Wikimedia Europe

Acronym: WMEU

General Information

Identification Code: 191538712765-84

Website: wikimedia-europe.eu

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

Phone:

Indic Phone: 32

Phone Number: 497720374

EU Office

Address: Rue Belliard 12

Post Code: 1040

City: Etterbeek

Country: BELGIUM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 32

Phone Number: 497720374

Financial Data

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Member's contributions

Contributions:

Amount: 0
Currency: €
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Buffer:
0: 104
1: 64
2: 61
3: 50
4: 158
5: 212
6: 182
7: 32
8: 86
9: 90
10: 38
11: 144

Total Budget: 217000

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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

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.