Light for the World International - Organisation for inclusive development/ Organisation für inklusive Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, abkürzung: Light for the World International

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

150,000€

Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2 Fte (3)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

2

High-level Commission meetings

3

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Light For The World   (LFW)

    EU Transparency Register

    74313108109-71 First registered on 20 Feb 2012

    Goals / Remit

    Note: this covers activities for the year 2015.
    LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is one of the leading European NGOs dedicated to restoring eyesight, preventing blindness, providing rehabilitation and access to inclusive education, and promoting the human rights of people with disabilities. LIGHT FOR THE WORLD provides access to treatment and rehabilitation for persons with disabilities by supporting local partner organisations. We also commit ourselves to the task of creating new opportunities for persons with disabilities, to increase mobility with the help of devices, to start initiatives that will provide education and income, and to support people with disabilities to exercise their rights.
    In addition, LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is committed to raising awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities within their family, communities and national contexts, as well as within the wider development agenda. LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is committed to transparency about EU interest representation.

    LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is committed to transparency about EU lobbying. LIGHT FOR THE WORLD believes that the Transparency Register fails basic transparency standards and does not yet live up to its name. We support ALTER-EU's demand for a mandatory nature of the register, safeguards against underreporting, and publication of the names of interest
    representatives.
    When registering, we have therefore chosen to provide additional information that we consider necessary and relevant for lobbying transparency. A credible EU lobbying transparency register should include names of individual lobbyists and the issues that they try to influence, provide precise and comparable financial information on lobbying, and have effective monitoring and sanctions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed. In an effort to arrive at a more objective way of calculating lobbying expenditures, we follow guidelines that result from consultations with public interest organisations, professionals working on lobby transparency as well as experts of US lobby disclosure legislation. Our registration is therefore providing a more comprehensive calculation of our expenses for activities that aim to influence the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions, and a list of those who, on behalf of LIGHT FOR THE WORLD, carry out such activities.
    Our registration is based on the guidelines for transparent registration developed by the Civil Society Contact Group and ALTER-EU. Find the guidelines on www.act4europe.org/register or www.alter-eu.org

    Main EU files targeted

    Council Conclusions, 26 May 2015 - "A New Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015" (9241/15)

    COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT
    Reply of the European Union to the list of issues in relation to the initial report of the European Union on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (SWD(2015) 127 final)

    DRAFT REPORT on Financing for Development (2015/2044(INI))

    DRAFT REPORT on Private sector and development
    (2014/2205(INI))

    Post-Cotonou Framework and EU-ACP relations

    Draft motion for a resolutionon the renewal of the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality on Women's
    Empowerment in Development
    (PE564.937v01-00)

    EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on
    Human Rights and Democracy

    Address

    Head Office
    Niederhofstraße, 26/3
    Vienna 1120
    AUSTRIA
    EU Office
    Rue de l'Industrie, 10
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    3

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    75%1
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Jan 2016

    Name Start date End Date
    Sarah HULL 23 May 2023 22 May 2024
    Ms Sarah Hull 23 May 2023 15 Apr 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:

    Steffie Neyens, EU Liaison Officer

    Johannes Trimmel, Director international Programmes and Policy

    François Carbonez, Policy Officer

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Steffie Neyens (EU Liaison Officer)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Rupert Roniger (Executive Director)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • 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

    Member organisations

    (on 31st December 2015)
    Licht Für die Welt(9),
    Light For The World Belgium(3),
    Light For The World Netherlands(7),
    Svetlo Pro Svet(4)

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    150,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    1,500,000 € (Source: Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation — EuropeAid, Development Cooperation Instrument)

    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 2015 on activities carried out with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    We follow the work of the Disability Intergroup

    Communication activities

    Conference ”Leave No-One Behind: Tackling Inequalities of Persons with Disabilities in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in the EC with CONCORD, EDF, CBM, and IDDC in the context of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd

    Publication ‘Different. Just like you – A psychosocial approach promoting the rights of persons with disabilities’ with International Federation of the Red Cross Reference Centre for Psychosocial support; the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education; Juul Journalistik and Kommunikation; and Light for the World.

    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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