Overview
Lobbying Costs
3,294€
Financial year: Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Whistleblowing International Network (WIN)
EU Transparency Register
433319333385-38 First registered on 04 Dec 2018
Goals / Remit
WIN developed from a small group of NGOs that, from 1979, built up legal, policy and advocacy expertise on whistleblowing and supported each other’s work. Over the years, other civil society actors sought the expertise of these more established NGOs. Most national organisations, however, remain burdened with heavy domestic workloads with little or no dedicated resources to work internationally. The need for a consistent and coherent way to collaborate on this very sensitive issue became increasingly urgent as whistleblowing moved into the information age. Operating as an organic network with a part-time director and a voluntary steering group for 5 years, WIN is now a registered incorporated charitable organisation based in Scotland with a committed international Board of Trustees and an engaged pool of members and associates. WIN’s mission is to protect the public interest by protecting whistleblowers worldwide. It does so by facilitating peer-to-peer support and providing the tools and resources needed to professionalise and strengthen the field. It also transmits first-hand knowledge of how to protect whistleblowers across borders and ensures international policy is informed by effective practices working on the ground. WIN works with members to identify emerging issues and develop strategies to respond - for example increasing knowledge about how to defend against the criminalisation of disclosures.
Main EU files targeted
Monitoring and responding to legal issues in the proposals for a new EU Directive on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law, COM(2018) 218 up until its final publication, and supporting the effective transposition process in the 28 Member States over the two year transposition period starting once the Directive comes into force in December 2019.
Address
Head Office
Brunswick House
51 Wilson Street
Glasgow G1 1UZ
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Including Tom Devine, Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project (GAP) and WIN Trustee participating in the activities described under heading 9. His participation in interest representation activities for WIN is voluntary.
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Anna Myers (Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Anna Myers (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
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
3,294€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
November 2018
14 November 2018: Email sent by WIN on explaining WIN’s position on key elements of the draft EU Directive to the following MEPs:
Sophie Inteveld
Pavel Telika
Morten Lokkegaard
Petr Jezek
Frederik Federley
Beatriz Becera
Catherine Bearder
Cecilia Wikstrom
Jan Gerbrandy
Marte Pagaz
December 2018
11 December 2018: Email sent by WIN to EU Permanent Representative attaches explaining WIN’s position re. legal elements on the draft EU Directive – the following countries – Austria; Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom
2019
January 2019
9 January 2019 – Anna Myers, WIN ED, attended event sponsored by the SDP and Greens/EFA Group in the EU Parliament and spoke with MEPs at the event “ Protecting EU Whistleblowers: A Race Against Time : 9:00 - 12:30 European Parliament, Room A1G3
February 2019
15 February 2019: Open letter from coalition of 80+ EU NGOs including WIN sent along with WIN Legal Briefing on remaining legal issues to be addressed in draft EU Directive on the protection of whistleblowersto:
Frans Timmermans, VP European Commission
Vera Jourová, European Commissioner
Georgia Georgiadou, DG Justice, European Commission
Permanent Representatives attachés: Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden
21 February 2019: Follow up email on key legal issues in EU directive proposals sent to EU Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner Vera Jourová
22 February 2019: WIN legal briefing on key issues sent to Commissioners Thyssen, Vestager, Moscovic and Vice President Carmen Necula
25 February 2019: WIN legal briefing on key issues sent by email to Commissioners Andrukaitis and Gabriel
March 2019
4 March 2019: Open letter from coalition of NGOs (ie. February letter) sent by email to Udo Bullman, MEP
7 March 2019: Open letter from WIN Board of Trustees on draft EU Directive proposals legal problems and recommended solutions sent by email to 28 EU Member States’ Justice Ministers
11 March 2019: Open letter from WIN Board of Trustees on draft EU Directive proposals legal problems and recommended solutions sent by email to EU Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner Vera Jourová,
April 2019
17 April 2019: Press Event organised by WIN, Eurocadres and TI Europe with the S&D; ALDE and Greens/EFA to announce the agreement reached on a new EU Directives on the protection of whistleblowers. Held in Room 3.1 European Parliament, Strasbourg.
Panel participants included:
Chair, Sylvain Waserman, MP (Vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale), Rapporteur on whistleblower protection, PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Viriginie Rozière, MEP – Rapporteur on whistleblower protection, Committee of Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Pascale Durand, MEP – Committee of Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Antoine Deltour, former auditor with PwC and LuxLeaks whistleblower
Nick Aiossa, Transparency International EU
Martin Jefflén, Eurocadres
Anna Myers, Whistleblowing International Network (WIN EU PROTECTION
*No further EU activities through to the end of October 2019.Other activities
Participate in Eurocadres Whistleblower Forum.
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 21 Nov 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Whistleblowers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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