Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Humane Society International |
| Acronym: |
HSI (UK)
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| Legal status: |
Registered Charity
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| Website address: |
http://www.hsiuk.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
Mark Jones
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| Position: |
Executive Director |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Joanna Swabe
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| Position: |
EU Director |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
5 Underwood Street
London N1 7LY
UNITED KINGDOM
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| Telephone number: |
(+44) 2074905288 |
| Fax number: |
(+44) 5603460619 |
| Other contact information: |
Dr Joanna Swabe
EU Director
5 Underwood Street
London N1 7LY
United Kingdom
tel: +31 651 317 004 or
+32 491 068 576
email: jswabe@hsi.org
Mark Jones
UK Executive Director
5 Underwood Street
London N1 7LY
tel: +44(0)2074905288
mob: +44(0)7947749475
fax: +44(0)5603460619
email: mjones@hsi.org
Global Headquarters
Humane Society International
2100 L Street NW
Washington DC 20037
USA
President & CEO
Dr. Andrew Rowan
email: info@hsi.org
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
An affiliate of the global animal protection organisation Humane Society International (HSI), Humane Society International UK is a leading force for animal protection, with tens of thousands of supporters across the United Kingdom and Europe. We are an effective voice for animals, with active programmes in wildlife protection, alternatives to animal experiments, international trade, companion animal care and farm animal welfare.
At present, our work in the European Union is coordinated from the HSI/UK office in London. Humane Society International is the international arm of The Humane Society of the United States, one of the world's largest animal protection organisations — backed by 11 million people worldwide. HSI is creating a better future for animals and people through advocacy, education, and hands-on programmes. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty worldwide.
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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: |
4
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Complementary information:
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At present, in addition to those already listed as contacts, the following HSI staff members are engaged in advocacy work with the institutions of the European Union.
- Troy Seidle, Director of Research and Toxicology
- Emily McIvor, Senior EU Policy Adviser
It is likely that additional staff members will fall under the scope of the Transparency Register as our organisation expands its activities in the European Union.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
| First name
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Joanna
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Swabe
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26/07/12
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07/07/13
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Troy
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Seidle
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23/08/12
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07/08/13
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Emily
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McIvor
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27/02/13
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25/02/14
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Humane Society International (HSI) has been actively involved in advocacy work relating to the following EU initiatives during the past two years:
- Regulation (EC) No. 1007/2009 on trade in seal products
- Evaluation of the EU Action Plan for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2011 and EU Strategy for Protection and Welfare of Animals 2011-2015
- Regulation (EU) No. 1007/2011 on Textile names and related labelling of textile products
- EU policymaking and proposals concerning Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), plus implementation and enforcement of CITES
- Regulation (EC) No. 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing
- Regulation (EC) 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels
- Proposed EU Action Plan on reducing the incidental bycatch of seabirds in fishing gear
- Directive 98/8/EC on placing on the market of biocidal products
- Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
- Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 on cosmetic products
- Horizon 2020
- Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
- Regulation 2006/1907/EC concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH)
- Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP)
- Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods
- Regulation (EU) No. 15/2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards recognised testing methods for detecting marine biotoxins in live bivalve molluscs
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Consumer Affairs
- Culture
- Environment
- External Relations
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Food Safety
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Research and Technology
- Trade
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
50,000 |
| Number of member organisations: |
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| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
- AUSTRIA
- BELGIUM
- BULGARIA
- CYPRUS
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- DENMARK
- ESTONIA
- FINLAND
- FRANCE
- GERMANY
- GREECE
- HUNGARY
- IRELAND
- ITALY
- LATVIA
- LITUANIA
- LUXEMBOURG
- MALTA
- NETHERLANDS
- POLAND
- PORTUGAL
- ROMANIA
- SLOVAKIA
- SLOVENIA
- SPAIN
- SWEDEN
- UNITED KINGDOM
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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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- Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
- Eurogroup for Animals
- World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
- Fur Free Alliance (FFA)
- Species Survival Network (SSN)
- Shark Alliance
- Wildlife and Countryside Link
-Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare (APGAW - UK)
-UK CITES Management Authority Joint Liaison Group (JLG)
- AXLR8
- CARACAL (Competent Authorities for REACH and Classification and Labelling) + nanomaterials sub-group
- ecopa (European Consensus Platform for Alternatives)
- ECVAM (European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods) Stakeholder Advisory Forum
- EPAA (European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing)
- ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) Risk Assessment Committee [representing Eurogroup for Animals]
- Human Toxicology Project Consortium
- ICAPO (International Council on Animal Protection at the OECD)
- ICAPPP (International Council on Animal Protection in Pharmaceutical Programmes)
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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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1,025,432
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€
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of which public financing:
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0
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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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€
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- from national sources:
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0
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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0
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€
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from other sources: |
1,025,432
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€
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- donations:
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1,025,432
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€
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- contributions from members:
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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
€ - 100000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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