Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
AquaFed - The International Federation of Private Water Operators (AquaFed)
EU Transparency Register
09175433167-27 First registered on 02 Feb 2010
Goals / Remit
AquaFed’s three missions are:
- To provide a means for communication and dialogue between private water & wastewater service providers and international institutions and stakeholders. This includes all the main UN agencies that deal with water as well as at the European level all the relevant EU agencies and administrations.
- To contribute, in a constructive manner, and by co-operating with other stakeholders, to solving the world’s water problems by sharing the expertise of private operators and working with the international community, including the UN system and the EU bodies, and intergovernmental initiatives. As such we are an accredited ‘Friend of UN-Water’ and share completely UN-Water's second goal, which is “to contribute substantially to the achievements of global water and sanitation related targets and goals” with an “emphasis on MDGs and JPOI”. In addition, AquaFed has been a member of the EUWI steering group.
- To ensure that the various ways of involving the (...)Main EU files targeted
follow-up of the Concessions Directive impact
revision of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Framework Directives
Trade Agreements
Environmental policy
Internal Market
European Citizens Initiative
Human rights, in particular the human rights to water and sanitation
International development policyAddress
Head Office
9 rue du Quatre Septembre,
PARIS F75002
FRANCEEU Office
9 rue du Quatre Septembre,
PARIS F75002
FRANCEWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Avneil DHOT 12 Sep 2019 11 Sep 2020 Mr Thomas Van Waeyenberge 10 Sep 2019 10 Sep 2020 Mr Avneil DHOT 24 Nov 2017 17 Nov 2018 Mr Thomas Van Waeyenberge 09 Jun 2017 07 Jun 2018 Mr Thomas Van Waeyenberge 04 Mar 2016 02 Mar 2017 Mr Thomas Van Waeyenberge 11 Feb 2015 29 Feb 2016 Mr Xavier Maitrerobert 16 Nov 2013 14 Nov 2014 Mr Thomas Van Waeyenberge 15 Nov 2013 15 Nov 2014 Mr Gérard Payen 15 Nov 2013 15 Nov 2014 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
AquaFed's member list is available on https://www.aquafed.org/about-us/members
AquaFed is a member of the www.worldwatercouncil.org
AquaFed is a recognized "Friend of UN-WAtER" - www.unwater.org
AquaFed is a member of E3PO - the European Federation of PPP Operating Companies. (www.e3PO.eu)
AquaFed is an NGO in Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC and has summitted 3 quadrennial reports (latest approved in 2020, upcoming one to be approved in 2023)
AquaFed is a member of Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) and the lead of the private sector constituency
AquaFed is a member of the Water Integrity Network
AquaFed is a founding member of the European Pact for Water
For a full list, please refer to
http://www.aquafed.org/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
AquaFed is fully self-funded through membership fees. We did not generate income from commercial activities and have not received any kind of subsidies.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
AquaFed has an updated website and actively contributes to a variety of initiatives, including attending and participating in meetings organised by DG DEVCO and various Parliamentary intergroups.
AquaFed is also campaigning alongside a number of EU NGOS and business organisations to have the right to sanitation better recognised.
AquaFed works through a range of organisations like EUREAU, the European Water Partnership, Women for Water etc. to advance the EU's policies on the Sustainable Development Goals.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 22 Jul 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU Water Alliance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Deša Srsen (Cabinet member)
- Ivo Belet (Cabinet member)
- Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
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