Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.5 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Association of HIV affected women and their families “Demetra” (Demetra)
EU Transparency Register
525935925809-83 First registered on 09 Feb 2017
Goals / Remit
The Association Demetra is a non-governmental organization, established in 2000 and working in advocacy and prophylactic services for vulnerable groups irrespective of their age, gender, sexual orientation, lifestyle, and social status.
The main aims are to educate society about effective HIV/AIDS prevention, to raise the problems of PLHIV, to advocate at the highest policy level, and to reduce stigma and unequal access to health and social services, facilitate integration into the society.
At the national level, Demetra objectives / activities are following:
1. HIV testing and counselling for different population groups;
2. Medical, social, psychological and legal support for PLHIV and their relatives;
3. Self-help groups for PLHIV and their relatives;
4. Street (outreach) work;
5. Harm reduction services;
6. Advocacy.Main EU files targeted
Specific activities:
a) to represent patients with HIV/AIDS needs and problems to EU level institutions and neighboring countries representatives,
b) to participate in networking and learn from good practices about work and services for vulnerable populations in regard to HIV hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections,
c) to use European platform for information dissemination about country situation related to response to HIV and AIDS, about gaps and other problems, testing sites.
Main areas of our interest are:
a) HIV testing and counselling;
b) Advocacy of de-medicalization of HIV testing;
c) Community based testing services;
d) Services for vulnerable to HIV infection population groups such IDUs, MSM, sex workers, prisoners and ex-prisoners, migrants, etc.Address
Head Office
Kauno str. 6-2
Vilnius LT 01310
LITHUANIAEU Office
Kauno str. 6-2
Vilnius LT 01310
LITHUANIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
7.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Coalition of Non-governmental Organizations and Experts ‘I Can Live’, Eastern Europe and Central Asia union of PLWA (ECUO), Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM), AIDS Action Europe, International Community of Women with HIV/AIDS, Global Network of Sex Work Projects / NSWP, European Network for HIV/STI Prevention and Health Promotion among Migrant Sex Workers (TAMPEP), the Informal Network of Lithuanian Reproductive Health and Rights Organizations (ReGina), Baltic Coalition for PLWHIV (NGO BaCo).
Member organisations
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Advances interests of their clients
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Clients for closed financial year
Clients list
Name Proposal Amount european social fund agency no legislation initiatives; 100,000€ - 199,999€ Clients for current financial year
Clients list
Name european social fund agency european social fund agency Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The World AIDS day commemoration;
HIV testing weeks in May November each year;
Other ad hoc important regional events, such as the most recent: support of Ukrainien refugees to ensure continuity of antiretroviral and harm reduction services.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared