Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD International - Organisation for inclusive development/ Organisation für inklusive Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, abkürzung: LIGHT FOR THE WORLD International (LFW)
EU Transparency Register
74313108109-71 First registered on 20 Feb 2012
Goals / Remit
Light for the World is an international disability and development organisation whose vision is an inclusive society where no one is left behind.
We enable crucial eye health services and empower people with disabilities in some of the poorest regions of the world.
Our programmes include:
- Eyesight – preventing blindness and promoting eye health for all
- Education – ensuring children with disabilities receive quality, inclusive education
- Empowerment – advocating for the health and rights of people with disabilities in their communities and within development efforts
We focus on the poorest and hardest to reach because those are the people who need it most.
We create change through local people, organisations and governments because we want our impact to last.
We work with partners because we cannot do it alone.
We work with partners and underserved communities around the world in countries including Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia...Main EU files targeted
2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework
Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030
Renewed Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy
CRPD Implementation and monitoring
COVID responseAddress
Head Office
Niederhofstraße, 26/3
Vienna 1120
AUSTRIAEU Office
Rue de l'Industrie, 10
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 30 Mar 2021
Name Start date End Date Ms Sarah Hull 23 May 2023 22 May 2024 Mr François Carbonez 04 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Ms Sarah Hull 04 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Mr François Carbonez 27 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Sarah Hull 27 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Mr François Carbonez 28 Apr 2017 27 Apr 2018 Ms Steffie Neyens 28 Apr 2017 07 Apr 2018 Ms Steffie Neyens 12 May 2016 28 Apr 2017 Mr François Carbonez 20 Apr 2016 19 Apr 2017 Ms Steffie Neyens 08 Oct 2015 12 May 2016 Mr François Carbonez 15 Apr 2015 13 Apr 2016 Ms Steffie Neyens 19 Sep 2014 17 Sep 2015 Mr François Carbonez 01 Apr 2014 29 Mar 2015 Ms Steffie Neyens 20 Sep 2013 19 Sep 2014 Mr François Carbonez 22 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Steffie Neyens 01 Nov 2012 21 Sep 2013 Mrs Celia Cranfield 22 Mar 2012 02 Apr 2013 Mr François Carbonez 22 Mar 2012 22 Mar 2013 Complementary Information
On behalf of Light for the World the persons listed below have had, during the reporting period, four or more contacts with members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions; or they have spent 20 percent or more of their working time on behalf of Light for the World carrying out such activities:
Sarah Hull, Advocacy Coordinator
François Carbonez, Advocacy CoordinatorPerson 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
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
http://www.iapb.org - International Agency for the Prevention of Blindess (IAPB)
http://www.v2020.org - VISION 2020 - The Right to Sight
http://www.iddcconsortium.net/ - International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
http://www.icevi.org - International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)
http://www.campaignforeducation.org - Global Campaign for Education
http://www.trachomacoalition.org - International Coalition for Trachoma Control/ICTC
http://www.edf-feph.org - European Disability Forum
http://www.hrdn.eu - Human Rights and Democracy Network
http://concordeurope.org/ - European confederation of Relief and Development NGOsMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
Following the guidelines of the EU Civil Society Contact Group and the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU, LIGHT FOR THE WORLD has calculated that it spent an estimated € 100,000 in 2019 on activities carried out with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions.
Those are the consolidated
financial results of the legal
entity Light for the World and its
core members in Austria, Czech
Republic, Germany, Switzerland,
UK and USA. Light for the World
adopted an Anti-Corruption Policy
in 2014 and is producing a biennial
anti-corruption report, which is
available on request. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Disability
Communication activities
Online conferences and initiatives
Other activities
We also monitor the work of the CODEV and COHOM Working Groups
- Meetings
Meetings
3 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 13 May 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Education in the renewed AU-EU partnership Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Disabilities in Development Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica Portfolio International Cooperation & Development Attending - Anna Gallo Alvarez (Cabinet member)
- Meetings