Lobby organisation
INTERNATIONAL PEACE INFORMATION SERVICE - INTERNATIONALE VREDESINFORMATIEDIENST
NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 8 October 2026, INTERNATIONAL PEACE INFORMATION SERVICE - INTERNATIONALE VREDESINFORMATIEDIENST appears in 4 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
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.”
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“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 and human rights, and international arms transfers. Within this scope, IPIS strives to be a centre of excellence on field-based research with 4 main research programmes : 1) NATURAL RESOURCES brings in-depth research on the exploitation of natural resources. 2) ARMS TRADE & SECURITY sheds light on facts related to the opaque international arms trade with and in our region of focus. 3) CONFLICT MAPPING aims to map the various motives of conflict actors. 4) BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS deals with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the role of the private sector .”
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.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2025 | Murielle Laurent | Situation in North Kivu |
| 1 Jun 2023 | Kathleen van Brempt | Critical Raw Materials (APA) |
| 24 Mar 2023 | Kathleen van Brempt | The traceability of diamonds, figures on Russian diamond trade and the Kimberley Process - APA |
| 24 Feb 2023 | Kathleen van Brempt | Trade in Russian diamonds - Kimberley Process - APA |
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