European Association for the Study of Obesity

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

450,000€

Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

4.25 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    European Association for the Study of Obesity   (EASO)

    EU Transparency Register

    020025124702-06 First registered on 24 Nov 2016

    Goals / Remit

    Mission: To reduce the burden of unhealthy weight

    The Objectives of EASO are:

    - To establish obesity as an urgent and relevant health and wellbeing priority

    - To develop evolving evidence-based approaches for preventing and treating obesity across the lifespan

    - To promote effective solutions through research, education and policy.

    Main EU files targeted

    Member of the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. member of the JPI HDHL Stakeholder Advisory Board. Occational participant in JRC and JANPA consultations.

    Address

    Head Office
    8 Waldegrave Road
    Teddington TW11 8GT
    UNITED KINGDOM
    EU Office
    The Library
    10 Square Ambiorix
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%3
    50%2
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    4.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    EASO employs a small core team and outsources services on a project basis. This limits financial liability on the charity and maintains flexibility. Outsourced services include website maintenance, communications/PR (EOD), congress management.

    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

    WOF. European Biomedical Alliance. EU Health Coalition.
    Also, in official relations with the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    450,000€

    Other financial info

    EASO has 4 funding sources:

    Membership Fees
    Congress Fees (surplus)
    Corporate Membership/Partnerships
    Research Project Budget Contributions

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    European Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health#E00845 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=845 #Member #C

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Dissemination partner in ongoing EU projects NoHoW, SWEET and PROTEIN (H2020), and SOPHIA (IMI). Recent partner in FP7 projects MooDFOOD, DORIAN and Spotlight. Organiser of the annual European Congress on Obesity (ECO) and European Obesity Day (EOD). Coordinator of network of specialist multidisciplinary treatment centres. EASO publishes position statements and guidelines in Obesity Facts (OFA), see http://easo.org/education-portal/guidelines/. Member of EU Health Coalition and Biomed Alliance.

    Other activities

    Established in 1986, EASO is a federation of professional membership associations from 36 European countries. It is the voice of the European obesity community, representing scientists, health care practitioners, physicians, public health experts, early career researchers, students and patients. EASO is in formal relations with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, coordinates the EU Obesity Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) and is a member of the EU Health Coalition and the Biomedical Alliance in Europe.

    EASO promotes action through collaboration in research, education and policy

  • 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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