Burundi
2 Mar 2026Jan-Christoph OetjenExchange on Situation in Burundi
2 Oct 2025Marit MaijPathways to Stability: Rethinking the EU's Role in the Great Lakes Region
10 Apr 2025Erik MarquardtGeneral exchange on DEVE related topics
19 Mar 2025Hilde VautmansThe situation in DRC
24 Feb 2025Marc BotengaSituation in DRC
19 Feb 2025Barry AndrewsDevelopment
8 Jan 2025Hilde VautmansGreat Lakes
8 Nov 2022Bernd LangeGeneral exchange of views

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