PADI AWARE Foundation
Acronym: PAF
General Information
Identification Code: 90649564350-78
Website: https://www.padi.com/aware
Entity Form: CHARITY
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/15/2010
Last Update: 2/5/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded non-profit with three registered charities across the globe. Our mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. We advance our mission through citizen science, public policy and community grants. With PADI - the world's leading scuba diver training organization - we drive towards our collective vision to achieve balance between humanity and the ocean.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Climate action
- Culture
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Environment
- Maritime affairs and fisheries
- Sport
Levels of Interest:
- european
- national
- global
- sub-national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Common Fisheries Policy; Habitats & Birds Directives,
Communication Activities: Sustainable Shark and Ray Fisheries - a precautionary, science based approach to managing shark populations including setting shark fishing limits, heeding scientific advise; protecting the most vulnerable shark species (those threatened with extinction), and implementation and enforcement of management and recovery plans for shark and ray species. Support for a sound and robust implementation of the Community Plan of action for sharks, a strengthened shark finning ban that supports "fins naturally attached", improved trade data and species data collection mechanisms.
Marine Litter Monitoring and Prevention - underwater data collection using citizen science to reduce the impacts of litter on marine life and improve waste management practices, including policy change at national and EU level necessary to prevent litter from entering the ocean in the first place.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 30151 TomasPADI Worldwide
Post Code: CA 92688
City: Rancho Santa Margarita
Country: UNITED STATES
Phone:
Indic Phone: 1
Phone Number: 8007297234
EU Office
Address: PADI EMEA, The PavilionsBridgewater Road
Post Code: BS13 8AE
City: BRISTOL
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 44
Phone Number: 1173007234
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Complementary Information: The PADI AWARE Foundation has charitable status in the UK, US and Australia. The organisation was previously called Project AWARE, and still continues to do business as Project AWARE within the UK
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 2
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.20000000298023224
Info Members: PADI AWARE Foundation staff shares the EU context for our focus issues with our global, scuba diving audience audience and brings the global scuba diver perspective to an EU policy fora as possible and relevant (shark and ray conservation and marine litter).
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: PADI AWARE Foundation is a member of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative https://www.ghostgear.org/, Seas At Risk http://www.seas-at-risk.org, International Non Governmental Member of IUCN http://iucn.org/about/union/members/who_members/members_database/, and a Founding member of the Trash Free Seas Alliance http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/our-partners/trash-free-seas-alliance.html
We are not a membership organization, however, we do have supporters and volunteers in virtually all EU member states.
Current Job Opportunities
Policy Trainee - PADI AWARE Foundation
PADI AWARE Foundation
internBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
mid-levelBrussels, Francefull-time
Posted: 8/21/2025