Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Blind Union (EBU)
EU Transparency Register
42378755934-87 First registered on 27 May 2011
Goals / Remit
EBU works towards an accessible and inclusive society with equal opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to fully participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life.
Its membership includes the national organisations of the blind and partially sighted in 41 European countries.
EBU’s goals are:
- To enable the blind and partially sighted people of Europe to join together to express their views and aspirations and take collective action, in accordance with democratically adopted decisions, to protect and promote their human, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights; to enhance their self-esteem and enable them to realise their full potential; and to represent their interests.
- To promote the advancement of blind and partially sighted people, including those with additional impairments, with the goal of achieving their equal rights as citizens and full participation in society, if necessary by special legal or administ (...)Main EU files targeted
European Accessibility Act, Marrakesh Treaty (accessible books), Audiovisual Media Services Directive, Web Accesibility Directive, Passengers' Rights, Silent cars, Automated and Connected Mobility, Social Pilar Rights, Accessible Voting, Equal Treatment Directive, Film Funding Industry (audio-description), EU Disability Card...
Address
Head Office
6, rue Gager-Gabillot
Paris 75015
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
In reality there are 8 persons involved, but for portions of their time often below 25%. The true cut-down is as follows:
1 person at 90% (recently appointed Head of Campaigning)
1 person at 50%
3 persons at 20%
1 person at 15%
1 person at 10%
1 person at 5%
Only 4 of these persons (1.8 FTE) are EBU paid staff.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
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
EBU is a member of:
- European Disability Forum
- World Blind Union
- European Women's Lobby
EBU has participatory status with the Council of Europe.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
309,390 € (Source: REC and Horizon)
Other financial info
The financial information regarding costs include:
- Staff costs: salary costs of 4 EBU staff members who contribute approx. 90%, 50%, 20% and 20% respectively of their working time to the activities covered in the Register;
- Travel costs, costs for services and administration costs directly or indirectly related to the activities covered in the Register.
Note: all the figures in section 13 are for 2019, because we had not yet closed our accounts for the financial year 2020 at the time of making the present update. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
EBU follows the work of the Disability Intergroup.
Communication activities
- Position papers and responses to consultations
- Press releases
- Proposal of amendments
- Publications (e.g. Q&As on Silent Cars and AVAS system)
- Thematic reports (e.g. on Accessible Voting Awareness-Raising)
- Guidelines and best practices (e.g. Clear Print Guidelines)
- Annual activity report
- Events (e.g. "2020 Vision" cocktail event at the European Parliament on 11 December 2019)
- Monthly Newsletter and quarterly "Focus" (thematic newsletter)
- EBU Access Cast (podcast on accessibility technologies)
- Awards (i.e. European organisation of the Onkyo World Braille Essay Contest, as part of the promotion of Braille)Other activities
The European Blind Union is actively working with European institutions in all areas of policy development that have an impact on the lives of blind and partially sighted citizens. We respond to European Commission Green papers and consultations and take part in stakeholder events organised by the Commission.
We also regularly publish position papers on issues that are of importance to us in order to keep EU policy makers informed about the challenges that blind and partially sighted people face and how EU policy can address them. These include equal access to employment, to goods and services, to the information society and to culture (including TV and radio), to books and print media, to telecommunications, to financial services (e.g. banking and insurance), etc.
We also take an interest in, inter alia, consumer rights, copyright law, welfare rights (e.g. social security, disability benefits, pensions), internal market policy (including e-commerce, public procurement policy), public health and transport policy.
We take part in the EU Disability High Level Group and the relevant Strategic Dialogue meetings.
Meetings
Meetings
10 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 11 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject EBU's priorities on the EU's policies and their impact on people with visual impairments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Nora Bednarski (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Marrakesh Treaty ratification Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject web accessibility, Digital Single Market DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 19 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject web accessibility, Digital Single Market DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 16 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Web access DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2015 Location BXL Subject web accessibility + copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Oct 2015 Location BXL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, accessibility Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jun 2015 Location Bruxelles Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)