SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE
Acronym: Surfrider Europe
General Information
Identification Code: 58969291154-50
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Entity Form: LOI 1901
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 2/17/2009
Last Update: 3/7/2024
EP Accredited Number: 1
Mission & Interests
Goals: Surfrider Europe is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to protect the ocean, the coastline, all aquatic environments & their users. Created in 1990 by a group of surfers who wanted to preserve their playground, it now gathers a community of Ocean lovers. Grass-roots activism is at the core of our NGO. We have over 13,000 members and are active across 12 countries through 45+ volunteer-run branches. For 30+ years, we have developed impactful programmes in 3 areas: marine litter, water quality and public health, coastal management and climate change. We take action to drastically reduce plastic waste, move away from fossil fuels, fight against climate change and its impacts, and stop marine pollution and the damage to the ocean and coasts through advocacy, campaigns, awareness-raising, events & local actions. Surfrider Europe is a member of the Surfrider international network active in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Morocco, Senegal & the USA. Visit www.surfrider.eu
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Climate action
- Education and training
- Energy
- Environment
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Maritime affairs and fisheries
- Public health
- Sport
- Transport
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- sub-national
- european
- global
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Marine Strategy Framework directive
Circular Economy, marine litter, including single-use plastics and microplastics, Plastics Strategy, waste directives, product policy, packaging and packaging waste Directive and proposal for a regulation, proposal for a regulation on plastic pellets textile strategy
EU policy framework on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics
Empowering citizens in the green transition, Green Claims
Green Deal and relevant associated initiatives for ocean protection: Climate law, Biodiviersity strategy, Farm to fork strategy, Strategy for Adaptation to climate change, Zero Pollution Plan, etc.
Water legislation: Bathing water directive, Water Framework directive, waste water treatment directive, drinking water directive, list of surface and ground water pollutants
Nature Restoration Law
Ocean governance
Shipping (Erika Package, ship source pollution Directive, etc) and
Sustainable Blue Economy strategy
Offshore safety directive and Renewable Energy Directive
Water Resilience
Climate change resilience
Communication Activities: Ocean Week organized every year
Blue Up 2024!
Participation to the Our Ocean conference, UNOC, UNFCC COPs and UNEA, World Oceans Day, EU Green Week
Global Plastic Treaty
Restore our Ocean and Waters Mission
Ocean Initiatives
European week for waste reduction
Outreach campaigns and publications, on plastics, including microplastics: The Drop social media campaign, Plastic pellet loss report, Plastic Fake Outs infographics, report on the implementation of EU legislation on plastic bags, good practice guides on plastic bags, white paper on water bottles, report on media filter losses (in water treatment stations), single use plastic directive implementation assessment report, fifty shades of bluewashing report, forever plastic report, etc
Ocean Campus platform on Ocean literacy
Campaign #DrillingIsKilling against offshore drilling in the EU
Participation to the events by SEArica Intergroup at the EP
EurOcean Youth
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission Expert Group on the Implementation of the Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC)#E02936#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2936 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societySustainable Alternative Power for Shipping- Mid- to Long-Term Solutions for Maritime GHG Emissions Reductions#E02869/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100883 #MEMBER #C#IndustryZero Pollution Stakeholder Platform#E03790#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3790 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyEuropean Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2869 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: SEARICA
Head Office
Address: Allée de Moura, 33
Post Code: 64200
City: BIARRITZ
Country: FRANCE
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EU Office
Address: Rue d'Edimbourg 26
Post Code: 1050
City: Ixelles
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 2
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 3
Members: 6
Members F T E: 2.700000047683716
Info Members: Other staff, including in Spain, Germany and France, are sporadically involved in work covered by the register on the implementation of EU law at national level.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://volunteers.surfrider.eu/en/become-a-volunteer-for-surfrider-foundation-europe/
45+ chapters in 12 countries.
Organisation Members: Ocean and Climate Platform (founding member)
Blue Up 2024! coalition
Blue NGOs
Green Sport Hub (founding member)
HFO Free Arctic
Be Med (founding member)
Rethink Plastic Alliance (founding member)
Break free from Plastics international movement
EDC Free
Asociacion Española de Basuras marinas
France Nature Environnement
Alianza Residuo Cero
Alianza Mar Blava
Seas at Risk platform