Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
18
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)
EU Transparency Register
120906010805-50 First registered on 12 Mar 2013
Goals / Remit
EASPD, a non-profit NGO in the disability sector, promotes the affairs of 15000 social services and their umbrella associations. There are over 80 million people with a disability throughout Europe. The main objective of EASPD is to promote the equalisation of opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high quality service systems.
The principles of EASPD are aiming at high quality of services facilitating full participation and inclusion in society in an appropriate way for persons with a disability. To achieve this EASPD is committed to:
• User participation in the development and delivery of services§ The implementation of governance principles
• Active lifelong learning opportunities for staff
• Focus on Accessibility, availability, affordability and adaptability of services
The main objective of EASPD, based on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), is to promote the equalisation of opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high quality service systems. We believe in interdependence and partnership of user organisations, providers and authorities at all levels to tackle the challenges ahead.
EASPD plays a key role on a European level as a representative of disability service providers, working for an inclusive Europe. Knowing that a big proportion of national legislation originates at the EU level, EASPD wants to significantly influence European disability & socio-economic policy by having a permanent presence in Brussels and by working with other European and international networks.Main EU files targeted
- Anti-Discrimination Directive
- Disability Action Plan
- European Disability Strategy
- European Semester
- EU 2020 Strategy
- European Monetary Union
- European Social Dialogue
- European Social Fund
- European Regional Development Fund
- InvestEUAddress
Head Office
Rue du Commerce, 72
Brussels 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 4 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 10 Dec 2018
Name Start date End Date Mr Thomas Bignal 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Luk Zelderloo 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Timothy Ghilain 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Rachel Vaughan 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Lea ROLLIN 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Sydney VON IHERING 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Luk Zelderloo 01 Feb 2019 17 Jan 2020 Mr Thomas Bignal 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Mr Timothy Ghilain 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Rachel Vaughan 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Lea ROLLIN 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Sydney VON IHERING 26 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Mr Thomas Bignal 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Mr Luk Zelderloo 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Mr André Filipe Ruivo Félix 05 Jan 2018 04 Nov 2018 Mr Timothy Ghilain 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Ms Rachel Vaughan 05 Jan 2018 04 Jan 2019 Mr Thomas Bignal 23 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Mr Luk Zelderloo 23 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 23 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Mr Timothy Ghilain 23 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Mr André Filipe Ruivo Félix 22 Aug 2016 20 Jul 2017 Mr Thomas Bignal 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Mr Luk Zelderloo 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Ms Nieves Tejada Castro 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Mr Thomas Bignal 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Mr Luk Zelderloo 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Ms Nieves Tejada Castro 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Mr Thomas Bignal 22 Feb 2014 12 Feb 2015 Mr Luk Zelderloo 22 Feb 2014 12 Feb 2015 Ms Sabrina Ferraina 22 Feb 2014 12 Feb 2015 Complementary Information
For EASPD's lobbying activities, we have four staff members working 50% and two staff member working 25%
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Thomas Bignal (Policy Advisor)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Luk Zelderloo (Secretary General)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
EASPD is a member of several organisations and networks dealing with disability, social and poverty issues:
• Participatory status with the Council of Europe, Member of the CAHPAH monitoring committee of the Disability Action Plan and of the Conference of INGO of the Council of Europe
• Full member of the NGO Liaison Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (representing the group of European social service providers)
• Full Member of the Platform of European Social NGO’s
• A seat in the High Level Group on Disability of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
• Social Services Europe
• Member of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)Member organisations
http://www.easpd.eu/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Membership/easpd_membership.pdf
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,020,090 € (Source: Primarily DG EMPL)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
High Level Group on Disability#E01259 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1259 #Member #C#Structured Dialogue with European Structural and Investment Funds' partners group of experts#E03226 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3226 #Member #C#eHealth Stakeholder Group#E02769 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2769 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
Disability, social economy, public services
Communication activities
- Disability Leaders of Tomorrow (D-lot)
- European Core Learning Outcomes for the Integration of Support and Housing (ELOSH)
- European Mentoring in Social Care (EMISC)
- Inclusive Vocational Education and Specialised Tailor-made Training (INVESTT)
- Not Patients, but Citizens with Rights
- Promoting Employers’ Social Services Organisations in Social Dialogue (PESSIS +)
- Adapting Services for Persons with Disabilities to New Users
- AJuPID
- ALDO (Adults with a Learning Disability - Observatory of best practices)
- BITSE (Barriers which Inhibit the Transition from School to Employment)
- DELAROSE (Barriers which Inhibit the Transition from School to Employment)
- DESC (Promoting equal opportunities and securing professional career paths for young people with disabilities in Europe)
- EQF meets ECVET (Modularisation and Recognition of basic VET via ECVET and EQF)
- ENTELIS
- ERGO WORK (Joining academia and business for new opportunities in creating ERGOnomic WORK place)
- INNOSERV (Social Services Innovation)
- iVET4D in Europe
- MR – MV (My Rights – My Voice: Training by persons with disabilities to staff on UNCRP)
- SensAge (Lifelong Learning Needs for Ageing People with Sensory Disabilities)
- T-EST (Transfer of Employment Support Tools for people with disabilities)
- TIDE (Towards Inclusive Development Education)
- Annual Conference Zadar 2015
- Annual Conference Salzburg 2015Other activities
The current main advocacy/lobbying subjects of EASPD are the following.
Disability:
• European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 and its implementation
Social Services of General Interest:
• Legal framework
• Funding of Services
• Quality of services
• Employment and working conditions
• Social Dialogue
• Innovation of services
Social inclusion:
• EU 2020 Strategy
• Users involvement
• Person Centred Technology
Implementation of CRPD
• Right to Employment
• Right to Inclusive Education
• Right to independent living
On this matters during 2012 EASPD responded to consultations, wrote briefing papers, organised roundtables and meeting with European representatives.- Meetings
Meetings
18 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 22 Jun 2022 Location online Subject Social Platform position on an EU Solidarity Strategy to respond to the Ukraine crisis Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2021 Location online Subject Green Paper on Ageing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 May 2021 Location Online Subject Green Paper on Ageing, long-term care, disability services Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Exchange of Views on the Transition from institutional to Community-based Care. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
- Eva Gerhards (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on the European Disability Strategy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference meeting on social support care service and COVID-19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 29 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Social Services in Europe, Statutory Duties of Public Social Services, Explanation, Impact & challenges of COVID-19, Elderly, Role of the EU, Rights of persons with disabilities, social dialogue & cross-sectoral social dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
- Colin Scicluna (Cabinet member)
- Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2020 Location Brussels Subject VC meeting on the Impact of COVID-19 on Social Services and the risks for persons in vulnerable situations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of the UN CRPD, priorities for the future EU Disability Strategy and anti-discrimination legislation at European level. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
- Nora Bednarski (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject The Conference on the Future of Europe and the possibilities for organisations like EASPD to get involved in the process - Demographic change, ageing - Rural areas - Long-term care, care services - Child Guarantee Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Mattia De Grassi (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject Labour market integration of Persons with disability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on addressing social sector needs in the InvestEU Programme Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Oct 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject EFSI, Invest EU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Apr 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject MFF Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Feb 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject Investment in social infrastructure Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Baudouin Baudru (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Social Infrastructure Investments Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject EFSI Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet member)
- Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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