Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI)
EU Transparency Register
33597655264-22 First registered on 08 Feb 2011
Goals / Remit
EFCNI is the first pan-European organisation and interactive network to represent the interests of preterm and newborn infants and their families. The foundation combines the strengths of scientists, healthcare professionals, patients, experts and key stakeholders in order to improve maternal, newborn and child health and thus to ensure the best start in life for children in Europe and beyond.
In combination with this, EFCNI informs parents and people concerned, and raises awareness on pre-conceptional, maternal, newborn and child health in society, among political stakeholders and public institutions.
In particular, EFCNI aims at:
*Ensuring widely accessible pregnancy information and the provision of effective, equitable high-quality care for all women of reproductive age
*Continuously improving treatment and care for preterm and newborn babies and support for their families
*Improving the long-term health of preterm and newborn infants, including the provision of medical, psychological, socio-pedagogical and financial support for these children and their families
*Promoting research and the implementation of measures preventing preterm birth and improving the quality of life
PROMOTING PREVENTION:
EFCNI aims to reduce the rate of preterm birth in Europe via:
*Promotion of pre-conceptional, maternal and newborn health
Improved information and education for expectant parents
*Improved education and training for healthcare professionals active in the field of maternal and newborn health
*Fostering and promoting research in this field
ESTABLISHING A PAN-EUROPEAN NETWORK by:
*Building a close network with parents, healthcare professionals, scientists and their respective societies
*Supporting the creation of national parents organisations
*Providing easy-to-understand and widely accessible information for expecting and concerned parents and families throughout Europe
*Providing access to a cross-border network for different groups of interest and bringing together the different stakeholders
IMPROVING CARE by:
*Initiating and promoting education and training for doctors, nursing staff, caring professions and parents
*Suporting research projects in perinatology and neonatology
*Encouraging cross-border exchange of knowledge and information
* Initiating and coordinating the development of European Standards for the Care of Newborn Health, an interdisciplinary project together with more than 220 experts (patients and professionals) from 35 countries
GENERATING PUBLIC AWARENESS through:
*Constructive dialogue with political decision-makers and other stakeholders
*Intensive exchange with healthcare professionals and their societies
*Providing a platform for discussion on ethical issues on preterm birth, its prevention and the best possible care of preterm and newborn infants
*Targeted public relations and media workMain EU files targeted
All topics related to maternal and newborn health, child health; in particular prevention and brest practice in treatment and care of newborn infants;
The "first 1000 days" - programming the next generation through better lifestyle and health conditions
Development of European Standards of Care for Newborn Health (www.newborn-health-standards.org) (initiated and coordinated by EFCNI)
EUROPERISTAT report- valuable project and resource to receive and compare European data on the state of maternal and child health in order to benchmark, analyse and learn from each other.Address
Head Office
Hofmannstrasse, 7a
München 81379
GERMANY -
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 04 Jul 2017
Name Start date End Date Ms Nicole Thiele 10 Mar 2015 07 Mar 2016 Ms Iris Nikola Knierim 10 Mar 2015 07 Mar 2016 Ms Nicole Thiele 13 Mar 2014 10 Mar 2015 Ms Silke Mader 13 Mar 2014 12 Mar 2015 Ms Iris Nikola Knierim 13 Mar 2014 10 Mar 2015 Mrs Nicole Thiele 13 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Silke Mader 13 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Iris Nikola Knierim 13 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Complementary Information
However, our daily work would not be possible without the outstanding support of many volunteers.
THANK YOU to all volunteers, supporters and partners who make our work possible.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Nicole Thiele (Vice Chair of the Executive Board)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Silke Mader (Chairwoman of the Executive Board)
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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
EFCNI is member of
Every Newborn Action Plan, a global action plan taking against preterm birth / https://www.everynewborn.org/
PMNCH (Partnership for maternal and newborn child health)/ http://www.who.int/pmnch/en/
HNN (Healthy Newborn Network)/ http://www.healthynewbornnetwork.org/
Alliance for Childhood/ http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/
COFACE/ http://www.coface-eu.org/en/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
The 2015 financial report is in a draft version and will be published on the EFCNI website as soon as the final version will be approved by the tax office.
EFCNI has letter of agreements with its industry partners, and works according to code of practices published on our website, assuring its status of independency, transparancy and neutrality. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
EFCNI Benchmarking Report "Too Little Too Late" (2010)
EFCNI White Paper Caring for Tomorrow (2012)
European Standards of Care for Newborn Health - cross-country, interdisciplinary project by healthcare professionals and patients; initiated and coordinated by EFCNI
Call to Action for Newborn Health (2012) - 10 points call to action addressing European policy makers, payers, patient organisations, professional, academics, industry and public to ensure the best start in life for every baby born in Europe
Initiator of World Prematurity Day, celebrated each 17 November; meanwhile reaching out to more than estimated 1.6 billion people worldwide
EFCNI Milkbank Project (2017) - expert roundtable developed a position paper and handbook for the establishment of human milkbanks in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Participating in the renewed patient agenda on nutrition (2017)Other activities
EFCNI encourages all those involved or interested in the field of pre-conceptional, maternal and newborn health to interact and exchange ideas. It promotes mutual understanding and serves as a platform for the initiation, coordination and integration of all local, national, European- and worldwide activities involving the prevention of preterm delivery, the care of newborn infants,long-term care of preterm infants and support for parents and relatives.
EFCNI is particularly keen to establish a link between parents (patients), health professionals, scientists and different stakeholders.
EFCNI offers national parents’ organisations, European health care associations, researchers and third parties as well as private and institutional sponsors a platform to interact, relevant information and tailored support services.
Main initiatives in 2014:
INTEREST GROUP ON MATERNAL AND NEONATAL HEATH IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Support of the interest group which started its activities beginning of 2011. The interest group works on improvements of maternal and newborn health in the European counties, e.g. equal access to treatment and care, best possible care, patient safety and quality standards in all Member States.
WORLD PREMATURITY DAY, 17 November
EFCNI initiated World Prematurity Day together with its partnering patient organisations back in 2008.
In 2014, this day was celebrated for the fourth time as World Prematurity Day, supported by many international, national, regional and local organisations, societies, healthcare professionals, individuals and private sector companies. Over 60 countries actively participated. About 1.5 billion people worldwide were reached through social media activities (social media platforms, TV/radio, print media) and more than 60 countries contributed with activities or events.
EFCNI initiated and coordinates the European-wide project "Standards of Care for Newborn Health". Professionals, patients, third parties and industry work together ot develop best and minimum standards in the field of newborn health/ prematurity. Long-term aim is an implementation of the standards within Europe to reach harmonized levels of care and the best start in life in every country.
For this project, EFCNI has received the German Award "Land of ideas" in 2017
Meetings
Meetings
None declared