Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.75 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
14
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Wildlife Conservation Society European Union office (WCS EU)
EU Transparency Register
054662633848-40 First registered on 04 Feb 2019
Goals / Remit
The goals of WCS EU (according to the legal statutes) are:
1. Saving wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
2. Protecting and conserving the natural environment, its flora and fauna including by undertaking innovative approaches thereto, and in particular but without limitation:
* the conservation and preservation of wildlife and wild places;
* the support of programs of and efforts for (i) scientific, conservation and veterinary research regarding wildlife and wild places, and (ii) conservation, preservation, protection, management and care of wildlife (including veterinary care and breeding of endangered and other species) in wild places or in parks, reserves, gardens, protected areas or other locations; and
* the provision of education, advice and training in relation to means of pursuing human livelihoods which are compatible with the conservation and protection of the natural en (...)Main EU files targeted
WCS EU is contributing scientific and technical advice in relation to a range of EU policy issues, notably:
1. Implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030 and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF), and EU engagement in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
2. Implementation of the EU action plan against wildlife trafficking
3. EU engagement in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
4. Implementation of the EU action to protect and restore the world’s forests
5. EU engagement in the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS)
6. Discussions on the Multilateral Financial Framework (MFF) in relation to environmental priorities, notably biodiversity, within EU development aid programmesAddress
Head Office
Boulevard Louis Schmidt 64
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Boulevard Louis Schmidt 64
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Arnaud Goessens 13 Nov 2024 12 Nov 2025 Camilla Davila 12 Nov 2024 11 Nov 2025 Mr Arnaud Goessens 21 Apr 2022 21 Apr 2023 Ms Janice WEATHERLEY-SINGH 23 Feb 2019 22 Feb 2020 Mr Arnaud Goessens 23 Feb 2019 01 Mar 2020 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Not applicable
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
693,962€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY US 560,000€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
EU Biodiversity Platform#E02210#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2210 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyCommission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
WCS EU is actively engaged in the implementation EU funded Sustainable Wildlife Management programme (SWM) to counteract the negative impacts of unsustainable bushmeat hunting in several ACP countries.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
14 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 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject Biodiversity and forests. Financing. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of biodiversity policies, including preparation of biodiversity COP15 and CITES COP19 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject One Health and Pandemic agreement Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member)
- Ines Prainsack (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject To discuss COP15, mainly focused on the road ahead to Montreal in December, as well as the topics of biodiversity funding and deforestation. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Luke Haasbeek (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 07 May 2021 Location Virtual Subject Discussion about Commission's legislative proposal on deforestation and forest degradation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2021 Location video-confernece Subject Deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
- Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject upcoming regulation on deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2021 Location video phone call Subject Deforestation and forest degradation. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Forest Partnerships Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Sep 2020 Location phone call Subject Implementation of EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Apr 2020 Location Conference call Subject wildlife conservation and biodiversity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject 1. CBD and EU biodiversity strategy, Implementation of the EU Communication on conservation and restoration of the world’s forests, Implementation and follow-up to the EU action plan on wildlife trafficking, CMS CoP, IUCN Congress Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Marius Vaščega (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject discussion on sustainable development and biodiversity 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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Date 03 Jul 2019 Location Brusels Subject discussion on EU action on fighting deforestation 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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