Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
World Crafts Council Europe (WCCE)
EU Transparency Register
975218830723-71 First registered on 08 Mar 2018
Goals / Remit
The World Crafts Council Europe (WCCE) is a European network representing 37 craft organisations (members) from 22 European countries whose main statutory mission is to promote crafts in Europe, by increasing the awareness and appreciation of crafts as an integral part of the cultural, social, and economic well-being of society.
Our vision is a world where craftsmanship and its inherent skills are valued and appreciated at every level of society.
Our purpose is to strengthen the status of and promote crafts as a vital part of cultural, social and economic life through our global network of members and affiliates.
Our membership is open to national, regional and professional bodies that have a mandate to advocate for and develop craft.Main EU files targeted
Creative Europe programme;
New European Bauhaus;
Geographical Indicators;
European Year of Skills;
Green Deal;
Europe’s programme for small and medium-sized enterprises;
Digital Europe;
EU Directive of FCM (Food Container Materials);Address
Head Office
Rue Jacques Lalaing 4
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Jacques Lalaing 4
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The time allocated to managing the network and deliver activities of European funded projects.
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
None declared
Member organisations
Arts Council Azerbaijan
Mad’in Europe
BeCraft
Cyprus Handicraft Service
Danish Crafts & Design Association
Arts & Crafts Association Bornholm (ACAB)
The Finnish Craft Organisation (TAITO)
The Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo
Ateliers d’Art de France
Institut National Des Metiers D’Art (INMA)
Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk Deutschland (BK)
Georgian Heritage Crafts Association
Georgian Arts and Culture Centre
Design and Crafts Council Ireland
AiCC – Italian Association of Ceramic Cities
Centro per l’Artigianato Artistico e Tradizionale della Toscana (ARTEX)
Fondo Plastico
Association De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg
Malta Crafts Foundation
Crafts Council Nederland
Norwegian Crafts
Norske Kunsthåndverkere
ADXTUR Portugal
Centro de Formação Profissional para o Artesanato e Património (CEARTE)
Associação de Artesãos Serra da Estrela
Azores Crafts and Design Center (CADA)
Centre for Folk Art Production (UL’UV)
Fundación EOI – Fundesarte
Consorci de Comerc, Artesania I Moda de Catalunya
Oficio y Arte
LOEWE Foundation
The Swedish Crafts Centre (KHVC)
Michelangelo Foundation
Düzköy Halk Eğitim Merkezi
Craft Scotland
The Crafts Council UK
Handicraft Chamber of Ukraine
Full updated list can be found here: https://wcc-europe.org/our-members/ -
Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant Creative Europe 247,500€ Grant Creative Europe 247,500€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name lighthouse europe Closed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
Project number: 101053439
Project name: CRAFTING THE FUTURE
Project acronym: CRAFTING
Call: CREA-CULT-2021-NET
Topic: CREA-CULT-2021-NET
Type of action: CREA Lump Sum Grants
Granting authority: European Education and Culture Executive Agency
Grant managed through EU Funding & Tenders Portal: Yes (eGrants)
Project starting date: fixed date: 1 May 2022
Project end date: 30 April 2025
Project duration: 36 months -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
- Developing the WCCE website as a resource about craft across Europe.
- Developing a series of webinars on topics related to the New European Bauhaus initiative which are relevant to the crafts sector: sustainability, circular economy, digitalisation, innovation and experimentation etc.
- Collecting data and information from our membership around the economical value of crafts and the impact on societies, as well as other relevant topics as geographical indications for craft and industrial products or the EU Directive of FCM (Food Container Materials) to draft policy papers.
- Promoting an in-depth knowledge of the specific needs, characteristics, and vulnerabilities of the EU craft sector all along the value chain, through research, mapping with a strong focus on gender equity, diversity, social cohesion; and ongoing and close dialogue with craft stakeholders and other policy sectors (education, youth, science, research and innovation, environment, employment, social affairs, tourism).
- Collecting and disseminating sectoral data which will result in surveys to show the critical challenges facing craft in Europe: The European market for crafts; Analysis of the Resilience of the Crafts Sector; Research on business and production opportunities; Analysis of the integration of digital design and fabrication technologies on the crafts sector; European crafts sector and the Creative Europe cross-cutting priorities.
- Working with members to develop the ‘Craft Cities’ and ‘European Artistic Craft Days’ initiatives to promote the value of crafts.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared