Foundation for a Living Baltic Sea/Baltic Sea Action Group

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

75,000€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.25 Fte (3)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Foundation for a Living Baltic Sea/Baltic Sea Action Group   (BSAG)

    EU Transparency Register

    142635814274-55 First registered on 26 Aug 2014

    Goals / Remit

    THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FOUNDATION FOR A LIVING BALTIC SEA IS TO RESTORE THE ECOLOGICAL BALANCE OF THE BALTIC SEA AND TO PROMOTE THE WELL BEING OF HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008


    Means of carrying out the purpose

    In order to carry out its purpose, the Foundation

    1) awards scholarships for scientific research where this is relevant in terms of promoting the aims of the Foundation; the Foundation also contributes to the financing of scientific research related to its purpose, the utilization of existing research and research into the impact of actions taken;

    2) engages in communication and education activities where they are essential in view of the Foundation’s aims;

    3) promotes and coordinates fund-raising for projects related to its purpose;

    4) accelerates and facilitates cooperation and dissemination of information between various players related to its purpose and promotes international relations;

    5) makes the use of society’s resources more efficient by combining and accumulating research data related to its purpose, financing, companies’ resources, political decision-making and enforcement resources as well as resources in various sectors, best practices and potential for influencing the attainment of concrete goals related to its purpose

    Main EU files targeted

    Nutrients, phosphorus and nitrogen, as essential resources
    Nutrient cycling
    Nutrient policy
    Fertilizers regulation
    Eutrophication
    Circular economy
    Bioeconomy
    Baltic Sea strategy
    Fishery policy
    Agricultural policy
    CAP
    Environmental policy
    Waste policy

    Address

    Head Office
    Ratakatu 1 bA 5
    Helsinki FI-00120
    FINLAND
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    3

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%2
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Mathias Bergman (Secretary General)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Mathias Bergman (Secretary General)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP); www.phosphorusplatform.eu

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    75,000€

    Other financial info

    BSAG had no procurements
    BSAG does not have paying members; the main source of income is donations
    BSAG has funds from South-Western Finland regional sources

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Close connections to Baltic Sea group in the Parliament
    Member of European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)
    Close relations with European Biogas Association (EBA)
    Close relations with European Compost Network (ECN)
    Close relations with RISE Foundation
    Close relations with European Nitrogen Assesment (ENA)
    Close relations to fertilizer industry
    Waste handling Industry
    AgricultureDG Envi
    DG Grow

    Communication activities

    International Baltic Sea Action Summit (BSAS) 2010 in Helsinki, Finland
    International Baltic Sea Forum 2013 (part of BSAS process) in St Petersburg, Russian Federation
    Nutrien cycling pilot project in Southwestern Finland 2015-
    "Food chain of the future"event 10.2.2015 in Helsinki
    "Nutrient cycling at the heart of circular economy", 11.5.2015, Helsinki
    Meeting with VC Jyrki Katainen, 16.11. 2015, Brussels
    ”Nutrient cycling in circular Economy”, European Parliament, 27.5.2015, Brussels
    Coordinator of publicly funded project "The breakthrough of nutrient cycling in Finland" 2016-2018
    European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference 3 (ESPC3), June 2018, Helsinki, Finland

    Other activities

    BSAG's aim is a Baltic Sea in ecological balance. The foundation continues its goal-oriented work at a number of levels. The focus of BSAG's activities is increasingly shifting towards promoting nutrient recycling.
    BSAG has managed to persuade all Baltic rim states to pull together. The first high-level summit (BSAS, or Baltic Sea Action Summit) took place in Helsinki in 2010. The second summit entitled Baltic Sea Forum was organized in St Petersburg in April 2013. Further summits will be organized in the future as necessary.
    The Baltic Sea states' commitment to these vital efforts will ensure that the topic remains high on the political agenda of all states. The states have made significant commitments to improving the condition of the Baltic Sea, which also serve as excellent examples for partners and stakeholders. The future of the Baltic Sea is a vital issue that we cannot afford to overlook.
    From the beginning, BSAG has solicited commitments from many parties. In their public commitments, states, businesses, the third sector and private persons undertake to implement specified actions that directly or indirectly help the Baltic Sea. By September 2013, 230 such commitments have already been made. The foundation will continue its efforts to solicit commitments.

    BSAG's activities focus on efficiently reducing nutrient leaks and their environmental impacts. The aim is at a sustainable nutrient recycling economy.
    BSAG defines nutrient (re)cycling as the optimal use and processing of nutrients, especially phosphorus and nitrogen, that flow through the environment and communities, and minimizing their emissions.
    BSAG is working to minimize nutrient emissions from the farming sector in the Baltic Sea area. It seeks solutions that would reduce the emissions of sewage and hazardous substances contained in it, as well as nutrient emissions from farming.

    Other aims include using manure and other organic waste containing nutrients as fertilizer and as source of energy, reducing the use of fossil phosphorus.
    Disrupted nutrient recycling is a problem in Europe and all over the world. Thus, the work for the Baltic Sea could serve as an example of how this problem might be solved.
    The foundation strives to influence EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its implementation, as efficient nutrient recycling is not only a solution that affects the state of the Baltic Sea but also a European and a global issue.
    BSAG's activities also encompass reducing emissions and risks caused by shipping.

  • 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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