MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

INTERNATIONAL PEACE INFORMATION SERVICE - INTERNATIONALE VREDESINFORMATIEDIENST

HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, INTERNATIONAL PEACE INFORMATION SERVICE - INTERNATIONALE VREDESINFORMATIEDIENST appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

4
declared meetings
with current MEPs
2
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“IPIS is an independent research institute that provides tailored information, analysis and capacity enhancement to support those actors who want to realise a vision of durable peace, sustainable development and the fulfilment of human rights. Throughout the years, IPIS has developed a geographic focus on sub-Saharan Africa and a thematic focus on natural resources, conflict motives of armed actors, business…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 4 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group. Every meeting was with a single group.

Socialists & Democrats4100%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023).

2023
3
2024
0
2025
1

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

Kathleen van Brempt
3 meetings · S&D
Murielle Laurent
1 meeting · S&D

The 4 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Oct 2025Murielle LaurentSituation in North Kivu
1 Jun 2023Kathleen van BremptCritical Raw Materials (APA)
24 Mar 2023Kathleen van BremptThe traceability of diamonds, figures on Russian diamond trade and the Kimberley Process - APA
24 Feb 2023Kathleen van BremptTrade in Russian diamonds - Kimberley Process - APA

Meeting an MEP is a normal part of democratic life; the record is shown so anyone can see it.