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
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Riverwatch (RW)
EU Transparency Register
352790841645-65 First registered on 02 Mar 2021
Goals / Remit
- RiverWatch is a society for the protection of rivers. Our ambition is to preserve the last unimpaired rivers as well as restoring those already canalized or dammed.
- RiverWatch engages globally against projects that destroy rivers, particularly dam projects.
- RiverWatch is a campaigning organisation; that is, we act in opposition to certain projects and promote public awareness.
- We consider ourselves a platform for all those who care about rivers.
- RiverWatch draws attention to the value of rivers; their beauty and their importance to flora and fauna, as well as to humans. We engage globally against destructive projects, particularly dams, and promote public awareness through campaigning.Main EU files targeted
Green Deal
Biodiversity Strategy
Climate Action
EU Enlargement
EU BudgetAddress
Head Office
Neustiftgasse 36
Wien 1070
AUSTRIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Mar 2021
Name Start date End Date Mr Ulrich EICHELMANN 26 Nov 2021 26 Nov 2022 Complementary Information
None declared
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
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
It is the legislation in Austria that you need the minimum of two members for a "Verein". Therefore Prof. Dr. Friedrich Schiemer and Prof. Dr. Wolfram Graf have taken the decision to stay with that formula. Cornelia Wieser and me, we are not members of the Verein, we are employed by the Verein.
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Some 30 studies about rivers and their biodiversity in the Balkans https://balkanrivers.net/en/studies
Protect the Balkan Rivers against destruction.
Promote the transformation of the Vjosa river into the first European Wild River National Park.Other activities
None declared
- 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 30 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject To discuss the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 19 Apr 2021 Location video-call Subject European Green Deal, biodiversity and the contribution of Vjosa river Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 22 Mar 2021 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on the NGOs campaign for Vjosa river in Albania, seeking to make it a National Park. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings