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EWF – EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR WELDING JOINING AND CUTTING AISBL

Website

VAT NUMBER:

BE0451889445

Headquarters:

Brussels,

Belgium

Years covered:

2014-2023

Staff listed on website:

19

Registered Staff:

(!) NOT registered as an employer

Funding scale:

Medium (€5–20M)

Parallel grants:

Very high number (≥10)

Beneficiary’s contracted amount

0

HR transparency:

⛔ HR in the dark (public record too thin)

Beneficiary’s contracted amount per year:

2014: € 221,090 €0.2 M 2015: € 799,948 €0.8 M 2016: € 1,206,095 €1.2 M 2017: € 429,647 €0.4 M 2018: € 1,186,261 €1.2 M 2019: € 365,916 €0.4 M 2020: € 1,710,038 €1.7 M 2021: € 124,091 €0.1 M 2022: € 1,857,187 €1.9 M 2023: € 1,912,770 €1.9 M 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
From 2014–2023, EWF (European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting AISBL) appears in the EU FTS extract on 75 actions totalling €10.79 million beneficiary contracted amount, with 1–32 projects running in parallel based on start/end dates (peak 32 in 2022-2023). NO annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium for ANY year 2014-2023. NOT registered as employer with Belgian social security (ONSS). Portugal-based operations despite Belgian VAT number and funding. European Transparency Register lists organization's head office in Portugal, yet the legal form remains Belgian AISBL—raising questions about operational jurisdiction and accountability gaps.

Data on this profile comes only from official public records:

   ➤ Annual accounts & staff FTE: annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium under Belgian company and associations law and the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001.

 ➤ Legal form, governance & registered staff band: Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) and Belgian public registers (SPF Justice, SPF Économie, SPF Emploi / ONSS).

 ➤ EU grants: European Commission Financial Transparency System for directly managed grants, under the applicable EU Financial Regulation and standard EU grant agreements (including rules on staff costs and eligible expenditure).

EU Money Monitor does not allege wrongdoing.
All patterns shown are derived from these public records and are presented solely to improve transparency and enable independent scrutiny by citizens, journalists, auditors and authorities.

Download the EU Financial Transparency System FTS Excel file:

EU Funding & Tenders Portal

Public national records (external links):

National Bank

National Employer

SPF Justice

SPF Economy

EC Transparency register

GOVERNANCE - Key people

*All names are sourced from public files – official Belgian accounts (filed with the National Bank of Belgium) and from the Belgian Official Gazette. 

Name
Title
Mandate start
Mandate end
Full term
Profile
Stefano MORRA
Président; Vice-président; Administrateur
2010-12-10
Current
16+
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Imre NÉMETH
Vice président; Directeur
2019-10-29
Current
7+
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Michal KUBICA
Président; Vice-président; Administrateur
2010-12-10
2023-01-01
14
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Martin Ralph LEHMANN
Council President – Président du Conseil; Director – Administrateur
2018-05-15
Current
8+
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Fernando MAÑAS
Trésorier
2019-10-29
Current
7+
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Clare MCGRATH
Administrateur
2023-01-01
Current
3+
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Christopher EADY
Président et Trésorier; Directeur
2010-12-10
2018-01-01
9
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Maria Luisa COUTINHO Gomes de Almeida
Administrateur délégué; Directeur Exécutif
2004-11-30
2018-05-15
15
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Václav MINARIK
Administrateur
2016-05-25
2019-12-31
4
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Hendrikus BODT
Président
2007-07-05
2016-12-31
10
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Lars Aake JOHANSSON
Vice-président
2013-11-21
2016-05-25
4
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Klaus MIDDELDORF
Trésorier
2013-11-21
2016-12-31
4
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Found incorrect data? Email us at watch@brussels-leaks.eu with supporting documents. 

Yearly financials & funding overview

All annual figures are sourced from official Belgian accounts (filed with the National Bank of Belgium, full or abridged format) and from the EU Financial Transparency System for grant totals. Amounts reflect statutory revenues, expenditure, staff, and year-end results, as reported by each NGO. 

EU PROJECT LOAD

EU PROJECT LOAD

EU PROJECT LOAD – PARALLEL GRANTS PER YEAR
Number of FTS-listed EU grants run in parallel in each reported year.
max ≈ 32 grants · avg ≈ 18.8 / year
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Each bar shows the annual count of EU grants run in parallel, based solely on the NGO’s EU Financial Transparency System export.

How HR is recorded

HR cost structure – total Payroll vs Services & Misc.
Payroll
0%
Payroll: 0%
Services & Misc. (Code 61): 0%
Shares are calculated across all reported years, using only Payroll and “Services & Misc.” (NBB code 61), based solely on the NGO’s Belgian annual accounts.
HR cost classification – Payroll vs Services & Misc. per year
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Payroll Services & Misc. (Code 61)
Percentages are calculated only on Payroll and “Services & Misc.” (NBB code 61) in each reported year, based solely on the NGO’s Belgian annual accounts.
EU FUNDING LOAD PER STAFF FTE
FTS contracted EU-Funding per reported staff FTE, by year (€/FTE).

Not enough consistent data to calculate EU funding per staff FTE (missing or zero values for FTS or staff FTE in the annual accounts).

2023
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
1,912,770
32 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2022
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
1,857,187
32 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2021
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
124,091
23 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2020
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
1,710,038
18 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2019
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
365,916
19 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2018
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
1,186,261
20 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2017
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
429,647
20 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2016
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
1,206,095
16 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2015
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
799,948
7 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0
2014
NO ANNUAL ACCOUNT
FTS contracted EU-Funding (€):
221,090
1 parallel grants
Revenue / Gross Margin (€): 0
Services & Misc. (€): 0
Payroll (€): 0
Staff FTE:
Deferred Income (€): 0
Surplus/Deficit (€): 0

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