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Lobby organisation

Kirkon Ulkomaanapu sr (Finn Church Aid)

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

As of 9 September 2026, Kirkon Ulkomaanapu sr (Finn Church Aid) appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Finn Church Aid (FCA) is a rights-based actor, a Finnish non-governmental, non-profit organisation with over 75 years of experience, with operations in 12 countries, and a member of the global ACT Alliance. We realise our mission and vision through development cooperation, humanitarian assistance and advocacy work, and invest in small and medium-sized enterprises in the developing countries. We consider three…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party556%
Renew Europe222%
Greens/EFA111%
The Left111%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2024).

2022
1
2023
0
2024
5
2025
2
2026
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

Aura Salla
3 meetings · EPP
Sirpa Pietikäinen
2 meetings · EPP
Elsi Katainen
1 meeting · Renew
Anna-Maja Henriksson
1 meeting · Renew
Maria Ohisalo
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Mar 2026Li AnderssonHumanitarian situation in Gaza
3 Dec 2025Sirpa PietikäinenRelations with Palestine
25 Mar 2025Aura SallaThe upcoming MFF negotiations, and the effects of the sudden cessation of US international aid
4 Dec 2024Elsi KatainenAjankohtainen tilanne Israelissa ja miehitetyillä Palestiinalaisalueilla
3 Dec 2024Aura SallaSituation in Gaza
15 Nov 2024Anna-Maja HenrikssonFCA and FELM in Brussels
12 Nov 2024Maria OhisaloEU climate politics
23 Sep 2024Aura SallaGaza conflict
27 Apr 2022Sirpa PietikäinenUkraine global impacts and development policies

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