Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Internet Society (ISOC)
EU Transparency Register
953701819437-32 First registered on 05 Nov 2015
Goals / Remit
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a global non-profit organization with the mission of supporting and promoting the development of the Internet as a global technical infrastructure, a resource to enrich people’s lives, and a force for good in society.
ISOC’s work aligns with its goals for the Internet to be open, globally-connected, secure, and trustworthy. We focus on:
• Building and supporting the communities that make the Internet work;
• Advancing the development and application of Internet infrastructure, technologies, and open standards; and
• Advocating for policy that is consistent with our view of the Internet.
The Internet Society:
• Facilitates open development of standards, protocols, administration, and the technical infrastructure of the Internet.
• Supports education, professional development forums for discussion and community building to foster participation and leadership in areas important to the evolution of the Internet.Main EU files targeted
In the context of the European Union, we target the following policy and legislative initiatives (list not exhaustive):
• EU legislative initiatives with impact on Internet governance, in particular but not limited to the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act, the Data Governance Act, the AI Act, NIS 2, EUid, Cyber Resilience Act and cost-sharing proposals.
• EU initiatives linked or with impact on encryption, community networks and enhancing the internet infrastructure and its resilience.Address
Head Office
11710 Plaza America Drive, Suite 400
Reston 20190 VA
UNITED STATESEU Office
Rue d'Arlon 25
Brussels 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 07 May 2024
Name Start date End Date David FRAUTSCHY 24 Jan 2024 23 Jan 2025 David FRAUTSCHY 11 Feb 2023 24 Jan 2024 David FRAUTSCHY 16 Apr 2021 16 Apr 2022 Mr Frédéric DONCK 04 Feb 2020 04 Feb 2021 Ms Maarit PALOVIRTA 08 Jan 2019 08 Jan 2020 Ms Maarit PALOVIRTA 02 Dec 2017 02 Dec 2018 Mr Frédéric DONCK 17 Nov 2016 09 Nov 2017 Ms Maarit PALOVIRTA 04 Nov 2016 03 Nov 2017 Ms Maarit PALOVIRTA 10 Nov 2015 04 Nov 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
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
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Internet Society supports various initiatives and collaborates with other initiatives aligned with its mission. These include (list not exhaustive) the Global Encryption Coalition (https://www.globalencryption.org/), the Internet Technical Advisory Council (ITAC -- https://www.internetac.org/) to the OECD, the Internet Technical Collaboration Group (https://www.internetcollaboration.org/) and the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MNARS -- https://www.manrs.org/).
Additionally, the Internet Society supports the activities of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF -- https://www.ietf.org/) and the Public Interest Registry (PIR -- https://thenew.org/).
The full list of initiatives is available here: https://www.internetsociety.org/affiliated-sites/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
32,169,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Other
Funding types "other" information
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
Information of our budget can be found here: https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2024-Action-Plan-EN.pdf (please, read page 22).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation#E02758#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2758 #Member #C#Other
Groups (European Parliament)
European Internet Forum (EIF) https://www.internetforum.eu/
European Internet Forum (EIF)Communication activities
The Internet Society organises and participates in various events linked to internet governance and related policy implementation in Europe. We also publish and make aware reports on the latest developments of the Internet. The list below is indicative of our most recent activities.
EuroDIG: The Internet Society is an institutional partner to the regional European Dialogue on Internet Governance, EuroDIG, alongside the European Commission, the Council of Europe and other non-governmental organisations. We pro-actively take part in the planning of the event and contribute to the programme.
National Internet Governance Forums (IGF): The Internet Society drives and participates in several national IGFs initiatives in European Member States, often through our Chapters.
Global Internet Report 2021: The Internet Society publishes annually a Global Internet Report highlighting and assessing the latest technical and policy developments impacting the Internet. The 2021 report “Staying Connected in a Changing World” can be downloaded here: https://www.internetsociety.org/impact-report/2021/
Policy briefs: The Internet Society publishes policy papers, reports and other documents for sharing insights and vision on how to achieve our mission. Our most recent publications are available here: https://www.internetsociety.org/publications/
Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit: The Internet Society has created a toolkit that helps assess whether a law proposal, business decision or technology could impact the Internet, and how to prevent it from harming what the Internet needs to exist and thrive for all. Some Impact Briefs can be found here: https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-way-of-networking/internet-impact-assessment-toolkit/
Monitoring of Internet shutdowns: The Internet Society publishes Pulse a website that monitors Internet shutdowns to help everyone understand the health, availability and evolution of the global Internet. More information is available here: https://pulse.internetsociety.org/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 30 Jun 2022 Location Online Subject Broadband Cost Reduction Directive. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject NGI, digital and development, platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)