Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.5 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
World Obesity Federation (WOF)
EU Transparency Register
586272318944-56 First registered on 25 Sep 2015
Goals / Remit
World Obesity Federation represents professional members of the scientific, medical and research communities from over 50 regional and national obesity associations. Through our membership we create a global community of organisations dedicated to solving the problems of obesity. Our mission is to lead and drive global efforts to reduce, prevent and treat obesity.
Main EU files targeted
Founding member in the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.
Consortium member of two EU-funded Horizon 2020 research projects on childhood obesity (STOP and CO-CREATE)
Recipient of an Operating Grant from the EU's 3rd Health Programme (OBTAINS-E). This grant supports the policy, data and education work of World Obesity Federation.Address
Head Office
Suite 406
107-111 Fleet Street
London EC4A 2AB
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 75% 1 50% 2 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
http://www.worldobesity.org/membership/membership/
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
493,398 € (Source: Research H2020)
Other financial info
Estimated from £ sterling at Euro 1.11 = £1
Costs in 'c' above refer to EU-related publicity and promotion costs, attendance at EU meetings etc. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health#E00845#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=845 #Member #C#Academia/Research, Civil society, Professionals
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Relevant activities include:
- Development of a policy repository of evidence on different policy areas/priorities in the format of policy dossiers. As of May 2021, nine policy dossiers were available (https://www.worldobesity.org/resources/policy-dossiers)
- Conduct policy laboratories to support the launch of the dossiers, as well as release briefing papers on the different topics
- Development of SCOPE modules: in 2020, a new learning path with six modules was launched, as well as three additional new modules for health care professionals
- Maintenance and growth of our data website, including a re-launch of the website, accessible at https://data.worldobesity.org/
- Organisation of World Obesity Day (March 4th)
- Participation in different international congresses as part of CO-CREATE and STOP
- Organisation of high-level workshops and symposiums to showcase the progress of EU projects
- Publication of a special Supplement in Obesity Reviews as part of the STOP project to showcase the latest project's findings
- Launch of an online youth capacity-building platform, as part of the STOP and CO-CREATE projects (https://www.worldobesity.org/healthy-voices)Other activities
Guest contributor to EC High-level groups and Joint Action groups.
Member of the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.
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 11 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU Platform for action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
- Inga Preikšienė (Cabinet member)
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