ECAS – European Citizen Action Service * Service D’action pour le Citoyen Europeen

VAT NUMBER:

BE0442397402

Headquarters:

Belgium

Years covered:

2015-2024

Staff listed on website:

16

Registered Staff:

5-9 employees

Funding scale:

Large (€20–50M)

Parallel grants:

Very high number (≥10)

Beneficiary’s contracted amount

0

HR transparency:

🟠 HR mainly in "services" (public accounts)

Beneficiary’s contracted amount per year:

2015: € 2,274,101 €2.3 M 2016: € 2,150,741 €2.2 M 2017: € 2,098,502 €2.1 M 2018: € 2,088,604 €2.1 M 2019: € 2,334,817 €2.3 M 2020: € 2,032,115 €2.0 M 2021: € 2,364,960 €2.4 M 2022: € 3,458,238 €3.5 M 2023: € 2,575,302 €2.6 M 2024: € 4,085,556 €4.1 M 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
From 2014 to 2024 benefited from both grants and procurement contracts as an NGO and as a NFPO, according to FTS data. The payroll across years is at 40%, while the Services and misc. line is at 60%. The number of FTS-listed EU grants that run in parallel in each reported year is from 7 to 20.

Data on this profile comes only from official public records:

   ➤ Annual accounts & staff FTE: annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium under Belgian company and associations law and the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001.

 ➤ Legal form, governance & registered staff band: Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) and Belgian public registers (SPF Justice, SPF Économie, SPF Emploi / ONSS).

 ➤ EU grants: European Commission Financial Transparency System for directly managed grants, under the applicable EU Financial Regulation and standard EU grant agreements (including rules on staff costs and eligible expenditure).

EU Money Monitor does not allege wrongdoing.
All patterns shown are derived from these public records and are presented solely to improve transparency and enable independent scrutiny by citizens, journalists, auditors and authorities.

Download the EU Financial Transparency System FTS Excel file:

Public national records (external links):

GOVERNANCE - Key people

*All names are sourced from public files – official Belgian accounts (filed with the National Bank of Belgium) and from the Belgian Official Gazette. 

Name
Title
Mandate start
Mandate end
Full term
Assya KAVRAKOVA
Directrice Générale - Executive Director
2013-01-01
Current
13+
Jean Denise LAMBERT
Présidente / Vice-Présidente
2015-06-19
Current
11+
Malachy VALLELY
Président / Trésorier (varied by mandate)
2015-06-19
Current
11+
Elisabeth KIRK IVERSEN
Vice-Présidente / Vice - Chairperson of the Board
2017-06-26
Current
9+
Stephens BOUCHER
Administrateur / Board member
2019-06-19
2025-06-23
7
Tone OEYEN
Trésorier
2020-06-11
Current
6+
Raluca NEGULESCU-BALACI
Administrateur / Board member
2022-06-16
Current
4+
Marek MRACKA
Administrateur / Board member
2022-06-16
Current
4+
Paulina FRÖHLICH
Administrateur / Board member
2022-06-16
Current
4+
Emilio De CAPITANI
Administrateur / Board member
2025-06-23
Current
1+
Fraser HENDERSON
Administrateur / Board member
2025-06-23
Current
1+
James BLIGHE
Trésorier
2024-06-18
2025-06-23
2
Joaquim José COSTA PINTO DA SILVA
Administrateur / Board member
2011-06-08
2022-06-16
12
Andrei Bogdan TARNEA
Administrateur / Board member
2011-06-08
2022-06-16
12
Angeline WOODS
Trésorier / Board member
2016-06-08
2021-06-17
6
Anne-Françoise MEEÙS
Administrateur / Conseiller juridique
2016-06-08
2020-06-11
5
Henrike FRANZ
Vice-Présidente
2011-06-08
2019-06-19
9
Louis ROPPE
Président, Trésorier
2006-04-28
2018-06-18
13
Ruben LEMMENS
Administrateur / Board member
2014-11-03
2018-06-18
5
Maria Laura FRANCIOSI
Administrateur / Board member
2014-11-03
2016-06-08
3
Thomas ANDREEN
Administrateur / Board member
2014-11-03
2016-06-08
3
Andreas VON BONIN
Vice-Président / Administrateur
2014-11-03
2016-06-08
3
Dace AKULE
Administrateur / Board member
2014-11-03
2016-06-08
3
Mall HELLAM
Présidente / Board member
2009-12-03
2013-12-02
5
Lone LETH LARSEN
Administrateur / Board member
2008-12-03
2009-12-03
2

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Yearly financials & funding overview

All annual figures are sourced from official Belgian accounts (filed with the National Bank of Belgium, full or abridged format) and from the EU Financial Transparency System for grant totals. Amounts reflect statutory revenues, expenditure, staff, and year-end results, as reported by each NGO. 

EU PROJECT LOAD

EU PROJECT LOAD

EU PROJECT LOAD – PARALLEL GRANTS PER YEAR
Number of FTS-listed EU grants run in parallel in each reported year.
max ≈ 20 grants · avg ≈ 12.5 / year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Each bar shows the annual count of EU grants run in parallel, based solely on the NGO’s EU Financial Transparency System export.

How HR is recorded

HR cost structure – total Payroll vs Services & Misc.
Payroll
36%
Payroll: 36%
Services & Misc. (Code 61): 64%
Shares are calculated across all reported years, using only Payroll and “Services & Misc.” (NBB code 61), based solely on the NGO’s Belgian annual accounts.
HR cost classification – Payroll vs Services & Misc. per year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Payroll Services & Misc. (Code 61)
Percentages are calculated only on Payroll and “Services & Misc.” (NBB code 61) in each reported year, based solely on the NGO’s Belgian annual accounts.
EU FUNDING LOAD PER STAFF FTE
FTS contracted EU-Funding per reported staff FTE, by year (€/FTE).
max ≈ €433k / FTE
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Each bar shows the annual ratio of FTS contracted EU-Funding to staff FTE reported in the NGO’s Belgian annual accounts (€/FTE). Values are drawn directly from the FTS and National Bank filings.

2024
Simplified annual account (Modèle abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
4,085,556
20 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 2,860,519
Services & Misc. (€): 1,628,133
Payroll (€): 838,141
Staff FTE: 11.3
Deferred Income (€): 1,771,193
Surplus/Deficit (€): 204,088
2023
Simplified annual account (Modèle abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
2,575,302
15 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 2,879,832
Services & Misc. (€): 1,699,704
Payroll (€): 739,421
Staff FTE: 9.6
Deferred Income (€): 1,921,979
Surplus/Deficit (€): 124,776
2022
Simplified annual account (Modèle abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
3,458,238
19 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 2,411,323
Services & Misc. (€): 1,604,757
Payroll (€): 602,430
Staff FTE: 8.0
Deferred Income (€): 2,514,864
Surplus/Deficit (€): 191,865
2021
Simplified annual account (Modèle abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
2,364,960
16 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 2,032,611
Services & Misc. (€): 1,440,412
Payroll (€): 526,580
Staff FTE: 9.4
Deferred Income (€): 1,066,984
Surplus/Deficit (€): 71,681
2020
Simplified annual account (Schéma abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
2,032,115
14 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 548,772
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 511,334
Staff FTE: 9.8
Deferred Income (€): 1,190,381
Surplus/Deficit (€): 31,814
2019
Simplified annual account (Schéma abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
2,334,817
10 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 2,692,475
Services & Misc. (€): 2,119,677
Payroll (€): 508,561
Staff FTE: 9.6
Deferred Income (€): 713,494
Surplus/Deficit (€): 100,166
2018
Simplified annual account (Schéma abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
2,088,604
7 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 532,973
Services & Misc. (€): 1,549,342
Payroll (€): 477,620
Staff FTE: 9.4
Deferred Income (€): 581,949
Surplus/Deficit (€): 81,077
2017
Simplified annual account (Schéma abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
2,098,502
7 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 532,973
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 477,620
Staff FTE: 9.4
Deferred Income (€): 800,696
Surplus/Deficit (€): 81,506
2016
Simplified annual account (Schéma abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
2,150,741
10 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 448,186
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 460,013
Staff FTE: 8.6
Deferred Income (€): 293,530
Surplus/Deficit (€): 429
2015
Simplified annual account (Schéma abrégé association)
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
2,274,101
7 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 486,474
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 475,267
Staff FTE: 7.8
Deferred Income (€): 20,793
Surplus/Deficit (€): 429

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