Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Naturefriends International |
| Acronym: |
NFI
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| Legal status: |
non-profit association
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| Website address: |
http://www.nf-int.org
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Sections
| Section: |
III - Non-governmental organisations |
| and more precisely: |
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Christian Baumgartner
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| Position: |
Secretary General |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Seda Orhan (Defranceschi)
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| Position: |
Brussels Representative |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
36 Diefenbachgasse
Vienna A-1150
AUSTRIA
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| Telephone number: |
(+43) 1 892 38 77 |
| Fax number: |
(+43) 1 812 97 89 |
| Other contact information: |
EU Policy Office
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
B-1050 Brussels
Tel:+32 2 893 10 56
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
NFI is an umbrella organisation of Naturefriends with 500’000 members in approximately 50member and/or partner organisations throughout the globe, the Naturefriends movement – which was founded in 1895 – is one of the largest non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worldwide. Our members are active in local groups and are represented in regional, national and federal associations.
Environmental protection and social justice are the causes espoused by the Naturefriends movement, which is global in character and democratic in structure. The focus of Naturefriends activities is on designing and implementing sustainability schemes for the environment and for the society at regional, national and international level. Naturefriends stand for
*tourism and leisure activities that are socially equitable and in tune with nature
*the protection, preservation and dynamic interpretation of our natural and cultural heritage
*the promotion of sustainable mobility as a contribution to climate protection
Naturefriends champion:
nature interpretation: Inspiring people to connect with and to preserve the natural environment and to introduce them to biodiversity have been major concerns of the Naturefriends movement from its very inception.
respectful sustainable tourism:Naturefriends advocate a socially, culturally and ecologically benign development of tourism.
climate protection:Naturefriends are actively engaged in environment and climate protection, organising pertinent campaigns and projects.
sustainable regional development: Naturefriends activities are designed to support regions in opting for sustainable tourism.
political commitment: Naturefriends are engaged in lobbying and educational activities as well as in intensive networking with a view to popularising issues relating to the environment, to the climate and to social policy at regional, national and international level.
worldwide solidarity: Naturefriends put in train intercultural projects and encounters and demand fair and respectful behaviour vis-à-vis all people, irrespective of their ethnicity, sex or religious beliefs.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
2
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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During this period, Seda Orhan Defranceschi and Christian Baumgartner have has contacts with members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions:
Sustainable Development in general and regional development: EU Strategy for the Danube Region
Sustainable Tourism: EU Tourism Policy and initiatives
Climate Change: Aviation and EU’s Emissions Trading System
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Climate Action
- Culture
- Development
- Education
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Environment
- External Relations
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Public Health
- Regional Policy
- Sport
- Transport
- Youth
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
0 |
| Number of member organisations: |
0 |
| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
- AUSTRIA
- BELGIUM
- CYPRUS
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- DENMARK
- FINLAND
- FRANCE
- GERMANY
- GREECE
- HUNGARY
- ITALY
- NETHERLANDS
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- SLOVAKIA
- SWEDEN
- UNITED KINGDOM
- SENEGAL
- SWITZERLAND
- TOGO
- UNITED STATES
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Complementary information:
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Green10, EEB, VISIT - Voluntary Initiatives for Sustainability in Tourism,Danube Competence Centre (DCC, EARTH Network for Sustainable Tourism, TEN Network
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Total budget:
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895,255
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€
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of which public financing:
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652,746
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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365,735
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€
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- from national sources:
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150,330
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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136,681
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€
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from other sources: |
242,509
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€
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- donations:
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5,129
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€
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- contributions from members:
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237,380
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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We support the improvement of the current register with giving the names of individual lobbyists and providing precise and comparable financial information on lobbying.
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