Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Naturefriends International (NFI)
EU Transparency Register
88140777010-24 First registered on 25 Oct 2011
Goals / Remit
NFI is an umbrella organisation of Naturefriends with 500’000 members in approximately 50member and/or partner organisations throughout the globe, the Naturefriends movement – which was founded in 1895 – is one of the largest non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worldwide. Our members are active in local groups and are represented in regional, national and federal associations.
Environmental protection and social justice are the causes espoused by the Naturefriends movement, which is global in character and democratic in structure. The focus of Naturefriends activities is on designing and implementing sustainability schemes for the environment and for the society at regional, national and international level. Naturefriends stand for
*tourism and leisure activities that are socially equitable and in tune with nature
*the protection, preservation and dynamic interpretation of our natural and cultural heritage
*the promotion of sustainable mobility as a contribution to climate protection
Naturefriends champion:
nature interpretation: Inspiring people to connect with and to preserve the natural environment and to introduce them to biodiversity have been major concerns of the Naturefriends movement from its very inception.
respectful sustainable tourism:Naturefriends advocate a socially, culturally and ecologically benign development of tourism.
climate protection:Naturefriends are actively engaged in environment and climate protection, organising pertinent campaigns and projects.
sustainable regional development: Naturefriends activities are designed to support regions in opting for sustainable tourism.
political commitment: Naturefriends are engaged in lobbying and educational activities as well as in intensive networking with a view to popularising issues relating to the environment, to the climate and to social policy at regional, national and international level.
worldwide solidarity: Naturefriends put in train intercultural projects and encounters and demand fair and respectful behaviour vis-à-vis all people, irrespective of their ethnicity, sex or religious beliefs.Main EU files targeted
EU Tourism Policies
Biodiversity Protection-Natura 2000, EU Biodiversity Strategy
EU Strategy for the Alpine Region
EU Sustainable Development Strategy-EU 2020Address
Head Office
Diefenbachgasse, 36
Vienna A-1150
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Seda Orhan (Defranceschi) (Head of Brussels Office)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Andrea Lichtenecker (Executive Director)
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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.nfi.at//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=13
Member organisations
Naturefriends Austria(150000),
Naturefriends Belgium-Flanders(3900),
Union Francophone “Les Amis de la Nature(2000),
Naturefriends Germany(85000),
Naturefriends Finnland(2000),
Naturefriends Danemark(100),
Naturefriends France(12000),
Naturefriends Greece(750),
Naturefriends Italy(2000),
Naturefriends Netherlands(30000),
Naturefriends Romania(150),
Naturefriends Hungary(15000),
Naturefriends Czech Republic(5000),
Naturefriends Cyprus(250),
Young Naturefriends IYNF(22),
Naturefriends Togo(2500),
Naturefriends Senegal(23850),
Naturefriends Slovakia(3000),
Naturefriends Switzerland(25000),
Naturefriends Sweden(250),
Naturefriends Sudtirol(750),
Naturefriends Lihuania(250),
Naturefriends Portugal(250),
Naturefriends USA(1200),
Naturefriends Cameroon(1250),
Naturefriends Mali(1000),
Naturefriends Burkina Faso(1000) -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
EU grant income for closed financial year
199,809 € (Source: -)
Other financial info
We support the improvement of the current register with giving the names of individual lobbyists and providing precise and comparable financial information on lobbying.we believe that this register fails basic transparency standards and does not provide EU lobbying transparency. For a start, to provide real transparency, the register should be mandatory rather than voluntary .
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Act for Nature Project
Wasser WegeOther activities
During this period, Seda Orhan Defranceschi has had contacts with members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing the policy development and decision-making processes of the European institutions ( including meetings, sending position papers and advocacy letters):
Sustainable Development in general and regional development: EU Strategy for the Danube Region, upcoming EU Strategy for the Alpine Region
Sustainable Tourism: EU Tourism Policy and initiatives- 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 09 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Green growth Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
- Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings