Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
MEDITERRANEAN SOS Network (MEDSOS)
EU Transparency Register
011622521915-06 First registered on 26 May 2016
Goals / Remit
MEDITERRANEAN SOS Network (MedSOS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), which was founded in 1993 and is since dedicated to protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development at national and Euro-Mediterranean level. To achieve its objectives, the organization works on a vast array of environmental issues, with special emphasis on the integrated management of marine, coastal and inland water resources.
Through informative campaigns, volunteer and environmental education programs, public events, online publications, social media, collaborations at the local, national and regional levels and a variety of national and EU projects (e.g. INTERREG, MED, SEE, LIFE, GRUNDTVIG, IEE, Europe For Citizens, etc.), MEDSOS aims to:
• Raise public awareness and understanding and improve access to information.
• Encourage behavior change amongst citizens and foster the transition to sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods.
• Advocate, lobby and promote cooperation between social partners, policy-makers and Civil Society at the local, national and regional levels.
• Promote active public participation in sustainable development strategies and demonstrate alternative solutions and good practices to the local communities.
• Strengthen intercultural communication, dialogue and exchanges among European and Mediterranean partners.
Over the years, MedSOS has built dialogue and cooperation with academics, researchers, scientists, educators, national, regional and local authorities, professional unions, media and other NGOs. Furthermore, it is a UNEP/MAP Partner organization and also a member of the various international/ EU organizations and networks, i.e. European Environmental Bureau (EEB), European Union for Coastal Conservation (EUCC), Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE); International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE), Climate Action Network (CAN), Anna Lindh Foundation, Water Footprint Network (WFN), Seas At Risk (SAR) and Mare Nostrum Network.Main EU files targeted
- Energy & Climate change
- Marine environment & coastal zones
- Water resources
- Natural protected areas, local communities, urban environment
- EuroMed cooperation, Civil Society and Intercultural Dialogue
More info: http://medsos.gr/medsos/medsos-network.htmlAddress
Head Office
3A, MAMAI ST.
ATHENS 10440
GREECE -
People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The above numbers include both paid staff and trainees and volunteers.
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
MEDSOS is a member of the following associations/ networks and, as a result, represents them in Greece and is represented by them in the countries they are active in:
- UNEP/MAP NGO partners (http://www.unepmap.org/)
- European Environmental Bureau (EEB) (http://www.eeb.org/)
- Mediterranean Information Office (MIO-ECSDE) (http://mio-ecsde.org/)
- European Union for Coastal Conservation (EUCC) (http://www.eucc.net/)
- International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE) (http://www.inforse.org/europe/)
- Climate Action Network (CAN) (http://www.climatenetwork.org/)
- National Network of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures (http://www.annalindhfoundation.org/)
- Euro-Mediterranean Youth Platform (http://euromedp.eupa.org.mt/)
- Water Footprint Network (http://waterfootprint.org/en/)
- Seas At Risk (SAR) (http://www.seas-at-risk.org/)
- Mare Nostrum Network (https://marenostrum.openchannels.org/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
10,000 € (Source: BEMED,THALASSA FOUNDATION)
Other financial info
For more information for the field BEMED, please check the following website: http://beyondplasticmed.org/bemed/
Finally, under the field "financial support" funding sources such as running costs for supplies. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Indicative projects:
PTwist (H2020-ICT-2016-2017/H2020-ICT-2017-1 - Grant Agreement number 780121): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/213112_en.html
LIFE DEBAG (LIFE14 GIE/GR/001127): http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=5349
EEA GRANTS - WATER BRIDGES: LET’S UNITE OUR VOICES FOR WATER! http://eeagrants.org/project-portal/project/GR04-0007
LIFE AMMOS - Integrated information campaign for the reduction of smoking related litter on beaches (LIFE12 INF/GR/000985) http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=4722
INTELLIGENT ENERGY EUROPE - STEP-2-SPORT, step by step renovation towards Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) http://step2sport.eu/
Plastic Bag-Free Alonissos project, https://www.facebook.com/PlasticBagFreeAlonissos/
Campaign CLEAN UP THE MED (since 1995, ongoing): http://www.medsoscleanup.gr/Other activities
N/A
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 05 Jun 2020 Location Brussels Subject VTC: Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Raul Hernandez Sagrera (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject discussion on Plastics Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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