Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust)
EU Transparency Register
816370514047-05 First registered on 22 Jul 2014
Goals / Remit
The mission of the Global Crop Diversity Trust is to ensure the long-term conservation and use of crop diversity for food security worldwide.
The specific goals of the Crop Trust are to:
• Promote an efficient, goal-oriented, economically efficient and sustainable global system of ex situ conservation, in accordance with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2001) and the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (1996);
• Safeguard collections of unique and valuable plant genetic resources for food and agriculture held ex situ, with priority being given to those that are plant genetic resources included in Annex 1 to the International Treaty or included in Article 15 of the International Treaty;
• Promote the regeneration, characterization, documentation and evaluation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and the exchange of related information;
• Promote the availability of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; and to
• Promote national and regional capacity building, including the training of key personnel, with respect to the above.Main EU files targeted
- Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014 -2020
- Horizon 2020’research programme – Food Security and Climate Action challenges
- Flagship initiative for a Resource-efficient Europe
- EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020Address
Head Office
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 7
Bonn 53113
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The primary persons engaged in activities under the scope of the Transparency Register are:
1. Marie Haga, Executive Director
2. Sebastian Winkler, Head of Partnerships
3. Annual Partnerships Fellow
The Crop Trust's Science Team are likely to engage in such activities and have been noted below:
1. Luigi Guarino, Director of Science and Programmes
2. Dr. Hannes Dempewolf, Scientist and Project Manager
3. Charlotte Lusty, Genebank Programmes CoordinatorPerson in charge of EU relations
Mr Sebastian Winkler (Head of Partnerships)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Marie Haga (Executive Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Other organisations
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Networking
Affiliation
The Crop Trust operates as an essential element of the funding strategy of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Treaty), as established in a formal Relationship Agreement signed by the Crop Trust and the Governing Body of the Treaty in 2006. There are 132 contracting parties to the Treaty (131 countries and the European Union) as of 2014.
www.croptrust.orgMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
To review our current funding status, please download the pdf from the link below:
https://www.croptrust.org/about-us/donors/ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
European Parliament exhibition 'Safeguarding Agrobiodiversity for Future Generations', hosted by MEP Pavel Poc (European Parliament, 30 March - 3 April 2015)
Other activities
The Crop Trust's engagement with the European Union did not commence until January 2014.
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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Date 15 Dec 2014 Location BERL 08/318 Subject Meeting with Global Crop Diversity Trust (Jill Craig, Edelman) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)