Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Nadacia Habitat for Humanity International (NHFHI)
EU Transparency Register
773425322899-55 First registered on 15 Aug 2016
Goals / Remit
MAIN FIELDS OF ACTIVITIES:
-Community Impact: building and renovating new houses, housing support services, community development
-Sector Impact: market development and policy advocacy
-Societal Impact: Awareness Raising and Citizen Mobilization
MAIN THEMES OF THE WORK:
Habitat for Humanity seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness around the world, and make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
Alongside homeowner families, Habitat builds and rehabilitates homes through volunteer labour and donations of money and materials.
Habitat’s Housing and Sustainable Development in Europe and Central Asia: water and sanitation, energy efficiency, advocacy and housing rights, housing micro finance, skills training and financial literacy, housing of vulnerable groups (Roma).
In Africa we are engaged in Orphans and Vulnerable Groups Housing, advocacy, community development, slum upgrading, skills training and housing microfinance.
Habitat’s response to disasters: Habitat offers expertise in technical information; program design and implementation; and disaster response policies, protocols and procedures, provides support and informational resources for disaster risk reduction.Main EU files targeted
-EU Urban Agenda
-EU and Habitat III engagement
-EU Pillar of Social Rights
-National Building Renovation Strategies under EED
-EU/National Roma Integration Strategies
-New Consensus on DevelopmentAddress
Head Office
Zochova 6-8
Bratislava 81103
SLOVAKIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Deepali Sood, Director of Partnerships
Gyorgy Sumeghy, Advocacy Manager
Zita Kakalejcikova, Advocacy AssistantPerson in charge of EU relations
Ms Deepali Sood (Director of Partnerships)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Valentina Petrus (Legal Counsel Europe, Middle East and Africa)
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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
VOICE : http://www.ngovoice.org/
CONCORD: http://concordeurope.org/
European Housing Forum : http://www.europeanhousingforum.eu/
Microfinance CenterMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
21,721 € (Source: EU Delegation for Sri Lanka and Maldives)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
The European Platform for Roma Inclusion : http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/roma/roma-platform/index_en.htm
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Events:
-EDD15: Lab Debate Panel: Solid ground:
Access to land for poor and vulnerable people in the developing countries
-EDD16: Auditorium Panel: My City, My Rights: https://www.eudevdays.eu/sessions/my-city-my-right-towards-inclusive-and-equitable-urban-spaces-women
-Panel discussion in European Partliament:Roadmap to Habitat III: from SDGs to the New Urban Agenda
-EDD17: Yours and Mine – Investing in Development is everyone’s Business! https://www.eudevdays.eu/sessions/yours-and-mine-%E2%80%93-investing-development-everyone%E2%80%99s-business#filter
-Regional Conference ‘Reducing Energy Poverty by Energy Efficiency Projects in Residential Buildings: The Case for Eastern Europe’ (April 2017)
https://getwarmhomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/REELIH-conference-report-final.pdf
Policy papers:
-The European Union’s role in the New Urban Agenda,
Policy Discussion Brief for the Habitat III global summit (August 2016) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/EU%20Policy%20Discussion%2018012017_FINAL.pdf
-Policy Discussion Brief for the European Commission on housing in EU member states (June 2016) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/EMEA%20Policy%20Brief%20on%20Housing%20in%20EU_24112016.pdf
-Policy Discussion Brief for national govenrments and international organizations on How to improve residential energy efficiency in South Eastern Europe and CIS (2017) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/How%20to%20improve%20REE_policy%20brief_FINAL_0.pdfOther activities
We are taking part at the European Anti-poverty Platform and Housing Partneship discussions.
We annualy take part at the EDDS and EUSEW.
This year we were involved in 3 EU policy consultations on:
-New Consensus on Development
-European Pillar of Social Rights
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 10 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Ukraine refugee support Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)
- Raul Hernandez Sagrera (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference Subject EPBD - Energy poverty Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
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