Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Sustainable Development Institute (SDI)
EU Transparency Register
307468640381-08 First registered on 26 Nov 2020
Goals / Remit
SDI works to transform decision-making processes in relation to natural resources and to promote equity in the sharing of benefits derived from natural resource management in Liberia. The organization’s vision is a Liberia in which natural resource management is guided by the principles of sustainability, good governance, and local community participation
Main EU files targeted
EU Timber regulation and the FLEGT regulation fitness check are targeted
Address
Head Office
Sustainable Development Institute Duarzon Village Roberts Field Highway
Monrovia 00231 - 5678
LIBERIAEU Office
Sustainable Development Institute Duarzon Village Roberts Field Highway
Monrovia 00231 - 5678
LIBERIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
This include leading SDI work program including providing VPA updates and reporting on Liberia's VPA deliberative processes and REDD+ progress and sustainable forest management in Liberia
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
https://www.foei.org/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
1,144,115€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EU Delegation Liberia 450,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EU Delegation Liberia 450,000€ Other financial info
The Sustainable Development Institute also receive funding from the Forest Governance, Markets and Climate (FGMC) Programme funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
Communication activities
The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) in partnership with Fern has engaged with the EU on FLEGT and REDD+ issues as well as recently with the NDC in collaboration with other countries including Ghana, Cameroon, Viet Nam, Republic of Congo. These have included lobby tours in Brussels and member states and providing updates on VPA progress in our individual countries.
Other activities
As Fern partner SDI participates in meetings with EU Parliament members and DEVCO as well as with different governmental bodies of member states working on forest related issues
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.