Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
EU Transparency Register
020025124702-06 First registered on 24 Nov 2016
Goals / Remit
Mission: To reduce the burden of unhealthy weight
The Objectives of EASO are:
- To support the development of a unified and evolving evidence-based approach to tackling obesity across disciplines, sectors and countries
- To advocate obesity as an urgent and relevant health priority to policymakers, international organisations NGOs, research funders, health professionals, media, industry and the public
- To identify and articulate effective solutions to these stakeholders
- To create and support active campaign groups
- To support national advocacy, clinical, scientific, and patient communities
- To provide knowledge, advocacy and training to improve the quality, availability and access of care
- To provide a broad platform across stakeholder groups for sharing ideas and developing solutionsMain EU files targeted
Member of the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. member of the JPI HDHL Stakeholder Advisory Board. Occational participant in JRC and JANPA consultations.
Address
Head Office
Level 2, 8 Waldegrave Road
Teddington TW11 8GT
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
EASO employs a small core team and outsources services on a project basis. This limits financial liability on the charity and maintains flexibility. Outsourced services include website maintenance, communications/PR (EOD), congress management.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Euan Woodward (Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Euan Woodward (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
WOF. European Biomedical Alliance. Also, in official relations with the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
Member organisations
EASO is a federation of 32 national obesity associations, representing approximately 5000 individuals. See http://easo.org/membership/
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
EASO has 4 funding sources:
Membership Fees
Congress Fees (surplus)
Corporate Membership/Partnerships
Research Project Budget Contributions -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
NoneACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Dissemination partner in ongoing EU projects MooDFOOD (FP7) and NoHoW (H2020). Recent partner in FP7 projects DORIAN and Spotlight. Organiser of the annual European Congress on Obesity (ECO) and European Obesity Day (EOD). EASO publishes position statements and guidelines in Obesity Facts (OFA), see http://easo.org/education-portal/guidelines/
Other activities
Established in 1986, EASO is a federation of professional membership associations from 32 European countries. It is the voice of the European obesity community, representing scientists, health care practitioners, physicians, public health experts and patients. EASO is in official relations with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and is a founding member of the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.
EASO promotes action through collaboration: in advocacy, communication, education and research.- 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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