MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

International Fund for Animal Welfare

NGO / non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, International Fund for Animal Welfare appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Our mission: The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is a global non-profit helping animals and people thrive together. We are experts and everyday people, working across seas, oceans, and in more than 40 countries around the world. We rescue, rehabilitate, and release animals, and we restore and protect their natural habitats. The problems we’re up against are urgent and…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe735%
Socialists & Democrats525%
Greens/EFA420%
The Left315%
European People's Party15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2024).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
2
2023
1
2024
9
2025
6
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Michal Wiezik
4 meetings · Renew
César Luena
3 meetings · S&D
Sebastian Everding
2 meetings · The Left
Maria Noichl
1 meeting · S&D
Lynn Boylan
1 meeting · The Left

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Mar 2026Christophe ClergeauSEArica/ENVI
13 May 2025Michal WiezikCITES COP20
13 May 2025Maria OhisaloCITES resolution
11 Apr 2025César LuenaCITES
12 Mar 2025Catarina VieiraAnimal Welfare and Trade
5 Mar 2025Sebastian EverdingSeals and animal welfare - perspective from Canada and the EU
5 Feb 2025Sebastian EverdingIntroduction meeting
10 Dec 2024Gerben-Jan GerbrandyWildlife protection
19 Nov 2024César LuenaBiodiversity financing
7 Nov 2024Raquel García Hermida-van der WalleWildlife protection
5 Nov 2024Lynn BoylanProtection of wildlife including seals and whales
16 Oct 2024Michal WiezikPriorities in wildlife conservation
24 Sep 2024Thomas WaitzTierschutz
13 Sep 2024César LuenaMFF and biodiversity
23 Jul 2024Tilly MetzAnimal Welfare

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