Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (9)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
51
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Avaaz
EU Transparency Register
475565317526-24 First registered on 27 May 2015
Goals / Remit
The Avaaz community campaigns in 15 languages, with more than 41 millions members globally, and is served by a core team of more than 100 staff and thousands of volunteers. We take 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 us all.
Main EU files targeted
Migration and asylum, Net Neutrality, Public Health, Climate Change and Environmental Protection, Human Rights, Poverty and Inequality
Address
Head Office
Avaaz Foundation, 857 Broadway, 3rd floor New York, NY 10003
27 Union Square West
NEW YORK 10003
UNITED STATES -
People
Total lobbyists declared
9
Employment time Lobbyists 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 18 Dec 2015
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 has approximately 30 team members that work on the activities described in the box above in a given year. 5 of these people spend approximately 20% of their time on the listed activities and 25 spend on average approximately 5% of their time on such activities. The FTE is therefore approximately 2.25, 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
Ricken Patel (Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Ricken Patel (Executive Director)
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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
The Avaaz community is made up of more than 41 million members in more than 190 countries, most of which are not listed above.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
2013 Revenue: $14,647,766 USD
Avg USD > EUR exchange rate in 2013: 1 USD = 0.75 EUR
Resulting in listed revenue of 10,985,825 EUR for 2013 -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
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.
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Date 05 Dec 2023 Location brussels Subject AI Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Dec 2023 Location Brussels Subject Artificial intelligence act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject AI Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Sep 2023 Location videoconference Subject AI Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject DSA and disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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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 - Newsback
- TikTok Technology Ltd
- Fundación Maldita.es contra la desinformación: periodismo, educación investigación y datos en nuevos formatos
- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- Microsoft Corporation
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
- Reporters sans frontières
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- DOT Europe
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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 - Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- TikTok Technology Ltd
- Newsback
- Fundación Maldita.es contra la desinformación: periodismo, educación investigación y datos en nuevos formatos
- Reporters sans frontières
- Microsoft Corporation
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
- DOT Europe
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Date 16 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject DSA and the fight against disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject DSA DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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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)
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Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject DSA DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 10 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 29 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Fight against disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Date 25 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 09 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Access Now Europe
- Counter Extremism Project
- European Digital Rights
- HOMO DIGITALIS ΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΕΡΔΟΣΚΟΠΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ
- Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik
- Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
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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)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject DSA and EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location video conference Subject DSA and EDAP Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Ulrik Trolle Smed (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Election Security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julian King (Commissioner)
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Date 15 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 12 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Election Security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julie Ruff (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 10 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Disinformation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 28 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Biodiversity, Ocean Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
- Andrew Bianco (Cabinet member)
- Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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Date 26 Jun 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject Civil Society Outreach DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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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)
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Date 06 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Neonicotinoids Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 25 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Migration Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Carlo Zadra (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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 & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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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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