Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) (AKF(UK))
EU Transparency Register
250210033472-34 First registered on 17 Dec 2018
Goals / Remit
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) brings together human, financial and technical resources to address some of the challenges faced by the poorest and most marginalised communities in the world. Special emphasis is placed on investing in human potential, expanding opportunity and improving the overall quality of life, especially for women and girls. It works primarily in six areas: Agriculture and Food Security; Economic Inclusion; Education; Early Childhood Development; Health and Nutrition; and Civil Society.
AKF is part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) which includes a broad range of organisations including from the private sector, education and health services, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and others. AKDN makes long-term investments in areas like education, health, stable livelihoods, reliable markets, and financial inclusion. With the opportunity that this provides people shape their own future, build their own enterprises and become self-reliant.
AKF is largely a field-based organisation with programme units located in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Uganda; resource mobilisation offices in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States; and headquarters based in Geneva, Switzerland.
AKF has helped to pioneer the Multi-Input Area Development (MIAD) approach, which leverages the capabilities of multiple AKDN agencies (and as is the case for AKF, multiple thematic areas of focus within each agency) in order to deliver social, economic and cultural interventions together in the targeted geographies to accelerate development over time. MIAD allows efforts to reach fruition, creates the basis for sustainable growth in remote regions and builds links with public and private sector partners.
The work of the Aga Khan Foundation and the Aga Khan Development Network is grounded in a set of universal ethics. All AKDN agencies have the goal of creating sustainable livelihoods and building institutions that improve the quality of life for communities and individuals. Our core values are:
Respect for human dignity
Compassion and solidarity with the less fortunate
Self-reliance
Pluralism: tolerance, openness, and understanding toward other peoples’ cultures, values and faiths
The right to participate and determine local priorities Service to humanity through volunteerism
The AKF (UK) office in London represents the AKDN network to all European, Middle Eastern and Asian organisations including donors, the United Nations, development banks, academic institutions, private sector companies, foundations, NGOs and others.Main EU files targeted
EU Multi-annual Financial Framework 2021 - 2027
EU approach to sustainable development based on the UN's 2030 agenda adopted in 2015Address
Head Office
10 Handyside Street
London N1C 4DN
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Persons who may at one time or another visit EU representatives in Brussels:
Dr Matt Reed AKF (UK) CEO
Jasmin Jahanshahi AKF (UK) Director of Programmes
Aleeza Mitha AKF (UK) Senior Partnership Manager
Nicholas McGrath AKF (UK) Senior Partnership Manager
Patrick Sayer AKF (UK) Senior Partnership Manager
Aqeela Datoo AKF (UK) Strategic Partnership Manager
Farah Mendjour AKF (UK) Strategic Grants ManagerPerson in charge of EU relations
Mr Matt Reed (Chief Executive Officer)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Matt Reed (Chief Executive Officer)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) is a member of the following networks:
BOND
European council on Foundations
NET Fwd-OECD
AKF's approach to programme implementation is to work in consortiums and with partners. AKF has many such associations where it works in Africa and Central and South Asia.Member organisations
N/A. AKF is not a membership organisation.
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
3,198,000 € (Source: European Commission; European Development Fund and ECHO)
Other financial info
The Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) used the last year of audited accounts that are now closed. All figures quoted above are from the 2017 audited accounts and are in the public domain.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
N/A
Other activities
The main actors with the European Commission from AKF (UK) acting on behalf of AKDN are as follows:
Dr Matt Reed Chief Executive AKF (UK) based and responsible for the management of AKF (UK) and for all external institutional relationships in Europe, the Middle East and Asia including the Development Banks, academic institutions, donors and others.
Jasmin Jahanshahi, Director of Programmes responsible for all programme development and contract management as well as sharing responsibility with Dr Matt Reed for external relationships.
Aleeza Mitha, Senior Programme Manager responsible for programme development, contract management and donor relationships
Nicholas McGrath, senior Partnership Manager responsible for programme development, contract management and the ECHO relationship
The main meeting in 2018 were as follows:
1. 25th April 2018, EC Director of Central and South Asia, Raffaella Lodice
2. 3rd July 2018; Pierre Auilhat DDG Devco and Anja Nagel, Head of Investments
3. 5th September Miko Van-Gool, Head of Delegation, EU Pakistan
4.10th of September Charles Pirotte, ECHO
5.10th September Milcha Ramakers, Deputy Head of Section DEVCO Asia and other team members
6.16th Nov 2018 Ignacio Burrell, Deputy Trust Fund Manager, Horn of Africa.
Meetings
Meetings
4 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 13 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject situation in Afghanistan Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Olai Voionmaa (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Afghanistan Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Olai Voionmaa (Cabinet member)
- Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 Oct 2020 Location VTC Subject AU-EU Alliance/the AU-EU Partnership and the role that Academia, Knowledge Institutions, role of Global Health Diplomats, DEVCO call for Adolescent SRHR in Africa, Covid19 measures. DG Directorate-General for International Partnerships Attending - Koen Doens (Director-General)
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Date 15 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Education and Digital Skills Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
- Alfredo Sousa De Jesus (Cabinet member)