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Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
16.5 Fte (26)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF)
EU Transparency Register
168989714324-36 First registered on 02 Sep 2014
Goals / Remit
WECF is a network of member and partner organisations in 48 countries in the EU, EECCA region and globally. WECF members and partners cover 22 Member States of the European Union. The WECF network is comprised of a total of 212 organisational members and 167 individual members.
WECF aims at achieving an Equitable and Sustainable Future. We strive for balancing the environment, health and economy, taking the different needs and perspectives of women and men into account. We enable women and men to participate at local and global levels in policy processes for sustainable development. Our network’s activities are based on our partners’ own visions and needs. WECF implements solutions locally and influences policy internationally.
WECF has expertise in three thematic issue areas:
1) Gender Equality in Sustainable Development policies
* Sustainable Development Goals (Post-2015)
* Climate policies and implementation mechanisms (UNFCCC)
* Environmental, chemicals and waste management policies (UNEP)
2) Creating Sustainable and Safe Circular Economies (Food/Water/Energy)
* Gender Equitable Technology design and assessments for safe access to food, water and energy
* Women’s leadership in Planning, Operations and Monitoring for Sustainable food, water and energy solutions
* Women’s income generation and financial mechanisms for sustainable food, water and energy solutions
3) Equitable Mitigation Strategies and Plans (climate/chemicals/sanitation)
* Gender equitable climate change mitigation strategies and plans
* Mitigating women’s health impacts from chemicals, waste, radiation and other pollution
* Women’s priorities for sanitation, hygiene and menstrual hygiene policies and actions
Our main areas of expertise are capacity building, policy advocacy and outreach:
1) Capacity building: Training, assessment and monitoring capacity of network organisations, sub-granting to local women’s organisations to demonstrate sustainable solutions based on their priorities
2) Policy advocacy: Effective and meaningful policy participation of network organisations in national policies and plans and strengthening of global women’s movements to ensure impactful policy advocacy by women’s civil society organisations
3) Outreach campaigns: Awareness raising, outreach and campaigning to change mind-sets and help create an enabling environment
WECF coordinates the network activities from 3 offices: in France, Germany and the Netherlands, and has representative offices in Switzerland and Georgia.Main EU files targeted
- The EU 7th Environmental Action Program (EAP) stating that «Living well, within the limits of our planet»
- Communication "A decent Life for All: From Vision to Collective Action” on its priorities for the SDG/Post2015 process
- Communication “A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development After 2015”
- EU strategy for Equality between Women and Men
- Directive 2003/4 on public access to information.
- Directive 2003/35 on public participation.
- Regulation 1367/2006 applying the Convention to EU institutions and bodies.
- Decision 2005/370/EC on ratification of the Convention and deposit of its instrument of ratification (EU became a Party to the Convention on 17 February 2005).
- Europees Environmental BureauAddress
Head Office
Korte Elisabethstraat, 6
Utrecht 3511 JG
NETHERLANDS -
People
Total lobbyists declared
26
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 75% 9 50% 7 25% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
16.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Mar 2019
Name Start date End Date Ms Sascha Gabizon Kranendonk 10 Sep 2014 08 Sep 2015 Mrs Sascha Gabizon Kranendonk 10 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Complementary Information
These are the WECF employees working from different offices towards a Sustainable Healthy World for All
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Sascha Gabizon (Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Sascha Gabizon (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
Bij EEB=European Environmental Bureau,
HEAL=Health Environmental Alliance,
PAN= Pesticide Action Network Europe, IPEN=International Pops Elimination Network,
WO=MEN,
ECOS,
Can Europe en Can International
Klimaallianz
Forum Umwelt und Etwicklung
WASH network
PARTOS
Building Change CoalitionMember organisations
Please find our members and partners list per country in this link:
http://www.wecf.eu/download/2015/August/ListMemberorganisations2015.pdf -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,502,787 € (Source: EuropeAid, Devco)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Competent Authorities for Biocidal Products (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012)#E03125 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3125 #Observer #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
- WECF provided input to the new gender in development strategy and supports a new general gender action plan
– through Womens Mayor Group WECF provides policy recommendations on the SDGs for the EU and WECF is also lobbying them
– on the Aarhus issues : WECF always works towards the full implementation of the Directives and lobbyies (did this via letters etc.) for a directive on access to justice
- WECF is a framework cooperation partner of DEVCO
see example: http://www.wecf.eu/english/articles/2015/04/DEVCO-Meeting.phpOther activities
WECF visits a number of events and consulations of the European Parlament and the European Commission, has consultations and gives input in round tables as well as organises round tables in the frame of the EU processes.
WECF is taking part in the European Green Week and the European Development Days.
Since 2016 WECF has a framework cooperation agreement with DEVCO and implements the programme WOMEN2030 with 4 other international partners.
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 15 Nov 2022 Location Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Subject Progress of COP27 negotiations Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - ZERO - ASSOCIAÇÃO SISTEMA TERRESTRE SUSTENTÁVEL
- Bischöfliches Hilfswerk MISEREOR e.V.
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- Carbon Market Watch
- ActionAid
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Germanwatch
- REScoop.eu asbl
- Ecologistas en Accion
- Danish 92 Group - Forum for Sustainable Development
- Klimadelegation e.V.
- Greenpeace European Unit
- CARE France
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Date 20 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Africa Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - International Organisation of Employers
- European Foundation Centre
- CONCORD Europe
- European Youth Forum
- The ONE Campaign
- Fundatia ADEPT Transilvania
- International Trade Union Confederation
- ICA INTERNATIONAL consulting
- Organización Mundial de Ciudades y Gobiernos Locales Unidos - United Cities and Local Governments