Growing Media Europe
Acronym: GME
General Information
Identification Code: 01873234294-62
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Entity Form: AISBL
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/5/2010
Last Update: 3/28/2024
EP Accredited Number: 2
Mission & Interests
Goals: Growing Media Europe AISBL is an international non-profit organisation representing the producers of growing media and soil improvers at European level.
Our main objective is to promote optimum legislation for the manufacturing as well as the free trade of growing media and soil improver within Europe. Coordinating our work with the member companies and associate members all over Europe, we aim to ensure a single voice for the industry. We provide scientific information as well as technical expertise on the use of growing media products and act as focal point for political decision makers and stakeholders inside and outside the European Institutions.
Growing Media Europe is committed to the highest environmental standards, to the sustainable use of natural resources and to contributing to the competitiveness of the European horticultural sector by providing high quality growing media products.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Consumers
- Customs
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Enlargement
- Environment
- Food safety
- International co-operation and development
- Public health
- Regional policy
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Taxation
- Trade
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Organic Farming
Soil Health
Plant Health
CE-marked Fertilising Product Regulation
Circular Economy
Common Agricultural Policy
LULUCF
Food Security
Food Safety
Food Waste
Climate law, climate policy
Carbon farming
Protected cropping
Farm to Fork Strategy
Biodiversity Strategy
Forest Strategy
Life Cycle Assessment, PEFCR
Plastic Strategy, SUP, Mircoplastic
Packaging
Mental health
EU Taxonomy
Nature Restoration Targets
Bioeconomy
Urban greening
Urban farming
Vertical farming
Greenhouse growing, CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture)
Communication Activities: - Events in the European Parliament (conferences, receptions, exhibitions)
- Parliamentary Evenings/Lunch events/Breakfast events
- Field trips for site visits
- Public affairs webinars
- Personal meetings with MEPs, assistants and other EP staff as well as with representatives of the European Commission and Council, including Permanent Representations of the Member States
- Publications: Position papers/resolutions, Joint Statements, handouts, letters, press releases, website, presentations,
LinkedIn posts, job offers, flyers, posters
- Presentations at events of members or related stakeholders
- Annual Reports
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission expert group on Fertilising Products #E01320#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1320 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryExpert Group EU Fertilisers Market Observatory#E03899#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3899 #OBSERVER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Rue Belliard
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Rue Belliard
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: GME has for the first time been inserted as a partner in different grant proposals (in September 2023) and for the first time submitted applications to different calls under the HORIZON Europe grant (deadline was 20 September 2023). However, as we do not yet have information on acceptance, we have not included the expected costs in the annual update finalised on 21 September 2023. We will update the information accordingly in due time.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 6
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 10
Members F T E: 3.8499999046325684
Info Members: Growing Media Europe AISBL has three employees (one full time Secretary General, one full time Public Affairs Advisor and since March 2023 one full-time Science Coordinator). Our 5 Board Members are working for the association (not remunerated) on an honorary basis for maybe 10% of their working time. Since June 2019 and September 2020, we also work with two external consultants (self-employed), who work a few hours per month for GME (indicated above by ticking the 25% and again the 10% box).
As we have internal working groups within the association, some representatives of our members are involved in the activities described under heading 9. However, this would be less than 10% of their working time (as they have all other full time jobs at our member companies or member associations).
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: See our website: www.growing-media.eu
Organisation Members: GME has joined the Farm Tech Society as a "Scientific Member". https://farmtechsociety.org/
GME has joined the International Peatland Societey (IPS). https://peatlands.org/