Wikimedia Europe
Acronym: WMEU
General Information
Identification Code: 191538712765-84
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: aisbl/ivzw
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 1/29/2014
Last Update: 1/25/2024
EP Accredited Number: 3
Mission & Interests
Goals: Wikimedia Europe, formerly knwow as the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, aims at coordinating mainly the European Wikimedia chapters so they can have a unified and clear position on major legislative and political changes affecting the vision, mission and values of the Wikimedia movement.
It promotes Free Knowledge through popularising Wikimedia projects and advocating for a legal framework supporting the public domain and enlarging the knowledge commons.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Culture and media
- Digital economy and society
- Single market
Levels of Interest:
- european
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: E-Evidence
DSA Implementation
Right to Repair
Artificial Intelligence Regulation
Liability (Product & AI)
Disinformation
CSAM
Net Neutarlity/Fair Share
Communication Activities: Among others:
*Public consultations on AI, content moderation, digital markets, data sharing, privacy, e-evidence
*Public positions on wikimedia.brussels
*Joint letters and email outreach to MEPs and PermReps
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: European cultural heritage, ways of Saint-James and other European cultural routes,Artificial intelligence and digital
Head Office
Address: Rue Belliard 12
Post Code: 1040
City: Etterbeek
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Rue Belliard 12
Post Code: 1040
City: Etterbeek
Country: BELGIUM
Phone: [object Object]
Financial Data
New Organisation: false
Closed Year: [object Object]
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Complementary Information: We published detailed contributions and spending for the current and past years on:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Transparency
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 4
Info Members: Wikimedia Europe is an association uniting the European Wikimedia chapters in their need to be represented in Brussels at the EU level.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Wikimedia UK(224),
Wikimedia Sverige(230),
Wikimedia Polska(126),
Wikimedia Nederland(200),
Wikimedia Italia(471),
Wikimedia France(470),
Wikimedia Eesti(31),
Wikimedia Deutschland(90000),
Wikimedia Czeska Republika(41),
Wikimedia Osterreich(220),
Wikimedia Belgium(60),
Wikimedia Norge (100),
Wikimedians of Latvia (5)
Wikimedians of Bulgaria (25)
Wikimedians of Greece (15)
Wikimedia Spain (50)
Wikimedia Hungary (100)
Wikimedia CH (100)
Organisation Members: Wikimedia is part of European Digital Rights and the Communia Association.