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COMMUNIA Association for the Public Domain

General Information

Identification Code: 003277719548-45
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 11/16/2015
Last Update: 5/30/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: COMMUNIA advocates for policies that expand the public domain and increase access to and reuse of culture and knowledge. We seek to limit the scope of exclusive copyright to sensible proportions that do not place unnecessary restrictions on access and use. The COMMUNIA International Association on the public domain is a network of activists, researchers and practitioners from universities, NGOs and SME established in 10 Member States. The mission of COMMUNIA is to foster, strengthen and enrich the Public Domain. COMMUNIA is an international association incorporated under Belgian law. The COMMUNIA association is built on the eponymous Thematic Network, funded by the European Commission from 2007 to 2011, which issued the Public Domain Manifesto and gathered over 50 members from academia and civil society researching and promoting the digital public domain in Europe and worldwide.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Culture
  • Culture and media
  • Education and training
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: All policy initiatives in the field of copyright and related rights, especially in relation to the digital environment.
Communication Activities: We occasionally organize events and workshops and participate in events and workshops organized by other stakeholders. We regularly publish on our own website and on social media.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Rue Belliard 12
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Rue Belliard 12
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: As of July 2022, COMMUNIA is receiving structural funding from the UK philanthropic organisation Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. The funding is scheduled to run for eight years and amounts to 3.000.000€ in total (https://communia-association.org/2022/09/20/communia-receives-eight-year-grant-from-arcadia/). In 2022, the annual budget amounted to €202.940.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 4
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 7
Members F T E: 4
Info Members: COMMUNIA has three full-time staffers, a policy director, a legal director and a policy advisor (3x100% FTEs). In addition, there is a core team of members of the association who contribute to COMMUNIA's activities as volunteers on a regular basis, adding up to around four FTEs of around 25%.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: http://www.communia-association.org/members/
Organisation Members: We are a member of the Access to Knowledge Coalition (A2K Coalition, https://www.a2k-coalition.org/).