Wikimedia Europe

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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: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

4 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

3

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Wikimedia Europe   (WMEU)

    EU Transparency Register

    191538712765-84 First registered on 29 Jan 2014

    Goals / Remit

    Wikimedia Europe, formerly knwow as the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, aims at coordinating mainly the European Wikimedia chapters so they can have a unified and clear position on major legislative and political changes affecting the vision, mission and values of the Wikimedia movement.

    It promotes Free Knowledge through popularising Wikimedia projects and advocating for a legal framework supporting the public domain and enlarging the knowledge commons.

    Main EU files targeted

    E-Evidence
    DSA Implementation
    Right to Repair
    Artificial Intelligence Regulation
    Liability (Product & AI)
    Disinformation
    CSAM
    Net Neutarlity/Fair Share

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue Belliard 12
    Etterbeek 1040
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    Rue Belliard 12
    Etterbeek 1040
    BELGIUM

    Website

    wikimedia-europe.eu

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%4

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    4

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Apr 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Anna MAZGAL 13 Dec 2023 12 Dec 2024
    Michele FAILLA 06 Dec 2023 05 Dec 2024
    Ms Anna Mazgal 13 Dec 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Dimitar DIMITROV 06 Dec 2023 05 Dec 2024
    Mr Michele FAILLA 06 Dec 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Ms Zaritsa GEORGIEVA 13 Jun 2017 10 Jun 2018
    Ms Galina MANCHEVA 06 Apr 2017 05 Apr 2018
    Mr Eric Luth 21 Feb 2017 24 Jan 2018
    Mr Borislav SANDOV 08 Jun 2016 08 Jun 2017
    Ms Zaritsa GEORGIEVA 19 Feb 2016 01 Mar 2017
    Karl Sigfrid 06 Nov 2014 04 Nov 2015
    Mr Laurence Romaine Kunst 05 Mar 2014 04 Mar 2015

    Complementary Information

    Wikimedia Europe is an association uniting the European Wikimedia chapters in their need to be represented in Brussels at the EU level.

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Wikimedia is part of European Digital Rights and the Communia Association.

    Member organisations

    Wikimedia UK(224),
    Wikimedia Sverige(230),
    Wikimedia Polska(126),
    Wikimedia Nederland(200),
    Wikimedia Italia(471),
    Wikimedia France(470),
    Wikimedia Eesti(31),
    Wikimedia Deutschland(90000),
    Wikimedia Czeska Republika(41),
    Wikimedia Osterreich(220),
    Wikimedia Belgium(60),
    Wikimedia Norge (100),
    Wikimedians of Latvia (5)
    Wikimedians of Bulgaria (25)
    Wikimedians of Greece (15)
    Wikimedia Spain (50)
    Wikimedia Hungary (100)
    Wikimedia CH (100)

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

    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

    217,000€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Member's contribution

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution Wikimedia Deutschland (paying for staff) 140,000€

    Other financial info

    We published detailed contributions and spending for the current and past years on:
    https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Transparency

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    European cultural heritage, ways of Saint-James and other European cultural routes#Artificial intelligence and digital

    Communication activities

    Among others:
    *Public consultations on AI, content moderation, digital markets, data sharing, privacy, e-evidence
    *Public positions on wikimedia.brussels
    *Joint letters and email outreach to MEPs and PermReps

    Other activities

    None declared

  • 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.

    • Date 20 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Dsa and dma: application to collaborative platforms
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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