Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
None declared
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
Whistleblower protection in Europe including the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law, COM(2018) 218 final.
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
International Whistleblowing Research Network
Member organisations
NOW Malaysia - http://nowmalaysia.org/
Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) - https://www.opendemocracy.org.za/
Whistleblowers-Netzwerk - https://www.whistleblower-net.de/
Government Accountability Project (GAP) - https://www.whistleblower.org/
Protect (formerly Public Concern at Work) - https://protect-advice.org.uk/
Project on Government Oversight (POGO) - https://www.pogo.org/
Accion Ciudadana - http://accionciudadana.org.gt/
Transparency International Italy - https://www.transparency.it/
Iwatch Tunisia - https://www.iwatch.tn/ar/
Transparency International Ireland - https://www.transparency.ie/
Oziveni - https://www.oziveni.cz/english/
WB os. - https://www.wbos.cz/
Pištaljka - https://pistaljka.rs/
Transparency International Chile - http://www.chiletransparente.cl/ -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
None declared
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
WIN is funded by the Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation (FPH) and the Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE). WIN was formed as an informal network with a voluntary steering group and coordinator in 2011. WIN registered as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation on the 1 August 2018 and so has only existed as a financial and legal entity since that point. WIN has not yet completed a full financial year-end.
As a global network, WIN’s work in the EU represents a small percentage of its overall activities.
Estimated costs linked to linked to interest representation activities:
Staff costs, 1% of FTE - £520 (Executive Director)
**Tom Devine is a member of the WIN Board of Trustees and not a staff member. His participation in interest representation activities is voluntary and, as such, is not included in the Staff Costs figure.
Office costs: £158.28
Travel and accommodation: £3,000
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
July 2017 – Anna Myers telephone conference: Pam Bartlett, Green Adviser, Zita Herman, APA to Benedek Jávor , on redraft of Greens proposal for whistleblower protection post-public consultation.
September 2017 – Anna Myers telephone conference: with Pam Bartlett, Green Adviser, Zita Herman , APA to Javor Badek, on redraft of Greens proposal for whistleblower protection post-public consultation.
October 2017 - Anna Myers telephone conference: with Pam Bartlett, Green Adviser, Zita Herman , APA to Javor Badek, on redraft of Greens proposal for whistleblower protection post-public consultation.
January 2018 - Anna Myers telephone conference: with Pam Bartlett, Green Adviser, Zita Herman , APA to Javor Badek, on redraft of Greens proposal for whistleblower protection post-public consultation.
March 2018 - Anna Myers telephone conference: with Pam Bartlett, Green Adviser, Zita Herman , APA to Javor Badek, on redraft of Greens proposal for whistleblower protection post-public consultation.
3 April 2018 – Tom Devine participated in International Bar Association event held in European Parliament / chaired by Virginie Rozière, MEP on the protection of whistleblowers and newly published EU draft directive.
4 April 2018 – Tom Devine / Anna Myers attended meeting organised by Greens/EFA in European Parliament to discuss detail of EU draft directive.
Week of 15 – 18 October 2018 – Tom Devine met with the following MEPs and/or their assistants, European Commission staff and attaches to the Austrian Permanent Representation to discuss key issues of EU draft directive on the protection of whistleblowers
Virginie Rozière, MEP
Jean-Marie Cavadas, MEP
Geoffry Didier, MEP
Georgia Georgiadou, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission DG Justice
Gerhard Doujak (Austrian Permanent Representation)
Nicolas Wimberger (Austrian Permanent Representation)Other activities
Participate in Eurocadres whistleblower protection forum.
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
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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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