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SOS Children's Villages

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Austria · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, SOS Children's Villages appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (10 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
10
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“SOS Children's Villages is a federation operating in over 138 countries - including 22 EU Member States. SOS Children's Villages is a non-governmental and non-denominational child rights organisation. Almost 70 years of experience in this field have given us a deep understanding of how to care for children until they become independent thriving adults, and great expertise in preventing the…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats646%
Greens/EFA323%
European People's Party215%
Renew Europe215%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2024).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
1
2023
2
2024
5
2025
4

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

Saskia Bricmont
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Gabriele Bischoff
2 meetings · S&D
Biljana Borzan
1 meeting · S&D
Maria Noichl
1 meeting · S&D
Hilde Vautmans
1 meeting · Renew

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Sep 2025Abir Al-SahlaniChildren's rights in the EU's external action
3 Sep 2025Idoia MendiaMeeting with SOS Children's villages
20 May 2025Maria NoichlChildren's rights
30 Jan 2025Hilde VautmansChildren's rights priorities
20 Nov 2024Biljana BorzanChildren's rights
16 Oct 2024Evin IncirChildren´s rights
25 Sep 2024Aura SallaChildren's rights
16 Sep 2024Javier ZarzalejosLIBE Committee priorities
16 Jul 2024Saskia BricmontChildren rights
28 Nov 2023Gabriele BischoffGeneral update
21 Sep 2023Gabriele BischoffChild Guarantee
8 Dec 2022Saskia BricmontWebinar : Making children's rights a reality for children in migration
25 Jun 2020Saskia BricmontChildren rights

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