Avaaz Foundation

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

350,000€

Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2.25 Fte (9)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

51

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Avaaz Foundation

    EU Transparency Register

    475565317526-24 First registered on 27 May 2015

    Goals / Remit

    Avaaz empowers millions of people from all walks of life to take action on pressing global, regional and national issues, from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. Avaaz’s model of internet organising allows thousands of individual efforts, however small, to be rapidly combined into a powerful collective force. By signing up to Avaaz emails, members are rapidly alerted to urgent global issues and opportunities to achieve change. The Avaaz community campaigns in 18 languages, served by a core team on 6 continents and thousands of volunteers. Avaaz takes action -- signing petitions, funding media campaigns and direct actions, emailing, calling and lobbying governments, and organizing "offline" protests and events -- to ensure that the views and values of the world's people inform the decisions that affect humanity.

    Main EU files targeted

    Protecting wildlife and biodiversity; Tackling the climate crisis; Legislation for regulating disinformation and fake news on social media platforms; Encouraging citizen engagement in EU elections and preserving core democratic values.

    Address

    Head Office
    Avaaz Foundation
    27 Union Square West
    NEW YORK 10003
    UNITED STATES
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    9

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%9

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 May 2020

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Nadia GUERLENDA CABRAL 03 May 2023 02 May 2024
    Mr Sam RYAN 29 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024
    Ms Nadia GUERLENDA CABRAL 13 Apr 2023 03 May 2023
    Nadia GUERLENDA CABRAL 13 Apr 2023 20 Apr 2023
    Mr Sam RYAN 31 Mar 2022 31 Mar 2023
    Mr Luca NICOTRA 11 Mar 2022 11 Mar 2023
    Ms Sarah ANDREW 11 Mar 2022 11 Mar 2023

    Complementary Information

    Avaaz had approximately 34 team members that worked on the activities described in the box above in 2019. 6 of these people spent approximately 15% of their time on the listed activities and 28 spent on average approximately 5% of their time on such activities. The FTE is therefore approximately 2.3, represented above as the rough equivalent of 25% of 9 people's time because the data entry system for this form is based on a rigid formula that does not reflect our current circumstances.

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    The Avaaz community is made up of more than 60 million members in more than 190 countries, most of which are not listed here.

    A full list of the countries where Avaaz has members is at the following link:
    http://www.avaaz.org/en/community.php#memberstories

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    350,000€

    Other financial info

    2019 Revenue: $21,185,228
    Avg USD > EUR exchange rate in 2019: 1 USD = 0.851419 EUR (https://www.oanda.com/currency/average, https://www.ofx.com/en-us/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/)

    Resulting in listed revenue of 18,037,505.64€ for 2019

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    Report -- Far Right Networks of Deception: https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/EU%20Disinfo%20Report.pdf

    Report -- Yellow Vests Flooded by Fake News: https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/Report%20Yellow%20Vests%20FINAL.pdf

    Report -- Whatsapp: Social Media’s Dark Web: https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/Avaaz_SpanishWhatsApp_FINAL.pdf

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    51 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.

    • Date 05 Dec 2023 Location brussels
      Subject AI
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Attending
      • Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 Dec 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Artificial intelligence act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Sep 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject AI Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Sep 2023 Location videoconference
      Subject AI Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Mar 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject DSA and disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject DSA and the fight against disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
    • Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject DSA
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
    • Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Services Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
    • Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject DSA
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
    • Date 10 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject DSA
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Dec 2021 Location Online
      Subject Digital Services Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
    • Date 29 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Fight against disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Webinar on disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
    • Date 24 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Code of Practice on disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 May 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 Apr 2021 Location Online
      Subject Presentation of their report on disinformation, Digital Services Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Mar 2021 Location Video conference
      Subject Substainable Corporate Governance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
      Portfolio Justice
      Attending
      • Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
      • Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 25 Nov 2020 Location videoconference
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject DSA and EDAP
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Nov 2020 Location video conference
      Subject DSA and EDAP
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
      Portfolio Justice
      Attending
      • Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Jul 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Responsibility and accountability of online platforms
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 19 Mar 2020 Location Brussels, videoconference
      Subject Climate action in the context of the European Green Deal
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
      • Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Jan 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Avaaz work and discussion with the Commission's role against Misinformation.
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • Ulrik Trolle Smed (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Jan 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Introducing Avaaz, Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Election Security
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • Julian King (Commissioner)
    • Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
    • Date 12 Oct 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Election Security
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • Julie Ruff (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Oct 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Oct 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
      • Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Marine Protected Areas
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
      Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
      Attending
      • Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Jun 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Biodiversity, Ocean Governance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
      Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
      Attending
      • Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
      • Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
      • Andrew Bianco (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Jun 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Jun 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Meeting on Digital taxation, FTT and CBCR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
      Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
      Attending
      • Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
    • Date 26 Jun 2018 Location Berlaymont
      Subject Civil Society Outreach
      DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action
      Attending
      • Ann Mettler (Director-General)
    • Date 20 Apr 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Disinformation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Apr 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Neonicotinoids
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Aug 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer AG
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Jun 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Migration
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Carlo Zadra (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Climate Action and Energy
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Jun 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Avaaz campaign on glyphosate: - IARC report, monograph, wording of the mandate for EFSA; - Role of corporate-funded science in public health regulation;- Next steps in glyphosate review process;- Further engagement with Avaaz members (Meeting with Bert Wander)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
      Portfolio Health &amp; Food Safety
      Attending
      • Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 May 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Migration Agenda
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Fabrizia Panzetti (Cabinet member)
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