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Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
World Animal Protection (WAP)
EU Transparency Register
630990212371-30 First registered on 13 Dec 2013
Goals / Remit
Formerly known as WSPA, World Animal Protection has protected animals in working to expose animal cruelty and prevent animal suffering around the globe for more than 30 years. World Animal Protection (formerly WSPA) uses its skills and knowledge to move individuals, organisations and governments to transform animal's lives.
Working in more than 50 countries, World Animal Protection creates positive change by exposing cruelty and pioneering sustainable solutions to animal suffering. With its Consultative Status with the United Nations, allows World Animal Protection (formerly WSPA) to have a unique international platform to prove that the lives of animals are inextricably linked to human wellbeing.Main EU files targeted
- Monitor work of DG Sante Animal Welfare Unit with relation to implementation of EU Animal Welfare Strategy 2012-2015.
- Follow TTIP negotiations by EU Commission (DG Trade) and European Parliament Committee Hearings.
- Monitor EP ordinary legislative procedures of relevance to animal welfare e.g. draft Animal Health Bill, Invasive Alien Species Act, as well as ensuing tripartite negotiations.
- Monitor European Parliament consideration of Post-2015 Global Development Agenda and engage with relevant Commission DGs e.g. DEV, ENVI.
- Engage with EU Commission (ECHO) on Disaster Risk Reduction related issues.
- Participate in EU Commission public consultations e.g. strengthened action plan on wildlife crime.Address
Head Office
Grays Inn Road, 222
5th Floor
London WC1X 8HB
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Place du Champs de Mars 5
20th Floor
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Ms KATHLEEN FRECH 21 Jan 2016 20 Jan 2017 Ms Tania Valerie Raguz 21 Jan 2016 20 Jan 2017 Valentina Riva 29 Oct 2015 26 Oct 2016 Mr Ruud Tombrock 06 Oct 2015 02 Oct 2016 Ms Tania Valerie Raguz 23 Jan 2015 20 Jan 2016 Mr ATE DIRK JAN VERDONK 01 Oct 2014 29 Sep 2015 Mr PABLO LALOR 30 Sep 2014 26 Sep 2015 Ms KATHLEEN FRECH 30 Sep 2014 26 Sep 2015 Mr Ruud Tombrock 11 Sep 2014 09 Sep 2015 Emily Rees 06 Sep 2014 03 Jul 2015 Ms Tania Valerie Raguz 16 Jan 2014 15 Jan 2015 Complementary Information
2 person Brussels-based team.
Additional 1 person has European Parliament accreditation (passes).
2. Dirk Jan Verdonk - (01/10/2014 - 29/09/2015)Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Valentina Riva (EU Public Affairs Advisor)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Pascal De Smit (Country Director - The Netherlands)
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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
Networks: World Animal Protection (formerly WSPA) enjoys general consultative status at the UN (the only animal welfare organisation to have this), an MOU with the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health), Special Liaison status at the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation), an MOU with the World Veterinary Association. World Animal Protection (foremerly WSPA) is accredited to UN Environment Programme which gives us formal observer status to the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum. World Animal Protection (formerly WSPA) is also is associated with the UN Department for Public Information (UN DPI)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
The above financial information is a Budget Forecast for 2014. Final figures to be confirmed in early 2015.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
DG Trade: Civil Society Dialogue
DG Trade: EU-Central America Association Agreement Domestic Advisory
GroupACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
Intergroup on Welfare and Conservation of Animals
Intergroup on Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Bio DiversityCommunication activities
None
Other activities
Activities: World Animal Protection (formerly WSPA) has held and participated in roundtables, had meetings at the Commission, held meetings with influential MEPs, interacted with appropriate Intergroups, committees and policy interest groups, circulated open letters, and launched initiatives, and featured in European-wide press.
Meetings
Meetings
2 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Future Commission's priorities on Animal Welfare DG Health and Food Safety Attending - Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
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Date 22 Jan 2015 Location Berlaymont Subject Livestock protection and Disaster Risk Reduction Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides Portfolio Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Attending - Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)