Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
10,000€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
PADI AWARE Foundation (PAF)
EU Transparency Register
90649564350-78 First registered on 15 Oct 2010
Goals / Remit
PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded non-profit with three registered charities across the globe. Our mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. We advance our mission through citizen science, public policy and community grants. With PADI - the world's leading scuba diver training organization - we drive towards our collective vision to achieve balance between humanity and the ocean.
Main EU files targeted
Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Common Fisheries Policy; Habitats & Birds Directives,
Address
Head Office
30151 Tomas PADI Worldwide
Rancho Santa Margarita CA 92688
UNITED STATESEU Office
PADI EMEA, The Pavilions Bridgewater Road
BRISTOL BS13 8AE
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 07 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms SUZANNE PLEYDELL 07 Nov 2012 17 Oct 2013 Complementary Information
PADI AWARE Foundation staff shares the EU context for our focus issues with our global, scuba diving audience audience and brings the global scuba diver perspective to an EU policy fora as possible and relevant (shark and ray conservation and marine litter).
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
None declared
Member organisations
PADI AWARE Foundation is a member of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative https://www.ghostgear.org/, Seas At Risk http://www.seas-at-risk.org, International Non Governmental Member of IUCN http://iucn.org/about/union/members/who_members/members_database/, and a Founding member of the Trash Free Seas Alliance http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/our-partners/trash-free-seas-alliance.html
We are not a membership organization, however, we do have supporters and volunteers in virtually all EU member states. -
Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
0€ - 10,000€
Other financial info
The PADI AWARE Foundation has charitable status in the UK, US and Australia. The organisation was previously called Project AWARE, and still continues to do business as Project AWARE within the UK
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Sustainable Shark and Ray Fisheries - a precautionary, science based approach to managing shark populations including setting shark fishing limits, heeding scientific advise; protecting the most vulnerable shark species (those threatened with extinction), and implementation and enforcement of management and recovery plans for shark and ray species. Support for a sound and robust implementation of the Community Plan of action for sharks, a strengthened shark finning ban that supports "fins naturally attached", improved trade data and species data collection mechanisms.
Marine Litter Monitoring and Prevention - underwater data collection using citizen science to reduce the impacts of litter on marine life and improve waste management practices, including policy change at national and EU level necessary to prevent litter from entering the ocean in the first place.Other activities
None declared
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 20 Oct 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Violence against women Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)