Declaration of interests

Pursuant to paragraph 17 of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliament Assembly

I, the undersigned, on my honour and in full knowledge of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliamentary Assembly, hereby declare

Mr BEN CHIKHA, Fourat

Belgium

Published on: 22/02/2021 13:03:40Pdf version

Remunerated professional activities, offices and positions, in the public or private sector, regular or occasional, whether as an employee, liberal professional or as a self-employed person, including the parliamentary mandate and local elective offices, exercised or held at present and during the last two calendar years.

	Professionnal activity, office, position	Frequency	Amount of income
A1	Senator	Permanent	4200 EUR
A2	Member city council of Ghent (income per sitting)	Permanent	209 EUR

Activities, employment positions and offices in corporations, institutions or enterprises, public or private, domestic or foreign, as a director, manager, senior executive, shareholder, including notably on boards of directors, administrative boards or supervisory boards, exercised or held at present and during the last two calendar years.

Participation, whether remunerated or unremunerated, as a member of a management or advisory body (management, supervisory, advisory or administrative board) of institutions or non-commercial enterprises such as NGOs, associations, charities, foundations, clubs, public or private, domestic or foreign, exercised or held at present and during the last two calendar years.

	Name of the institution or enterprise, and position held	Amount of income (if remunerated)	Expenses covered
C1	De Centrala ngo - member general assembly	0 EUR	0 EUR
C2	General hospital Jan Palfijn Ghent, member general assembly (estimated income between 50 - 70 euro per sitting)	50 EUR
C3	Music center De Bijloke Ghent - member general assembly
C4	Music center de Bijloke Ghent - member board
C5	Flemish opera organization - member general assembly
C6	Art and design ngo - member board
C7	Flemish agency integration - member board
C8	Special committee social affairs - member
C9	Interparliamentary work group MP's for the 2030 agenda - Chair

Occasional activities, mandates, missions and positions, whether remunerated or unremunerated, as consultant, advisor, expert, lobbyist, lecturer, etc. performed at present and during the last two calendar years, including abroad.

	Activity, mandate, mission, position	Start date	End date	Amount of income (if remunerated)
D1	Occasional speaking at public, mostly unremunerated (estimated income per year)	–	–	200 EUR

Membership of friendship groups or interparliamentary relations groups.

	Friendship groups and position held (chair, vice-chair or member)
E1	Chair interparliamentary union North-Africa and the Middle East

Support, whether financial or in terms of staff or material, donations, including sponsorships and money gifts granted by third parties (additional to that provided by the national parliament and the national political party), accepted during the previous calendar year.

Gifts, of a value in excess of 200 €, and other benefits and hospitality (such as meals, travel, transportation, accommodation, sporting or cultural events, etc.), offered by a legal or natural person, including when they are bestowed abroad, accepted during the previous calendar year.

Trips and visits abroad and sponsored travels, where the travel, accommodation or subsistence expenses were covered in full or in part by a third party, whether a legal or natural person (other than your national parliament, your national government, or the Parliamentary Assembly), either by public or private funds, during the previous calendar year.

	Type and description of the expenses covered, date and place	Donor's identity (name, function and address/country)
H1	Nairobi Summit, travel and accomodation paid	European parliamentary forum for sexual and reproductive health ngo based in Brussels
H2	Israel and occupied Palestinian region, travel and accomodation paid	B'tselem, ngo based in Brussels

Miscellaneous – any other relevant interests which do not fall into the other categories mentioned which might influence the performance of my duties in the Parliamentary Assembly, in particular as rapporteur or member of an election observation mission.

Declaration of any relevant economic, commercial, financial or other interests, whether professional or personal, of the spouse and other family members, as well as paid or voluntary staff, which might influence the performance of my duties in the Parliamentary Assembly, in particular as rapporteur or member of an election observation mission (Those persons named in this section acknowledge that they have been informed and give their consent).

Comments or explanatory statement in connection with this declaration.